ACCIDENT NEWS BLOG

HILLSBOROUGH, CO., FL - A collision on I-275 in north Tampa caused delays for rush-hour commuters on Friday morning. According to Tampa Bay 511, the crash happened shortly before 10 a.m. along the transition ramp from I-275 southbound to I-4 eastbound. Cleared: Crash in Hillsborough County on I-275 South, ramp to I-4 EB. Off-ramp right lane blocked. Last updated at 09:46 AM. — FL5...

MANATEE CO., FL - Traffic delays were reported following a collision at a northwest Whitefield intersection early Friday. According to a report by Tampa Bay Traffic, the crash happened just before 6 a.m. near the intersection of 15th Street East and 63rd Avenue. Crash | Manatee County at 15th st. East and 63rd Ave. Roadblock in intersection. First responders on scene. #GMTB #Tampabay...

TAMPA, FL - Traffic delays were reported following a collision on I-275 early Friday morning. According to Fox 13 Traffic, the crash happened at about 6 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the freeway along the Howard Frankland Bridge. @Fox13Traffic CRASH: I-275 Southbound or westbound on the Howard Frankland Bridge after the hump. Expect some delays driving from Hillsborough to Pinellas...

LAKELAND, FL - One person was killed and another was injured when a motorcycle crashed head-on into a passenger vehicle southeast of Lakeland yesterday evening. Fox 13 reports that 46-year-old Lani Kyle Youngblood was speeding west and illegally passing vehicles in the eastbound lanes of Maine Avenue when he crashed into an oncoming 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage and was thrown from his motorcycl...

PINELLAS CO., FL - Authorities responded to a collision on southbound I-275 past 4th Street this morning, FOX 13 reports. SB I-275 SOUTH OF 4TH ST ⚠️ Crash clearing from inside shoulder. No travel lanes blocked. #Pinellas @FOX13News pic.twitter.com/Hbfek0YOks — FOX 13 Traffic (@Fox13Traffic) April 27, 2022 The crash happened sometime before 7 a.m. today and drew a respon...

MANATEE CO., FL - A man was killed in Memphis yesterday evening when a sedan struck his motorcycle, WFLA reports. The Florida Highway Patrol says that the fatal incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, when a 28-year-old Palmetto man who had been riding his motorcycle along the grass shoulder of 21st Street E turned began heading west on 12th Avenue E and was struck by a sedan as it ...

SARASOTA, FL - State troopers say they have made an arrest in a hit-and-run crash in Sarasota on Friday night. WWSB reports Jeffrey Reinke is accused of leaving the scene after the incident on Bee Ridge Road at about 10:30 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said Reinke was driving a sedan eastbound when he tried to make a left turn onto Beneva Road and entered the path of a motorcycle. The m...

LAKELAND, FL - Authorities say a woman died after being hit by a truck on a roadway in Polk County Saturday morning, Fox 13 News reports. The Polk County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 35-year-old Jessica Cunningham, and said she was homeless. The incident took place on Highway 98 near Duff Road in Lakeland shortly before 2 a.m. Investigators said 22-year-old Tylder Alde...

POINCIANA, FL - A 13-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Polk County last week, according to the Daily Ridge. Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene in the area of Tiger Road and Dromedary Court in Poinciana Thursday evening. Investigators determined that the boy was riding his bicycle in the northbound lane of Tiger Road at ...

MANATEE COUNTY, FL - A man was killed in a pedestrian accident in Manatee County Saturday night, according to WWSB. The Florida Highway Patrol said the victim was crossing U.S. 41 near Orlando Avenue when he was hit by a northbound car shortly before 9:30 p.m. He was then struck again by a van going north on the highway in an outside travel lane. The pedestrian, a 58-year-old man f...