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DELTONA -- A 48-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was killed Saturday afternoon on State Road 415 after the driver of the car he was in lost control of the vehicle and collided nearly head-on with an Edgewater motorist, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Keith Hall, 48, died in the 1:15 p.m. crash after being ejected. The driver, Doreen Hall, 45, and the other motorist, Kenneth Davis, 55, of Edgewater, were taken to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Dorren Hall was in critical condition and Davis was in serious condition.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two men were bitten within 10 minutes of each other Saturday morning near the South Jetty, becoming the third and fourth bite victims of the year, the Volusia County Beach Patrol said.

The first victim, a 55-year-old Sanford man, sustained a small bite on his right hand about 9:20 a.m., and was briefly treated at Bert Fish Medical Center and released.

The second surfer, a 49-year-old Southeast Volusia resident, had a more serious bite to his foot that required surgery at Bert Fish Medical Center later in the day. He was expected to make a full recovery.

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida has 63 confirmed cases in the following counties: one in Osceola, Alachua, Indian River, Marion, Clay, Collier, Lake, Manatee, Flagler, Seminole, Okeechobee, and Duval, two in Brevard and Palm Beach, 3 in Pinellas, Sarasota, and Orange, 7 in Lee, 8 in Hillsborough, 11 in Dade , and 12 in Broward .

New confirmed cases:

* Sarasota: a 6 year-old female
* Palm Beach: an 18 year-old male and a 75 year-old male
* Broward: a 60 year-old male
* Orange: a 21 year-old male
* We have 2 probables in Okaloosa County.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Christopher Trull is back in prison, where he belongs, according to the prosecutor who presided over the sensational murder trial for which he was found to be the least culpable among his three brothers in the slayings of two Maryland Spring Breakers and the near killing of a third a decade ago.

Pearl M. Hampton, 111, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Friday, May 15, 2009.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. Danny Veltri is shown on two large screens outside Flip Flops as hundreds cheer inside and outside the beachside restaurant for the winner of FOX reality TV's "Hell's Kitchen.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Danny Veltri proved tonight before a nationwide telvision audience he could stand the heat in the ultimate kitchen -- FOX reality TV's "Hell's Kitchen -- winning the national recognition as top chef and $250,000 richer.

Marian Smith, 98, of Edgewater, a food demonstrator, died Monday, May 11, 2009.

William P. Everson, 71, of Edgewater, a former offset press operator in the printing industry, died Friday, May 8, 2009.

Barry "Tig" Denk, 37, of Edgewater, the owner of an underground utilities company, died on or about Thursday, May 7, 2009.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Council on Aging is offering the chance for someone to win a five-day cruise for two to the Bahamas and Key West.

Raffle donations are $5 each for the Feb. 1, 2010, cruise. A drawing will be held Nov. 7, at the Brannon Center, 105 S. Riverside Drive.

Please see Lorraine at the Brannon Center for tickets or call her at (386) 424-2280.