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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 8AM October 13, 2016

Along so we can see nature the blockage looks like a single lane pass thing. Expect some delays here or avoid area if you can once again congress at ridge in pasco county involving a pedestrian from what we can tell. We have a live look here we want to get back time. 4 westbound which has been pretty slow through entire portion of eastern Hillsborough County. A pair of crashes one we are look right alex and der street which is mostly con find to that sould they are poking partial blockage in right lane. So day alexander back to a county line. A second crash which is on shoulder as well. Closer to mcintosh causing delays back towards alexander. So dealing with about 24 minutes to get from the buck man to 75 pretty jammed up in the area. Looks like they are starting to clear the scene a little bit more. Some good news and just releasing a trooper op that right happened side they are moving everything over to left where you have more room. Truck overturned lots of debris in northbound lanes. Big, big delays traffic being diverted at palm river additionally we also have some delays on the selman expressway westbound stemming from 50th were wr drivers are unable to exit. Dave. Thanks, vanessa. A temperature range this morning 68 to 73 degrees. Which really is kind of where we were yesterday as well. Lower 70s along coast you get up into hernando county. Still a nice comfy 68 degrees in brooksville. Dew points, upper 60s t 70. The humidity is trying to creep back in. But those north, northeast winds, they hold it down a little bit. Do expect scattered clouds, moderate humidity. And one or two of those isolated showers to move across the state from east to west. Dave, thank you. 8 02 time. 17yearold girl is dead this morning the car that hit her took off. And florida Highway Patrol looking for are driver in this deadly hit ask run we sent fox at hillsborough avenue where this crash happened. What do we know so far . Sad start to the morning laura and walter. 17yearold girl killed, hit and run. 8 oclock last night happened right here on hillsborough avenue and blue springs drive. From what troopers are telling us, the 17yearold ashley was trying to cross hillsborough avenue going south when she was struck by a vehicle heading eastbound. At that point there is no word make or model of the vehicle either. Now i do have some new information. I just got off the phone with a Hillsborough County school district. And they tell me she is a student here in Hillsborough County. Now out of respect for that school, the Staff Members and the families at that school, they are asking me not to release information. They are working very, very quickly to try to get grief counselors to that nearby high school. So they are trying to get as many grief counselors as possible to that school to help the faculty as well a help the students deal with this very difficult time. But again, a sad start, 17yearold girl hit and killed by a hit and run driver. Not whole lot of information on that driver. Again no make, model, not exactly sure who it was obviously. And florida Highway Patrol asking if you have any information at all to please give them a call or just contact your agency as well. If you see a vehicle, that may have front end damage, and they may have been around this area, late last night at about 8 oclock, they are just urging you to contact Law Enforcement officers. But again we can confirm she is student here at Hillsborough County. And grief counselors are on the way over there now to you know to try to deal with the grieving process for lot of those students and lot of those faculties as well. We will continue to follow this story throughout good day tampa bit more coming up in next hour. Back to you. What heart ache, all right, alcides, thank you. Walter. Thanks, laura 8 04 the time when you think of florida you usually think two things sunshine citrus. But the once booming Citrus Industry may be entering its sunset years state declining orange crop. And latest forecast proves its only getting worse. First numbers for 20162017 glowing season estimate 14 percent drop, 14 percent in florida citrus production. That means grower wills fill about 70 million, 90 pound boxes which down from last season. Even though a drop was an expected the state agriculture commissioner says it is still dishart enning top put engines perspectives production is of citrus crop is down 70 percent from 20 years ago and future depends on combatting greening that is that what is killing the tangerine is sleigh a sight uptick. It is 8 06. Mass shooting and threats are not funny. Just days after a florida law changed making School Threats a felony who pasco teens were arrested taken to juvenile detention. These arrests fourth in just the last week. Fox 13s Shayla Reeves is live near raymond b. Stewart where latest one happened. These two may not be facing felony cha office really wants people to understand why students should not be making these types of threats, right . The information we had in this case is that students were facing felony charges in connection with the events unfolding here at stewart middle school. According to Sheriffs Office the students thought that what they were doing was a joke. But at the end, were told what happened next was really much more serious than laughs. Were talking about felony and according to deputies, they arrested the two middle School Students after finding the note seen there on your screen. This hand at middle school here in zephyrhills. Authorities say 14yearold teens wrote Death Threats towards teachers at least one letter made reference to a killer clown known as sprinkles. Other students found and reported papers. This comes about a week after pasco county sheriffs deputies arrested and charged a felony charge as well. In that particular case the teen was aaccused of a posting a message on social media. Threatening to kill students. Again something coming just on the heels of the law taking effect at the beginning of october, one strength enned the penalties for making false reports. The law includes specifically firearms and threatening violence with firearms. So that means, authorities are penalties. And School Shooting threats like what weve heard of in the past. And reported to you before. This is a situation thats now Second Degree felony. Punishable by up to 15 years in prison. And a 10,000 fine. This is something that not only impacts adults, its also something as weve seen in these couple of cases teens can be subject to that felony charge as well. Were going to keep following and keep you posted shall we learn any further back to you. All right shayla, thank you. University of florida has a warning for its students this morning. In memo, the university reminded et cetera students about the importance of being respectful when it comes to Halloween Costume a university a negative attention. Specifically those who have a posted pictures showing them in black face. Memo asks all students who plan to participate in halloween activities to think about their choices. Because some costumes reinforce they can come off as disrespect college asks any students who feels offended to contact its bias education and response team. Which offers counselling for this kind of thing. Sarasota county Sheriffs Office looking for are a man who played his own dangerous version of supermarket sweep. Just before 10 oclock last night. A supermarket on 17th street near lock wood ridge. A man armed with a gun demanded cash from the clerk. You can see it in surveillance picture the robber weathering a gun around and get full of cash. You f. If out recognize him contact Sheriffs Office Citrus County Sheriff Deputies need your help finding this man accused of a robbing a woman during a home invasion. This is a sketch of person deputies believe was behind the incident that happened around 9 oclock last night. If this person looks familiar, please call the Sheriffs Office. In just an hour. Southwest airlines is set to announce launch date for its first nonstop commercial flight from Tampa International to cuba. Back in august jet blue was commercial flights between u. S. And cuba in more than 50 years tampa already second biggest hub for flights just behind miami. And Duke Energy Workers on their way to jacksonville right now to help restore power outage Hurricane Matthew. Some people have been without power for nearly a week now. Crews left just about two hours ago to aufsh the assistance. We caught up with them as they were leafing hundreds of thousands of people in northeast part the state were left powerless duke energy will not stop helping until everyone has their power restored. 8 10 a fox 13 news alert out of lakeland a car has driven into a home on fitzgerald road one person is dead. Someone who lived in that house. We dont know the condition of the driver at this point. Now this happened just a short time ago. We do have crew on the way to the scene. They are expecting an update from the polk county Sheriffs Office. Well update you through morning. Daves back in just few minutes now with skytower radar why some women are waiting to start their families. Then at 8 30 keeping a little girls memory alive in very unique way. Why a little bit of willingness to listen goes a long way. And Charley Belcher. Hello. Go bolts. Yes. Go bolts. Hockey season back tonight. That means the store is going to open with new merchandise. Including lightning socks to for your if you want to risk your life on a skateboard you can get a lightning penny board. Look at the beautiful jewelry talking about bracelet only. Look at this just recently signed now its official k u j shirt. I love it. Stick around everybody were getting you ready for hockey season tickets how you can get what if one of the Biggest Challenges we face down here. Could be solved. Simply by looking up there . What if unlimited, clean power was at your fingertips . What if it was good for consumers, good the economy and good for florida . Its not a what if. Its whats next. Lar power for the sunshine state. Vote yes on amendment 1. For the sun. Its not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. Than party. My son max cant live in trump world. So im crossing party lines and voting for hillary. I dont always agree with her, but shes reasonable. And shes smart. She can work with people to solve problems. I want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. laura 2shot is 50 the new 40 when it comes to having babi youre watching good day tampa bay. Is 50 the new 40 when it xho to having a babies . Official in video to her fans she is starting a family with her husband at the age of 50. Shes not only one. Others in hollywood are choosing to have more babies at that age because they along with others choosing careers first. According to aarp in 2013 an average of 13 babies were born every week to women who are in their 50s or older. Those numbers do not include women who adopt or have a baby through a surrogate. Aarp says it is important to know women. Say making a dis baby at the age of 50 or later is one that takes a lot of thought and discussion. And energy. And energy. No go. I dont know. You want a baby that badly absolutely you make room for it. Im just saying sounds exhausting to me. All right well move on. When a parent says to children could be this is especially true for girls. Researcher Stanford University say if a mom mentioned her on that. And another reason that girls around farleying behind in math is because of timed testing. They tend to favor boys because girls tend to be slower, deeper thinkers. And a researchers say we may not be able to change the ma joort of the issues when it comes to math what we can do support children and work with them on their homework and try and cheer them on or thinkers in general. Oh that sounds women are thinkers. It takes time to actually answer the question. Exactly speaking thinkers lets go to dave osterberg. Was that kind of a like a half colorado compliment. I shouldnt you insulted me earlier my mom always told people make fun of you because they like you. That means i like you. Upper 60s to the north of the tampa area. I know. These numbers just nice. Nice comfy start to the day. Looking at the tampa area were in lower 70s why we were yesterday at this time. And in fact the warmest ive got for you here 8 oclock hour, st. Petersburg and sarasota both at around 73 degrees. Notice how a lot of that shower activity just gets eaten up as it crosses the state with north to northeast wind. So once again, polk county, Highlands County hawaiied county. Maybe eastern hillsborough y showers to move through. In general its clouds and sunshine. Warmth again today. With temperatures mainly in the mid 80s. And thats in general what we are looking for. Not only today, but really going straight through the weekend. What you see is what you get, right . Dont ruin a good thing, dave. 86 for High Temperature for today. Tonight overnight low, go back to about 70, 71 degrees. Upper 60s to the north. Tomorrow, again, friday, were banging it out at 86 degrees warmth. Still a bit breezy in our coastal waters today small craft exercise caution northeast wind running 15 to 20 knots. Seas two to three feet. With that moderate chop. I did notice water temperature bumped back up to closer to 80 degrees. Where it was in the upper 70s. Not a huge deal on it yesterday. Isolated sprinkle, tiny shower but other than that, thats what youre looking at, warmth, moderate humidity. Straight through the next 7 days. Vanessa. And dave to that report that we had out of the lakeland area involving a vehicle that has hit a house. Actually killed the person inside that home. We didnt dont have a condition on the driver, but this is happening at home off the fitzgerald road. But seeing sensor indicating a shut down of fitzgerald between florida and scott lake road. So we have a crew heading to the scene as we told you before. We have the chopper so skyfox maybe bringing some live but in the meantime avoid fitzgerald road. It looks like maybe 540 a might be your best work around for this. We want to get this now. And we hadded this tweeted out earlier. So if you want to follow along at fox 13 traffic we have all of our incidents that we mention on air and others. Semiinvolved crash at hillsborough a e. This reported orient roadblocking a right lane in the eastbound direction you could see delays heading that way. Heads up for drivers who are new to this hour of good day. Water main break closing down intersection in tampa. Cass street a morgan street that intersection will be blocked until friday close of business. Some slow spots southbound 275 not unusual for time of more than sitting a 21 minutes to get from bearss to i4. 75 northbound 7 between the selman and i4. Actually not too bad here along i4 westbound between 75 and 275 with a 16 minute ride. Keep in mind most the delays were seeing in the worst ones along i4 westbound as i showed west of 75 back towards count line. All right vanessa, thank you. Does 8 20 now. New discovery in space. Well explain what caused a large crater on the moon. 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Whether its protecting Social Security and Womens Health care or growing the economy, weve got to start solving problems instead of pointing fingers. I am Patrick Murphy and i approve this message exciting season you just like we wanted. And, were on a good team. But now its time to improve a little bit. And Pay Attention to details. Fix small issues. And go from there. We kept core together players are exited to be back together. So many teams it doesnt happen that way a bunch new faces a core Tampa Bay Lightning back together. Good day tampa bay im Charley Belcher coming now from amalie arena tonight hockey season is back. That means were back with eric blankenship. Vicepresident of marketing. So im told. Thats what it says on your busy ever see erics daughter we a talk to eric l. A. Year we won game that fight youre official good luck isabella. So now i know nobody listening to us now they will look at your cute little face. Thats okay. Who is your favorite lightning player . 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