Florida Accidents

MIAMI - An alligator bit a man's face while he was swimming in a lake near Tampa. It happened last Thursday at Lake Thonotosassa which is in Hillsborough County. Fire rescue took the 34-year-old man to the hospital, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which dispatched a contracted trapper to the lake and is continuing to investigate the incident.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -UPDATE 4:22 p.m. Officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have confirmed with NewsChannel 7, that the individual involved in a fatal boat incident overnight was Trey Pike. Pike served as the Athletic Director and Vernon High School Football Coach. Officials say the incident happened...

An alligator bit a man's face while he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Florida, according to officials.

HUTCHINSON ISLAND - A 35-year-old Florida man who was recording the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean died when a sand dune collapsed on top of him. It happened on Hutchinson Island, just north of West Palm Beach. A beachgoer saw a portion of the man's body protruding from the sand early Monday and called for help, according to a Facebook post by the Martin County Sheriff's Office.

An unexpected incident happened to a family during their visit to the Florida Keys. A shark jumped and bit the face of a 13-year-old boy who was on a lobster expedition with his parents. Fischer Hricko, 13, was looking in the water for traces of the crustaceans and did not...

A 34-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after an alligator bit his face in a Florida lake. It marks another serious gator attack this summer.

A Florida man died filming the sunrise Monday after a sand dune he was lying under collapsed on top of him, police say. Other beach-goers later saw parts of the man's body protruding from the sand and called police. The Martin County Sheriff's Office says the victim was 35 years old, but did not release a name.

A Florida alligator took a chomp of a man's face when he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Hillsborough County on Thursday, August 4. The 34-year-old victim survived the incident and was immediate hospitalized following yet another unprovoked alligator attack in the state. Local authorities confirmed the incident occurred in...

THONOTOSASSA (CBS Miami) An alligator bit a man’s face while he was swimming in a lake near Tampa. It happened last Thursday at Lake Thonotosassa which is in Hillsborough County. Fire rescue took the 34-year-old man to the hospital after the alligator bit his face, according to the Florida...

OVIEDO, Fla. (WKMG) - A 13-year-old boy and his family faced a terrifying experience while vacationing in Florida when a shark attacked the teenager, biting his lip. Lobstering in the Florida Keys is tradition for the Hricko family. Fischer Hricko, 13, his dad and the rest of his family took their boat out on the water July 27 with the goal of catching as many of the crustaceans as they could.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -A Florida man has suffered life-threatening injuries following a crash Saturday evening in Beltrami County. The crash happened just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday near Upper Red Lake Unorg. Authorities say, 43-year-old Richard Ames, was driving on Highway 72 when he lost control of his vehicle...

KEY WEST, Fla. - Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants attempting to enter the U.S. illegally capsized off the coast of the Florida Keys, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said it received reports of the capsized vessel...