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She was hit by a car and killed early Sunday on South Pine Avenue (U.S. 441) just north of the Ocala Drive-In. The FHP has not released her name.

Gainesville Police Sgt. Jeffrey Kerkau was named Thursday night as the officer who was injured early Wednesday morning when his patrol car slid off Newberry Road and hit a tree. Kerkau was driving home at the end of his shift, GPD reported in a news release. GPD would not release Kerkau’s name Wednesday. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Patrick Riordan told The Sun on Wednesday that the crash happened about 3:30 a.m. on State Road 26 — Newberry Road — and 175th Street. “The driver lost control. The road was wet and in losing control it veered off the roadway onto the north side where it s...

A Gainesville Police officer ran off the road and hit a curb, guardrail and tree in Jonesville

A runner who was seriously injured when she was hit while crossing a confusing stretch of Williston Road south of Lincoln Middle School in December is recovering. And more good news — the Florida Department of Transportation will be making some sign and signal changes designed to give motorists and trail users clarification on how each should proceed. University of Florida doctoral student Olga Munoz was hit by an SUV on Dec. 10 where a paved trail that leads from the Depot Park area to the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail crosses the four lanes of Williston Road. The driver fled and has ...

2 patrol cars involved in Marion County crashes; no injuries reported Andy Fillmore Patrol cars from two different law enforcement agencies were involved in separate crashes in northwest Marion County Sunday night, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. According to Troop B FHP Public Affairs Officer Lt. Patrick Riordan, an FHP cruiser was involved in a crash on southbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 358, which is the State Road 326 exit. No details were available about the cause of the crash or if any additional vehicles were involved, but Riordan said there were no injuries, no roadblock ...