Whether this has any connection, we do not know. Weree trying to get a as much information from our crews on the ground, in the air, tampa fire and rescue and tampas me. We have been told that tamampa police will be briefing us at 12 20. Its 12 21 now so were a little behind fromm tampa police as theyre trying to come out and tell t the news media exactly what has happened here. So were getting information that you see from the air, and a little this teterms of what was involvedd in we do know that there were two aircrafaft involved. One aircraft remains on the runway there in a grassy area. Its charred from the fire that occurred following this plane. As we wait for a briefing, im not sure if we can did back to paul or try peter again. Hello, things are prettyy much the same up here. The fire crews arent actively attacking this plane anymore. It look like its pretty much out. Theyre investigators to come out. They got it out pretty quickly. Again we dont know if anyone died in this, i
The polls to cast their ballots. For some candidate, it is a make or break day. Especially for our senator marco rubio. The polls open in a few hours at 7 00 this morning. Its just two hours away. A Hillsborough County hero. A witness when saw the wrong way crash that killed Deputy John Kotfila explains why she believes he was acting as a human shield to save her life. And the officer rushed around me and one or two seconds after he passed me, he ended up hitting the car instead of me. The funeral for Deputy Kotfila is scheduled for friday. Well beer, wine and liquor, the sale of alcohol in polk county is up for discussion later this morning in the county commission. Businesses in the county want to sell booze for longer hours on sundays. Right now in lakeland, alcohol sales are permitted starting at 7 00 a. M. But polk county businesses have to wait till noon. Minutes but first, lets get a check on the weather. Leigh, youre tracking fog this morning. Yeah, watching a lot of fog in the
It was a bittersweet sound. They paid tribute to john kotfila jr. Im proud t to call him a hero. But a lilike of men and women in the room, he was not defined by one moment in time. Reporter master Deputy Gary Herman thought of him as a son and said the man who put his patrol car between a wrongway driver and another motorist saturday morning was always ready to help others. And that is what made him a true hero. Not because of how he died, but because of how he lived. Reporter he comes from a family of cops in california and police from that state showed up in droves for his funeral. His mother and father sat quietly next to his casket while his sister said goodbye. Down here on earth, but gained another one up in heaven. Reporter this family lost a sun, but gained the gratitude of a community and the respect sworn to serve. It was in his dna. That is why he became a cop. Reporter it is in his family dna in fact. The deputy comes from a long line of Law Enforcement officers back in ma
Bay area road. A wrong way driver just missing slamming into a Tampa Police Officer just a week after a Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy died in a wrongway crash. Now this epidemic as drivers and Law Enforcement on edge. These calls are coming in. You know, you want to say every weekend youre getting an alert, wrongway driver crash. The woman arrested a ja cancela is out on bond this morning. Another one of donald trump trumps relatives is being threatened. The gop front runners sister received a letter like the one received by trumps son. She is a judge on the u. S. Circuit court of appeals. Right now the fbi is investigating but so far no other details were released. An exciting day for apple junkies. Apple users are looking forward to seeing the 4 inch iphone sc. This morning we have a preview of other products set to be released. Its been quite windy this morning. It certainly has. We had a cold front come through yesterday and now the colder air is rushing down the peninsula. T
Looking anywhere from 5 to as cold as 15 degrees colder than yesterday morning. That puts us in the 30s up to the north. Lakeland at 43. 44 brandon, 50 tampa. 6 01 and we have another hour, hour andahalf and the temperatures continue to fall. The readings will be a little colder before we start to go the other way. And we will today. Temperatures will warm up, certainly warmer than yesterday and it wont feel as cold because the temperatures are going to be mild, also the wind has been lost. That is going to feel excellent. You walk outside today with that sunshine and 73, 74 degrees. Its going to be feeling fantastic compared to where we were yesterday at this time. You start with the sweaters and end up in tank tops. If youre heading out in sarasota we have an update on the crash we told but earlier at i75 and University Parkway. The roadblock seems to be more on the University Parkway in the eastbound lanes. And we are seeing backups to honoray. You are trying to get to the interstat