TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol in Tampa is mourning the loss of one of their own, Trooper Zachary Fink, who was fatally hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 95 during a pursuit on Friday morning. According to reports, Fink was in pursuit of a reckless driver in a Kia car, who was speeding excessively. When the suspect failed to pull over and instead veered his vehicle in the wrong direction, Fink tried to follow …
The Florida Highway Patrol has been busy with multiple vehicle crashes within their jurisdiction this new year. On Friday night, two separate motorcycle versus car crashes occurred in Florida, resulting in the deaths of two individuals. In the first crash, a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with an SUV on West Norvell Bryant Highway in Hernando. In the second crash, a 51-year-old man from Kissimmee was killed by a drunk driver in Sumter County. …
NAPLES, FL – A devastating accident unfolded on the Naples stretch of Interstate 75 in Florida this past Friday afternoon. A small plane crashed, leading to the death of at least two individuals, as confirmed by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The plane involved in the crash was a Bombardier Challenger 600 business jet, which was reported by the FAA to have been carrying five individuals. Information about the status of the other passengers was …
FLORIDA – A horrifying incident unfolded in Orlando, Florida, resulting in the death of a 9-year-old student. The young boy was fatally run over by his school bus after he crawled underneath in an attempt to retrieve his dropped football. The driver, apparently unaware of the situation, started moving the bus. In doing so, the bus driver ran over the young child. The dreadful incident unfolded in the afternoon hours, shortly after the boy was …
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A submerged vehicle containing multiple bodies was recently discovered in a pond by a Florida-based sonar search and recovery group. Sunshine State Sonar, known for aiding law enforcement in the retrieval of evidence, missing persons, and vehicles, made the grim discovery during a recent operation. The group employs sound wave technology to create underwater images, a technique that led to the recovery of a 1983 Oldsmobile from a retention pond near …
DELRAY BEACH, FL – A morning collision in Delray Beach has resulted in seven people, a driver and six cyclists, being transported to the hospital, according to local law enforcement. The accident, which occurred near the Gulf Stream Golf Club on North Ocean Boulevard around 6:45 a.m., left the involved silver SUV and bicycles in a state of wreckage. The aftermath of the accident saw the SUV’s front end significantly damaged and bicycle debris scattered …
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A local woman, Brittany Bianchi, 31, faces multiple charges after a high-speed chase with law enforcement late Saturday night. Bianchi was reportedly driving at an alarming speed of 120 mph in a 55 mph zone on the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg. When finally halted by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), she is said to have aggressively resisted arrest, injuring a trooper with her fingernails. Around 8:30 p.m., Bianchi was spotted …
Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez, the Director of Miami-Dade Police, is in critical condition following an alleged suicide attempt on Sunday. Ramirez, 52, was traveling to Tampa for a law enforcement conference when the incident occurred. According to law enforcement sources, Ramirez pulled his car over on Interstate 75 and shot himself in the head while his wife was in the vehicle. Ramirez was rushed to Tampa General Hospital where he underwent surgery. Miami-Dade police confirmed that …
Early morning on Saturday, an unfortunate accident occurred in Hillsborough County, Florida. At around 2:43 a.m., a 2020 Kia Stinger and a gasoline tanker truck collided, causing an immediate explosion. The truck, controlled by a 49-year-old man from Montgomery, Alabama, ran off the road and crashed into a utillity pole. The Kia sedan also veered off the path and flipped over. The driver of the tanker truck was killed in the incident, while the other …
Four women and a man were killed after, authorities said, they were involved in a violent wrong-way wreck on the Palmetto Expressway in Northwest Miami-Dade that shut down all westbound lanes for hours and sent the driver who was going against traffic to the hospital. Florida Highway Patrol and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the two-vehicle crash near the entrance ramp at Northwest 57th Avenue, at around 4:30 a.m., Saturday. Two …