A 17-year-old skateboarder is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car on Saturday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Before 7 a.m., the female teen was using the bicycle lane on Providence Lakes Road in Brandon and riding her skateboard when she was…
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 51-year-old Largo man was killed in an early Thursday morning motorcycle crash in Hillsborough County. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday at southbound Interstate 275 and Lois Avenue. The Florida Highway Patrol said the man lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a guardrail. He was…
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…
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a vehicle leaving the roadway in the Feather Sound area and striking two pedestrians on the adjacent sidewalk, killing one of them, according to reports. Investigators believe the crash occurred around 5:02 p.m. The driver of the vehicle reportedly failed to…
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…