Quickly to try to save the person but the person died. They are not sure how many people may have been in the car due to how severe the crash was. More crew is coming to the scene. Well be on top of this breaking story. Janelle, right now westbound brian dairy road closed just in front of the Calvary Catholic cemetery. They are making people turn around and head back towards 275. Do you have the best workarounds for people headed here this morning . Well get to that in a minute. First, other construction people need to know about if youre going out now. 275, the southbound exit from 54th avenue south is closed until 6 00 a. M. The same construction project is happening through wednesday. So this is affecting the overnight hours so youll definitely want to make sure you use this detour. The detour is to get off before you get to 54th. Right here at 22nd avenue south. Take u. S. 19 to 54th. Remember you want to make this detour if you pass it without getting off at 22nd street. Keep in m
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First at 9 00 breaking news, an update on a crash at bryan dairy road, the road back open now in Pinellas County after that deadly crash this morning. It happened after 3 00 this morning under the u. S. Highway 19 overpass. Police say they believe the driver was speeding when he struck one of the support pillars under the overpass. The car immediately burst into flames. We know at least one person died, were working now to find out if anybody else was inside that car. Well bring you any and all updates as soon as we get them on air and online. For a look at the roads, Janelle Martinez is in the traffic center. Good morning. Were going to start with a look at that crash site. You can see bryan dairy back open and traffic indicators just a tad slow, probably still activity out there but no need for a detour so just use caution when driving through that area. The big problem still seems to be i75, in sarasota area, southbound past university parkway, look at this backup down to 25 miles a
A quick check of drive times here. It was a little chilly this weekend but this morning felt comfortable. Not bad. By the way that was an oscar caliber performance with the traffic report. Yes. Good morning. Its leap day by the way. A few more clouds but i think were in pretty good shape as titan Doppler Radar is showing not much in the way of rainfall. I think its going to remain that way. We do have a few more clouds steaming from the gulf, filtered sunshine at times but were good as far as dry weather. No umbrellas today. A jacket if youre stepping out early enough with pockets in the low 50s. But by the afternoon i think were in pretty good shape. 72 lunch outside today with mid 70s for highs. This morning testing season is underway for school kids in florida. The state is looking to avoid a repeat of last years glitches as thousands of students take the controversial florida standards assessment test. You remember last year problems with the computerbased test kicked many students