Afternoon. A deadly accident on interstate 4 thats causing big traffic problems for you this afternoon. Lets send it to paul in eagle 8 hd. He has the latest, paul . Reporter good news, i can tell you at least two of the eastbound lanes of i4 have been opened. Now, where this accident is, let me set the stage for you, its between dr. Martin luther king jr. Boulevard and the 301 exit. Almost to the fairgrounds. And if i push in, it involves investigators are scouring over trying to figure out what happened. And if i move the camera up this way, and this white semi truck. The front right side of the semitruck is bashed up. The two must have collided at some point. But right now, its a fatal accident. So there is an investigation ongoing. Two lanes of the road are open. But its very a very slow go through out of downtown, really slow as they investigate thank you for the update. A Young Bradenton girl was attacked and robbed on the way to the bus stop. Reporter good afternoon, the 16yearo
Thom i think you have it all right. You look at this Cardinal Team and the way they played last year 13 wins. Normally that is good enough for Home Field Advantage throughout playoffs. Panthers having lost one game. They had 22 different players that scored points for them. 19 of the 22 are back. They had 13 players score touchdowns last year. 12 of the 13 are back. They have a defense in most people think hasnt changed to be better this year than the top five from last year. So all the pieces are in place despite what happened in the season opening loss of putting together another great year. Healthy was evan. Great game. Look at his left foot. See the extra wrap around it as he comes he had a sprained arch and missed part of the new england game. They were excited that he was going to play in this one because they needed him to help. Guy that has been around well see you on friday. Thom get yourself ready and get in the training room. They returning almost all starters. That is the t
Of the walls. Now when we first discovered this on thursday, we saw only a round part of the hole. Now look the hole has elongated, it has widened. Is that from erosion from the contaminated water that is still flowing into this thing . Or is it getting bigger . According to mosaic, thats not the case. On the ground, mosaic is trying to delay fears. Reporter testing maxwells house today to take samples of water from his wells. Im scared to death what it has already done to me and to my neighbors out here. Reporter scared because he lives near the new wales fertilizer plant in mulberry. A sinkhole opened up under a gypsum sack and sucked 215 million gallons of radioactive contaminated water into the aquifer. Our source of drinking water. No one informed the public until 8 on your side broke the news. James is at least one of the 40 places to be tested for contamination. Mosaic hired att a Tampa Company to take samples. Gary hopes to test 30 wells on tuesday. Mosaic has instructed us to
Suspected serial bomber ends in gunfire. Theres a guy shooting a gun, shots fired. Reporter unfolding three hours after police sent a text alert and released an image of the suspect. 28yearold ahmad khan rahami. The owner of this bar in linden, new jersey sees a man sleeping in his hallway and called police. The officer recognizes the suspect. In seconds the suspect fired on him. Reporter rahami flees on Police Officers pursuing him. The officers fire back bringing him down, now recovering in the hospital. Man, it was wild. Reporter the takedown, 48 hours after the first device exploded on this new jersey boardwalk. Then this powerful blast rocked a manhattan neighborhood. Three hours later a Pressure Cooker is found just four blocks north and the next night five pipe bombs are found at the new jersey train station. Video surveillance and information gathered from the unflowedded bomb led him to rahami. A naturalized american citizen born in afghanistan. The fbi found more bombs when s
The thing about the setup is even though its hot and humid any storms could be heavy and briefly strong, so well talk more about the timing of that at opening kickoff coming up. Alcides police are questioning two women this morning in the suspicious death of an 18monthold who was found lifeless at a home in guardian and her wife are in jail facing charges but not yet for the death of that child. Were also learning that one of those women had a troubled past that led to her having her own children taken from her custody. 34yearold angela burgee and her wife are under arrest. Zephyrhills police say their persons of interest in the death of culps 18monthold cousin. Got a call from a home on apollo street and found the child not breathing in the doorway. The toddler later died. It was bracking to all of that responded to the scene. Police were suspicious when they noticed bruises on the child and havent revealed a cause of death. Theyre only charged for drugs police say they found in the h