Clouds and dry today. Marion county. Ocala, 77 at noon, 81 at 2 00 and we will see the low 80s if not a few mid80s this afternoon in spots. 78 degrees by 6 00 just a touch cooler along the coast. I want to take your county by county and we will dive into that lack of brain, unusual to lack of rain. I 4 commute heading into winter park is looking good at lee road eastbound they reopened a lane that was blocked off by construction. We have a spot of construction on the turnpike southbound before osceola parkway. One lane is blocked. No issues or slowdowns. We will let you know if there are crashes that pop up. Following breaking news this morning, downtown orlando sent a man to the hospital. We told you a 26yearold man was shot in both legs on avenue. That is where janai norman has unfold. The Police Officers cleared out of the area. Reporter i talked with more than one person who said they heard 68 gunshots overnight in the area where police put out evidence markers and crime scene tape
Taxi, traveling westbound in the van hit the taxi headon and both male drivers died at the scene. As we have been here this morning getting video, there was a cab number and i confirmed it is from diamond cab company. The dispatcher i spoke with was not able to give me any more information. When we get a chance to talk with the Media Contacts for troopers, one of the first things we will ask is where they believe the wrong way the circumstances surrounding why and how it happened. When we get those answers we will update you hear on air and facebook and social media. Live in Orange County, janai norman, Eyewitness News this morning. Pulling the camera along i 4 near sam lake road is where you have all the westbound lanes shut down. They have that shutdown starting at kirkman. You will have to exit at westbound and sam lake road. We have another crash with a roadblock by ucf, mcculloch road at greystone legend place after you pass alafaya trail westbound lanes are blocked now. Take alaf
Rushed to make this right, and kim, everyone is now getting their money. Reporter and martha, if you look behind me, right there on the door of the Orange County elections office, says closing time is 5 p. M. , but you can see the 11 00hour, the lights are still on as staff worked late tonight to correct this payroll problem. Now, the supervisor of elections tells me the screw up and the bad checks didnt happen here, but its still on him to fix it. Election day was supposed to be payday for 1,400 Orange County poll workers, but problems at the polling precinct turned into problems at the bank. Those checks bounced. Its the worst election ive ever worked for. Reporter workers who have been doing this like beverly for 20 years, lined up to get new checks. A sort of drivethru system to get people paid. Coming down here, they didnt free, and my time is still valuable. I worked very hard yesterday. Inside, the Office Another late night to fix a problem supervisor of elections bill cowles bl
It started to burn up this hillside. No match for the intense heat. Up and down on the way here, two or three sentences. Not everybody was hurt. 20 acres was impacted. They have it 90 contained but will be staying overnight to make sure nothing gets impacted. We talked to a couple of homeowners who had a very close view of a fire that was very threatening. About 500 meters that way, we could see the flames. You should really take a look at it. The neighbors pull together. Within an hour, we have bulldozers here. We were certainly getting ready here is the photograph taken by trey marshall. You can see how high the flames were. Just outside the full enclosure. Reporter they have still not figured out what started the fire. Any kind of a spark could be a problem. That is why they are telling everyone to be extra careful. Thankfully, because of quick work because of local firefighters. Jim check out this boat that is burning on dry land. The fire spread to the woods nearby. Firefighters a
Rumble of thunder possible, too, temperature well into the 80s. County by county with temperatures and we will get into the weekend and we will see a front work in and a changing temperatures and the change in the rain pattern as well. We need to get rain in here and we will go over that in this half hour. 5 31 am looking at i 4, i believe colonial near downtown here is deneige. Coming into downtown orlando, looking good in both directions and really the same story all across i 4. And that is part of your morning commute this thursday morning you are looking good at this point. We have construction still a Volusia County, i95 northbound at state road four you are looking good at this point. We have construction still a at state road 44. You have one lane blocked off good at this point. We have construction still a Volusia County, i95 northbound at state road 44. You have one lane blocked off and about 78 miles away you have another spot, i95 southbound just after the boulevard not caus