One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Pinellas County deputy in Pinellas Park. Officials said a Chevy Equinox and a Pinellas County deputy patrol vehicle were stopped at a red light at the intersection of 126th Avenue North when a Buick LeSabre, traveling southbound in the northbound…
A scooter rider was seriously injured early Tuesday morning in a crash that closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near Fletcher Avenue for an hour, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 32-year-old scooter driver was slowly operating the scooter in the southbound outside lane at about 6 a.m.…
A man has been arrested on DUI charges after an overnight Interstate 4 crash involving a motorcycle. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash on I-4 just east of State Road 574. Troopers said the crash happened at 1:45 a.m. when the motorcycle…
A Good Samaritan died Sunday morning when he was struck while trying to help a man who had been injured in a previous traffic crash on I-75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 59-year-old man died at the scene. A 31-year-old woman was one of the drivers taken to…
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened in January. The 36-year-old is charged with leaving the scene of a crash without rendering aid and driving with a suspended license, among other charges. The crash happened January 17 off Charlie Taylor Road near…
A 66-year-old motorcyclist in Westchase has died after a van struck him Saturday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, the motorcyclist was driving a 2007 FJR motorcycle on southbound Race Track Road at the intersection of Countryway Boulevard. The man reportedly stopped behind a silver…
A passenger in a taxi was killed and several others were hurt in a chain-reaction crash Sunday afternoon in which alcohol played a factor, according to St. Petersburg Police. The crash happened at 38th Avenue N and 49th Street N and closed parts of the intersection for hours. A 2009…
Another bill has been filed for the 2019 legislative session that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for texting or talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, filed a measure (HB 107) on Monday that would prohibit drivers from talking on cell phones that…
Local leaders, and lawmakers, will meet on Monday afternoon in Tampa to announce new legislation aimed at making roads safer. The proposed legislation was written in response to a Tampa family’s pleas to crackdown on distracted driving. On September 25, 2016, a family was stopped in a traffic…
A 49-year-old Tampa Bay area woman has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident following a wrong-way crash at Gunn Highway and Isbell Lane just before 9 p.m. Monday. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was driving a Jeep Wrangler…