Back when he was a 16-year-old Durant High junior, Weston Gee nearly died when he was a passenger in a car that crashed into a pole. He broke his right femur and right pinky, had a head injury and went into a coma. He was in a wheelchair for seven months. The reason he survived, he said, is that he wore a seat belt. One of his friends in the crash wasn't so fortunate. ...more

January 15, 2009

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee and his son Weston, a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol, are keynote speakers today at the annual Battle of the Belts high school safe driving awards ceremony. ...more

January 15, 2009

Drivers heading southbound on Interstate 275 near 38th Avenue North in St. Petersburg will need to use caution this morning. ...more

January 13, 2009

The man who was killed in St. Petersburg Sunday evening when his sport utility vehicle went out of control has been identified as Trent Anton Evans, 33, of Clearwater, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a press release this morning. ...more

January 12, 2009

Three people were killed this morning in a two-car wreck on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 10, 2009

Lashina Thompson-Brown was operating a 2000 Chevrolet under the influence of alcohol while her 5-year-old son was in the vehicle without a seat belt on, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 7, 2009

A 19-year-old Plant City man was killed Sunday afternoon when he was ejected from his car during a crash, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Brett Russell Fuller, 19, of 5012 Mud Lake Road, was driving his 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer northbound on Mud Lake Road about 2:45 p.m. when he lost control, deputies said. ...more

January 5, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol today identified a woman killed Wednesday after her car was rear-ended on North Dale Mabry Highway. ...more

January 2, 2009

The two 17-year-old Winter Haven boys were best friends. They had attended Lake Region High School together, and they hung out every day. On Monday night, Aldeir Mayorga and Troy Christopher Cockrum were returning from another night of socializing with friends when a car crash killed them both, Cockrum's mother said today. ...more

December 30, 2008

A Sebring man was killed Sunday following a two-vehicle accident in Lake County. Thomas E. McNally Jr., 29, of Sebring, was southbound in a 2003 GMC Truck on U.S. 27 in the inside lane when his vehicle was struck by a 1999 Mercury, driven by Arturo Hernandez Pina, 27, of Winter Haven, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

December 22, 2008