On Wednesday, six workers were taken to the hospital for injuries related to a rebar mishap at a construction site at 830 Brickell in Miami, according to officials. Miami Fire Rescue officials said the crane was lifting bundles of rebar when it collapsed on the six workers. It is unknown…
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the launch of a $3 million public safety campaign at the start of July to educate the entire U.S. about the dangers of leaving children locked in hot vehicles. The summer months can be sweltering, so the campaign serves as a reminder to motorists…
A jury has awarded $700 million to the parents of a Florida man who died after being beaten unconscious and then set on fire while still alive. The jury reached its verdict earlier this month in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of the deceased, who was killed…
Florida’s new distracted driving law, or texting while driving, goes into effect July 1, and law enforcement agencies across the state are preparing for how they will enforce it. As far as enforcing the rule, a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s spokesperson said it will be done on a case-by-case basis. The…
The parents of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in a Baker County retention pond in April are suing the owner of the property, claiming he failed to install fencing that might have protected their son. The toddler was found in the pond April 23 after he wandered away from the…
A 25-year-old Jacksonville man died late Tuesday night in an ATV crash in Clay County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the man and a 21-year-old Middleburg man were riding an ATV south on Beecher Lane in Orange Park when the vehicle flipped at Crossing Boulevard. Both men…
A woman was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Sunday around 9:15 p.m. When deputies arrived they found a woman suffering from a single gunshot wound. She was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before 7 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe…
A woman who was driving without a valid license is accused of fatally hitting a 13-year-old girl Wednesday morning as the teen was riding her bike to school. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 25-year-old woman from Argentina who had been staying in the Kissimmee area. According to deputies,…
Two people died after a charter bus that departed from from Orlando overturned on Interstate 95 in Virginia. The Tao’s Travel Inc. bus traveling from Florida to New York had 57 people aboard when it rolled and ran off the left side of an Interstate 95 exit ramp in Prince…
Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate highway late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man’s disabled vehicle, according to police. Syracuse believe the 51-year-old deceased man was an occupant in a black Dodge Charger with three others when they…