Is expected to survive. This comes just two days after a Hillsborough County sheriff deputy died in a wrong way crash. The deputy was with the force for six years. He died when 31yearold eric drove the wrong way on the expressway smashing into him head on. Macbeth was killed in the crash. Investigators are looking into whether alcohol was a factor here. 4 31. Acheck on weather and traffic. First, traffic. Is this affecting our commute this morning . It is. As you can see a big crash on Central Avenue. I mentioned this before, this is in st. Pete, folks. This is what you need to know before you head out the door. We have a little bit of construction, they have to wrap up getting rid of the track from the grand prix. So remember that in the heart of downtown tampa. Both directions are blocked at 54th street. Keep that in mind, you can always take first avenue north fine. Im not seeing significant delays, but a lot of activity crash. 54th street. And also in the sarasota area, university
One killed immediately and our deputy was transported to the hospital where he expired. This is early in the investigation and we will not release any names at this point as we get a hold of the families of both drivers. Reporter can you explain where exactly this happened . Yes, the driver apparently may have gotten on down the road from us at this point and was going westbound while the flow of traffic was eastbound. Entering the expressway. And our deputy had just left tamp it down in district 4 and was in route to his district when the vehicle struck. Reporter do you know how fast they were going . But it was a highspeed crash. It appears that the deputy was trying to get out of the way. Reporter can you elaborate on the deputy. The deputy is deceased. Reporter this is kind of a theme in tampa with so many wrong way crashes. What do you do to stop this . Pay attention to driving and i think this is highlighting a much bigger issue between distracted driving and dui. At this time of
and violence on the streets of chicago. protesters crash at a donald trump rally. forcing it to shut down. what trump himself blames the anger on. from tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. anjuli good morning and welcome to good day tampa bay welcome to good day tampa bay. this saturday morning, i am anjuli davis. walter i am walter allen in for alcides segui. lindsay milbourne. anjuli how long has it been. great to have you back. lindsay i am doing okay. weather has been great. heat and humidity. spring breakers are loving it and we will bring you rain. not so much this morning. 63 degrees brookdale, bayshore. and more high clouds. by this time tomorrow we spring forward, so it is still dark out here. 63 in lakeland. we have 73 in lake placid. 65 in tampa. 68 in st. Pete. a little fog around too. it is muggy and our winds are light. please slow it down from eastern pasco county down along of that. riverview, even into desoto light rain. batches of showers he
where he expired. the this is early in the investigation now. we are not going to release any names at this point as we get a hold of the families of both of both drivers. reporter can you explain exactly where this happened. which way the wrongway driver was going . yes, the driver apparently may have gotten on right down the road from us at this point and going westbound while the flow of traffic was eastbound and had begun enter eastbound and had begun entering was up on entering an elevated portion of the expressway. and our deputy was eastbound had had just left Tampa General Hospital after working a traffic crash down in district 4 and was en route back to his district when the vehicle struck. reporter do you know how fast they were going . too early at this point but reporter [reporter asking question] [inaudible] it is too early at this point but appears that the deputy was trying to get out of the way. [reporter asking question] [inaudible] the deputy is deceased. reporter in
New yorks number 1 news. Channel 7, Eyewitness News no coats needed tonight and the feelgood temperatures continue into the work week. A woman struck by by a car in queens. The driver tried to drive off but fastacting samaritans helped her out. Under arrest tonight, the victim is in Critical Condition. She has not yet been identified, but witnesses say this crash could have been so much worse. It happened in rockaway. Eyewitness News Reporter has reporter the impact of the cars sent her flying several dozen feet. She was sent to the Medical Center with head trauma clinging to life but before she was struck, she likely saved a little girls life. Im happy she pushed her away. Reporter eyewitnesss in far rockaway describing a horrific scene. It was just before 1 00 p. M. When this driver came barrelling down the road at more than 50 miles an hour. A 21yearold woman was holding a little girls hand and the suspect trying to beat the red light slammed into the young woman and she pushed the