7 news in hd. Brought to you bypass pass. Now on the night team. Garbage truck off the interstate and into a pk. Miraculously the truck driver survived. Toninit his sister talking to just one station. Man accused of running down a south florida teen and then eeding away is under arrest. There was also an alarming message found on his face book page. Teen reduced to tears telling a jury what she says a south florida doctor did to her years ago. Simple mistake. Leading to big consequences. Something plugged in. Forcg residents of one buildingut. Road republican run through democratic president ial candidates set t tir sight on South Carolina. And south florida family claims a pet rescue gave their dog away. And now they cant find it. Investigative reporter carmel is on the case plus we are following a developing story in parts of the south. 7 tornadoes touching down more likely on the way and several people are confirmed dead. Update ahead. Im craig stephens. The news at 10 00 starts now the news at 10 00 starts now at 10 00. It was a bone chilling sight. Garbage truck plummeting from an interstate into a park. I was sure my brother was dead. Tonig the drivers sister describe ago miracle to just one station. After he survived the dangerous drop. Hello again everyone. The truck went over the edge of i95 and plummeted at least 100 feet to the ground below. Our first look at the man who survived the crash and exclusive interview w th his sister danielle live at Jackson Hospital with details on just one station. Danielle . Reporter and belkys family is speaking out for the first time. Thankful the loved one is alive but asking the question i think a lot of us are asking tonight. You plunge nearly 100 feet and you live to tell the tale. How do you do. That his family talking to just one station. I thought my brother was gochbility i was like hes deadgochbility i was like hes dead. Like cant nobody survive that. But miss smith brother miraculously did survive. Fiance called me and told me she said hes still alive. He was literally breathing reporter shes the first Family Member to speak out about the day he the driver could have been taken from them forever. Punched a hole in the roof tishtion her brother a sanitation truck driver finishing up a recycle run exiting t south west 7th street off ramp on i95 in miami when the truck crashed through this guard rail plungethrough this guard rail plunging to e ground below at jose martin park landing on two unoccupied cars and ejecting smith. Miss smith was in melbourne nrashtioiowhen she saw these images on social media but her worst fears were not realized. I have prayed to god the thank you. I was like thank you for keeping him here. Reporter no one on the ground injured but he suffered a fractured skull and several broken bones among other injuries. I know he was going to be bruised up. Some broken bones. You knowertain things was going to be messed up on him. But thank god hes here. Reporter but now this while he remains hospitalized the bills are pilingp. Still the the sister says so are the miracle. Starting with the fact that her brother is alive and improving every day. No matter what he experienced from childhood to now thats the living testimony right now. 2reporter the and getting back to the financial assistance. Family desperately need. They have set autopsy go fund me account. If you go to our web site we have got a link to that go fund me account there so that you can help this father of three as he continues to recover. Reporting live from outside jmh in miami, 7 news night team. Developing story. Series of tornado ripping through the south tonight with deadly results. In one area a trio of water spout also formed. Three spotted in the water off louisiana. The storms arent finished yet. Robin is in the Satellite Center with more robin. Reporter at least three death report entered mississippi and louis afternoon. Tornado watchings and warnings still in effect acacss several southern states. I was laying down in bed with my dog and all of a sudden i heard a big rumble sound. Whole house started shaking and i just knew that that it was tornado. Reporter in louis app here about 57 miles west of new orleans a possible tornado doing deadly damage. At least 2 People Killed when the storm system rolled through the sugar hill rv park. 160 trailers damaged or destroyed. Dozens injured. We have 7 critical injuries that we are aware of. We have roughwy 30 plus other injuries to what degree i dont know. Broken arms. People who were able to walk out of the debris. Reporter rine and his family lucky. Bathroom and the my mom fiance wass running into the bathroom and his parents were and i got in the bath tub with my dog and they were praying and i was crying and difference so skaivrmentd i mean the house would not stop shang whole entire time. Te shelter now. Reporter kenny catching this funnel cloud outside a new orleans suburb. State police sharing picture of the daniel on the face book page and keeping peoe up to date on the reports of daniel and downed power lines. Weather picked up real hard. We walked to the glass door to take a look and as soon as we got to the door i could see the top of the tornado come down going across the look like crossing the road there. And the door started sucking in whe we were at. Reporter thousands left without power. The cleanup difficult for these businesses and power crew. Rain continuing t to fall in prairieville 20 miles south east of baton rouge. Millions across the south people need to be on alert for the potential of tornadoes moving through the area of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. Reporter well be keeping an eye onhe florida panhandlean eye on the florida panhandle. Officials from the National Weather service have confirmed at least 7 tornado in the area so far. Live in the Satellite Center, 7 news night team. Live coverage continues with chief meteorologist phil who earlier told thus part of the country would be under the gun tononht phil. Reporter 7 confirmed tornadoes but there have been at least 18 reports of twisters tonight and it will continue to be a nasty night across the south east. That is all due to an area of low pressure and trailing frochbility you can see all the heavy rain and the cloudiness but draw your attention to thisarea right here. You see all the dots of yellow, orange and some reds. Those are the areas with severe thunderstorm activity and those are the ones that can cause as a matter of fact all of these areas highlight entered red including floridas panhandle now from tallahassee through pensaco are under a tornado watch until 4 00 oclock in the morning. This means that all the ingredient are present for some more tornadoes to vtv happen. Well be watching this situation carefully. Meanwhile the tale end tail endf that activist swinging in through south florida tomorrow and theres just a small chance for some strong thunderstormso happen between broward and miamidade tomorrowbroward and miamidade tomorrow. After the front goes by how cold will it sghet well look at that a little bit later on troubling post appeared on mans Facebook Page not long after he alledgedly hit a teenager with his car then sped away. Alex is live at Jackson Memorial hospital to explain this one. Alex . Seems to be very techlingt it seems to show this man knew exactly what he did before driving off. All this asp the 15yearold victim remains here at jackson mememorial hospital tonight in serious condition. Simone from his home in cuffs after his father ordered him to turn himself in. My son when he came first thing he said you got to call the police. Thats what we addition appears to be no miss taking 33yearold knew he was in trouble. This message. I really bleep up on the Facebook Page monday just an hour after police say he ran down 15yearold valdez in this mercedes and sped away. The teen was in the crosswalk and hit while trying to get a bus to slam charterr school. The force of the impact threw valdez from the shoes and even chipped paint from the car. He had to have a tube insert in his lung because they collapsed. But hes doing much better. Pleading in the brain. Reporter police say this mans a habitual traffic offender driving open suspended license. He is the cousin of miami commissioner who came to speak with the victims family at the hospital. Our prayers are with them and their child because no one wants to see anything bad happen to any one child here in the city of miami. Reporter the family says valdez may n n be able to play basketball again. They want him to make a speedy recovery. And the way the doctor say if it doesnt get any worse its good news. Reporter and they also want the driver to face the full force of the law. You heard my children im going go off. He can the bare his life. Do everything in my power to make sure this person pay consequence of his action like any other criminal. Reporter the suspect tonight is facing several charges including driving on suspended license while being aha bital traffic offender and also leaving the scene o o an accident with injuries. News night team. Would be carjacking victim turnss the tables and opens fire. Police say a 13yearold armed with gun approached a vehicle at the intersection of northeast 16 avenue and 159 street in North Miami Beach just after midnight t. Passenger in that car pulled his own gunshoting the teen twice. 13yearold taken to Jackson Hospital. Two people in the car not hurt. Three men with the teen took off on foot. If you have any information give Crime Stoppers a call at this number on the screen. Heres a trial today. Teenager take the stand crying as she told the jury a south florida doctor molested her. She also testified the man gave her cash in exchange for her silence. Liz reports from the Broward County courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Now 19yearold girl answered questions about the night she says she was molested by a in the room. Detailed description this sophomore at Florida State gave in Court Tuesday afternoon. After easily identifying dr. Augustine bo l o because the families were friends the night of the alleged incident in april 2012 her mother was at an event with his wife when the doctor came home she was 15 years old at the time. How long do you think that goes on for. Like a minute. As hes doing this. Reporter the teen told investigators the the doctor then 45 years old took her upstairs after the alleged six acts on his couch and gave her money twice. Cash and tells her dont tell your parents. Doctor says according to your testimony that he wanted to give you some extra money so you could take egor out but dont tell your parents. Correct. Correct. Reporter his defense attorney questioned her credibility. Even asking how the molestation could have been possible that night in the westiniving room. Was the son sitting on his leg at best if not in his lap he not manages to grab your hands somehow without you noticing it until you felt it if he exposed his penis. Tickets doctor has 4 children. He is still practicing medicine in westin. If convicted on this molestation charge he faces up to 15 years in prison. Live in Fort Lauderdale tonight, 7 news night team. Woman once convicted of the stand saying it was all an act. The 2011 conviction was thrown out. State plans to retry the 33yearold but shes trying to have the charges dismissed. She testifi today that shes an actress and was performing the during a meeting with the hit man who was actually an undercover cop. The police took our presentation that we did and used it to wrongly prosecute me for something. Reporter the 33yearold is accused of trying to hire hit man to kill her news 2009. Gained National Attention f f years ago when it was featured on the fox show cops. They y me they pitch now the nevada caulk news full swing. One republican appears to be leading the pack. This is the democrat state their case in South Carolina. Robibi has an eye on all this from the plex. Robin. Reporter no results yet because they are about three hours behind us but also tonight the democrat took the stage for a facetoface in didnt have a spaghetti bowl growing up here. Reporter senator rubio family spent 6 years in nevada before moving back to south florida for good before making his pitch to caucus goers there he wanted to make sure to cover the basics. I think its important when you leave here you know exactly where you need to go tonight. Which place you need to go to to caucus okay. Because it can get confusion. Not the same place you vote on election day. Probably a different place. We dont want our supporters confused. Reporter es already left the state. Campaign shifting to the contest on super tuesday. After writtening South Carolina and all delegate donald trump looking to solidify front runner status. His remark may setoff a few. Watch out for dishonest stuff because i tell you what a lot of dishonesty with this. Just got to be careful. They have paper ballot. Whole deal going. Paperallot right so just watch out if you see anything let us know about it. Reporter there have been continued questions about the Cruz Campaign ethihi. Communication director resigned after posting a video that claimed rubio dismissed the bible. But the texan says its trumps record that deserves greater scrutiny. I frankly dont care what position donald decides to support today or tomorrow or the next day. They change every day. And look part of the reason some one vacillate from position to position to position advertise they are not starting from a set of belief. Reporter primary in South Carolina on salts and tuesday they both appearededt town hall in columbia. Stating their case to voters in the palmetto state. Top 1 10th of one percent in america now own as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. I thinkhat that is wrong. So here it is folks. You ca like it or not. This is my view. We are going to ask prpritable Multinational Corporation and the rich to start paying their fair share of tax. I will work very hard to stand in the way of south rolina and americans achieving their dream. Those inclu economic barrier we have work to do to create more jobs. To get income riring again t. I want to go after manufacturing d infrastructure and clean energy and yes raise the minimum wage and get equal pay for womens work. Reporter back to the republicans. New york timesreports senator rubio is working on a meeting with former governor bush who suspended his campaign on saturday no word on when that meeting will happen. First results in nevada arent expected until about midnight our time. Live in the news plex, 7 news night team. Thanks. A death in the castro family. Cuban state media reporting rane castro, the older brother of fidel and raul has passed away. Wildly known by nickname mongel he was a life long rancher who shied away from politic. However he often got double take from people who thought he much alike. 91yearold died in havana. Cause of death has not been released. Could the detention facility at guantanamo in cuba close its doors . The president obama today told congress he wants to make good on the 2008 Campaign Pledge but he admits securing congressional okay will be challengin at best. For many years it has been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security. It undermines it. Reporter president want to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. He sent the long anticipated plan to congress tichlts keeping this facility open is contrary to ourr values. It undermines our standing in th world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standard of rule of lawhighest standard of rule of law. Reporter blue print involves transferring most of the detainee to other countrythe detainee to other countries. The rest deemed too dangerous relocated in the united states. The plan identifies 13 possible transfer sites. Including a military prison in leavenworth and federal super max prison in florence, max prison in florence, colorado. Democratic president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders offered support. Considerably different reaction from the republicans running for president. We are not going to close guantanamo. Dont shut down gitmo. Expand it. Lets have some new terrorists there. Reporter before any transfers to u. S. Soil could take place legal object stobobng and congressional opposition would need to be overcome. Adnistration Officials Say they are planning conversation with lawmakers but the out comes remains hazy. Reporter plan seeks up to 74 five Million Dollars to construct a new prison here in the u. S. Administration says as it standsow it cost well over 150 Million Dollars a year to keep the gitmo prison open. Stillllhead from the night team. Fire investigators say could have been prevented. Erupt and force families out. Another fire fight. Fierce flames jumping from pile of trash landing on parked car. Big problem when a big truck loses control at the height of rh hour. Fight over missing pet is bringing a big problem with unregulated animal rescueue to light. Investigative reporter is on the case in. You are watching south florida night team. Is. Story increasing frequency. We get word of teenager who has been shot in south west miamidade. Robin is at the news desk with a little more information to share with us. Robin. Reporter miamidade polici tell us the victim is 16 years old. Transported to Homestead Hospital after being shot in the elbow. The right elbow. This is the scene happened at report of shooting ininlving several juveniles who were outside. The three males rode up and started fivrmingt miamidade fire rescue, Police Responding again. 16yearold shot in the right elbow and transported to Homestead Hospital. We have a crew on the way and well update you as soon as we can. Reporting live in the news desk, 7 news night team.