A portion of Mariner Boulevard was shut down for more than three hours Tuesday after a car veered off the road and toppled a power pole, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. ...more

September 24, 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

A 19-year-old man who had been drinking at a party was killed this morning as he lay in the southbound lanes of Sheldon Road, north of Waters Avenue, authorities said. ...more

September 20, 2008

Portions of Interstate 95 were closed - and sparkling in the morning sun - after a tractor-trailer carrying $187,000 worth of nickels crashed Wednesday, killing one person and scattering the coins across the road. ...more

September 18, 2008

Both directions of Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard were closed at their junction for several hours Monday afternoon after a construction worker severed a natural gas line. ...more

September 16, 2008

Workers have capped the natural gas leak that has closed both directions of Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard at their junction, and all roads could be open about 6:30 p.m. the Tampa Fire Department said. ...more

September 15, 2008

Work to make Interstate 275 a smoother trip for thousands of commuters is six months ahead of schedule, but motorists still have a year or so of construction to endure. ...more

September 8, 2008

Pasco Fire Rescue said two people were flown to St. Petersburg's Bayfront Medical Center on Thursday afternoon after a crash involving a motorcycle and two other vehicles near the West Pasco Government Center. ...more

August 29, 2008

Have leftover medicine and don't know what to do with it? Well, don't leave it lying around. And certainly don't flush it. ...more

August 22, 2008

A Lake Placid man was transported to Lakeland Regional Medical Center in critical condition after an early morning crash Monday at Highlands Lake Drive in Lake Placid. ...more

August 19, 2008