SUV-Tow Truck Collision Kills Two in St. Petersburg

Two adults died and a child was critically injured in a crash involving a Honda CR-V and a tow truck in St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening. The driver of the CR-V, Shakesha Desence, succumbed to her injuries at the hospital, while her passenger, Dilean Desence, died at the scene. The crash occurred when the CR-V made a left turn onto 5th Avenue South, colliding with the tow truck. Meanwhile, another crash on Florida's Turnpike resulted in at least one fatality and several injuries, with the investigation ongoing. In Tampa, a woman was killed in a separate incident involving a Nissan and a Hyundai amid traffic signal failures following Hurricane Milton's landfall. Authorities remind drivers to exercise caution at non-functioning traffic signals and treat them as four-way stops to prevent further accidents.