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27. Daytona Beach cops: Speeding Ormond motorist killed, 5 firefighters injured in traffic crash between Pontiac & fire truck during Bike Week

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 52-year-old Ormond Beach woman was killed and five City of Daytona Beach firefighters were hurt following a traffic crash between her car, a Pontiac, and a fire truck near Halifax Health Medical Center on the first Saturday of Bike Week 2021, though no motorcycles were involved.

Sunny skies through the weekend at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

Create: Fri, 03/04/2022 - 17:15
Author: Sera King
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It's picture-perfect weather through the weekend at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona with plenty of sunshine and seasonably warm temps in the high 70s. Just what the doctor ordered.

Florida Highway Patrol: I-95 reopened near Edgewater with 3 dead from multiple crashes involving 17 vehicles due to dense fog & smoke from controlled burn

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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Dense fog and thick black smoke from a controlled burn were major causes of a horrific series of crashes overnight Thursday on both sides of I-95 between Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach resulting in three fatalities and numerous injuries, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Orange County Sheriff's Office PIO in Orlando: Off-duty deputy arrested over the weekend on DUI charge by West Melbourne cops; late father was an OCSO detective who died in the line of duty

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ORLANDO. Fla. -- A 29-year-old Orange County Sheriff's deputy arrested on a DUI charge over the weekend in Brevard County has been relieved of all law enforcement duties and reassigned to administrative duties while the criminal case is underway, an Orland0-based PIO with the OCSO confirmed.

Florida Highway patrol: Driver charged with 5 counts of vehicular homicide in 2021 crash in greater Orlando that killed 5 - 3 of the dead small children

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigators have arrested 20-year-old Osbaldo Patino Vazquez of Ocoee on five counts of vehicular homicide following a lengthy investigation into a fatal crash that occurred on March 11, 2021, at Claracona Ocoee Road and Gaymar Drive.

Orange County Schools dropping mask-wearing mandates for adults in Orlando-area campuses starting today

Create: Mon, 02/28/2022 - 05:11
Author: Sera King
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Citing steady declines in the past month in COVID-related cases and deaths in the Sunshine State, including here in Central Florida, Orange County Public Schools is loosening its mask-wearing mandates for adults at its Orlando-area campuses starting today.

28. Daytona Beach cops: Motorcyclist killed in collision with school bus during Bike Week

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A South Daytona resident on his motorcycle in Daytona for Bike Week suffered catastrophic injuries in a collision with a school bus back in March during Bike Week that resulted in his passing eight days later in the hospital.

Daytona Beach cops: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student arrested on 28 felony counts of possessing kiddie porn

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 20-year-old student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was arrested Thursday on 28 felony counts of possessing child pornography, Daytona Beach cops said.