SARASOTA, FL – Local police are working to determine the events that led to a crash with injuries west of the Sarasota International Airport Monday afternoon.
Officers arrived at the intersection of North Tamiami Trail and University Parkway after 12 p.m. Police have not specified the extent of injuries sustained or mentioned the kind of people and vehicles involved.
Our team of news writers will provide updates once more information comes to light.
SARASOTA, FL – A hit-and-run crash left a bicyclist in critical condition and led to a Massachusetts man’s arrest Thursday, WFLA reports.
The suspect, later identified as John Figgie, had veered into the U.S. 41 bike lane and struck the 78-year-old male cyclist, a local, before hitting a van and continuing northbound. Figgie went on to strike an additional vehicle before Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested and booked him into jail.
FHP said Figgie was charged with “leaving the scene of a serious injury crash and several other moving violations.”
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 truck driver was turning left in the University Park area when he collided with a motorcycle, leading the motorcyclist, an 18-year-old teenager, to his death Sunday.
This collision happened when the truck driver was turning onto University Parkway onto North Cattlemen Road, ABC Action News reports. When the two vehicles made contact, the motorcyclist had struck the left side of the truck, and the motorcyclist, a Sarasota local, succumbed to fatal wounds.
Florida Highway Patrol, who were the first responders summoned to the scene, said that the truck driver, a 35-year-old man, also a Sarasota resident, was spared from injuries.
SARASOTA, FL – An 8-year-old boy riding a dirt bike was hospitalized for serious wounds after colliding with a police officer’s car on Monday, WFLA reports.
This crash happened around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of 22nd Street and Maple Avenue. Upon arrival, first responders rushed the boy to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. There he had undergone surgery and is recovering.
The police officer was unharmed and was put on “restricted administrative duty” during the investigation period.
SARASOTA, FL – The Tri-Par Estates Mobile Home Park residents are among the many who are working to restore their lives to normalcy after the powerful Hurricane Milton.
Images from Fox 13 News show torn-off roofs and numerous twisted panels and windows scattered about following the storm surge, which was said to have been between 8 to 10 feet, according to additional data from The Tallahassee Democrat.
While it’s unclear how many homes in the entire county have been destroyed by Milton, the Tallahassee Democrat declares that 100 homes in Sarasota alone have been hit really hard.
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.
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