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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Jessica Costanzo and Gabriella "Gigi" Longpre were killed in a devastating car accident. The young women were heading home from IHOP on State Road 70 around 2 a.m. when a Ford SUV ran the red light at the intersection and slammed into them. The driver of the SUV was allegedly 16-year-old Emerson Herrera. Manatee County Sheriff's investigators say after the wreck, he got into a friend's truck and took off before officers got there. That truck was stolen. Charges are pending against Herrera. He has a criminal history that includes accessory after the fact for murder.
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Friday, October 17, 2014
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Friday, May 30, 2014

A 31-year-old Bradenton man died Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of 75th St. West and 29th Ave. West.

Brian Casey was pronounced dead at the scene just before 6 p.m.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Casey was traveling north on his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle when he failed to stop for a red light. The bike struck the right rear end of a 2012 Toyota RAV 4 driven by a 70-year-old Bradenton woman.

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Friday, April 25, 2014

A well-known Bay area attorney died Saturday night from an apparent drowning sustained in a boating mishap off Egmont Key.

Henry West Hicks, 60, was attempting to retrieve an anchor to a 27-foot boat just after 7 p.m. when something went wrong.

According to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report Hicks was approximately three miles west of Anna Maria Island in Manatee County when he died. The incident is still under investigation.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

An 18-year-old Bradenton man died Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Cortez Rd.

The incident occurred at 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of 106th St. Hugo Arellano was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Arellano was traveling east on his 2004 Suzuki motorcycle when he was hit by a 2012 Buick LaCrosse driven by 90-year-old William Mitchell of Bradenton. Investigators say Mitchell was traveling west on Cortez and was attempting to turn left onto 106th St. when he violated Arellano’s right of way.

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Friday, February 21, 2014
A 69-year-old Manatee County woman died Friday afternoon from injuries sustained in a parking lot accident. Susan Roberts Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene just after 4:30 p.m. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Murphy has just finished shopping at BJ’s Wholesale Club and was loading items into the front passenger side of her 2001 Chrysler Town and Country van when the vehicle started moving in reverse for unknown reasons. Murphy fell under the vehicle and was struck on the head and body by the front right tire.
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Three people are dead and five others have been hospitalized after a woman backed her car into a group of pedestrians outside a Florida clubhouse. The Florida Highway Patrol says the accident happened Sunday in Bradenton, about 45 miles south of Tampa. Police says a woman, later identified as Doreen Landstra 79, backed her car in a parking lot at the Sugar Creek Country Club, where church services were taking place.