A little later in the newscast, what makes her so unique. But first a look outside in orlando in the bright house city cam in high definition. Clear and calm out right now, but looking like a wet weekend is in store for Central Florida. So when can we expect showers . Meteorologist Danny Treanor is pinpointing the weekend forecast. Danny i m betting on tomorrow afternoon to be the most active period over the next 48 hours. But in the meantime, if you re headed out, if you re taking advantage of the last and final weekend of bike week, we ve got some fog issues out there. Particularly up around Daytona Beach and palm coast and rain out in the Atlantic Ocean. Those are not headed to the inland areas and not a big deal. Also a little bit of rain in lake okeechobee and down around pompano city and fort pierce, just to let you know the atmosphere is changing enough that it s a possibility that rain chances are going to be on the increase. But if you are going to go out war bird air show and
Encounter with a water moccasin. Parents, look at the cell phones and the social media. Ginger the fdle, Orange County sheriff, even prosecutors want parents on alert tonight after a man is accused of prostituting teens whose parents never knew about their secret life. The warning sign to watch for, in minutes. Good evening, everyone. This is news 6 at 7 00, getting results. Im ginger gadsden. Julie and lisa are both on assignment tonight. Also tonight, a local mystery. A landmark restaurant at the heart of winter park for decades has suddenly shut its doors. Were digging into why. That story in about 10 minutes. We start with the latest on breaking news in east Orange County tonight. Only sky 6 was there as paramedics rushed to help a man bitten by a water moccasin. He was bitten on the thumb in a rural part of christmas. Its not clear yet how he was bitten. Paramedics flew the man to the hospital where he will be the snake bit him at or near a home in the 3300 block of taylor creek r
Are you fine . Hes waking up. Hes like somebody hit me from the back. I told him, yeah, i know. Reporter herrera said soon he learned the trooper was trapped. I tumpd his shoulder. Im like officer, are you okay . Are you awake . I didnt get no response. And i just got on his walkietalkie and i just said trooper down on 495. Caller he backed his tow truck up and moved the mercedes out of the way. Two witnesses say this man got out of the mercedes. Police have not confirmed that for us. State Police Identify the driver as Prasad Yadavalli of new jersey. He was in shock. He had head trauma. He was bleeding like crazy. When he stepped out of the car, i seen him just Walking Around his car, you know, and everybody else was trying to get the police, the trooper out of the car. Reporter this tow truck driver says his rig was also struck by the mercedes after it hit the trooper. He says everyone quickly sprang into action. All of trying to help the trooper, but we couldnt do anything with our
Crash into the pole. Wendy . All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. The maryland state trooper who was hit in his cruiser on the beltway in Prince Georges County yesterday is still in the hospital. Were learning new details from a witness who says the driver of the mercedes was struck by another vehicle, and that caused him to drive erratically and thus hit the trooper. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is live in college park to explain how this all happened. Reporter wendy, we have spent the day talking to people who were involved in this accident and witnesses who saw it. Its giving us a clearer idea of what happened. This tow truck driver showed us the damage done to his rig after he says a mercedes spun out of control after already striking a state trooper on the shoulder of the beltway yesterday. It all happened just after 2 00 p. M. On the outer loop near 450. Police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda was parked behind a disabled vehicle with a tow truck in front of it when a mercedes slammed into
Old. But, they will not confirm yet if it is person who was shown to us yesterday and captured on Surveillance Video at metro that they put out to the media as a person of interest. We do not know if that photo from yesterday and the person arrested for this murder are indeed the same certainly police told us they knew who they were looking for and it did not take long to make an arrest in the case and the violence here and the issues here with teenagers is really what brought out so Many Community activists and city leaders and theyre also pressing metro for better safety. Sources close to the investigation confirm that through metro surveillance they were able to see there was some kind of altercation between two young men on the escalators at the dean wood metro and the stabbing was fast and witnesses say 15yearold john roof us evans the third that went by johnny was struck twice in the neck around 11 a. M. And bled to death. Police sources confirm evan was on his way to court heari