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The lawsuit says that the woman visited the park for her birthday and decided to ride The Humunga Kowabunga — a large, high-speed waterslide featuring a near-vertical five-story drop.

A 31-year-old Orlando woman died after she was struck by an SUV while crossing East Colonial Drive in Orange County on Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 65-year-old Ocala woman was killed after she was ejected from the golf cart she was driving after it struck another vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 39-year-old DeBary woman was killed late Friday when her vehicle left an Interstate 4 exit ramp in Deltona and crashed into trees, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman said she was held against her will on Saturday afternoon.

A Ring video catches the moment a woman about to take her dog for a walk meets a Florida black bear, just outside her door.

Miami police say an 18-year-old mother tried to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, who was living with his grandmother at the time.

The police department in Orlando has released the identity of a woman shot and killed by police officers last week after they say she ran at them with two knives.

A 26-year-old Orlando woman was killed when she rear-ended a semitruck in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Viral social media video shows crazy crash during driving test.

Jay Ruth Sheppard was last seen May 9 upon being discharged from Advent Health Apopka.

A 77-year-old woman from Winter Park died after a crash Saturday night in Goldenrod, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 52-year-old woman was hit and killed in Melbourne, police say.

Troopers say a 19-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash.

A 27-year-old woman died after a crash when her vehicle overturned and struck a light pole outside Mulberry, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

British police have charged a 12-year-old boy with murder after a car plowed into a woman on a city street in northern England.

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A fatal wreck is investigated in Orange County.

A woman was rescued after being lost in thick vegetation near a Volusia County creek for more than 24 hours, Florida wildlife officials say.

Putnam County Sheriff Homer "Gator" DeLoach praised a 67-year-old Florida woman on Wednesday after she allegedly shot and killed an armed man who barged into her home, according to a post on the sheriff's office's Facebook page.

A global target aims to eradicate the deeply entrenched practice of female genital cutting by 2030.

A 42-year-old Paisley woman was struck and killed on Friday morning as she was crossing a Lake County road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Police say an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken.

Ronnie Gajownik has been hired as manager of the Hillsboro Hops, becoming the first woman to manage a minor league High-A team, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Friday.

A woman died after she was thrown from a horse at a rodeo in the Florida panhandle.

A pedestrian died in a crash in front of a Brevard County fire station Wednesday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A Daytona Beach police officer is on administrative leave after being accused of domestic violence, the department said.

Orlando police are looking for information about a man whom police say is suspected of burglary and battery in downtown Orlando.

A 27-year-old woman was bitten by a shark in New Smyrna Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.

A 27-year-old woman was bitten by a shark off New Smyrna Beach.

A woman is accused of chasing a relative down and fatally shooting him in Fruitland Park last week, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

An Afghan woman has put out a video on social media accusing a senior Taliban official of forcing her into marriage and raping her repeatedly.

A woman in her 30s died Saturday morning after being shot in a residential area not far from Holden Heights, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Police said Dowling was located at the Seminole Wekiva Trail.

Deputies said they are still looking for the person who shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in Orange County on June 1.

A woman was killed after she crossed over a median and hit a tree in Melbourne on Wednesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Authorities say a woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport before an officer shot and wounded her.

Deputies are searching for Diane Adinolfi, who was last seen around 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning before leaving her residence, located at 5137 SE 112th Street Road, in Belleview.

An Osceola County single-vehicle crash killed a 32-year-old Deltona woman Friday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Police said they are looking for 74-year-old Iramese Mathieu.

A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of an outhouse in a national forest and fell in while trying to retrieve it had to be rescued by firefighters in Washington state.

A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age of 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120.

A 70-year-old grandmother hit and killed her 7-year-old granddaughter with her car in Lake County, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 5-year-old daughter during a high-speed chase.

Florida Highway Patrol is releasing new details about the woman who was hit and killed by a box truck Wednesday.

Officials say a Florida airport shut down for about a half-hour over the weekend after a woman crashed her car through a secured gate and drove across a runway.

Woman died in accident after man had medical episode while driving the car.

New video released Monday shows a Florida trooper using their patrol car to stop a wrong-way driver.

Olivia Rodrigo praised prior female songwriters and music artists for giving her strength while accepting Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year honor.

A Bunnell woman was killed Friday afternoon after she lost control of her vehicle on U.S. Highway 1 in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A woman who attempted to walk across State Road 434 is dead after she was hit by a vehicle, according to the Longwood Police Department.

A lucky Volusia County woman scratched her way to $5 million.

A woman was rescued after her car was sideswiped into the water by another vehicle on Sunday, according to Maitland Fire Department.

A 23-year-old Fort Pierce woman was struck and killed on I-4 early Sunday after she exited a car and attempted to cross eastbound lanes on foot, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The woman was driving southbound on Buena Vista Boulevard north of Bailey Trail when she lost control of the vehicle, entered the median and collided with a tree, troopers said.

Police in West Palm Beach are investigating after a 79-year-old woman fell to her death when a drawbridge began rising before she could reach the other side.

A 57-year-old woman is dead after a crash in Ocala, according to police.

A woman was struck and killed on I-4 westbound in Orlando.

An Orange City woman was struck and killed by a car Saturday night in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A woman was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer in Orange County Wednesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Just in time for the holidays, a Polk County woman scored on a scratch-off game.

Volusia County deputies are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that sent a pregnant woman and a man to the hospital Saturday night.

An Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy is on leave without pay after he was arrested, accused of hurting his ex-girlfriend during a fight, according to a news release.

A South Daytona woman died Sunday after she was struck by a car as she attempted to cross a road in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A woman tells police she was shot in the head while driving in Orlando.

A woman is seriously injured after being struck by an Orlando patrol car near downtown late Saturday night, according to the police department.

Deputies said the shooter is talking to detectives and cooperating with the investigation.

A 20-year-old Casselberry woman died Saturday when she exited her vehicle to check on a deer that had been hit by a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Volusia County deputies search for a missing woman.

Police say an alligator attacked a woman who fell into a Florida canal.

A 42-year-old woman was killed in an Oceola County accident on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A woman driving on the Florida Turnpike was shot by someone in another vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

Police say a Florida woman is dead after her her parachute malfunctioned as she was skydiving.

A Lakeland woman sat underneath a semi-truck belonging to a moving company with a toddler after they wouldn’t accept a certified check for payment and pinched the child to get the toddler to cry.

Investigators say a Florida woman was fatally shot in the head when a neighbor's gun discharged as he was cleaning it a short distance from her home.

Debra Jo Hunter, of Fernandina Beach, was booked into the Duval County jail last year and charged with misdemeanor assault, according to jail records. Hunter agreed to plead guilty on two previous hearings, but the judge rejected them because it didn’t involve jail time. Witnesses identified Hunter as a woman seen in a viral video berating store staff and coughing on another woman who filmed the incident. AdWhile watching Hunter, Sprague took out her phone and began recording. “How’s that?”Hunter can then be seen coughing on Sprague before walking out of the store with her children in tow.

An 80-years-old woman who requested to remain anonymous sits in her makeshifts shelter in the village of Cesacoba, Central African Republic, Sunday Feb. 14, 2021. Along the main supply road from Cameroon to Bangui, Central African Republic’s capital, and in Bambari and Bossangoa, the government forces and its Rwandan and Russian allies have led drives against the rebel forces in the past two weeks. Central African Republic’s instability erupted into fighting in Bangui in 2013 when the Seleka rebels coming from the north seized power from then-President Francois Bozize. Fighting spiraled, with targeted attacks that left thousands dead in the capital and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Residents of Central African Republic are discouraged by the country’s years of violence and insecurity.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol said a 42-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a sedan in Osceola County. The FHP said the crash happened Saturday night around 11:15 p.m. near Pleasant Hill Road and Pine Ridge Circle. According to troopers, the woman was trying to cross Pleasant Hill Road without using a crosswalk or intersection. Authorities said the woman was struck by a sedan and pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers are still investigating the crash.

The Eustis Police Department is seeking a 21-year-old woman who went missing on Saturday. Police are searching for Shamierra Tashawn James, who was last seen at 4 a.m. Saturday sneaking out of her bedroom window in the group home in the 2000 block of Meadowside Drive, police said. James has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and is on medication, police said. James is 5-feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds, police said. If you have any information on her whereabouts, please contact 352-357-4121.

OCOEE, Fla. – A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend’s aunt at an Orange County apartment complex, deputies said Tuesday. Michael Lecorn was arrested in the shooting of 41-year-old Fonda Gandy, who was wounded around 10:55 p.m. Sunday at the Avenue Apartments off Vizcaya Road near Ocoee. That woman was also shot at when she was attempting to leave the apartment but she wasn’t injured, deputies said. Records show that 14 casings and one live round were found near the bottom half of the stairs and the living room. Mikayla Dahl, who lives at the apartments, said she saw a large crime scene at the complex.

TAMPA, Fla. – A couple near Tampa is looking for the name of an 85-year-old woman who sent them an unsigned Christmas card detailing the good times she spent in their house when she was a child. The woman wrote that some of the best years of her life were spent in the house in the Seminole Heights neighborhood. `I’ll be home for Christmas -- if only in my dreams,’” the woman wrote. That’s a lot of memories,” Beauchamp said. The couple sent a card back to the address where they believe the woman may live.

A Florida woman is killed in a crash in Orange County. A 26-year-old Tampa woman was killed early Monday when her car struck a tree in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal single-vehicle wreck was reported around 2:45 a.m. on Winter Garden Vineland Road at Jacaranda Boulevard near Orlando. The FHP said the woman was driving a 2013 Toyota Corolla north on Winter Garden Vineland Road when the vehicle left the road for an unknown reason and collided with a tree. The woman, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene, the FHP said.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Daytona Beach woman told police she was in bed late Christmas Eve when her live-in boyfriend raised a tomahawk over her -- so she shot the man to death, she told detectives. It was in self-defense, the woman told investigators, as she feared Sorrell was about to strike her with the tomahawk as he held it over his head, the news release said. Deputies went to their home in October after the woman reported Sorrell was wearing military gear and carrying around a gun. No one was injured in that incident; the woman told deputies Sorrell was protecting the home and she did not feel threatened by him, officials said. The deadly shooting remains under investigation, and no further information or records are available for release, according to investigators.

A 19-year-old Orlando woman was killed Tuesday night when her car was rear-ended from behind on the Florida Turnpike in Orange County, troopers said. The fatal crash was reported in the southbound lanes of the turnpike near John Young Parkway. The FHP said the woman was driving a Scion xB when a Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by a 41-year-old St. Cloud man, failed to slow for an unknown reason and struck the back of her car, which then crashed into a barrier wall. Cloud man was not injured.

This might be the cutest gift to go along with a Christmas tree. An Australian woman came home to find a koala hanging on her tree like an ornament. She called the rescue organization 1300Koalaz to help her remove the misplaced marsupial. When they answered the call, they originally thought it was a prank, but the organization arrived to remove the female koala from the tree. She is now climbing a tree outside the house she broke into.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A woman is in critical condition with burns over her entire body after being set on fire by her boyfriend in her South Florida home, sheriff’s officials said. A neighbor heard the woman screaming for help on Monday afternoon and called 911. “She’s burnt.”Broward Sheriff's deputies found the woman in Lauderdale Mobile Home Park around 4:30 p.m. Monday. Investigators said Jimenez-Cortes poured a flammable liquid on the woman and lit her on fire with a cigarette, the newspaper reported. A lawyer for Jimenez-Cortes wasn’t listed on records.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said a child and 40-year-old woman have died after a crash in Marion County. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Friday near Northwest 100 Street, just east of NW 49 Avenue Road. According to troopers, the woman was speeding on Northwest 100 Street when she crossed over the centerline and eventually lost control. Troopers said there were two children, not wearing seatbelts inside the car. Troopers said no one inside the car was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman was killed Thursday when the car she was driving crashed into a guardrail and a concrete barrier wall, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the 57-year-old woman was driving a sedan southbound on Interstate 95 at about 4:40 p.m. when she left the roadway and struck a guardrail then traveled across the southbound lanes and hit a concrete barrier wall near mile marker 235. The Titusville woman died at an area hospital. The crash remains under investigation.

CLERMONT, Fla. – A 28-year-old Clermont woman was killed in a crash Sunday after she lost control of her car and hit a power pole, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal crash happened around 5:25 p.m. at County Road 561A and Lakeview Drive, according to the FHP crash report. [TRENDING: DeSantis to lift restaurant limits in Fla. | Here’s how to track your mail-in ballot | How can I tell difference between flu and COVID-19?] The roof of the Sentra hit a power pole, according to the report. The driver, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 30-year-old woman is dead after troopers said she was hit by a tractor-trailer truck. Troopers said the tractor-trailer was driving east on I-4 when the woman ran out in front of the truck. According to officials, the woman had previously stabbed a man in a car on the shoulder of I-4. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies said the woman and a 27-year-old man were driving east on I-4 when the two go into an argument. The man pulled the car onto the shoulder, and officials said the woman broke a bottle and struck the man.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old woman who was ejected when the vehicle she was in overturned on Interstate 4 died at the scene of the crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said a man was driving a pickup truck on I-4 in Osceola County at about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday when he lost control for an unknown reason, left the roadway, struck a center guardrail and overturned. A 20-year-old woman in the passenger’s seat was ejected during the crash, records show. She died at the scene. The driver, whose age was not available, was taken to an area hospital to be treated for serious injuries.

ORLANDO – A woman drowned in a pool Saturday at the Clarion Hotel on International Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the woman was found face down at the bottom of the pool and after attempts to revive her, she was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The woman has not yet been identified, deputies said.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 27-year-old St. Cloud woman was killed in a rollover crash Thursday morning in Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators are unsure when exactly the crash took place, but a witness spotted the woman’s SUV around 8 a.m., according to the FHP. According to troopers, the woman was driving an SUV north on Canoe Creek Road near Landing Road when she failed to follow a turn and drove off the road. Troopers said the SUV flipped into a water-filled ditch.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 73-year-old woman was hit and killed Monday afternoon while crossing a street in Daytona Beach, police said. According to Daytona Beach police, witnesses said the woman was crossing the road from east to west when she was knocked to the ground by a silver 2016 Dodge Ram that was making a right turn from eastbound Magnolia. The woman suffered a serious head injury and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center, where she died, police said. Authorities said the woman appeared to be walking diagonally toward a crosswalk, which was about 25 feet away, when she was hit by the pickup. The driver, an Ormond Beach man, stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, officials said.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman drowned Friday afternoon when she fell off her jet ski while riding in Lake Bryan, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office and Orange County Fire and Rescue responded to a drowning at the lake around 2:50 p.m. on Friday. The 49-year-old was taken to Dr. Phillips Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Lake Bryan is located behind several resorts along east of Interstate 4 and west of International Drive. No other information was immediately available.

A woman and her dog had to be evacuated from a home after a fire, according to Orange County Fire Rescue. A possible cause of the fire was a lightning strike because the woman said she heard a loud bang and saw a bright flash, according to authorities. The home is located in the 5000 block of Barma Court. Authorities said there were no injuries and the fire was extinguished, but there was damage inside the home.

A doctor informs a woman about the condition of her relative who was admitted with COVID-19 to the Seguridad Social hospital in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A woman takes off her face mask next to her colleagues wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they walk on a street in Beijing, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Numbers of cases in China's latest virus outbreak continued to fall Wednesday, with several new cases in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

ORLANDO, Fla. A 64-year-old Orlando woman was struck and killed by a motorcycle late Monday while trying to cross a road in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal crash was reported around 11 p.m. on Colonial Drive near Old Cheney Highway. The FHP said a 26-year-old Orlando man was driving a motorcycle west on Colonial and struck the woman who was walking in an unknown direction. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she later died, according to the FHP. The motorcyclist, who was wearing a helmet, suffered minor injuries, according to an FHP report.