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TAMPA, FL – One person lost their life following a collision between a vehicle and a train that happened in Orient Park Friday, ABC Action News said.

The collision took place at 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Tampa East Boulevard & East Broadway Avenue.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the details behind the crash and has not released the victim’s name at this time.

NORTHEAST TAMPA, FL – A bicyclist suffered fatal injuries after getting hit by a vehicle on 50th Street Thursday, WFLA reports. 

Tampa police said the cyclist died at the scene. Officers confirmed that the female driver remained at the crash site. It is unclear if she will face criminal charges. 

Police are actively working to determine the events that led to the wreck. 

TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that it was a 47-year-old man from Winter Haven who died after crashing his motorcycle into a Tesla Model 3 on I-275 Friday. 

New details from FOX13News indicate that the motorcyclist had drifted off his own lanes on the interstate on-ramp, leading him to collide with the car operated by a 49-year-old woman from Lithia. After arriving, Tampa Fire Rescue EMS rushed the motorcyclist to a nearby hospital, where he passed away. 

The car driver and her passenger, a 19-year-old woman, were spared from injuries. 

TAMPA, FL – A driver succumbed to fatal wounds following a solo crash that occurred along St. Joseph’s Hospital Saturday, ABC Action News reports.

Tampa police responded to the scene, the 3000th block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, before 2:45 a.m., stating that emergency medical services personnel took the motorist to a nearby hospital. There, the victim passed away. 

Due to the nature of this wreck, authorities shut down the westbound and eastbound lanes of Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., starting at North 30th Street and ending at North 34th Street, for the standard scene clearance and investigation period. During the closures, authorities redirected drivers to alternative routes. 

TAMPA, FL – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested a local doctor on Wednesday for crashing his car into a man in a wheelchair and then fleeing the scene on Saturday, Oct. 12. 

This incident occurred before 7:45 p.m. on East 124th Avenue in the Azure Estates, Fox13News reports. Upon arrival, first responders rushed the 53-year-old man (whose name was not released) in the wheelchair to a nearby hospital, where he passed away.  

HCSO has identified the suspect as 62-year-old Dr. Gwyn Norman Crump, Jr. Deputies have not specified Crump’s charges at this time. 

TAMPA, FL – Tampa Police arrested a 22-year-old man after causing a two-vehicle collision on Dale Mabry Highway, which claimed one life and injured another Monday. 

This collision happened before 10:30 a.m. along West South Avenue, Bay News 9 said. Police said the 22-year-old man — Andy Moya Robainia — was racing another driver, going at a high rate, when he crashed his 2011 BMW into a 2015 Nissan Versa. 

Police said first responders took the Nissan occupants — a white man in his 70s, the driver, and passenger, a white woman in her early 60s — to a hospital. There, the woman passed away, and the man was set to receive treatment for unspecified wounds.