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TAMPA, FL – A man was left pinned inside his pickup truck after being rear-ended by a DUI suspect Monday morning in northwest Tampa, according to WTSP.

Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on Waters Avenue at around 2:43 a.m.

Officials said the suspect, 33, appeared to be under the influence when he crashed his vehicle into the back of the victim’s Dodge Ram pickup truck. The high-speed collision sent the pickup into a tree, leaving the victim with serious injuries to one of his lower legs. He was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in stable condition.

TAMPA, FL –  A sedan was pushed into Plant High School’s outside bleachers after its driver collided with another vehicle, which injured and sent a woman to a hospital Wednesday. 

This collision happened at 1 p.m. on the 2400th block of South Himes Avenue, according to FOX 13 News. The woman who was injured was sent to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition. 

The school’s principal, Heather Holloway, confirmed that a third driver, one of the students, was also hit by one of the vehicles while driving her car in the parking lot. Holloway said the student was okay but did not specify if she was injured or if she was sent to a hospital. 

TAMPA, FL – A 40-year-old woman drifted off from SR-618 West into the eastbound lanes, causing her to crash head-on with another car, claiming the life of the other driver and injuring herself in the process. 

When both vehicles collided around 3 a.m. on Sunday, that’s when both vehicles, the woman’s Honda FIT and the other driver’s car, a Toyota Yaris, began to rotate, WTSP said. Seconds later, the second motorist, a 33-year-old man, an Orlando resident, slammed into a concrete barrier. Once ambulance crews arrived at the scene, they rushed the woman to a nearby hospital, where she is receiving treatment for serious wounds. 

Florida Highway Patrol said the man perished at the scene. Troopers launched an investigation but have not been able to pinpoint the circumstances that played a role in this deadly collision. Once this pertinent detail is confirmed, then you can count on our team to provide updates to this news blog post. 

TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol rushed to the scene of a rollover collision on I-275 South that led to significant delays stretching past Fletcher Avenue Tuesday. 

Crews responded to the crash site around 6 a.m., which took place near Sligh Avenue, according to FOX 13 News. FHP has launched an investigation but has no further information with regard to the exact cause of this wreck, the number of individuals involved, and whether anyone sustained any injuries. 

Additional details will be provided as our newsroom learns more. 

TAMPA, FL – A 59-year-old man had suffered a medical episode while driving on the Howard Franklin Bridge, causing him to lose control of his car, ending in a crash that claimed his life Wednesday. 

Florida Highway Patrol told WTSP that as soon as the man was experiencing the episode, he crashed into another driver, a 73-year-old woman, a Palm Bay resident, who had stopped in a right center lane, facing southbound. Once the two vehicles collided, the man’s car was thrust into a barrier and came to rest. 

Ambulance responders rushed the man, a Palmetto resident, to a local hospital, where he passed away. 

TAMPA, FL – Officials confirm that Monday’s semi-truck collision on the I-75 and I-4 interchange ended in a woman getting sent to the hospital. 

New details from WTSP show that the semi-truck driver, a 31-year-old man, a Tampa local, was speeding on the I-75 northbound ramp connecting to I-4, making it difficult for him to maintain his lane. As a result, he crashed into a concrete barrier, which led the trailer attached to the semi to unhook, overturn, go off the overpass, and then fall right on top of a moving Jeep traveling on Highway 92 West. 

Right after the semi-trailer fell on the Jeep, the Jeep itself sustained significant front-end damage, and the driver, a 61-year-old woman, a Lutz resident, was rushed to the emergency room for serious wounds.