A father drowned while trying to rescue his son from a strong rip current off Dania Beach Sunday evening, officials said. Deputies responded to the area of 50 North Beach Road shortly after 6 p.m. after receiving reports of a possible drowning, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. Fire rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard and two off-duty Hollywood lifeguards also responded and learned that three people, including at least one juvenile, had been struggling in a rip current. The father of the juvenile, Fausto Salcedo, attempted to rescue his son, but also began struggling, officials said. The Coast ..read more

A pedestrian dead after a crash involving a Brightline train on Sunday in Dania Beach, Broward Sheriff Office confirmed. According to a statement by the BSO, deputies received a report of a crash involving a Brightline Train and a pedestrian shortly after 8:00 AM on Sunday in West Dania Beach Boulevard and Southwest Fourth Avenue in Dania Beach. While at the scene, deputies say the pedestrian was pronounced deceased. BSO did not reveal how the crash occurred. BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash, according to the statement ..read more

Broward Sheriff’s Officer Fire Rescue firefighters rescued a pelican that was caught in a fishing line and was having difficulty trying to stay afloat on Saturday in Dania Beach. According to a statement by the BSFR, a crew patrolling Dania Beach noticed the pelican in the water having trouble. Firefighters say they were able to bring the pelican onto their boat and carefully remove the fishing line. The pelican was safely transported to the South Florida Wildlife Care Center in Dania Beach for recover, the statement said. In a separate incident, BSO Firefighters were able to rescue a seagull ..read more

Deputies are investigating after a 1-year-old boy was found wandering alone in Dania Beach Monday morning. The child was found around 10:45 a.m. in the 200 block of Southwest 2nd Terrace, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. Footage showed the child in the arms of a deputy outside a laundromat. Officials said he was found safe and unharmed but was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. “This was a potentially very dangerous and scary situation that at the end of it, the child that was found wandering, was fortunately safe and unharmed,” BSO spokesman Carey Codd said. A while later, a w ..read more

One woman is dead and a man is injured after a double shooting at an intersection in Dania Beach on Friday night. According to a press release by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the two victims were sitting at a red light at the corner of Southwest 112th Avenue and Stirling Road, when another car pulled up and began shooting at them. Deputies say they were able to transport both victims to a nearby hospital but the female was pronounced dead by the medical staff. The condition of the man was not given in the press release. The press release also said that BSO Deputies are investigating the shoot ..read more

At least six people were injured in three separate shootings across Broward County Wednesday afternoon. The first shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. in Miramar in the 6600 block of Southwest 26th Street. Miramar Police said one person was wounded in the shooting and drove to an area near the 6200 block of Miramar Parkway. That person’s condition and identity were unknown. Footage showed a grey BMW sedan with a hole in its rear window. Police said they’re still searching for a suspect but said the victim and the shooter know each other. A second shooting happened around 4 p.m. near the 4200 blo ..read more

Broward Sheriff’s Office firefighters battled a blaze Friday morning after several tractor trailers were engulfed in flames in the parking lot of a business in Dania Beach, officials said. According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, the fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of T&M Truck & Trailer Repair Services located in the 2400 block of SW 32nd Street in Dania Beach. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy flames and five commercial vehicles fully engulfed, officials said. Video of the scene shows massive flames coming from the trucks that were in close p ..read more

Deputies in Dania Beach tried to take a man into custody Monday when he ran off and climbed into a tree, authorities said. The suspect has since been identified as Christian Cisnero, 26. It started when Broward Sheriff’s deputies attempted to take Cisnero into custody on a felony warrant for dealing Methamphetamine. He ran away from deputies and climbed up a tree in the 1000 block of Southwest 12th Avenue, according to BSO. Footage from Chopper 6 showed deputies and paramedics surrounding the tree, waiting to take him into custody. He later came down from the tree on his own before 6 p.m. and ..read more

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a late night crash involving a Brightline train and a vehicle in Dania Beach. According to authorities, the crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, at Dixie Highway and Southwest 16th Street. A video shared on Only in Dade shows the moment the Brightline train hits the vehicle head-on causing sparks along the train tracks. Deputies said there were three individuals inside the vehicle at the time of the crash, but the video shows them jump out of the car seconds before the moment of impact. One person was transported to an area hospital wit ..read more

A suspect who attacked a deputy who then opened fire on him was taken into custody after he barricaded himself inside a Dania Beach hotel Wednesday morning, officials said. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said deputies responded to the Rodeway Inn and Suites located at the 2400 block of West State Road 84 around 5:45 a.m., after receiving a call of a disturbance. A deputy who responded encountered a man, who attacked the deputy, officials said. In response, the deputy fired his weapon, and the man barricaded himself inside a room in the hotel, officials said. A large number of deputies and ..read more