The Florida Highway Patrol is working to identify a person killed in a crash on Brandon Boulevard near Lithia Pinecrest Road on Friday after a van hit two utility poles and caught fire. ...more

March 14, 2009

A dump truck driver troopers say was responsible for a wreck that temporarily shut down a railroad Tuesday has been charged for his role. ...more

March 12, 2009

A man whose body was found March 1 in a ditch in Ruskin has been identified as 52-year-old Dale Strunk, Hillsborough County deputies say. Strunk had no obvious signs of trauma, though it's up to the medical examiner's office to determine an official cause of death, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The cause of death is pending toxicology results. ...more

March 11, 2009

A 49-year-old Zephyrhills man died early this morning on U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa after his pickup truck veered off the road and struck a tree, troopers said. Mark J. Seoane was driving north about 3:43 a.m. when his 2003 Chevrolet S-10 veered onto the eastern shoulder of U.S. 301 north of Dead River Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

March 6, 2009

A man was killed after he overcorrected, swerved and crashed his vehicle into a tree and overturned in a creek Monday night, troopers said. ...more

March 3, 2009

A body found Sunday evening in Ruskin had no obvious signs of trauma, though it's up to the medical examiner's office to determine an official cause of death, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

March 2, 2009

A 24-year-old motorcyclist died Friday after a crash in Clearwater involving a sport-utility vehicle, troopers said. ...more

February 28, 2009

A man was killed this morning at the entrance road to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway off northbound Interstate 75. ...more

February 25, 2009

If you believe pedestrians have the right of way, you are not only wrong, you could be dead wrong. ...more

February 18, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies continued searching this morning for a man who opened fire on two men and a woman in the 1200 block of 57th Avenue East in Bradenton shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009