Matthew Lee Williams tried setting his 2003 Nissan ablaze Tuesday morning because he couldn't afford the payments, Hillsborough County deputies say. He ignited a bed sheet that he had placed into the Nissan's gas tank, and the vehicle's gas tank area suffered fire damage, a criminal arrest affidavit states. ...more

October 22, 2008

Police today released the identity of a man who was killed by an out-of-control car Sunday afternoon while he was taking cover from the rain in a bus shelter. ...more

October 6, 2008

A car driving through heavy rain in Clearwater on Sunday afternoon hydroplaned and crashed into a public bus shelter, killing a pedestrian, police said. ...more

October 5, 2008

Drivers heading west on Interstate 275 to St. Petersburg faced bumper-to-bumper traffic about 1 p.m. today as they passed a beige sedan on fire near the hump of the Howard Frankland Bridge. ...more

October 2, 2008

An 80-year-old woman is in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa after a three-vehicle wreck at U.S. 301 and Trilby Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The wreck happened 7:45 p.m. Sunday. Alice Richardson Neish of Zephyrhills was traveling north on U.S. 301 when, for unknown reasons, she veered into the southbound lanes, the highway patrol said. She was critically injured after her 2008 Chevrolet Cavalier struck a 1997 Buick before getting broadsided by a 2008 Nissan. The driver of the Cavalier, Maricela Benites-Rodriguez, 31, of San Antonio, was taken to St. Joseph's with serious injuries, as were the Nissan's driver, Michael Hernandez, 50, of Wesley Chapel, and his passengers, Darlene Lugo-Hernandez, 44, and Jonathan Hernandez, 11. The highway patrol was investigating. The victims' conditions were unavailable today. ...more

September 22, 2008

Police arrested an 18-year-old Tampa man late Monday after the vehicle he was driving struck a police car on the passenger side, according to a report. ...more

September 17, 2008

Police arrested an 18-year-old Tampa man late Monday after the vehicle he was driving struck a police car on the passenger side, according to a report. ...more

September 16, 2008

A 26-year-old Tampa man was arrested Thursday for road rage that caused a fatal automobile accident in April, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 12, 2008

A 28-year-old Dunedin man was arrested Thursday and charged with being drunk when his car ran a red light in June and struck a car, killing a passenger in that car. ...more

August 29, 2008

Ford, GM, Chrysler, even Nissan has cut retiree benefits. Have the automakers cut your benefits? ...more

August 16, 2008