Were confirmed in south florida. Blood donations are being tested across the state and for good reason. A donors blood came back positive for zika in august. The testing lab that caught it in the bay area. New channel 8 chanel shows us how to keep it out of reach. All the blood makes its way to the testing lab in st. Pete. When it gets here, the blood is tested for zika. One blood official confirms the zika virus was found in a donation in florida. The blood was tested at their lab in st. Pete where everybody one blood donors blood is tested for zika virus. One rep could not give us specifics on where the donation came from. The doctors used highly sophisticated devices to test up to 3000 samples a day to provide results within hours to make sure that no zika positive supply. Thats the reason that this strum and the test is in place. One blood wants to ensure that they provide screen or appropriately screened blood in light of the zika epidemic. The fda has confirmed the one positive z
Have been doing a grade search. They have a little square area and they are going back and forth, back and forth, the divers in the water. Also, other fire rescue boats here as well. And what they are doing, they are doing the same pattern. They are looking at the search of the shoreline and tampa police has a helicopter in the air looking so right now, they are looking for a boater who went underwater pull ago boat. He has gnat resurfaced. It is messing traffic up and on the Courtney Campbell causeway. Thank you paul lamison. Donated blood tested positive for the zika virus here in the bay area. Blood centers have been on high alert since the first case of zika was detected in florida. Jamel lanee joins us live in Saint Petersburg where the blood sample was tested. Please tell us more jamel. Reporter well, so far, the positive, it is the only one that has been confirmed in the state of florida. Now, blood is brought here every day to one blood and tested for zika. Testing for the zika
Then the front crash is in tonight. Birmingham 60. North and west 40s already. That is the cold air seeping through. Nice afternoon. Temperatures in the mid to upper80s. We will talk about your neighborhood and how cold it will get in the next few minutes. Good morning. We are keeping an eye on a crash in dade city. Serious crash with roadblock in both directions at old lake highway and clinton avenue. Old southbound. Take 301 and 98 to work your way around that. We have a crash reported u. S. 19 through clearwater. This is going to be at belleair road. December operate the crash i checked your speed. You are at 62 miles per hour. Not causing delays there. Clear shot north and southbound on u. S. 19. Back to you guys. Breaking news this morning driver has died. We found out 61yearold lynn taylor passed away at the hospital. A driver struck her tuesday at the intersection of mobile and gulf gate drive. Florida Highway Patrol is searching for the driver. Taylors daughter is pleading for
One of my dogs scratched my door. They let him know, he know the Truck Driving near his home wasnt supposed to be there especially past 10 00 pm. He got in his truck armed with a flashlight. Im asking the guy what is he doing this is private property. He said we are lost. And the passenger, the woman asking for help. When he said we are lost she said no no, please help me help me, sir. Investigators say the men kidnapped the woman and the child, he had hit and choked her several times earlier in the night even tried super gluing her mouth shut to prevent her for calling from help. He then forced her inside his truck taking her to the orange grove. Trapped inside the truck with nowhere to go, she found a way to silently alert friends and family posting this message for know help would come. When i saw the number i went on my pen and paper and i broke down on my hand, got my phone. Deputies used the tag number to track and arrest the suspect christopher smith. He did not think twice abou
And a publix unlike any youve seen before. Russell stopping to pick up a stray penny may not be worth the effort. If you find the right one, you could be 1,000 richer. Dave temperatures dipped just below 70 at tampa international. Tomorrow morning at this time, theyll dip in the 50s. Yes, finally. Weve been talking about it forever. This cold front will through the later hours and then well get rid of the humidity. 74 in st. Petersburg. Now upper 50s bradenton and venice. You go back to the mid 80s today but then sunny and less humid tomorrow with a low of 59 in the morning and a high of around 76 degrees and well check in on sundays forecast for you in a few minutes. Vanessa thanks, dave. Looks like the biggest crash is going to be one carrying over clinton avenue at old lakeland avenue, sounds like we have a full shutdown northbound and southbound in the area. Lots of debris in the roadway and tow trucks are now arriving on scene. It will be just a little bit longer until this is cle