Teacher is dead. The Victim Police say of a drunk driver. That driver, brice macleod, facing upgraded charges this morning. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan live at the Pinellas Park Police Department. This case has taken a major turn. Reporter it certainly has. In fact the Police Department holding a press conference at 9 30 this morning to give us the latest details on this case. Meanwhile, loved ones of those victims are simply left to deal with it all. We will get through this, well help the children get through this. Reporter plenty of questions, not enough answers for family, friends and co workers of Pinellas County teacher caroline sine. Heart broken over her death. Its difficult but its something you learn to do the more years youre in this position. You learn this is part of what you do. You become a family. You take care of each other. Reporter came caroline sines boyfriend sean hankins bayfront hospital. Brice macleod, the man Pinellas Park police say was drunk behin
Down, the storms are going to start to pop. Rain chances 40 along the coast and 50 inland. Vanessa in the Pinellas County area, were following a serious injury crash. It will likely cause lane blockage so avoid 119th terrace north at ridge road and keep you posted as we learn more information about this one. Russell so just about 24 hours ago, vanessa was getting the first indications t plant city. Laura a man was shot and killed in an apparent case of road rage. This was not his first aggressive runin with another driver. Russell Shayla Reaves is live at the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office. Still a lot of questions and not a lot of answers about what happened yesterday. Reporter youre right, russell. In fact, what happens next in this case is up to the state attorney but we can tell you disagreement on the road that ended with some type of deadly turn. Right now this is what we are learning about the situation. Youre seeing video on your screen. This all started near the intersect
Lets dial back to the morning. 6 00 a. M. , were watching this cluster of storms just across the western portion of Broward County that wasas poised to go up into Palm Beach County where the weather was muu stronger there and we had our secondary line come in to play out across southwest florida. Together. We thought this energy would continue to move off to the north and east, it looks like we had a merger across western Broward County and all of that pushed in and crushed here in the two countyarea. We had severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings we will see the assessment come in from the National Weather service as wat they found. A lot of pictures on social dia confirm quite a bit of damage. Here are the storm reports. We have reports of hail and multiple wind gusts and tornado reports. A good example of that, the 60mileperhour windusts we common across the area with tree damage throughout the county. Smooth sailing from here on out. Its tough to say after such a busy morning. Ou
Tonight prominent cuban president barack obama at the white house are headed back home. Elliot rodriguez is in the control room with more. Reporter the president met with 16 americans and many of them from south florida. Citizens. Tonight they released details of the president trip directed to the people. President Barack Obamas presence already being felt in havana and have are eager to welcome him. The president will tour havana and will meet with raul castro stroe and and members of Cuban Society and will be a accompanied by the first lady and his two daughters. Arriving and this lady 0007cant wait. I would ask president barack obama to continue to have conversations with cuba my desire is is for cuba to be more open. After a while, president barack obama met with Emilio Stefan and millionaire mike hernandez. Businessman Carlos Rodriguez said that the president was very receptive. He listened attentively and at the end he said that all the points that we made will be taken into seri
Severe weather. Traffic. I95 southbound has completely cleared. With the left lane blocked. That has been on southbound and northbound lanes are an injury avenue. On red road 57th avenue, south of court way 24th st. The district have 24th st. You will see the accident parcel blocking the roadway. And Miami Gardens drive. Couple blocked lanes. He said the shooting and death of my dog meant nothing. He was just an animal. Police. The dog owner says the ground at the officer and he opened fire. The property had no consent. Police say they were serving an arrest warrant and that family is mourning the loss of their pet. Reporter the dog owner says that god was doing what dogs do, protecting home turf and parking parking for behind the fence. They went on despite the property and saw the doctor one of the pictures in the story may be disturbing. The garcia family is mourning the death of their dog charlie. Patrolling his yard monday morning when officers from the Miamidade Police department