Hurricane Helene strengthened again Thursday morning, and it is now a Category 3 hurricane having maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Both the storm’s magnitude and severity are increasing. With a potentially fatal storm surge, it is predicted to make landfall in the Florida Big Bend tonight as a powerful…
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – One person was killed and another injured when an SUV collided with an electric bicycle in Hernando County on Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. WTVT reports the rider of the e-bike was headed south on the Nature Coast Trail shortly after 8:30 p.m. and…
MARION COUNTY, FL – A woman was killed when the vehicle she was riding in was involved in a collision in Marion County on Saturday afternoon. WKMG reported details of the crash that were released by the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the FHP, the driver of a sedan was…
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – A head-on collision between two vehicles in Hernando County on Saturday morning left both drivers dead, WTVT reported. The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident on State Road 589 involved a wrong-way driver. According to the FHP, a man behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Jetta…
LEVY COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said three people were injured, one seriously, in a crash along County Road 345 on Thursday afternoon. According to the Main Street Daily News, the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was going north at 4:12 p.m. and passed another northbound vehicle. As…
A wagon toppled over during a school field trip at a Wisconsin apple orchard on Wednesday, injuring over 20 individuals, three of whom had critical injuries, according to officials. The incident happened at Bushel and a Peck Orchard in the town of Lafayette, which is in Chippewa Falls, about 200 miles west of…
WILDWOOD, FL – Police said a collision in Sumter County last week left a bicycle rider dead, the Villages-News reports. The incident happened Sept. 10 in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 301 and County Road 471 in Wildwood. According to the Wildwood Police Department, a man was riding an e-bicycle…
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – A trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol was injured when his patrol car was hit by another vehicle along a highway median in Tarpon Springs on Saturday, according to WTVT. The trooper had stopped in a marked FHP Dodge Charger at about 1:45 p.m. while monitoring…
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A driver who was involved in a crash with a school bus in Sumter County earlier this month has died of her injuries, WKMG reports. The incident happened at about 8:35 a.m. on Sept. 6 on County Road 222 near County Road 462, west of U.S.…
PASCO COUNTY, FL – An accident in Pasco County early Thursday morning claimed the life of a motorcycle rider, the Tampa Free Press reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said the rider of an E-ride Pro motorcycle was headed north on the west shoulder of US Alt 19 when the crash…