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Car Collided with Dairy Truck in Palm Harbor

By: Gregory Perenich

The Florida Highway Patrol says a car collided with a dairy truck on U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor Tuesday morning. Police officials say a Nissan Altima and a dairy truck collided just north of Curlew Road at about 5:20 a.m. The driver of the...

Motorcyclist Dies in St. Petersburg Crash

By: Gregory Perenich

A motorcyclist died after it collided with a truck on Tyrone Boulevard Monday afternoon. The truck driver was towing landscaping equipment and a trailer south on Tyrone Boulevard around 2:28 p.m. Monday. The truck driver turned east near Winchester Road...

Florida State Trooper Risked Her Life to Save Runners

By: Chris Schneider

A Florida State Trooper risked her life on Sunday morning so that thousands of people running in the Armed Forces Skyway 10k Race wouldn't lose theirs. On Sunday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol was alerted to a BMW driving at...

Clearwater Woman Was Killed Crossing U.S. 19

By: Gregory Perenich

A 47-year-old Clearwater woman was killed while crossing U.S. Highway 19 in Pinellas County on Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 69-year-old Palm Harbor man was driving a pickup truck near Cyprus Drive around 7:19 p.m. when...

Off-duty Largo Police Dog Bites Young Boy

By: Gregory Perenich

A 10-year-old boy was bit by an off-duty Largo police dog in Tarpon Springs on Tuesday, the Tarpon Springs Police Department reported. Tarpon Springs police said they received a call just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday about a dog bite incident. When officers...

St. Petersburg Bicyclist Dies After Hit-and-Run

By: Gregory Perenich

A 45-year-old St. Petersburg bicyclist who was hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning has died, the St. Petersburg Police Department said Tuesday afternoon. Carl Budinsky of St. Petersburg was riding an electronic cross-country bicycle in the 7800 block of 38th...

St. Petersburg Bicyclist Injured in Hit-and-Run

By: Gregory Perenich

A St. Petersburg bicyclist was seriously injured Sunday morning when he was hit by a vehicle on 38th Avenue N., according to the St. Petersburg police department. Carl Budinsky, 45, was traveling eastbound on 38th Avenue N, near 78th Street,...

U.S. 19 Car Crash Leaves One Dead

By: Gregory Perenich

One person died, and two are badly injured after a U.S. 19 car crash at the intersection of Happy Days Drive on Friday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a media release. An 18-year-old Weeki Wachee woman was driving...

Man Driving a Street Sweeper Died

By: Chris Schneider

A man driving a street sweeper died in a Brandon Publix parking lot Friday night after a crash ejected him, and the street sweeper ran him over, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement. A 57-year-old man from Thonotosassa...

Brandon Bicyclist Died after Multiple Cars Hit Him

By: Gregory Perenich

A 30-year-old Brandon bicyclist died on Monday after four vehicles hit him on State Road 60 in Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Two SUVs, a sedan and a pickup truck, were eastbound on SR 60 when the collision...