Two witnesses fought flames spurting out the back of a car that was crumpled by an alleged drunken driver in a rear-end collision that killed a local soup kitchen manager around 6 a.m. Friday. ...more

November 29, 2008

Authorities say a deputy driving an unmarked vehicle struck a Collier County ambulance carrying a 70-year-old patient, causing the ambulance to overturn. ...more

November 29, 2008

Perched atop his horse, D'artagnon, Tampa police Officer Scott Rehbein saw all sorts of temptations for thieves in the WestShore Plaza parking lot Wednesday. ...more

November 27, 2008

In October, Porsche announced that it had acquired a nearly 43 percent stake in Volkswagen with an option to buy 32 percent more. Without anybody noticing, Porsche, maker of scarcely 100,000 cars per year, had cornered a 75 percent position in VW, which cranks out nearly 6 million vehicles. ...more

November 27, 2008

Like jingle bells and Santa hats, Rehbein and other Tampa police officers patrolling the malls are a holiday tradition. Officers on horseback and motorcycles, and in unmarked vehicles, will conduct extra patrols at WestShore Plaza, International Plaza and along the Dale Mabry Highway corridor from now through Jan. 4. ...more

November 26, 2008

Two collisions were reported Sunday within two hours of each other. The first one resulted in one fatality and one critical injury. The second resulted in a man being thrown from his motorcycle, troopers said. ...more

November 24, 2008

A 39-year-old Zephyrhills man died Thursday night after his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck on State Road 54 near Evans Street in Zephyrhills, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Michael L. Herron, of Zephyrhills, died at the scene, troopers say. This is what happened about 5:45 p.m., according to the highway patrol: A 1998 Dodge pickup truck driven by Michael J. Deveau was stopped and waiting to turn left on to S.R. 54 from the entrance of A Car Lot, 36911 S.R. 54. Herron was going east on S.R. 54 and approaching Evans Street when Deveau turned into the path of Herron's 1999 Honda motorcycle. ...more

November 21, 2008

A 39-year-old Zephyrhills man died Thursday night after his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck on State Road 54 near Evans Street in Zephyrhills, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 20, 2008

A popular Plant High School student died and three other classmates were injured Friday night in a car accident on Interstate 75 near Micanopy after the driver lost control of the vehicle. ...more

November 15, 2008

Christmas came early for one area auto body business. St. Petersburg-based Boulevard Customs is one of four finalists in the international Mercedes-Benz "Tuner Challenge" design competition. ...more

November 15, 2008