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PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A young driver accused of hitting Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood while he was riding his bike in Port Orange back in March 2021, told deputies she was shopping on Amazon on her phone when the crash occurred, according to the sheriff himself in interviews with several Orlando TV news camera crews.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Main Street Bridge was closed for several hours this morning due to a motorcycle accident that left a bike dangling from the drawbridge.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The last day for summer lifeguard tryouts is Saturday at the Port Orange YMCA.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, -- An arrest has been made in the murders of a married couple who were found dead four days ago as they were heading home from Bike Week festivities on Main Street.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County has had its first reported shark bite incident of 2022: A 21-year-old New Jersey man fishing at New Smyrna Beach in waist-deep water was bitten by a 5-6 foot blacktip shark, according to Volusia County Safety Ocean Rescue.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES – Five Orlando-area teenagers trying to break into vehicles at a Daytona Beach Shores hotel fled from a Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety officer who attempted to stop their vehicle on South Atlantic Avenue, but were soon found hiding in a residential neighborhood in Port Orange and arrested.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A $50,000 reward is now being offered by Daytona Beach Police for anyone who has information leading to an arrest in the murders of a husband and wife who were murdered after leaving the Bike Week festivities on Main Street early Sunday under cover of darkness.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A local husband and wife on bicycles checking out the Bike Week scene on Main Street were found brutally murdered on a side street over the weekend - both stabbed multiple times and their throats slashed, Daytona Beach cops said.