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A motorcyclist was killed when he rear-ended a truck on Interstate 95, fell onto the asphalt and was struck by a sport-utility vehicle Monday night in Palm Bay.
Edwin Sorto-Gonzales, 28, of Ranburne, Ala., died in the 9:05 p.m. crash, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The wreck occurred near Mile Marker 178, midway between the U.S. 192 and Palm Bay Road exits.
Sorto-Gonzales was driving a 2004 Yamaha south on I-95 when he failed to slow down and struck the back of a 1998 Chevrolet pickup.
A 60-year-old man lost control of his car and crashed into a Winter Park home, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Peter Love, of Winter Park, crashed into a home near Raiders Run and Heritage Boulevard, not far from Aloma Avenue and Semoran Boulevard, the FHP said.
According to troopers, Love was driving a 2011 four-door Nissan eastbound on Raiders Run and lost control for an unknown reason. The car left the roadway, went through a yard and struck a house at 3141 Raiders Run.
Love suffered minor injuries and was taken to Winter Park Hospital.
Orlando police shut down a stretch of Interstate 4 due to a deadly accident early Saturday morning.
Police said the accident involved five cars in the westbound lanes at Princeton Avenue.
Police said the accident killed two people and was the result of a wrong-way driver.
Westbound lanes of I-4 were shut down starting at Kennedy Boulevard and continuing to Princeton Boulevard.
Northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down due to a vehicle and brush fire in Volusia County Saturday.
Firefighters said one person died as a result of the accident.
Firefighters said the fire started around Mile Marker 258, just south of Daytona Beach in the northbound lanes of I-95.
Firefighters said a the vehicle ran off the road, hit a tree, caught on fire and the fire then spread into woods.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said one other person was injured from the accident.
A 13-year-old girl was killed in a crash involving two motorcycles in Central Florida, and investigators are trying to determine if a deer caused the fatal accident.
The crash happened around noon Sunday on Courtenay Parkway near Taylor Road in northern Brevard County.
According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, Jessica Dalrymple, of Merritt Island, was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by 67-year-old Michael Bowers.
The president of a north Florida tea party group has been killed in a two-vehicle car crash in Marion County.
The Florida Highway Patrol told the Ocala Star-Banner that 70-year-old Stephen Hunter of Sparr died in the Friday night crash. Hunter headed the Ocala Tea Party or Tea Party Solutions for the last several years.
Troopers say Hunter was attempting to make a left turn on U.S. 441 and apparently did not see an oncoming pickup truck, which struck Hunter's car on the driver's side.