Us. Yeah, happy friday to you guys. We are starting off with a little bit of rain this morning. Its difficult to pick out but when we zoom in to polk county, you will see a couple showers sliding in from the east coast. We had this throughout much of the night here. We cant rule out a stray shower for inland locations this morning. Otherwise, mild temperatures. Upper 60s and low 70s. Thats where were starting off this morning. And your temperatures will climb above average. Normally right ar 8 again, just a stray shower possible as we go into the afternoon. Now coming up, we will look at the day hourbyhour. But for right now, a quick check of whats happening on the roadways this morning. Good morning, leslee lacey. We are having a tough morning. Wakingup to a fatal accident in the heart of downtown tampa. What youre looking at is a picture of the junction. In the distance, the white light, thats actually westbound i4. Cannot transition on to southbound 275 eric. He has got a look on th
All these white lights. Whats happening is all the traffic on westbound i4 is being diverted to northbound 275 at Martin Luther king and so thats where everyone is exiting. So weve got big delays. Actually, more than what you would think here as i move over and take a quick look. This is whats happening, again, diverted to Martin Luther king so 30 minute delays through i4. And that is a mess. And then also, you have continued delays over at the exit. Take the downtown tampa. Dont mess with westbound i4. Hillsborough a twoday right at wall on the way, waltonway, injuries involved in that crash. And earlier possible fatal crash, county line road at gateway boulevard, that has cleared from the roadway. So traffic has been a mess this morning actioner ed. What morning, ed, what about the weather . Well, thankfully the weather not near of a mess. Morning. Got some upper up upper 60s to the north. 85 is the average. We will hit 87 as we go into this afternoon. Again, staying slightly above w
Anything but. After a bomb threat forced the place to close and guests had to leave. We never want to disappoint our guests. We never want to inconvenience them. Especially children. Reporter today, it is back to business as usual. The park is open and the guests are milling about having fun. But, what did the sudden unexpected shut down cost the theme park . Lego land officials will not say how much it cost them. Our general manager talks there was really no question about whether or not this was the right thing to do. Reporter park officials said each guest would be taken care of. The safety and security of our guests and our employees, will always be our highest burden. That will always come first. Reporter new guests certainly hope so. They would like to make it up to their little ones. They say it is the first time it has ever happened. Use their tickets yesterday by reschedules the tickets and if they cant reschedule them to come a different day, they will go ahead and refund the
Hillsborough county Public Transportation commission has been battling Ride Sharing Services like uber and lyft. Even issuing expensive tickets. Now we are learning the head of the ptc used cab drivers in sting operations that busted uber and lyft operators. It gives the impression of inappropriate activity and inappropriate relationships and literally puts all of our current reporter victor crist believes kyle cochran crossed the line. The perception is very bad. It gives the impression that the best practices were not followed. That the Regulatory Agency was operating far too close and in concert with some of the companies that it regulated. Reporter when i started investigating kyle cochrans relationship with Cab Companies for july of 2015. The reason . He wasnt doing ptc business that day. He was in palm beach advocating for the Cab Companies. To retro actively change it gives the impression of deception. Reporter state senator jeff brandis was shocked when i told him about the ema
Into downtown tampa. This was taken about 3 30 this morning right after this fatal crash involving a motorcycle. Westbound lanes are blocked to southbound 275. This is right at the junction to get into downtown tampa. So a very busy area for the morning commute. Traffic still light right now, although we are starting to see some backup. You can see it here on this camera. These cars right here trying to head westbound into tampa on i4 getting turned and having to go northbound on 275. So heres the backup right there. You can see northbound having to take mlk back down to florida avenue to get into the downtown area. You can also consider taking the connecter and the expressway if you are trying to get into downtown tampa. Were also following another serious crash in polk county, this one at county line road south of u. S. 92. Fhp asking drivers to avoid that area, as well. We also have some closures going on today in downtown tampa. I posted a lot of that information on twitter so make