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WINTER PARK, Fla. -- The Florida Highway Patrol responded to its first fatal crash of this extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend this morning on Interstate 4 west at the Fairbanks exit when a 53-year-old  Winter Park resident, who was not wearing his seatbelt was "partially" ejected from his SUV and killed after he struck a sedan in front of him driven by a 52-year-old man from Ohio. 

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The following is a Thanksgiving greeting from Daytona Beach Derrick Henry to the residents of this tourism-driven city and beyond in the midst of this dreadful COVID pandemic:

Photos for Headline Surfer / Images here, above and below from Amy Lockhart.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

SANFORD, Fla. -- The following inspirational Thanksgiving message from Seminole County Commissioner Amy Linville Lockhart was initially emailed to constituents in greater Sanford. It reads as follows:

DELTONA, Fla. -- Melody McSorley Johnson has never been afraid to take the proverbial road less traveled to achieve her goals and find contentment in whatever life gives as surely as it takes away.

SANFORD, Fla. -- SunRail will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

OAK HILL, Fla. -- There will be no memorial service at this time for James Morgan Hyatt, who passed away four days ago, because of concerns over the possible spread of the deadly coronavirus, his widow said. 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wrestling ReWind has brought on retired wrestling legend Matt Morgan on which champion vs. champion will prevail in tonight's WWE Survivor Series from the ThunderDome in Orlando's Amway Center and carried live on the WWE Network starting at 7 p.m.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- An armed motorist who fled from cops this afternoon in Port Orange shot and wounded a New Smyrna Beach police officer before police and a Volusia sheriff’s deputy returned fire, killing him.

SANFORD, Fla. -- A sergeant at the jail in Seminole County died early this morning morning due to complications of the coronavirus, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.