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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – State troopers and rescue units were at the scene of a fatal wreck in Alachua County on Thursday night.

According to the Gainesville Sun, two vehicles collided on U.S. 301 in the Orange Heights area at about 7:30 p.m.

Three people were seriously injured and taken to an area hospital, where one of the victims was pronounced dead.

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MIAMI, FL – Commuters in the Miami Gardens area were faced with significant traffic delays following a rush-hour crash early this morning.

According to Total Traffic Miami, the accident took place sometime before 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the freeway near the exit to Miami Gardens Drive, or FL-860.

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MIAMI, FL – A collision in northeast Miami on Monday afternoon left at least one person injured, according to a report by Miami-Dade County.

The collision took place at about 2:34 p.m. in the area of Northeast 12th Street and Northeast 159th Street.

First responders reported injuries resulting from the crash. The total number and extent of the injuries are unclear.

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MIAMI, FL – Police are searching for the driver who fled the scene after crashing their vehicle into a home in Miami’s West Park neighborhood early this morning.

According to CBS Miami, residents of the home were awoken by a loud noise at about 3 a.m. When they went to investigate, the discovered a vehicle crashed through the front of their home.

Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of the crash.

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MARION COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a man was killed in a pedestrian accident in Marion County on Thursday morning.

WKMG reports the man was standing in the eastbound lane of Juniper Road near Juniper Pass Drive in Ocala at about 7 a.m. when he was hit by an approaching vehicle.  It was not immediately clear why he was in the roadway.

The victim, a 63-year-old Ocala resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the car that hit him, a 17-year-old male from Ocala, was not injured.

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MIAMI, FL – First responders reported at least one person injured as the result of a collision in Miami Gardens this afternoon.

According to a report by Miami-Dade County, the collision took place just before 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest 7th Avenue.

Very few details concerning the crash are available at this time. However, this situation is still ongoing.

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MIAMI, FL – A pedestrian was sent to the hospital after an SUV slammed into a construction site in North Miami on Tuesday afternoon.

According to a report by Local 10, the incident occurred some time after noon near the intersection of Northwest First Avenue and 11th Terrace, which is just south of I-310.

An unidentified male pedestrian was taken to an area hospital with a possible leg injury.

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MIAMI-DADE CO., FL – A woman suffered fatal injuries in a single-vehicle crash on Florida’s Turnpike early Friday.

According to the Miami Herald, the crash happened at about 2:15 a.m. near Exit 2 to Campbell Drive.

Trooper say the woman was heading south on the turnpike when she lost control of her 2013 Buick for unknown reasons and crashed into a concrete barrier. The vehicle then veered to the right and struck a guardrail.

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MARION COUNTY, FL – A man died after his pickup truck was involved in a fiery crash in Marion County on Wednesday morning, state troopers said.

According to Ocala-News.com, the accident took place on SE 134th Place at about 9:30 a.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol said a 41-year-old man was driving south when his Dodge Ram pickup went off the roadway. The vehicle went through a fence and crashed into a tree before catching fire.

The driver, an Ocala resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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SUMMERFIELD, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said it is searching for the driver who left the scene of an accident in Marion County last week.

The Villages-News reports the incident took place Thursday on U.S. 301 near SE 142nd Place in Summerfield just before 3:30 a.m.   A man was riding a bicycle on the shoulder of northbound U.S. 301 when he was clipped by the mirror of a pickup truck.  The bicycle rider, a 42-year-old Summerfield resident, was seriously injured and taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.

The FHP said the driver of the pickup truck kept going north on U.S. 301 after the accident.  The vehicle being sought was described a 2019 white Ford.  The pickup’s right-side mirror was located at the scene.

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