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TROOPER INJURED RESPONDING TO FATAL ACCIDENT

A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER A TIRE ON HER CRUISER BLEW WHILE HEADING TO A FATAL ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  TROOPERS SAY 42 YEAR OLD JACQULINE STEVENS OF VENICE WAS EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 681 HEADING TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE AT... Read More.

MAN ON BIKE KILLED IN ENGLEWOOD ACCIDENT

A BICYCLIST WAS KILLED AFTER AN ANTIQUE CAR DRIVER RAN HIM OVER NEAR A CAR SHOW IN ENGLEWOOD YESTERDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 69 YEAR OLD GEOFFREY OLDER OF SARASOTA WAS NORTHBOUND ON INDIANA AVENUE IN THE RIGHT LANE JUST BEFORE 2:15PM WHEN... Read More.

9 OF 10 OCCUPANTS HURT IN ACCIDENT

A VAN WITH 10 PEOPLE ON BOARD OVERTURNED ON THE INTERSTATE MONDAY NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 44 YEAR OLD BARBARA HOOD OF JACKSON, OHIO WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 APPROACHING THE TUCKERS GRADE EXIT RAMP JUST AFTER 8PM MONDAY WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL. ... Read More.

ONE KILLED IN ACCIDENT IN RURAL CHARLOTTE

ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN RURAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY YESTERDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 46 YEAR OLD CHARLES JOHNSON OF FORT PIERCE WAS EASTBOUND ON BERMONT ROAD, ABOUT TWELVE AND A HALF MILES EAST OF STATE ROAD 31... Read More.

WOMAN KILLED IN NOKOMIS MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

A WOMAN WAS KILLED AND THE DRIVER OF A MOTORCYCLE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NOKOMIS SATURDAY EVENING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 57 YEAR OLD BARRY ANDERSON OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON US 41 APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF... Read More.

WOMAN KILLED IN EAST ENGLEWOOD ACCIDENT

A VENICE WOMAN DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN EAST ENGLEWOOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 16 YEAR OLD BRIAN HAUSCHILD OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS EASTBOUND ON SOUTH MCCALL ROAD APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF OCEANSPRAY BOULEVARD JUST AFTER 2:15PM... Read More.

ONE KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 32 YEAR OLD PHILLIPS VENTURA OF RIVERVIEW WAS NORTHBOUND ON 75 APPROACHING THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE OVERPASS JUST AFTER 3:30PM WHEN HIS ENTIRE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY... Read More.

MAN HAS MEDICAL EPISODE IN ACCIDENT

AUTHORITIES SAY A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA MONDAY MORNING WAS CAUSED BY A DRIVER WHO HAD A MEDICAL EPISODE.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 64 YEAR OLD J GUADALUPE OLIVO-GUERRA OF SARASOTA WAS EASTBOUND ON PROCTOR ROAD JUST BEFORE 6:30AM WHEN HE FAILED TO... Read More.

ACCIDENT SENDS TWO TO THE HOSPITAL

TWO ENGLEWOOD BROTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN VENICE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 20 YEAR OLD DMITRIJS POLISCUKS WAS NORTHBOUND ON US 41 APPROACHING SEMINOLE DRIVE JUST BEFORE 4:30PM.  48 YEAR OLD BIRNEY ODELL OF VENICE... Read More.

ROTONDA MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT

A ROTONDA WEST MAN WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN PUNTA GORDA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 83 YEAR OLD PAUL ABLER WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE OF ACLINE ROAD AT US 41 AT AROUND 12:45PM.  HE WAS STOPPED AT THE... Read More.