Maintenance worker crushed by elevator at Tradewinds Resort St. Pete Beach

ST. PETE BEACH - Local news outlets are reporting that Mark Allen Johnson, a 45-year-old maintenance worker, was killed Wednesday morning when he was crushed by an elevator at Jacaranda Beach Villas, resort condominiums at the TradeWinds Resort on St. Pete Beach. Click here for more information about this tragic death. 

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St. Pete Beach police investigating crosswalk accident - Pedestrian critically injured

ST. PETE BEACH — A pedestrian was struck and is in the hospital in critical condtion as the St. Pete Beach police investigate this accident.

According to officials, the pedestrian was walking across Blind Pass Road near 77th Avenue when he was hit by a vehicle heading north on Blind Pass Road. The pedestrian was in the crosswalk, police said.

This accident occurred at about 8:00 p.m.

PINELLAS COUNTY CRASH ♦ UTILITY TRUCK LOST CONTROL RUNS INTO ST. PETE BEACH STOREFRONT

PINELLAS COUNTY — A Pinellas County utilities truck crashed into a Christmas supply store Monday, slightly injuring the driver and putting the one-story building in danger of collapse, authorities said. It happened at 3:26 p.m. at Blind Pass Road and 75th Avenue, when the white truck went through the plate glass window of K. Kringles Christmas Shoppe, a holiday-themed store that sells ornaments and collectibles, officials said.

The driver of the truck, who was not identified, was treated at the scene by St. Pete Beach Fire Department paramedics, but was not seriously injured, said Fire Marshal Ernie Hand. He was cited for careless driving and released, said Sgt. Bruce Centofanti of the St. Pete Beach Police.

There were several people in the store at the time, but they escaped serious injury, officials said. Hand surveyed the building and ordered it shored up by a contractor to prevent collapse.

Source – TampaBay.com