Crashed her car into a tree. Pinnell pulled over into the median and a driver crashed right into them. The victims family prepares for a funeral. Jake peterson spoke to the young children. Reporter after the accident scene clears and the family is notified the mourning begins. I know it happened but it is hard for my mind to think it actually happened. Kenneth if he sans and i just found out about his mother mother jessicas death. Honestly i still cry and stuff a lot about it. Since i have known her my whole life it is hard to actually believe. Reporter kenneth was living with his mom in tampa. He says she worked two jobs to help him and his older brother us a roof over her head. It hit me hard. Reporter 16yearold xavier is trying to make sense of why someone would leave the scene of the accident after hitting two people. I really hope it is horrifying him. He needs to pay for that. Polk county deputies have little leads but they are on the lookout for a car with front end taj. They ho
Be rescued and brought to tampa, its 4 00 time for the now tampa bay we start with breaking news. We just got Surveillance Video the moment a car goes through and ybor city bar you see this fight happening tuesday morning, five guys and then a black car going straight through there, crashing into the bad monkey bar in ybor city. Eventually get out of the car, completely bailing. Apparently he went to the hospital the person hit by the car but he refused treatment. We are assuming he is okay, tampa police are looking for the driver. Good afternoon everyone im laura harris. And im paul lagrone, the death of a 22 month old boy allegedly at the hands of his mothers husband. Where the 911 call came from. Ethan thompson almost made it to his second birthday but he was suffering for some time, this is the home deputies rushed to monday night to save ethan rushing into the hospital. This man abused ethan, he is married to the mother and is a father of some other children in their home. The pro
The weather. It is still a tropical depression. Still relatively disorganized. The center of circulation is north of cuba. This is as of 11 00 a. M. , a minute ago. 35 mileperhour winds still and moving west at about 7 Miles Per Hour. It is expected sometime later this evening to become a Tropical Storm and stay at Tropical Storm strength through tuesday. Tuy, make that turn to the north, and eventually, it should make a pretty hard right hand turn, right back toward florida. Even as we head through wednesday, its still a Tropical Storm. When it gets close to the state of florida, somewhere from the panhandle, or right here in the tampa bay area. A lot of area to cover. At 6 a mileperhour winds, early thursday morning through the day on thursday. I believe, even if its far effects, the possibility of flooding, and the surf that could be stirred up as well. In the short term between today and tomorrow, its steamy. There will be afternoon storms around. For wednesday, once that storm tur
President ial candidates are going head to head in houston. Senator ted cruz is hoping to bring frontrunner Donald Trumps winning streak to a halt. The texas senator just scored a key endorsement from his own states governor. And a study out this morning shows most of us are taking risks behind the wheel. Aaa found about 87 of drivers are doing Dangerous Things on the road, being drunk, speeding, texting, they all made the list. The data comes from a report revealing nearly 33,000 americans died in crashes back in 2014. Its 60 00 1. For news in about a minute. Lets get a check on the weather with leigh. Well, the big storm system that brought strong storms yesterday has moved up the east coast and bringing not only the threat for strong storms in new england but windy and snowy conditions across the midwest. Locally, not seeing any rain, patchy clouds, just dropping temperatures. In inverness. And 54 in lakeland and auburndale. And even tampa now, youve dropped to 5 degrees. What is ha
He was a radical member of the ferries and went by the name of feather. If you have Information Contact police. The aunt of a 2yearold girl killed by a hit and run driver faced a judge today. They pleaded guilty to child felony charges. He walked her into the middle and left her there. A driver with the green light hit the girl without stopping. The paternal great grandmother believes the aunt is at fault. Shes as much to blame as the driver in the car. He did have a part in it, but it wasnt his fault. He didnt stop because he hit the child. But no, it was definitely the aunts fault. Had the child not been there, he or she would not be in the situation right now. The little girls mother does not blame her sister and wants her released from jail. Bail is 50,000. Two men discovered dead in adjacent backyards. We were over the scene as investigators try to determine why. The bodies were off carlotta circle. Tiffany is live at the scene. Reporter the corny just arrived on the scene. Offici