Orange County fire chief resigns over ‘inaccurate’ denial about new $61K vehicle
Read full article: Orange County fire chief resigns over ‘inaccurate’ denial about new $61K vehicleShortly before his resignation, Orange County Fire Chief Anthony Rios denied having a new vehicle — but records obtained by News 6 tell a different story.
Ford says its Q1 profit fell by two-thirds and it expects a $1.5 billion hit from tariffs this year
Read full article: Ford says its Q1 profit fell by two-thirds and it expects a $1.5 billion hit from tariffs this yearFord Motor Co. says it expects to take a $1.5 billion hit to its operating profit from tariffs this year and is withdrawing its full-year financial guidance due to the uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s evolving trade policy.
Man killed, 9-month-old among 3 hurt in crash on SR-408 in Orange County, FHP says
Read full article: Man killed, 9-month-old among 3 hurt in crash on SR-408 in Orange County, FHP saysA crash on State Road 408 in Orange County killed a man, left three other people with serious injuries and forced the closure of all eastbound lanes, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Arrest made in hit-and-run crash that killed 19-year-old Orlando man, troopers say
Read full article: Arrest made in hit-and-run crash that killed 19-year-old Orlando man, troopers sayA hit-and-run crash Sunday morning in Orange County left a man dead and a woman hurt as Florida Highway Patrol troopers set out to find the driver who ran from the wreck.
Man convicted of setting up smuggling trip that killed 13 in California gets 15 years in prison
Read full article: Man convicted of setting up smuggling trip that killed 13 in California gets 15 years in prisonA federal judge on Thursday sentenced the man who coordinated stashing nearly two dozen migrants into a Ford Expedition that crashed into a tractor-trailer, killing 13 people.
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Man charged with smuggling after California crash kills 13
Read full article: Man charged with smuggling after California crash kills 13The U.S. attorney's office says Jose Cruz Noguez of Mexicali appeared in federal court in El Centro on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, but didn't enter a plea to smuggling and conspiracy charges. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)EL CENTRO, Calif. – A Mexican man was charged Tuesday with coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV was struck by a big-rig after crossing the border into California. Jose Cruz Noguez, 47, of Mexicali, was arrested Monday night as he crossed into the United States at the Calexico Port of Entry. He appeared Tuesday in federal court in El Centro and faces conspiracy and smuggling charges involving serious injury or placing lives in danger, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office. Cruz was taken into custody after another suspected smuggler was arrested at a California border station two weeks after the crash.
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Guatemala woman, 23, is among 13 killed in California crash
Read full article: Guatemala woman, 23, is among 13 killed in California crash(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)EL CENTRO, Calif. – One of the 13 people killed when the SUV smuggling them into California hit a tractor-trailer was a 23-year-old woman who was fleeing violence in Guatemala for the hope of a better life, family members said. “She couldn’t reach the American dream,” her father, Maynor Melendrez of New York, told the paper in Spanish. The youngest injured was a 15-year-old girl whose name and nationality were undetermined, according to California Highway Patrol. The Guatemala City woman lost consciousness. The Border Patrol said surveillance video showed the Expedition and a Chevrolet Suburban drive through an opening in the border wall about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the crash.
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SUV in California crash came through hole in border fence with Mexico: AP
Read full article: SUV in California crash came through hole in border fence with Mexico: APThis photo provided by the US Customs and Border Protection shows a hole cut into Southern California's border fence with Mexico on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through the hole cut into Southern California's border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday. The Suburban carried 19 people, and it caught fire for unknown reasons on a nearby interstate after entering the U.S. All escaped the vehicle and were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents. The Border Patrol said its agents were not pursuing the vehicle before the wreck. AdA pandemic-related measure that allows the Border Patrol to expel people without an opportunity to seek asylum potentially leads some to try to evade authorities instead of surrendering, sometimes with fatal consequences.
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California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV
Read full article: California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUVAnother person died at a hospital, California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said. Watson said the SUV only had front seats — the middle and back seats had been removed. AdMacario Mora, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said agents were not pursing the SUV at the time of the crash, which was initially rumored. “It was an unusual number of people in an SUV, but we don’t know who they were,” Mora said. AdA California Highway Patrol report said the SUV entered an intersection directly in front of the big-rig, which hit the left side of the SUV.
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Polk deputies search for vehicle that fatally struck woman found in nearby ditch
Read full article: Polk deputies search for vehicle that fatally struck woman found in nearby ditchPOLK COUNTY, Fla. Polk County deputies are looking for a vehicle that fled after fatally striking a woman whose body was later found in a nearby ditch, according to the sheriffs office. Deputies said the crash took place Tuesday evening on Combee Road in Lakeland, about 130 feet south of the intersection with Old Combee Road. Deputies said they believe the woman was walking north on the east side of Combee Road when she was hit. As the northbound Ford approached the intersection with Old Combee Road, the driver swerved off the road and hit the woman, who was believed to be about 50-60 years old, deputies said. The woman was then dragged by the vehicle before she ended up in the ditch, which deputies say is located about 100 feet from where she was hit.
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15-year-old girl survives triple fatal rollover crash on I-95 near Titusville
Read full article: 15-year-old girl survives triple fatal rollover crash on I-95 near TitusvilleThe triple fatal wreck happened around 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 just north of State Road 407 near Titusville. The FHP said a 2004 Ford Expedition carrying four people was going north on I-95 when a Kia SUV entered the highway from State Road 407. The driver, a 40-year-old Vero Beach man, and two passengers, a 28-year-old Sebastian man and a 44-year-old Orlando woman, died in the crash, the FHP said. Brevard County:Fatal Crash/ single vehicle crash northbound on I-95 & MM 212. I-95 northbound is closed.