At least eleven people were seriously hurt after an SUV driver, who may have fallen asleep while driving, crossed the centerline and collided with a busload of people. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Megan Hester-Villalobos, of Groveland, was southbound on the northbound side of Sherbeth Road when she smashed into the 16-passenger bus; [...]
A teenage boy was killed when a driver who was allegedly under the influence of drugs smashed into three cars waiting at a stoplight. The 15-year-old boy from Hialeah was a passenger in one of the cars at the stoplight. He was rushed to a nearby hospital – along with three other injured victims – [...]
A motorist drove around parked emergency vehicles and collided with a medevac helicopter that was preparing to transport a critically-injured pedestrian. The wreck took place near 192’s intersection with State Road 429. Twenty-year-old Cameron Sunderly said he was returning from a local restaurant when he smashed into the helicopter’s rear rotor, damaging the aircraft so [...]
A young motorcyclist was unable to avoid a collision with an oncoming car in an Orlando neighborhood. The wreck occurred near the intersection of Dean Road and Jay Blanchard Trail. Twenty-six-year-old Juan Calvo, of Orlando, was traveling northbound on Dean Road when a Nissan automobile – driven by a 24-year-old woman whose name was not [...]
Four people are dead, including three children, after a serious chain reaction car crash near DeLand. The wreck began near the intersection of State Road 44 and Grand Avenue. When a Ford SUV illegally pulled out in front of a Jeep, the two vehicles collided. The Jeep overturned and caught fire; the out-of-control SUV careened [...]
After a months-long investigation, Orlando police issued an arrest warrant for the person they say is responsible for an alcohol-related hit and run crash that killed one woman and seriously injured several others. Last December, according to authorities, a 46-year-old man slammed into a Ford Taurus that four women, as the vehicle sat at a [...]
An area teen faces multiple charges after he fled the scene of a deadly tanker truck wreck in Sarasota. According to authorities, a large tanker truck that was loaded with about 8,500 gallons of gasoline rear-ended a 2008 Volvo while both vehicles were southbound on Interstate 75 near Fruitville Road. The tanker truck driver – [...]
One motorist is dead after a four-car pile-up crash on U.S. 301. Seventy-four-year-old Berrisford Turner was the wreck’s only serious casualty. According to authorities, 23-year-old Mauricio Chacon was southbound in a 2010 Ford van when he initially sideswiped a Ford F-150 then careened into the rear end of Mr. Turner’s 2014 Honda Accord. The force [...]
Authorities are searching for the driver of a 2011 Nissan Altima in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash in Orlando. The wreck occurred near the intersection of Peachtree Road and Colonial Drive. Florida Highway Patrol officers state that the suspect vehicle was speeding recklessly just before it fatally struck 52-year-old Charles McMurray, of Orlando, who [...]
A University of Central Florida student is dead following a violent rear-end crash near Walt Disney World that involved multiple vehicles. According to police and witnesses, 21-year-old Maxine Bartkovich, a senior hospitality major, was in a Toyota Corolla on Interstate 4 when she was struck from behind by a Ford pickup truck. The force of [...]
