CRIME & SAFETY
Car failed to stop at red light, 1 person killed, 7 injured in 5-car Sarasota crash, troopers say
One person was killed, and seven people were left with serious injuries in a five-car Sarasota crash on Tuesday. A driver in a sedan traveling south at 1:43 p.m. failed to stop at a red light as he was passing traffic in the right turn lane of US-301, north of Northgate Boulevard, according to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The front of the sedan collided with an SUV that was entering the intersection of...
One dead, several injured in US 301/Northgate Blvd crash
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - On Tuesday, Florida Highway Patrol reported a serious crash at US 301 and Northgate Blvd in Sarasota. According to the release from FHP, vehicle 1 failed to stop for the red light at the intersection of US 301 and Northgate Blvd as vehicle 2 was in the intersection.
Sarasota woman sentenced to 10 years prison for 10K Skyway Bridge crash into FHP trooper
A Sarasota driver was sentenced to prison after she was arrested in 2022 for barreling past barricades and colliding head-on into a Florida Highway Patrol trooper's car on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Kristen Watts, 54, pleaded no contest to charges for fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and DUI...
Man arrested after missing Edgewater toddler found hundreds of miles away
EDGEWATER, Fla. — A man has been arrested on a kidnapping charge after a missing 2-year-old from Volusia County was found over 200 miles away. According to Edgewater police, authorities found Rowan and Robert Renauld in North Port, which is in Sarasota County. This comes after a statewide missing...
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