Articles Tagged with Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL – A hit-and-run suspect was responsible for hitting a woman and two children with their car, claiming the kids’ lives and leaving the lady in critical condition Monday.

Sarasota Police told My SunCoast that they believe the suspect was operating a white Lexus ES300 car when they ran over the victims at the intersection of North Washington Boulevard and 7th Street. 

EMS crews transported the woman, 29, and the kids with her, a 5-month-old baby and a 2-year-old toddler, to local hospitals. There, the children pass away while the woman continues to fight for her life. 

SARASOTA, FL – A 31-year-old man lost his life, and a Sarasota County deputy was rushed to a hospital following two separate crashes that happened Thursday.

The first collision, which involved the deputy, happened in the area of University Club, Fox13 News said. The details behind this specific wreck are unclear. However, what was confirmed is that the impact led the deputy to suffer non-life-threatening wounds.

The second crash happened when the 31-year-old man, driving a pickup truck on southbound Lockwood Ridge Road, went over the grassy median and then hit a telephone pole. The man, from Bradenton, succumbed to his injuries. He was the sole occupant of his vehicle.

VENICE, FL – An 83-year-old man driving an SUV failed to yield the right of way to a trash truck and struck it, which led him to succumb to his injuries Tuesday. 

The collision happened around 10 a.m. at the intersection of Tempest Harbor Loop and River Road, FOX4Now reports.The driver of the trash truck was going south on River Road, and the 83-year-old man was east on Tempest Harbor Loop Road when the vehicles collided. 

EMS crews declared the elderly man dead at the scene and confirmed the truck driver, 56, was unharmed. 

SARASOTA, FL – A driver lost control of their car Monday, causing it to crash into the tiki bar at Lantern Inn & Suites, leaving a man and a woman injured. 

According to My Sun Coast, the events unfolded at around 3:30 p.m. when the driver, 63, was leaving the RaceTrac gas station. At one point, for reasons still unclear, they lost control of their steering wheel, causing the vehicle to slam into a fence and strike the venue’s outdoor bar, where the man and woman were sitting. The vehicle went on to collide with a concrete wall, sending debris from the wall onto four unoccupied vehicles. 

First responders said the female patron, 59, was seriously injured while the male patron, 69, was left in critical condition. 

SARASOTA, FL – Several people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision Sunday, ABC Action News reported. 

This crash happened before 4 p.m. at the Fruitville Road and Vic Edwards Road intersection. Police said one person suffered serious injuries. 

Officials shut down the west and eastbound lanes of Fruitville for their investigation and the scene clearance process. 

SARASOTA, FL – A driver of an unspecified vehicle failed to yield and struck a second automobile, injuring both drivers and two passengers, all of whom were teenagers, Monday. 

MySunCoast said this two-automobile collision occurred after 9 p.m. at the Proctor Road and Lords Avenue intersection. After arriving, first responders closed west and eastbound lanes on Proctor and reopened all lanes along Lords Avenue. 

Authorities said the driver who failed to yield was an 18-year-old teenager who was seriously injured, and the second driver, a 16-year-old teenager, was left in critical condition. 

SARASOTA, FL – An ambulance transported a 48-year-old man to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where he passed away after colliding with a parked car Wednesday. 

Florida Highway Patrol told WFLA that this collision occurred after 9 p.m. in the 5300th block of Antoinette Street. 

Preliminary details from FHP indicate that the driver, for reasons unclear, lost control of his car, went right through a flower bed, came into contact with a ditch, and then crashed into a parked car.