Reporter i just talked to police and they say theyre very confident they know who the driver is, but no arrests yet. Mike talbert says its a sound he wont forget. A vehicle hitting deshaun while he was riding his bike home from school on thursday. I heard the kid screaming. Reporter he saw the 8yearold crawling to the side of the road and bleeding from his head. Neighbors say they saw a white van with tinted windows drive off. It came back around, stopped for a few seconds and then sped off again. To just drive away is insane to me. I dont get how the world is today. Reporter police say the child was not wearing a helmet. He was airlifted to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Deshauns mom didnt want to talk to us on camera but says his grandmother followed the vehicle. A neighbor got the license plate and called 911. Screaming and crying and his he was. Reporter police havent released any suspect information or arrested anyone yet. Only saying theyre following strong leads.
Outside the Sanford Police department with the breaking details. Dave we were just produced by the Sanford Police department spokesperson. We are being told this is the mug shot of the person arrested. Mrs. 35yearold Eric Williams. He is accused of child neglect and unsafe storage of a firearm. He was arrested and taken to the jail. Booked in around 3 00 this morning. At 8 25 last night, williams took the child, to Central Florida regional hospital. She d suffered a gunshot wound at a house on high lawn avenue near seminole high school. A little bit north of the high school. We are told by the Police Department that she did not survive the injuries she received in that accident. They are telling us she was playing in the living room and that Eric Williams knew there was a loaded firearm underneath the couch and he allowed the little girl to play their. Hitting her. By Eric Williams, but she did not survive. We are told to as a school. Members of the Summit County providing grief counse
70s greeting us this morning, 64 degrees Daytona Beach, deland sensible, ponce inlet and Volusia County, seminole, orange, low 60s and 64 Osceola County toward kissimmee 66 lake county and 70 toward cocoa beach. Warmer in brevard. Scattered clouds, patchy fog this morning. Has up along the st. Johns river basin, patchy fog but the planet today, look how warm we get, deland, 82 at noon and we get mid80s this afternoon. It is going to be a warm one and a greatlooking day. Mid 70s by the time we hit 6 00. Coming up, we will take a look at why we have been so dry and i will show you the storm system that will be working in weekend. 6 01 am. Last hour we had huge problems on i 4 lets see how we are deneige. A lot better. I 4 eastbound, fairbanks, one there was a crash earlier that had all lanes shut down but you have most of the lanes reopened so you are looking good and even with the link blocked we dont have major delays going to the area. We have a crash in Daytona Beach, tomoko farms ro
Rumble of thunder possible, too, temperature well into the 80s. County by county with temperatures and we will get into the weekend and we will see a front work in and a changing temperatures and the change in the rain pattern as well. We need to get rain in here and we will go over that in this half hour. 5 31 am looking at i 4, i believe colonial near downtown here is deneige. Coming into downtown orlando, looking good in both directions and really the same story all across i 4. And that is part of your morning commute this thursday morning you are looking good at this point. We have construction still a Volusia County, i95 northbound at state road four you are looking good at this point. We have construction still a at state road 44. You have one lane blocked off good at this point. We have construction still a Volusia County, i95 northbound at state road 44. You have one lane blocked off and about 78 miles away you have another spot, i95 southbound just after the boulevard not caus
Clermont so clearly we need that jacket. Clouds are clearing outcome of rounds still this morning but well have a lot of sun but look how cool we stay here is Northern Lake county, mount dora, lunch time 52 on your planner and then this afternoon by 2 00, 56 and by 6 00 right when that sun goes down were already close to the 40s so now coming up ive put together two maps one on the freeze watch and one on the frost potential for tonight ill show you where you need to protect the plants tonight ill have that just ahead. Our time is 6 01 lets get a look at the 408 near downtown. Still looking pretty good. 408 at mills we havent seen any issues eastbound or westbound but we do have a crash along narcussi road at state road 528 or the beach line troopers have been able to get this moved out of the way but keep in mind they are trying to completely clear the crash so move over when you see theyll. Thans it . Five people are recovering after a big pile up shutdown obt. People who escaped thi