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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A Ponte Vedra man man was killed on the late afternoon of Sept. 19, after a wheel flew off a tractor-trailer and bounced across the median of Interstate 95, before crashing through his windshield and causing him to wreck, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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OVIEDO -- Gov. Rick Scott appointed Oviedo resident Richard Hanas to a vacant seat on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission back in June.

Hanas, 65, senior vice president of A. Duda & Sons Inc., filled a vacant seat for a term that ends Aug. 1, 2017.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Regarding the beach driving issue the very first thing we the people did wrong was allow the closing of the stretch of beach to cars on the World's Most Famous Beach® beach behind the Bandshell many years ago.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Relationships are the way babies come to know the world and their place in it.

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DELAND, Fla. -- A 27-year-old sky diver suffered injuries to his head and legs during what was decribed as a "hard fall" Monday morning at DeLand airport, municipal cops said.

The injured jumper in the 11 a.m. incident that brought out police and firefighters was identified as Matthew Serwanski of DeLand.

"The initial information is that Mr. Serwanski made a hard landing and suffered a head injury and injuries to his legs," DeLand PD Sgt. Chris Estes told Headline Surfer®. "He was flown to Halifax in Daytona for treatment."

Two sky divers have died in separate jumps so far this year at the airport where Skydive DeLand is located.

ESSEX, Vt. -- Rest in peace, Beau Biden.

Agency: Office of Beach Safety Ocean Rescue (Former Beach Patrol)
Annual Budget: $7.2 million
No. of Sworn Personnel: 81
No. of Lifeguards:
Age of Lifeguards:
Age 16:
Age 17:
18 and older:
Editor's Note: Waiting on Volusia County government to fill in the blanks

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES — Two brothers from Tampa swimming in an area where no lifeguards were stationed got caught in the surf and on of them had to be pulled ashore unconscious by a friend but the victim died a short time later at the hospital, Beach Safety Ocean Rescue officials said.

The drowning occurred in the 3100 block of Atlantic Ave, just before the transport of the unconcious swimmer just after 11 a.m. on this Memorial Day weekend Sunday with the beaches packed.

The brother who survived refused medical treatment.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The last time Scott Dixon captured the pole in 2008, he won the Indianapolis 500. Here in 2015, in the 99th running of the Indy 500, Dixon again has the pole the pole in 2008, Scott Dixon has the pole for Sunday's 99th running of the running of the open-wheel race, the single-greatest racing event globally.

Here is the line-up of the Indy 500 Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with rank, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses:

1. (9) Scott Dixon, Chevrolet, 02:38.7579 (226.760)

2. (1) Will Power, Chevrolet, 02:39.0458 (226.350)

3. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 02:39.1900 (226.145)

4. (10) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 02:39.6428 (225.503)

5. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 02:39.6439 (225.502)