SPRING HILL, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a collision that killed a teenage motorcyclist in Spring Hill on Sunday night. WFLA reports details of the incident that occurred in the vicinity of Devlin Street and Cortez Boulevard. According to the FHP’s investigation, a 57-year-old woman was driving…
MELROSE, FL – A sedan and a pickup truck were involved in a fatal crash in Alachua County on Tuesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A report by the Main Street Daily News states that the accident happened on State Road 26 near County Road 219A west of Melrose…
BROOKSVILLE, FL – An accident involving an all-terrain vehicle in Hernando County caused the death of the 18-year-old driver, WTVT reported. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the young man was driving the ATV west on Langworthy Drive near Rester Drive in Brooksville on Saturday at about 4:40 p.m. when…
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A driver was killed when his vehicle crashed in Citrus County early Saturday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to WFTS, the victim was a 29-year-old man from Lecanto. The FHP said he was driving east on State Road 44 when he lost control of…
OCALA, FL – Rescue crews responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at an intersection in southeast Ocala on Monday. According to a Facebook post from Ocala Fire Rescue, the accident happened in the area of SE 19th Avenue and SE 31st Street at about 7 a.m. Crew members…
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – State troopers say a pedestrian was killed in an accident in Hernando County last week, the Suncoast News reports. The victim was a 32-year-old man from Brooksville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Investigators said the man was walking north in the southbound lane of U.S.…
DUNNELLON, FL – A head-on collision in Marion County Friday morning left one driver dead and another hospitalized, WKMG reports. One of the drivers was an 89-year-old man who may have suffered a medical episode, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The FHP said that man, a Dunnellon resident, was…
MARION COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a golf cart and a pickup truck were involved in a deadly collision in Marion County on Tuesday morning. According to WKMG, a 65-year-old woman was driving a golf cart east on SW 87 Loop in the Indigo East subdivision at…
ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said an accident in Alachua County on Saturday afternoon left two people dead. According to WFTV, the incident occurred on Interstate 75 southbound near mile marker 372. The FHP’s investigation indicated that a semi-truck hauling cars overturned on the west shoulder of…
Unreasonable speeding in school zones has always been a problem, but now a new state legislation permits local governments in Florida to set up cameras to catch violators. One study revealed that more than 98% of automobiles passing a high school were going 10 mph faster than the posted speed limit,…