News channel 8 at 8 00, every night on great 38. Right now on news channel 8 at 6 00. A tow truck driver answering a call for help hit and killed on a bay area road. And now his fellow speaking out, urging people to pay attention. Good evening everyone. Im rod carter. And im melanie michael. Thank you for joining us tonight. We begin with that tow truck driver who lost his life over the weekend. Detectives tell us a drunk driver is to blame and now that man is in jail. This happened on southbound lanes of interstate 275 near fowler avenue. Live tonight from the Hillsborough County jail with this all too sad and familiar absolutely right, sad to say, 30yearold Leandro Perez is facing dui and dui manslaughter charges. Hes the third driver this year to be charged with hitting and killing a tow truck operator. Department of transportation cameras captured the grizzly scene where the tow truck driver was hit and killed. Authorities tell us he was helping two other motorists on i275 southbou
Today. Care a joins us live if the home with the damage left behind and the dire situation that this family is in. Reporter crazy and heartbreaking to say the least. We are talking about a second incident that the driver came barreling right down this street coming down onto oregon avenue and slamming right into the front of this house. You can see the large section thats boarded up there now, and thats actually one of the childrens bedrooms of this ho. Yearold danica zagaro was drunk when she came crashing into the house. Neighbors up the street were outside having a bonfire when the woman came flying down the road at what seemed to be 60 or 70 miles per hour. Whats so crazy is another drunk driver slammed into this same familys home right here back in march. That time the dad in the home was injured, and it took over six months to fix this home up. Their house destroyed again. The car went by. We saw it. We heard a loud boom as if something exploded. I am mind blown to the fact that
For myself and it comes in little brown packages, very exciting. No, ill be sending folks cards again. Ill tell you what, its hard to predict what people want unless you get a nice card or letter from the kids, but of course then you have to mail that to santa claus. There you go. Hope you had a great thanksgiving. Here we are in the 60s, my godness, mid and upper 50s goodness mid and upper 50s, drier and cooler air things fantastic for saturday and sunday, thats going to be gone. Were going to replace cool temps and low humidity with just the opposite here. Weve got a big warmup coming up, well be talking about it tomorrow into wednesday as we soar into the mid80s. We turn cooler and drier as back and forth continues with these fronts with temperatures about 81. Just a 10 rain chance and behind the front well talk more about that in just a few minutes. Good morning everybody, a lot of you heading back to work pretty good. We do have a crash to tell you about in ruskin. All southbound
Trying to push the false narrative that i was a supporter of the oppressive things that he did is just not true. Colin kaepernick coming to his own defense after getting booed in miami. Now hes clarifying his comments about fidel castro. Were letting you in on a cyber monday secret, hundreds of deals expected that most people miss out on. Plus another look inside the busy Amazon Warehouse coming incredible operation. Thanks for joining us on this monday, im dan shaffer. And im ashley yore in for deiah riley. Were going to start with a check of the weather. I dont know about you by i actually used the space heater this morning. It was a little chilly. I tell you what this is going to be the last morning. Still hanging on to 50s but 64 in tampa. We have plenty of 60s out there. The cooler spots up to the north, mid and upper 50s. So far this season weve the nature coast. It will be a while before we get to those numbers. Were going to warm things up. Southeast flow giving us temperatures
Own home. Plus cuba in mourning, memorials start today for fidel castro. The way some u. S. Politicians are protesting the events. Im dan shaffer. And im ashley yore in for deiah riley this morning. First lets start your monday with weather and traffic together. Ivan cabrera joins us now. You said today might have been the last day for me to use the seat heater in the morning on the way to work. Absolutely. Were going to make your tran little easier. Weve gotten rid of the cold air which makes for a slower start. Although i think were going to keep going in the wrong direction if you prefer the fall weather. Talk about that in a second here. 58 in bartow, 59 plant city, mid50s in crystal river, nice and relatively cool, were running anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. That will set us up for 81 for the afternoon, slight chance of a shower, well talk more about that and when we can get back to our cool times in a few we are following a crash in spring hill, u.