Necessarily the night you are thinking of. The wednesday night with the notorious name drunksgiving may have some competition. Thats because saturday night proved to be busier than ever. Some people i think maybe take the celebration a little too far. Reporter for nearly 3 decades, lieutenant Darren Barlow has seen just about everything on our roads and this weekend, he heard just about every excuse. Was that im the most sober person in the car which is er. That doesnt make you safe to drive. Reporter dui teams decided to crunch the numbers on the busiest and most dangerous time periods for driving during thanksgiving and it turns out saturday night was some of the most dangerous at all. Historically, the weekend after thanksgiving really up until the new year holiday is there is a marked increase in dui accidents. They know it, patrols had 16 people arrested, busted for dui in hillsborough county. As a matter of fact, deputies ran out the door the second they got into work. Before the
Is enough. She started a petition for a traffic light at u. S. 19 and beach boulevard following the fatal crash of Robert Cartwright on sunday. I have been wanting to do it for years because i have been seeing how many accidents have been happening here. Reporter she says the issues are the constant illegal u turns. Cartwright was driving south on 19 when a driver made the turn and cartwright crashed into the vehicle. Its just ludicrous. I just i could see if there was just one sign and one car doesnt see it but there is literally three no uturn signs before they even get there to warn you not to do it. Reporter after several studies, department of transportation concluded beach boulevard doesnt warrant a light. Officials say there is not enough Traffic Volume here and adding another light when there is already two nearby would cause more congestion. We need a safeway to get out. Reporter jack lives off beach boulevard. He personally contacted d. O. T. To find fight their but the conte
Developing in tampa this morning the Highway Patrol is searching for the driver of a gravel truck. The truck spilled its contents yesterday on the i4 selmon connector. Causing several crashes, including one. Where a man plummeted off the crosstown fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us live with the latest. And shayla, its amazing everyone . Survived this crash. Today in polk county grief counselors will be out at Lake Alfred Addair Middle School in winter haven. Theyll help students deal with the . Shooting death. Of a classmate. 14 year old Kyler Daughtry was killed tuesday, after he and two other teens started playing with a shotgun, in a motel room. A 19 year old provided the the gun went off, . Killing kyler. Later today. We should find out if a tampa man will be granted bail. After killing another man at a basketball court. Trevor dooley is serving an eightyear prison sentence for killing david james during an argument in valrico back in 2010. Dooley says it was self defense. Back in apr
Trevor dooley was convicted of murdering his neighbor. He asked for bond while waiting for an appeal on his case. Rod carter tells us the victims widow is very upset about his release. Reporter katrina was shaking when i gave her the news that Trevor Dooley was being released on bond. How do you feel . Of course, its extremely disappointing. Reporter Trevor Dooley, convicted of the 2010 ti james, one and appeal based on what his defense called erroneous journey instruction. And the judge signed approval for a bond but travel is restricted to Hernando County where he lives now and he is not permitted to possess weapons and cannot have any contact with the victims family members. Katrina has a message for Trevor Dooley and his family. Holidays. I know your birthday is coming up i believe in december. Christmas, new years, new years, all the rest. Just remember we never got to continue any of that with dj because you took him from us. So enjoy that time. Reporter rod carter, news channel
Ed bloodsworth has a look at the weather. We have a cold front but not much rain associated with it. Weve had a few showers in the morning and got off to a warm and steamy start. Max defender 8, weve had a few light sprinkles through portions of citrus and Hernando County but that is it. Not much more than that here. This is a a cold front that continues to lose a lot of its punch. Still a lot of scattered cloudiness and very warm. Already up to 80 at lake more of a mostly cloudy sky and humid. 77 tampa. Note the cooler air, 60s for crystal river. Cooler and it is starting to dry out in our northernmost communities. Lower dew points are located there. The cold front continues to ease through. Well keep a 20 rain chance for the afternoon. Just a few spot showers, temperatures hit 79 in tampa as we go into the afternoon. Well tell you what you can expect and give you a preview for the upcoming weekend in a breaking news from jacksonville, were learning a robber is holding several people