A 35-year-old Oldsmar man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a DUI-manslaughter charge. ...more

November 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY A 37-year-old Holiday man was arrested today by the Florida Highway Patrol, accused of causing a wreck that killed a woman in February. ...more

October 23, 2008

A woman was cited for careless driving Wednesday after she clipped the back of a taxi and rear-ended a school bus, police said. ...more

September 25, 2008

A head-on collision on U.S. 19 in Hernando County left three people injured, including a woman from Tampa, just before 1 p.m. today. ...more

September 23, 2008

A Palm Harbor man ran a stop sign this morning, lost control of his vehicle then collided with a van parked in front of a mobile home, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

July 6, 2008

BRADENTON — A former firefighter who was acquitted in 2004 on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run crash that authorities say is alcohol-related. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEBRING — An Avon Park man was arrested by Sebring police after a concerned citizen flagged down a sheriff's deputy to report a hit-and-run driver in a white flat-bed truck weaving up U.S. 27 north. Highlands County deputy Dan Wilson reported that when he pulled over the truck, the driver –– identified as Ubaldo "Lalo" Davila, 55 –– and also known as Baldo Jesus Davila, Eduardo Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez and Lalo Davila staggered out. He did not have a Florida driver's license. The witness, who wished not to be identified, said Tuesday that he saw the truck coming his way, in his rearview mirror. The road was wet as it had just rained Monday morning. He saw the driver hit another vehicle and keep going, he said. ...more

May 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Wearing seat belts prevented Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams and his wife Margie from being seriously injured on Sunday afternoon on County Road 621 near Holmes Road. "My wife called out, 'Lookout, he's stopping,'" Williams said Monday morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

The first of what perhaps will be thousands of pages of reports on the deadly Interstate 4 pileup in Polk County trickled into public view Monday with narratives that detailed what happened. ...more

February 5, 2008

LAKELAND - The first installment of perhaps thousands of pages of reports and documentation of the massive pileup on Interstate 4 in Polk County in January trickled into public view this morning with narratives that laid out in detail what happened but nothing to hint at the chaos and confusion that greeted first responders. ...more

February 4, 2008