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• Disabled Man Rescued From Apartment Fire Started by Cigarettes

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 2:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Ralph Thomas, age 73, who is disabled and confined to a wheelchair was rescued from his burning apartment around 5:30 p.m. Monday. His neighbor Squire Allen III heard screams and saw fire and smoke coming from the apartment and tried to get in through the front door. He was pushed back by flames and entered the apartment through the back door. He crawled through the smoke filled apartment...

• New Year's Day Crash Leaves Three Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 12:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Around 2 am on New Year's Day, a three car accident left three people dead and eight injured. The accident happened at Broward Boulevard and the southbound exit ramp of I-95. "We're trying to piece it together," Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Katherine Collins said of the crash at Broward Boulevard and the southbound Interstate 95 exit ramp. "Speed and alcohol are definitely going to be...