Florida Highway Patrol officials are frustrated with the more than 92,000 hit-and-run crashes investigated last year across the state. These crashes — up by nearly 7,500 from 2014 — are an increasing problem. Troopers are hoping to put a stop to these collisions with their annual week-long hit-and-run awareness campaign.…
According to Clay County deputies, a motorcyclist who was speeding in a Fleming Island neighborhood when he struck and killed a skateboarder last August, turned himself in Thursday morning. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office claims that the 27-year-old was riding his motorcycle under the influence and going over 70 mph…
A hit-and-run crash in Stuart on Monday that left a motorcyclist hospitalized is the result of a texting driver, according to police. The suspect, a 29-year-old man, was texting while driving when he struck the motorcyclist and fled the scene. A citizen driving near the intersection of Indian Road and…
A 72-year-old man was killed after being struck by four vehicles near the intersection of County Road 44 and South Fish Camp Road in Grand Island northwest of Eustis shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the Fruitland Park man was on the south shoulder of County…
What do you do when you are the victim of a Leaving the Scene of an Accident in Florida? Pinellas County police have arrested a 25-year-old Largo woman after she allegedly struck a 32-year-old man with her vehicle and left the scene of the accident. Deputies have charged the woman…