LEVY COUNTY, FL – A driver was killed in a crash in Levy County near the Alachua County line Monday evening, WCJB reported. The Florida Highway Patrol and county sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene on County Road 241 after the accident occurred at about 6 p.m. State troopers said…
Two airboats collided at Wild Florida, a nature park that provides gator encounters, a safari, and Everglade airboat rides, on Monday around 12:15 p.m., injuring 13 people. The nature park is in Kenansville, near Orlando, on Lake Cypress. The cause of the collision is unknown, and the US Coast Guard…
ZEPHYRHILLS, FL – A multi-vehicle accident in Pasco County on Friday afternoon left one of the drivers dead, Lutz Patch reported. The crash happened on Eiland Boulevard near Fountain Road in Zephyrhills at about 1:33 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving eastbound in a pickup truck…
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Police Department was called to the scene of a fatal railroad accident on Thursday afternoon, WKMG reports. The incident happened near the 2000 block of NE 19th Avenue in northeast Ocala, where officers arrived at the scene at about 12:30 p.m. Police said a man…
PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a woman was killed when the ambulance transporting her was struck by another vehicle. WTSP reported details of the incident that occurred Tuesday evening at the intersection of State Road 54 and Morris Bridge Road in Pasco County. An investigation determined…
Senate Bill 766, a new law, allows school districts to install cameras on the outside of school buses to assist in reducing the number of people who pass buses with their stop arms raised. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office issued 26 traffic penalties last school year for people illegally passing school buses…
OCALA, FL – A tractor-trailer accident in Ocala Monday night left a driver injured and caused shutdowns on U.S. 27, WKMG reported. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 38-year-old truck driver was headed south on Interstate 75 at about 11:15 p.m. and was trying to change lanes when he…
As the 2023-24 school year begins, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and AAA advise drivers to be cautious around schools and buses. With the start of the new school year, approximately 2.8 million children in Florida are heading to their classrooms, and the combination of…
PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the scene of a fatal pedestrian accident in Pasco County Friday night. A report by New Port Richey Patch said that the incident took place on U.S. Highway 19 near Emerald Boulevard. State troopers said a 28-year-old man was…
LAKE COUNTY, FL – A collision on the Florida Turnpike in Lake County sent two people to the hospital, according to a report by WESH. The Florida Highway Patrol said a total of five vehicles were involved in the wreck that occurred along the turnpike in Clermont. The victims were…