They were in their jeep headed north on u. S. 27. The Sheriffs Office says they drifted into the southbound lane and were hit by a Chevy Silverado. The three men in the truck are expected to survive. Again, as you look at these live pictures from eagle 8 hd over the scene at u. S. 27. You can see how banged up that suv is as well as the truck. The school has a grief counselor on site this morning to talk to students and staff in need of someone to talk to about a terrible day for friends and loved ones of these young victims. U. S. 27 is closed but expected to reopen soon. Were going to head to lee span for a check on the weather. Max defender 8 confirming what we all ready knew. Its been dry all morning long. Its been dry all week long. And thats not expected to change. Look how beautiful it is now for the famous tate in brandon at the appliance and bedding were beginning to break those up. Well see passing thin clouds through the rest of the day, thats allowing us to warm up. 79 in t
An aerial view in frostproof. It happened at 6 00 this morning. As jorge pulled out of his neighborhood onto highway 27, they were hit by a chevy silverado. Investigators believe he never saw it coming. His parents always worried about it. They told him to watch going out there. It is horrible trying to get out. It just really is. It is just heartbreaking. Reporter the teens attended frost proof high school. Jorge was getting ready we are told he had just started working to buy his cap and gown. Now instead of a celebration, the family must grieve. We think of them every day. Reporter and the community whose lives they touched. I watched them grow up. Both of them. They were good kids. Very good kids. Reporter you can see a cross has been placed here at are expected to be okay. Melissa, lake immediate and frostproof. They have a Football Game tonight. I guess they have planning something a little special for melanie and jorge. Reporter both teams will come together and the field and ho
People in tampa. Outrage over a snapchat video exclusive to abc news that was posted to social media minutes before the driver, pablo cortes iii, lost control of his car and crashed into a familys minivan. Team coverage. We are live at tampa general where the victims are recovering. We go to lindsay logue, with more. She joins reporter good morning. Truly shocking to see this video. Watch it again. It is taken of pablo cortes as he drives over the Howard Frankland bridge. The posted speed limit is 65 miles an hour but according to the snapchat app, he was clocked at 115 and the video coconut palm drive. I will show more of the video. It was taken by his girlfriend, sitting in the passenger seat and you can see the speed filter on the app, it is popular. It shows as cortes hits 82 miles an hour and then 115. Shortly afterwards, he lost control of the car and witnesses said they had no time to react. It was going so fast. It hopped behind me. I escaped. Its traumatic. Reporter the car sl
Belongings or furniture. This is abc7 mornings if you have our news app download it on the phone you will have been getting push alerts on the massive fire burning in oakland. The flames and the smoke are dying down but, certainly, a large amount of work for the firefighters trying to contain and surrounds this area. This is near lester and hanover near lake merritt densely populated with active flames. It burns so high and the plumes of smoke were so high it was visible in the major highways and visible from 20 peaks in San Francisco. We hardy from many of you waking up with our alerts saying you can see it from the witnesses and twin peaks in San Francisco. It appears they have done a good job of containing the fire. I have not seen other buildings catch fire. We hope it remains the case. I have been at the live desk monitoring what is happening on social media with the fire and i can echo what you have been saying it appears to be an apartment complex unconstruction what a lot of fo
And im stacie schaible. Were going to head to lee span for a look at your workweek weather. Its not so spooky at all when you go outside. Max defender 8 is confirming that of course. Not only are we rainfree, we are basically cloudfree. When you look at the water vapor imagery, looking at the amount of water in the atmosphere, this bright yellow and orange, dry air, thats why i expect to see the clear skies like were seeing at the lake land to continue. Theres a light breeze out there. That will stay around through the rest of the afternoon as well. 79 in tampa. Brooksville, 77. Sarasota, 89 degrees. Around 5 00, 84 degrees. A light breeze. Nice and clear. For 8 00 p. M. A couple ghostly clouds. And eerily calm. Friday. Ill have the details coming up next. On the campaign trail, we could learn more about the new emails the fbi claims may be relevant to its investigation of Hillary Clintons private server. Democrats are demanding answers and suggesting the fbi director may have broken t