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A 17-year-old Jupiter girl was killed early this morning in a one-car accident at Military Trail and Toney Penna Drive, Jupiter police said. Lynnae N. Copeland was traveling north on Military Trail in a 2001 Volkswagen Passat when she attempted to make a right turn onto Toney Penna Drive, according to officer Adam Brown, spokesman for the Jupiter Police Department. She lost control of the car and collided with a light pole. Copeland was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center, where she died of her injuries.

A man while riding his motorcycle Tuesday night was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crashing on Acree Road in western Duval County. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says the motorcyclist was riding north on Acree on a Honda motorcycle at 9:53 p.m. the motorcycle ran off the road and crashed for unknown reasons. The rider, who has not been named, was transported to UF Health at Jacksonville Fire-Rescue, where hospital officials said the man was likely to recover. JSO said the rider was the only one involved in the wreck and no one else was hurt.

A bicyclist was killed and an Orlando police officer was taken to a hospital after a crash Sunday evening.

The crash, involving a marked Orlando Police Department vehicle and an adult bicyclist, happened before 7:30 p.m. Sunday on South Kirkman Road near Pine Shadows, south of LB McLeod, according to police.

Police said the bicyclist, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The officer, identified as Isaias Rivera Montoyo, suffered minor injuries, was taken to a hospital. Montoyo was expected to be released, authorities said.

An 8-year-old boy and 65-year-old woman were killed Sunday morning in a head-on crash in Oviedo, in the area of S.R. 434 and the 417. Three children were involved in the crash, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue officials. An 8-year-old boy died, two other children in the vehicle, Kyle Deuter and Courtney Deuter, ages 6 and 9, only suffered minor injuries, troopers said. Danielle Deuter, 28, the woman driving the vehicle with the children, was listed in critical condition. The woman driving the other vehicle, Marie Radford, 65, died from her injuries, troopers said.