Four beers before driving. Bar manager admits he was there drinking. When the detectives came in high d and showed me his picture i was shocked. I would have never guessed it. I never seen him drunk. Reporter lewis claim his didnt know what he hit. He later admitted to investigators he knew he was involved in the hitandrun before he was arrested yet he didnt stop and he didnt turn himself in. Even if it was just a trash can okay. It was human lives. Reporter the deputy is expected to be here in the hospital for quite some time. A viewing will be held tonight for jessica. Her funeral will be tomorrow. I understand jessicas family had a message for the deputy. Reporter absolutely. They are praying for him and his recovery. They look forward to meeting him to thank him for helping her. Melissa moreno live in polk woman lied about being raped in broad daylight. Now she is facing a criminal charge. Last year tonya white claimed she was assaulted in the middle of a neighborhood. That started
Travelling 75 northbound direction in the Sun City Center area. Outside lanes blocked north of the sun city area exit. Meantime, our speeds are looking good and our travel times as well so buckle up, be safe and enjoy. Jennifer this morning, former israeli president peres has died. That comes two weeks after he suffered major stroke. He minister on three separate occasions before becoming the countrys president. He will be remembered for being instrumental in the peace process. Russell 1994 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the then Prime Minister and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat for their work at the oslo accords. President obama released a statement. A light has gone out but the hope he gave us will burn justice, for peace and for the belief that we can be true to our bestselves to the very end of our time on earth. And in the legacy we leave to others. Bill clinton who was president at the sign of sign of the according, he was a genius who used his gifts to recognize reconcil
Fletcher but we have moderate congestion on the map towards the bruce b downs area so thats going to definitely be the area of concern. And weve been giving the alternates of u. S. 301 or 275. Just a heads up for folks who are going to take 275 regardless, maybe they never take 75, youre going to have a lot of folks on your interstate, in this area, trying to avoid the crash. Were already above 30 minutes which is unusual for the busy part of the commute. We havent even reached that yet. 36 i4. Give yourself extra time. With that being said, we want to get to Alcides Segui who is live right now. We have questions about why this person was out there. The good news is, they seem to have wrapped up the investigation at the seen. Now folks can move through. Have you learned anything new . Reporter no. Florida Highway Patrol is trying to figure out what happened here. The crash happened at 4 00 this morning. Pedestrian was walking along the interstate or walked in the middle of the intersta
That cleared out and now were met with another crash. And this is going to be blocking northbound lanes and causing delays over the skyway bridge. And bear with me looks like skyfox is just orienting itself with this shot i might move on if we cannot get a look at the scene. It was a blocking one lane. And we have some delays in the area. Northbound back towards the manatee side of the skyway bridge. At last check delays were at 30 minutes or so and growing drivers weigh thatnt you whether to decide to stick with principling and take 75. We want to get to this as well. Largo area northbound lanes blocked. Missouri at jasper due to crash where utility pole came down. So now they have tape across northbound lanes. Work around here Clearwater Largo road or highland avenue. And a southbound 275. So keep this in mind. This is probably related to that 75 crash. Southbound 275 is jammed as drivers try to avoid that area heavier times here. 37 minutes to get from bearss to i4. It is almost 8 0
Again, just south of fowler avenue. You can see plenty of Highway Patrol out here, tow truck as well. The driver that was involved in this crash remained on scene. A lot of questions this morning, folks. Were trying to figure out if this driver or this person, if their car broke down along the interstate and they were walking to the next exit. Its still unknown how and what led up to all of this. I can tell you that the car that hit involved in this fatal crash had front end damage on the drivers side and the pedestrian is towards the middle of the interstate but what led up to it, what that person was doing along the interstate is still unknown. Florida Highway Patrol is out here right now, still piecing together what led up to it. I can tell you the medical examiner is here as well to remove the body so if all goes well, i would say in the last interstate should be back open again but unfortunate what happened out here early this morning and what led up to it is still unknown. Keep i