Hannah Critchfield

A car catapulted through two Clearwater businesses early Sunday morning, including the popular Skyline Chili restaurant, according to a City of Clearwater news release.The 2010 Hyundai Sonata was traveling west on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard when the vehicle veered out of control at around 6:45 a.m., according to the release. It jumped the median and crossed eastbound lanes before crashing into a nearby strip shopping center, slamming into the front of Greenberg Dental and coming to rest inside the Sk…

Deputies are investigating the death of an elderly man after finding his body in Lake St. George in Palm Harbor, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.Clouster Bryant, 85, was reported missing after he left to go fishing and never returned home, according to an agency press release.On Friday evening, Pinellas County deputies found Bryant’s pickup truck near the north boat ramp of Lake St. George. The agency deployed its marine and flight units to aid in the search.Bryant’s body was d…

The Tarpon Springs Police Department has found a missing teenager last seen around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.The minor, a 16-year-old white male, has autism spectrum disorder and social anxiety, according to an agency news release. He was considered missing and endangered, having last been spotted riding his mountain bicycle on Peninsula Road in Tarpon Springs.The teenager has been reunited with his parents, law enforcement said.

One man died and another was hospitalized after a pickup truck and tractor trailer collided early this morning on Clearwater Beach, according to a City of Clearwater news release.Just after 1:30 a.m., city police and fire and rescue responded to a crash on Gulf Boulevard. One man in the pickup died, while another man was taken to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg with serious injuries.Stretches of Gulf Boulevard in the Sand Key Park area were closed earlier this morning, accordi…

One person is dead and another has been hospitalized after a boating incident near the Courtney Campbell Causeway, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release.At an undisclosed time on Saturday, the agency responded to a single vessel boating incident in Hillsborough County, with assistance from the Tampa Police Department and Tampa Fire Rescue.An investigation is ongoing, the commission said.No other details were immediately released.

A Zephyrhills man was killed early Sunday morning after he was struck by the driver of a vehicle who then fled the scene, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.The 70-year-old man was crossing State Road 54 west of Allen Road when he was hit by an eastbound vehicle at about 12:20 a.m., according to the release.The driver initially stopped, troopers said, then drove away.A witness described the vehicle as a silver Nissan sports sedan, officials said.The pedestrian died at the scene.N…

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