Traffic is now clear on Broadway Avenue after a multicar collision this morning. Tampa police are handling the crash, which happened just after 6 a.m. at Broadway Avenue and 70th Street. ...more

June 12, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's investigators are looking into a rash of gas thefts that involved more than a few gallons. ...more

May 23, 2009

Three people escaped unharmed when fire broke out at a house on Piermaj Lane at about 8 a.m. today. For the second time today, Hillsborough Fire Rescue had to bring in a tanker truck to fight a fire. The house is in a heavily wooded area just off Interstate 275, and there are no hydrants nearby. ...more

April 20, 2009

A passing driver alerted an Avon Park couple to a shed fire Tuesday morning in the rear of their North Torrington Road home, said Fire Chief Earl Gray, with the Highlands Lakes Volunteer Fire Department. ...more

March 4, 2009

Four accidents created slow going on Interstate 275 South at the start of rush-hour today. The first, reported at 4:52 a.m., involved a tanker truck that overturned near Bearss Avenue after colliding with car parked on the side of the road. The accident was cleared by about 6 a.m., but three more wrecks were reported at 6:28, 6:37 and 6:42 a.m. in that area, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins of the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 6, 2008

A tanker truck carrying used oil overturned on a rural stretch of road outside Dade City on Wednesday evening, spilling some of its cargo. ...more

July 10, 2008

DADE CITY - Emergency crews are working to contain oil spilling from an overturned tanker truck in a rural area outside Dade City. ...more

July 9, 2008

South Hillsborough and Riverview drivers won't see relief on U.S. 301 for a few years, but they will at least see progress this fall. ...more

June 23, 2008

Lost Without The GPS This past weekend, the PW and I spent an awful amount of time learning how to get around on the streets of an unfamiliar location without our navigation device. We were in the Ellenton area where the tanker truck destroyed the bridge over State Road 301 on the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 last week. Our motel was located in the Prime Outlets Mall area, within a half mile of the accident. Thank goodness we had a few friends who were familiar with the area and gave us maps to use to get around most of the congestion. Even so, it was impossible not to get into some standstill traffic jams. But before we left Sunday morning, the authorities had devised routes and some rerouting of traffic, which made traffic flow almost normally. ...more

June 12, 2008

The Brooksville man whose fuel tanker truck fell from an overpass and exploded on U.S. 301 in Manatee County has died from his injuries on Saturday, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. ...more

June 10, 2008