A Palm Beach sheriff's deputy has been hospitalized after getting trapped beneath his motorcycle when it suddenly caught fire at a filling station

Richard Ragali was off-duty and riding to Key West with several other deputies when they stopped Friday to get gas in Marathon.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Ragali's bike fell, igniting a fuel puddle left on the ground from a previous customer. The fire quickly spread to a minivan nearby, but the two toddlers inside were saved before it reached their car seats.

The 53-year-old Ragali suffered burns over 50 to 60 percent of his body.

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Driver Injured as Truck Overturns

A cement truck overturned in Grand Ridge Wednesday morning, injuring the driver.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Roy Davis, 44, of Altha, was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries.

The incident occurred at about 7 a.m., when the truck was traveling north on State Road 69 and turned right onto a dirt road at a construction site, highway patrol said.

The truck overturned on its left side on the dirt road. jackson County Fire Rescue had to extract the trapped driver from the truck.

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