ST. LUCIE COUNTY — One person has died in the accident on Florida’s Turnpike that shut down the northbound lanes near Fort Pierce at about 3:25 p.m. Sunday. Wreckage from the single-vehicle rollover crash was cleared at about 5:21 p.m., allowing the Florida Highway Patrol to reopen the road to traffic. The person killed has…
LAND O’LAKES — A knocked-down power pole at Causeway Boulevard and Land O’Lakes Boulevard is partially blocking the road, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Around 6:30 a.m., a car hit the pole and fled, FHP said. It is unclear whether the driver was injured. FHP is investigating. No other details are yet known.
BRADENTON – A Manatee County man told authorities he left a woman who fell off the back of his pickup because he didn’t want to get a DUI. The Florida Highway Patrol says a 54-year-old man was driving his truck Thursday night when a woman standing in the bed pounded on his cab. When the…