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Truck flips, falls 45-feet into Fla. riverbed

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:38:15 -0400

TAMPA, Florida - The driver of a flatbed truck hauling a bulldozer is recovering from serious injuries after his truck rolled over a guardrail on Interstate 75 and plummeted 45-feet onto a marshy bank.

2 dead, 6 injured in 6-vehicle Panhandle crash

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:29:51 -0400

MARY ESTHER, Florida - Two people died and six others were injured in a crash near Hurlburt Field in the Florida Panhandle.

FHP: Man hit by deputy's car was texting

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:58:28 -0400

BELLEVIEW, Florida - The Florida Highway Patrol says a man who was critically injured when a Marion County Sheriff's patrol car struck him was texting while crossing a dark highway.

FHP: Trooper distracted by computer before crash

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:47:45 -0400

FORT MYERS, Florida - An investigation concluded that a Florida Highway Patrol trooper was distracted by in in-car laptop when he struck another vehicle, injuring a pregnant woman whose unborn child died.

Florida editorial roundup

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:01:49 -0400

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FHP trooper hits gator crossing road near Naples

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:04 -0400

NAPLES, Florida - A Florida Highway Patrol trooper driving in North Naples hit an alligator that was crossing a road.