A brother and sister were struck by a car while leaving middle school on the last day of the school year on Friday leaving them hospitalized. According to friends and witnesses, the girl was hit while she was trying to pull her brother out of the way of the car.…
A baby remains in critical condition after a near drowning accident in Brandon on Saturday, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Reports indicate that a 1-year-old baby was pulled from a backyard pool around 7:45 p.m. on Highview Circle, just north of Windhorst Road. The infant was taken to Brandon…
A new shuttle service made its debut Monday to haul students to and from school near a busy stretch of Hillsborough Avenue that has had deadly pedestrian accidents. The shuttle was started to protect students, and runs from the Meridian Pointe Apartments to nearby Middleton High School. Officials with the…
An 18-year-old man hit by a car while walking home from school on Wednesday remains in critical condition. According to Tampa police, the student and his friend were running northbound on 40th Street trying to cross Hillsborough Avenue against the light when he was struck. The man was hit by…
A 1-year-old girl survived a near-drowning accident in a backyard pool Saturday morning, according to officials. The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. at a home at 5401 Westchester Blvd. in unincorporated Pinellas County near St. Petersburg. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports that the child’s caregiver was preparing her…
While we all use various modes of transportation to get from place to place, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging everyone to remember one key road user fact – we are all pedestrians. The sad reality is that pedestrians were one of a few groups of road users…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging everyone to “Deck the Halls” safely this holiday season. An estimated 15,000 people will be injured this holiday season based on the number of people sent to emergency rooms across the nation last November and December. The worst of the injuries reported involved…
An 8-year-old girl was hospitalized Sunday after suffering non-life-threatening injuries after she was attacked by a dog in Progress Village. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the attack at 2:20 p.m. The child was taken to Tampa General Hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries, according to…
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