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WESH WESH 2 News At 400pm February 15, 2016

You gotta live with that the rest of your life. Dan investigators found Vehicle Parts that led them to believe the car that hit the man is a light gray chrysler, with damage to a headlight and turn signal. They are not sure on which side. Whether you think you ve hit a sign, a pole, an animal, you stop immediately and you seen what you ve hit and you call 911 immediately. Dan no one did that. The victim s name has not been released. Investigators hope anyone who knows anything that might help in this investigation will call them. We are live near cocoa, dan billow, wesh 2 news. Summer troopers say the number of hit and run crashes is staggering, and they say it has to stop. Families who have lost loved ones to drivers accused of leaving the scene, shared their stories at an orlando news conference. Locally there were 20 hit and still unsolved. The mother of 13yearold omar figueroa, who was hit and killed in a crosswalk in 2013, says people need to own up to their driving mistakes. What shows that it s a real accident, is by you stopping and being responsible for what you just did. These tests have been taken. Summer in the case of her son, a woman was arrested. Jennifer herrington is awaiting trial on accusations she left the scene of the fatal crash. Drivers who leave the scene of a crash where someone dies, face the possibility of 30 years in prison. You ll hear from more families of the victims later today on wesh 2 news at 5 00. Meredith plenty of sunshine on this monday. Summer eric, are the clouds letting up . Eric we have a mostly cloudy sky. Temperatures nice but a little warm a, 73 degrees currently in orlando. Look at the wind at 15 miles per 74, palm coast. Cloudy skies visible on the radar. If few sprinkles and northern Marion County s along i 75. It has not been the greatest a along the coast. Seven feet offshore and it is all coming together because of the storm system. We have tornado watches posted for parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and back over to the panhandle of florida. That storm system will be in the Central Florida early tomorrow morning. I am timing out the rain and updating futurecast to let you know what to expect for your tuesday when i see you inside in a couple of minutes. Meredith the search continues for a boater, missing since yesterday. Summer Lloyd Chamberlain of Merritt Island went out on the water from Brevard County, and never returned. The coast guard is now covering a large area between Satellite Beach up to jetty park. Wesh 2 s Gail Paschall Brown is there live. Gail, its been a little cloudy today, did that hinder search gail it has been very murky, but apparently not, we were told by fwc that 38yearold Lloyd Chamberlain launch from Port Canaveral and that is where they found his truck and trailer but his boat was found 20 minutes away without him. A coast guard aircraft searches for 38yearold Lloyd Chamberlain. And even though it s been cloudy all day, the Florida Wildlife Commission says, early monday morning. They were able to get a good visiablity. They were ale to see miles. They re thinking if he was in the water, he would have popped up. Gail Lloyd Chamberlain, who s from Merritt Island, was reported missing sunday night. He was going fishing and launched out of Port Canaveral. That s where fwc found his truck and trailor his boat was found in the surf on Indian Harbor beach about 20 minutes away, near millenium park. , his telephone, so we have a good location of where he was last seen, which makes a big difference as far as doing a search and rescue. Now we have a starting point. Gail fwc says the ping from chamberlain s cellphone, which was on his boat, placed chamberlain about two to four miles off shore near the eau gallie. Fwc gave us a closer look at this 17 footer which belongs to Lloyd Chamberlain. This actually washed up on Indian Harbor beach in Brevard County. They say everything looks good and in tact. Up here is a coast guard marker, denoting some of his items. Onlookers gathered as fwc drained the boat and moved it to higher ground. If he had his life jacket on, hopefully he did, his chances are good. We plan to have a search and rescue all night in case he shows up or somebody finds him. Gail fwc is working with the coast guard and the Brevard County Sheriff S Office or a 24 especially on the beach just in case he shows up. Meredith a deadly round of airstrikes target four hospitals in syria today, including facilities for children. At least 50 people were killed in the missile attacks this morning, many more were wounded. The attacks also reportedly struck two schools in the northern part of the country. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the strikes, but officials do believe it was a deliberate attack. Summer one person is dead, and another severely burned after the rv they were in crashed and exploded in ormond beach early this morning. The rv driver was coming off i95 at u. S. One, failed to turn, crossed the road and slammed into a tree. And as wesh 2 s claire metz reports, police have yet to identify the victims. Claire the impact was so dramatic when the rv slammed into that tree, the rv exploded, sending parts of the rv all over this parking lot. You can see where police circled in orange the spots where debris was located. A bunch of garbage, a bunch of garbage. I don t see how the other guy got out. Nearby, was at the scene just after the crash and says the rv wasn t even recognizable as a vehicle. What wasn t torn apart in the crash, was charred or melted in the explosion and fire. But just before the explosion, johnsons friend was able to pull one person from the rv the driver. He just said it was terrible. It was the worst thing he d ever seen, but he had to help the other guy get out. The other guy didn t have a chance he says. Claire the dead person, the passenger in the rv, was so badly burned, police aren t certain if it s a man or woman, but they believe a middle aged man, as is the survivor. The rv had a South Carolina license plate, and police say it s possible the two were coming into town for nascar events. Some racing memorabilia was found in the debris. The driver was getting off 95 at u. S. 1, but failed to turn north or south. They went straight right into the diary queen parking lot, struck a tree and it triggered an explosion within the vehicle. Claire the driver who was degree burns, but witnesses are grateful he got out at all. Somebody, somebody got saved. If the person survives, he survived because they were able to get him out. Claire the survivor was rushed to halifax medical center, but we ve learned he s since been transferred to the burn unit at shands hospital for critical care. In ormond beach, volusia county, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Summer right now, police are running the tag on the rv to find the owner and the identities of the two people in it at the time of the crash. Meredith a Seminole County man is accused of leading police on a wild chase. Over 23yearold d javen gayden in the midway community, but he took off. A Police Helicopter had to be called in to track him down. Gayden and a passenger eventually bailed from the car in sanford. He was eventually arrested. The passenger is still on the run. A titusville man charged in connection to a deadly labor day shooting in 2012 is due in court William Woodward s Death Penalty hearing is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Just last week, woodward s trial date was set to begin february 22. Can be seen on a Home Security camera, went across the street to his neighbor s home and opened fire. Three men were shot and two of them died. Woodward unsuccessfully argued he was standing his ground, a strategy that added months to the case. Summer police in South Daytona say they ve identified 37yearold derrick bell as the hit and run driver who crashed into an apartment complex wednesday night. Police think bell was driving a rented 2016 chevy impala when he allegedly slammed through a concrete wall around the river golf townhomes on south palmetto avenue. No one inside the home was hurt, but police say the driver, who again they believe was derrick bell, limped away from the scene bleeding. Meredith a house and a vehicle were destroyed early this morning when a fire ripped through a deland home. Firefighters say the home was fully involved when they arrived at the house on south stone street around 2 00 a. M. Four People Living there were able to get out safely. The red cross is helping the victims, and the fire marshal is working to determine how the blaze started. Working smoke detectors. Summer a Disney Cruise ship has picked up 12 suspected migrants. The disney wonder was headed from miami to grand cayman over the weekend, when it spotted the Group Southeast of cuba. The suspected migrants are being turned over to authorities in grand cayman. Disney said it picked up the group at the request of the u. S. Coast guard. Meredith in commitment 2016 news, former president , bill clinton is in florida campaigning for his wife. Clinton is holding a grassroots event in Riviera Beach, which is in palm beach county. Hillary was supposed to appear at the rally, but is instead campaigning in nevada. We ll have more commitment 2016 news in the next half hour. Summer things are back to normal on a busy section of u. S. 1792 in Orange County. The southbound side of the roadway between maitland and winter park reopened just before 6 30 this morning. The road was closed since late thursday night, so construction crews could lower the road under the Railroad Crossing bridge. They ll be back at work on friday beginning at 7 00 p. M. And ending by 6 00 a. M. Next meredith more driving news. The street under i4 will be closed to do bridge work. You ll want to use princeton as a detour. You can expect downtownarea closures. Crews will be removing concrete barrier walls in the middle of i4. A local man is accused of targeting to Convenience Stores. Summer we were able to get a look from the footage inside. Meredith the new Sports Illustrated cover has been unveiled. You will hear from one of the ladies gracing the cover and why it is so unique. Summer there are 21 confirmed cases of the zika virus. What florida leaders are doing february is huge for us. All our handcrafted classic footlongs are just 6 each, even our subway club and chicken bacon ranch melt. 6 footlongs are a big deal. But the media is going a little crazy. I am in the heart of what is now being called submageddon. With an incredible amount of accumulation inside. Out on the streets. I have never seen anything like this before. Enjoy all our delicious classic footlongs for just 6 each. All february, at subway. You re watching wesh 2. Meredith it s video you ll see only on wesh two. Cameras inside a Convenience Store captured the images of a man who targeted two stores. Summer wesh 2 s greg fox is live in kissimmee, and greg, this guy actually got scared after the clerk reacted to greg the clerk was really thinking on his feet and managed to get himself to safety inside this 711 at the corner of john young and donegan. 711 management provided wesh 2 news with this surveillance video. It shows, early sunday morning, a man and the clerk aburashi abousattarovich, walking into the store on north john young parkway. A few seconds later, the clerk goes behind the counter and reaches for a pack of cigarettes. He turns around and sees the suspect with a handgun. That s when the clerk ducks into the office and locks the door, prompting the wouldbe robber to run from the store emptyhanded. A short time later, a man wearing the same clothing barged into the 711 at john young near bryan street and ordered the clerk to open the cash registers. The guy had a gun. What kind of gun . I am not sure. Greg Kissimmee Police are releasing two photos of the man who wore a red hooded sweatshirt, khaki pants and blue gloves. It s difficult to see in this video, but the man has a tattoo on his face, just under his right eye. A search by air and ground with canines failed to turn up any trace of the armed robber, but Kissimmee Police say they re following solid leads and hope to quickly make an arrest. Meredith that was greg fox without war. We are following breaking news in Orange County. Two people have been found dead. Stewart moore is live with the new details. Stewart meredith it looks as though we just learned that the deputies have found two people dead inside a home in pine hills. We do not know how the people died or their ages. We do have a crew on the way to meet with the sheriff for a briefing of what happened. This is happening near Santa Barbara road, not too far from the crime scene. As soon as we get more details, we will bring them to you. A concert scheduled for this weekend has been canceled. The three day festival was supposed to go on at palm bay Regional Park starting friday. They posted this statement on the website, it is with great regret that we inform you that the event has been canceled. Ticket refunds started february 4 and will be completed by the months end. The organizers have not said why the event was canceled. Sports illustrated is making History Today by including the first plussize model on the cover of its swimsuit issue. Summer and also for the first time, they are releasing not one but three different covers. Mixed martial arts fighter ronda rousey, and models Ashley Graham and Hailey Clauson each get a but graham is getting the most attention today because of her plussize distinction. I thought that we were like, being groundbreaking, revolutionizing by putting me, a size 16 girl, in the actual pages. But then for mj to put me on the cover, i mean, don t even get me started, because i might start crying and i know you guys would love that. But it s still like, i m shaking just thinking about the fact that i m on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Summer they are also beautiful. Sports illustrated says each cover celebrates the beauty of different body types. Meredith eric, a pretty cloudy monday. Eric at least we have been nice and dry across Central Florida. Take a look outside. This is downtown orlando. There has not been much blue sky at all from morning all the way up to now, this is what we have been looking at. Temperatures worked on to the 70 s today. 73 the current reading. Decent g usts. 72, ocala. Leesburg, 72. Comparing temperatures to yesterday, he continues to be warmer, five to 10 degrees warmer at this hour. Mostly cloudy skies as seen on the satellite. I do want to show you up to the north and west around louisiana and into mississippi, alabama and the photo panhandle, big thunderstorms. This is the storm system that will be moving into Central Florida tomorrow morning. At this hour, we are watching a few sprinkles across the i75 corridor and even some activity setting off just the kc cape. Take a look down into palm beach county, these showers and storms will be working at northbound. Tony and i will be watching these during the evening for the for now, we are dry, but a few showers in the forecast for 6 00. 71 your sunset temperature. We will continue to work off into the middle 60 s as the evening works through. By a 11 00, we will be watching showers and storms moving in from the gulf of mexico. We are not expecting strong to severe thunderstorms , although one or two could get on that borderline, but as we passed midnight, we will watch the rain move in. 58, ocala. 64, st. Cloud. 64, kissimmee. 64, Merritt Island. Once we read ourselves of the morning showers and storms on tuesday, it will look great. Warmer temperatures, 78 degrees for orlando. 79, daytona beach. 8 00 cloudy skies, a few sprinkles here or there, but this is 2 00 a. M. And we are noticing the rain coming in from the west pushing through 5 00 the i4 quarter. Looking ahead to that drive tomorrow morning, you may want to allow for extra time. By 7 00, it is all out of here and it is clearing skies during the day. The biggest threat for Severe Weather is going to be across the gulf coast. For us in Central Florida, we are under a marginal risk of Severe Weather, which on that plane, that is the lowest level. We could see an isolated severe storm, but generally speaking, it is not going to be a big deal. Here s a look at Central Florida s most accurate sevenday forecast. Once we get bit of tomorrow s showers and storms, we are looking for beautiful clear skies. We will talk more about the overnight storms when i see you in the next half hour. Summer thank you. Meredith tonight, people are being worn for attacks on the golden gate bridge. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At summer cameras were rolling when a cliff collapsed into the sea after a five point seven 5. 7 magnitude earthquake in new zealand, the quake struck on no one was hurt

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