Airport closes concourse in bomb scare

By Times Wires
Published March 10, 2008

MIAMI

Airport officials say a concourse at Miami International Airport was temporarily shut down during a bomb scare. Airport spokesman Greg Chin said that about 5:30 a.m. Sunday an item in a checked bag went through an X-ray machine, and it looked like it could be an explosive device. Miami-Dade police's bomb unit was called to the scene, and they found it was a water filter, Chin said. Concourse D was shut down for about 40 minutes. Passengers were redirected to Concourse E. Chin says the closure didn't affect air traffic.

Coast Guard seeks passenger

The Coast Guard is searching for a 39-year-old woman who may have jumped from a cruise ship off the Florida Keys. The woman was traveling on the Costa Mediterranea with her boyfriend, who told officials she had become angry and agitated and then jumped overboard. The ship was about 20 miles southeast of Key Largo when the woman went overboard early Sunday, said the Coast Guard.

FORT LAUDERDALE

One killed in bus, pickup collision

A tour bus and a pickup collided on a two-lane road in the Everglades, killing one person early Sunday, authorities said. A 36-year-old American Indian woman was pronounced dead at the scene, said the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office. Her name was being withheld pending notification of family members. The wreck was under investigation by Miccosukee Indian police, who would not say whether the victim was in the bus or the truck. Florida Highway Patrol troopers received a call about 1:20 a.m., and rescue units responded to the scene, Sgt. Randy Krauss said. The bus was in the area of the Langerado Music Festival, which was to wrap up its fourth day of concerts Sunday at Big Cypress Seminole reservation.

DAYTONA BEACH

Officials report seventh fatality

Florida Highway Patrol officials have identified a seventh motorcycle-related death during Bike Week in Daytona Beach. The Highway Patrol says 51-year-old James R. McLamb died Friday night after crashing in Oak Hill. Authorities say McLamb was traveling on U.S. 1 during a storm. Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Miller said a police officer clocked McLamb at high speed and tried to catch up to him. McLamb failed to negotiate a curve, slid across the median, was thrown from his motorcycle and hit a sign post, Miller said. McLamb died at the scene.

PALM BEACH COUNTY

Detox facility official arrested

The president of a substance abuse treatment facility in Berks County, Pa., has been charged with drunken driving after a fundraiser in Florida. Douglas D. Tieman, president of Caron Treatment Centers, was arrested Wednesday in Florida. Tieman, 52, of Lower Heidelberg Township, has led the Wernersville facility since 1995. Authorities say he was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on $500 bail.

Wire reports

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