Hillsborough County Fire Rescue workers battled a two-alarm fire at an abandoned house in Ruskin early this morning. ...more

January 20, 2009

A 11/2-year-old boy was flown by medical helicopter to Tampa General Hospital after accidentally being run over twice by his father Thursday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 19, 2008

TRILBY A toddler was flown by medical helicopter to Tampa General Hospital after being run over twice by his 26-year-old father Thursday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Andrew F. Pope III, 1 1/2, apparently walked behind his father's four-door Mercury while his father, Andrew F. Pope Jr., was backing out of a dirt driveway at a home they were visiting at 37125 Trilby Road, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins. Pope Jr. didn't see the boy and backed over him with the car's right rear tire, according to a highway patrol report. Unsure of what happened, he drove forward and ran over his son again with the right rear tire at about 2:30 p.m. The toddler was in critical condition Thursday night, Gaskins said. ...more

September 18, 2008