Articles Tagged with Hillsborough County

BRANDON, FL – Hillsborough County deputies are currently in the Orient Park area investigating the details of a crash that injured at least one person. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was summoned to the scene, the intersection of North U.S. Highway 301 and Tampa East Boulevard, at 1:23 p.m. 

Deputies have not been able to confirm the contributing factors behind this crash since the investigation is in the preliminary stages. At this time, authorities have not been able to comment on the severity of injuries sustained or confirmed reports of hospitalizations. 

PLANT CITY, FL – A chain-reaction collision involving three vehicles on I-4 sent seven people to a hospital Thursday morning, according to FOX 13 News. 

The events unfolded around 6 a.m., just before the Thonotosassa Road exit, when the driver of a Hyundai van rear-ended a Chevy Tahoe, forcing the Chevy to crash into the back of a Chevy Silverado. 

The driver of the Silverado sustained minor wounds that did not require a trip to the hospital, while the four Hyundai van passengers and three people inside the Chevy Tahoe were hospitalized for serious lacerations. 

SEFFNER, FL – A one-year-old child was rushed to a hospital where they later died after their driver, operating a Toyota RAV4, was rear-ended by a Jeep Cherokee on I-4 Friday. 

WFLA said this collision happened before 1:30 a.m., and the impact had also led both drivers and two other children (from the RAV4)— a 3-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl to sustain injuries, all of whom were also hospitalized. 

Florida Highway Patrol revealed that the surviving children, the RAV4 driver, a 30-year-old woman from Dundee, an adult RAV passenger, a 34-year-old woman, and the Jeep driver, a 21-year-old woman from Englewood, are all recovering from non-life-threatening wounds. 

BRANDON, FL – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is currently responding to the scene of a crash with sustained injuries in the Towne Estate area. 

Deputies arrived at the collision site, the intersection of Causeway Boulevard and South Gornto Lake Road, at 12:39 p.m. Officials are investigating the circumstances behind this wreck and have not stated the exact cause of this crash, listed the kinds of people and vehicles involved, or mentioned reports of hospitalizations. 

New details will be provided as the latest developments surface. 

RIVERVIEW, FL – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances behind a Thursday night crash in the Summerview Oaks area that injured at least one person. 

HCSO was summoned to the southbound U.S. Highway 301 and Big Bend Road area before 8 p.m. Deputies started an investigation but have not been able to confirm the events behind this wreck. In addition, authorities have not stated the kind of people and vehicles involved or said if anyone required a trip to the hospital. 

Additional information will be posted as deputies release more details. 

RIVERVIEW, FL – A construction crew discovered a dead man’s body inside his convertible Mazda Miata following a collision along I-75 Monday. 

This discovery occurred near Progress Boulevard, FOX13 News indicated in a report. Florida Highway Patrol launched an investigation and believe this collision occurred somewhere within a span of several weeks. 

No other information has been made available.