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News: 3 children injured in rollover accident on Interstate 75 in Alachua County

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and emergency crews were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon, WCJB reported. The vehicles collided on Interstate 75 northbound near mile marker 374 in the vicinity of the Micanopy exit, causing one of the vehicles to roll over.  Three…

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News: Motorist killed in head-on collision with semi-truck on County Road 235

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A collision between a car and a semi-truck in Alachua County last week left one man dead and another injured, reports the Alachua Chronicle. The fatal wreck occurred early in the morning on July 24 along County Road 235.  The Florida Highway Patrol said a man…

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News: 2 women injured, 1 critically, in collision on Hawthorne Road in Grove Park area

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a collision in Alachua County that sent two people to the hospital on Friday morning. The Alachua Chronicle reports the two-vehicle wreck occurred on State Road 20 (Hawthorne Road) near SE 159th Street in the Grove Park area at about…

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News: 1 seriously injured in rollover accident at SR-26 and Quail Street in Melrose

MELROSE, FL – Emergency crews came to the aid of a person trapped in the wreckage of a single-vehicle crash in Alachua County on Tuesday morning, according to the Alachua Chronicle. The incident happened in the vicinity of State Road 26 and Quail Street in Melrose at about 10 a.m. …

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News: St. Petersburg man dies after colliding with truck tractor on U.S. 301

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A fatal accident shut down a stretch of U.S. 301 in Alachua County on Thursday morning, according to WCJB. The wreck occurred along U.S. Highway 301 near Southeast Hawthorne Road.   The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving north in the left inside lane of…

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News: Man sentenced to prison for fatal DUI crash in Alachua County

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A man has been sentenced in connection with a fatal DUI accident in Alachua County, WCJB reports. On Tuesday, a judge sentenced 40-year-old Jason Saul of Gainesville to 90 months in prison.  Saul, who was convicted of DUI manslaughter in the Jan. 22, 2021 crash, will…

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News: 3-vehicle accident shuts down southbound lanes of US 441 in Alachua County

GAINESVILLE, FL – Law enforcement authorities and emergency crews were dispatched to a multi-vehicle accident that disrupted traffic in Alachua County on Wednesday afternoon. A traffic alert from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said the collision closed all southbound lanes of US 441 at SW Williston Road shortly before 4:15…

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News: Head-on collision in Alachua County leaves 1 dead, 3 critically injured

NEWBERRY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol released details of a deadly crash that occurred in Alachua County on Sunday, according to the Gainesville Sun. State troopers were dispatched to Northwest County Road 235 near Northwest 204th Street after the incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m.   An SUV and a…

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News: Motorcyclist, 19, killed in collision with pickup truck on State Road 45

NEWBERRY, FL – A motorcycle and a pickup truck were involved in a deadly collision in Alachua County on Tuesday night, News4Jax reported. The Florida Highway Patrol states that a 19-year-old man was riding a motorcycle north on State Road 45 in Newberry when the incident took place at about…

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News: 2 injured in collision involving USPS tractor-trailer on I-75 near Micanopy

MICANOPY, FL – A collision in Alachua County Wednesday morning left two people injured and disrupted traffic along Interstate 75, according to the Main Street Daily News. The crash happened on southbound I-75 near the mile marker 374 exit ramp near Micanopy.  The Florida Highway Patrol  said a U.S. Postal…

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