News in tampa. A deadly pedestrianinvolved accident is stopping the morning commute on i75. All of the lanes are blocked and it happened about an hour ago. Were still working to get details right now. Well be watching the roads and keep you updated throughout the morning. Rail service is suspended in hoboken, new jersey following a deadly train crash that killed one woman and injured 100 others. The engineer is coope as i said, the engineer was released from the hospital. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie referencing the everything near. He is cooperating with the law enforcement. Reporter now identified as 48yearold thomas gallagher, a transit employee for 29 years. The train was reportedly traveling too fast when it slammed that hoboken terminal. We got jolted out of our seats. Reporter the crash killing and causing massive damage at one of the busiest transit hundreds in the new york area. Images on social media showing what looks like a partial roof collapse. Officials are working
60s temporarily. Its a steamy 71 in wauchula this morning. Dew points instead of in the low 60s north of the bay, theyre higher as that even wind brought the moisture back quick yesterday as expected. With it hefr storms last night from lakeland to anna maria. Thank goodness were dry this morning, and we will stay dry this morning as the east wind keeps that storm 60 miles offshore at bay pushing to the wegs. A stalled front still in place it will bring a 40 rain chance Late Afternoon and evening. The movement is to the west, so well be watching sky tower for the bucs games. Cant rule out lightning, unfortunately. In the tropics a powerful hurricane. Category 4 matthew is slowing moving northwest. The outer fringe is approaching haiti where they could see catastrophic rainfall starting right now through wednesday. Heres the 5 00 a. M. Advisory, 150 mileperhour winds making it a strong track storm. This is bigger issues for mountainous southeast cuba and haiti. Slowly pushing through th
Quite a bit of cloud cover. Even despite all the clouds, we will still make it into the mid to upper 70 s. 76 in salt springs. 77 in ocala. 79 in claremont. 79, orlando in winter park. Closer to the coast, midtoupper 70 s as well. Take a look at futurecast. Showers and storms are on the way overnight tonight. That is coming up in just a few minutes. Right now, Jazmin Walker joins us in the breaking news center. Reporter we are watching to see when the southbound lanes of 1792 will reopen. We have a camera crew there now. The southbound lanes have been closed where 1792 intersects with park avenue since thursday night. Crews are lowering the road under the Railroad Crossing bridge. It has caused massive backups. Workers are hoping to reopen the road by 6 00 a. M. Today. Muck that slowed them down a little. We will let you know when the road reopens on sunrise. In the meantime , ted has your way to get around this. Ted one of the main things is they are pushing traffic onto park avenue a
Road, that does give us hope that we may be able to identify the vehicle. Reporter the driver will face a felony charge for leaving the scene of a crash. Id hate to be the person that did that, youve got to live with that for the rest of your life. I mean, even if you get a away with it. Still got to live with it the rest of your life. Reporter and ive been talking with troopers a bit about just how often they have dealt with this situation in the past year, and for Eyewitness News at 5 00, what else theyre doing to solve this particular crime. Live here in Brevard County. The florida Highway Patrol kicked off a statewide campaign about hitandruns today. They are rising statewide and theyve killed dozens of people. We asked the troopers how the campaign will protect you, were reviewing the plan sdmou update now and update you in the past hour. The weather will change big certifieded chief meteorologist tom terry is over in Severe Weather center 9 can and tracking showers that will be c