The motorcyclist lost control his vehicle and was run over by a tanker truck just before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Four passengers and the driver of a commercial vehicle were transported to a Gainesville hospital after the collision occurred around 7 a.m. on Monday, March 9.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office detained 42-year-old William Tyler Warren, who admitted to his involvement to Lady Lake Police detectives.
Sections of 53rd Avenue in Alachua County will be closed overnight March 10-12 as crews put the finishing touches on roadway improvements.
The mother of 3-year-old Paisley Brown, who died last month as a result of abuse, was arrested in Marion County March 4 for Felony Child Neglect.
The FHP needs the public’s help in identifying the driver and vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that occurred on U.S. HWY 19 in Old Town in the early morning hours of Feb. 25.
A raccoon that was killed near Belleview in late February tested positive for the disease.
Smith was chatting online with an undercover law enforcement officer he thought was a 13-year-old girl before he was arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames but the residents required immediate medical care and the family pet died in the blaze.
Both teens were found in Marion County in 2022, and both murder cases remain unsolved.