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Friends and family of two University of Miami engineering students attended a candlelight memorial service in their honor after the couple was hit by a car and killed. The woman who struck them with her Porsche has not been charged. The accident happened when the two students were crossing the street at Kendall Drive and 68th Court. They had crossed five lanes of traffic and were near the curb in front of their apartment complex

Two hit-and-run car accidents in just over a month have left one Florida family devastated. The latest accident occurred Oct. 17 when a driver hit a dirt bike a young couple was riding in Perrine, just 20 miles south of Miami, and then drove off. The young woman’s great-aunt was killed on Sept. 16 in a high-speed hit-and-run accident that was also in Perrine. The couple was riding a dirt bike on SW 176 Street

A Florida woman in her 60s drove her Mercedes-Benz through three yards as she plowed over fences and struck a neighbor who was relaxing outside before her vehicle landed in her own backyard. The victim was transported to a medical facility by emergency personnel and was initially listed in serious condition. Her condition later worsened to critical. The driver of the Mercedes was treated for minor injuries at a medical facility. She and the victim

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a car accident that took place at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 5 in Pasco County took the life of a Lutz teenager. A passenger in the car was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she was listed in serious condition. The accident happened a little north of County Line Road along Sunlake Boulevard. While the Steinbrenner High School wrestler’s 2003 Nissan SUV was parked at the end of

Two people were killed and another seriously injured following a collision between a moped and a passenger vehicle in a Florida city on Oct. 6. A second car also was involved following the collision that occurred in Tampa about 11:30 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol says a 2010 Hyundai Accent, driven by a 23-year-old woman on a suspended driver’s license, struck the rear end of a moped carrying three people in a northbound lane of

A 38-year-old man was detained with no bond on Sept. 23 after he was charged for his alleged involvement in a deadly hit-and-run wreck in Miami-Dade County. In addition, the subject had a warrant out for his arrest from Georgia for trafficking drugs. Charges stemming from the Sept. 16 accident include vehicular homicide, fleeing the scene of an accident with death, fleeing the scene of an accident with injuries, fleeing the scene of an accident

A 42-year-old Florida man died when the tanker truck that he was driving overturned on Interstate 75 near mile marker 206 in Sarasota County. A 24-year-old Kissimmee man driving a pickup truck who was also involved in the accident was not injured. According to authorities, the accident occurred when the tanker truck veered into the center lane of the interstate in front of the pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck steered left and