OCALA, FL – Ocala Fire Rescue said its crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 northbound on Thursday afternoon. According to a Facebook post at 2:28 p.m., the wreck occurred near mile marker 352 and involved a box truck, a compact SUV and a small dump truck. Rescuers…
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News: 2 drivers dead following collision at Marion County intersection
MARION COUNTY, FL – A collision at an intersection in Marion County Wednesday night left both drivers dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Ocala StarBanner reports authorities were called to the scene in the vicinity of U.S. 27 and Northwest 60th Avenue at about 8:24 p.m. The FHP’s…
Tampa Airport Construction Equipment Operator Killed On the Job | Tampa Workplace Wrongful Death Lawyers Whittel & Melton
A construction equipment operator was killed Wednesday morning in an accident at Tampa International Airport. The incident occurred around 7:40 a.m. when workers were working on a shuttle guideway project, according to a news release. The investigation is ongoing. Flight operations continued unaffected. Individuals who operate with heavy machinery or…
News: Man walking in Lake County struck and killed by pickup truck
LAKE COUNTY, FL – State troopers are investigating a pedestrian fatality that occurred in Lake County early Monday morning. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, a man was walking on Lake Mack Drive near Evergreen Drive when the incident took place at 5:01 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the…
News: Semi rear-ends car on NW County Rd 229 in Starke
BRADFORD COUNTY, FL – Bradford County Fire Rescue paramedics responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon in northwest Stark, reports WCJB. The incident, which was reported shortly before 1:00 p.m., led to a partial closure in the 5600 block of Northwest County Road 229. Details are limited,…
News: Woman, 66, dies after being struck by vehicle in Wesley Chapel
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol released details of a pedestrian fatality that occurred in Pasco County on Wednesday morning. WTSP reports the victim was a 66-year-old woman from Zephyrhills. She was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard…
News: Man and woman from Ocala die in car wreck near Belleview school
BELLEVIEW, FL – A collision near Belleview Santos Elementary School on Thursday left two Ocala residents dead, reports the Ocala StarBanner. According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation, the driver of a Chevy Cobalt was headed northbound on U.S. 441 South at about 5 p.m. when he entered the left…
News: Collision in Lake County leaves 1 driver dead, 1 seriously injured
LAKE COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a two-vehicle collision in Lake County on Tuesday morning left one of the drivers dead and the other hospitalized. According to WOFL, a 1996 Honda Civic and a 2008 Toyota Tacoma crashed in the vicinity of County Road 450A and Pine Street at…
News: Man dies after being struck by hit-and-run driver in Ocklawaha
OCKLAWAHA, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol and Marion County emergency crews were dispatched to a pedestrian fatality in Ocklawaha on Monday night, according to the Ocala StarBanner. Investigators determined that a man was lying down in the eastbound lane of East County Road 25 near Bay Road when he…
News: 3 injured when driver swerves to avoid box on I-75, crashes into tree
GAINESVILLE, FL – A car accident on Interstate 75 near Gainesville sent three people to the hospital, Main Street Daily News reported. The crash occurred at about 10:24 a.m. Saturday on I-75 north in the vicinity of mile marker 390. The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving a…