Im jennifer epstein. vanessa and im vanessa ruffes. Walter will be in later this morning. Those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your forecast with dave osterberg. Polk county deputies are he was hit by a truck while riding his bike near his north lakeland home. So far its unclear if the driver of the truck that hit the boy will face charges. It happened just before five last nighton saddlewood boulevard off rockridge road. Deputies say Austin Crawford was riding his bike with his big sister near their house. When he turned into the road. A pickup truck hit the boy. A neighbor tried to save the boy by doing cpr. But he died. That neighbor says austin was a vibrant little boy who liked to talk and play. We dont know yet if speed was a people rarely follow the speed limit on this street. It appears that the driver is cooperating with deputies. We expect to learn more about exactly what happened sometime today. 13yearold boy is in Critical Condition after he was hit by a car.
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Two divers died this past weekend at a wellknown woman wellknown cave diving location. The remote is very remote the remote location is very beautiful but also very dangerous. Reporter take a look at this video of divers explained the deaths sinkhole and you can see why people want to travel. Experience divers caution others, this is a place for people with technical special certifications. Depending on what depth they were using, timers may have been used and that takes a great deal of time and training to understand that correctly. Reporter the Hernando County Sheriffs Office tells us three divers enter the eagles nest cave on saturday but only one survived. They had predetermined a place under the water to meet after about an hour. Experienced diver went to the predetermined location, and the two experienced divers did not show up. The Hernando County Sheriffs Office said it will be up to the state to decide if the sink is closed again. Jeff p
Wheel of our live drive cam. Hes on the Courtney Campbell causeway. No crashes and looking great right now across all three bridges. The Courtney Campbell is less than ten across the other two bridges. We are following one crash around st. Pete beach, gulf boulevard right at pinellas bay way. We have road blocks reported here. You can see the yellow so a little slow heading northbound leading right up to that intersection. Leave yo we head out the door. Taking a live look outside. This is the junction at i275 and i4. Looking great rate now. These cars right here, the taillights are heading south towards the howard frankland. That car is taking just five minutes. Back to you. One minute after 6 00 right now. We want to get to the latest on the tragic news weve been following now. A Pinellas County woman is getting ready to face a judge yearold son brutally beat his 13 day old sister to death. That woman Kathleen Steele is jailed. Investigators say she left her three children inside of a
dave more scattered rain and storms today, with the heaviest along the coast and to the north. The flood watch will continue north of tampa until 8pm. High temps in the mid 80s. Tonight will be damp and muggy, with low temps in the upper 70s. More scattered rain and storms tomorrow, with the focus shifting a bit more inland. jen new this morning a car accident turns into a fireball in . Tampa. It happened on hillsborough avenue last night, just east of the veterans expressway, behind Tampa International airport. This video was sent to us by viewer chester kinder. Officials say two cars caughtfire. And some people are seriously hurt. But r well bring you updates, as they become available. wally also new this morning pasco deputies are looking for several . Boat burglars. This is video from the dry dock storage at j and j bait and tackle outfitters two in holiday. Last week, people broke into several boats, and stole several items. They came back two nights in a row. And even setoff some
dave developing this morning. The 35yearold case of a missing Hernando County woman could be closer to being solved. Yesterday. The fbi announced it had identified the body of tammy jo alexander. She was a former Hernando High School student. 2 years ago a former classmate reported missing. They said they hadnt seen alexander in . 35 years and no one else. Not even her family. Reported her missing during that time. Deputies in new year. Dna evidence confirmed it is alexander. The fbi is now offering a 20 thousanddollar reward for information leading to an arrest in her death. New this morning. The Hernando County Sheriffs Office is searching for some burglars. They broke into the beef o bradys on cortez boulevard in brooksville. This was last wednesday around 3 am. Detectives believe the same people are responsible for burglaries in both marion and sumter counties. Which all happened on the same date. Winter haven police need your help tracking two men behind a robbery. These pictures