Tampa, Florida -- I-75 North had two outside lanes blocked near Riverview for over two hours due to a fatal crash. 

According to reports, Candelaria Perez was driving northbound on I75 just ahead of a second vehicle driven by an unidentified person. 

Perez attempted to change lanes into the center lane occupied by the second car and in doing so collided side-to-side with the other vehicle. 

After the impact both cars traveled diagonally onto the east shoulder of the roadway where the second vehicle crashed with a FDOT sign and overturned. 

Tampa, Florida -- A 300-pound black bear wandered into a Tampa neighborhood this morning and up a tree before wildlife officials captured the animal by shooting it with two tranquilizer darts.

Eloy Perez first spotted the bear in the backyard home at 2817 Broad Street W. after letting his dog outside.

"The dog saw it behind the oak tree and went up to it and started barking at (the bear)," Perez recalled.

Tampa, Florida --  The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County is issuing an Air Pollution precaution due to elevated levels of the pollutant ozone.

This precautionary statement is effective immediately Friday, May 17. 

Elevated concentrations have been observed at multiple air monitoring stations and there is still a potential for levels to reach the unhealthy for sensitive groups.

This precaution is based on elevated concentrations of ozone observed at multiple air monitoring stations throughout the day.