First. Developing overnight an iconic cocoa beach mansion destroyed by a massive fire. Details on the history that was lost. And the challenges firefighters faced as they battled the huge blaze. Breaking overnight. Gunmen burst into an orlando apartment. Robbing the homeowner and killing his dog details on how they managed to get away. Hillary clinton and trump picking up big wins. But one state is still too close to call. Find out where people are now calling for a recount. News alert. Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive fire. That destroyed an iconic cocoa beach mansion. The fire broke out around 9 oclock last night. On third street and atlantic avenue. Florida today reports. Firefighters had a hard time fighting the blaze. Because of high winds and issues with water supply. The home was once owned by al neuharth who founded usa today here is a picture of the mansion from florida today. The 10thousand square foot home was built in 1975. And had 11 bedrooms a
Alex, what are you seeing there . Alex we just got some new information. Fhp tells us this crash killed the driver of this van was driving the wrong way on i4, and had a collision with a taxicab. A spokesperson says there was a bottle of alcohol in the front seat. The driver of the van had a bottle of alcohol. It reeked of alcohol. That is something witnesses also told us. This was a case of drunk driving. And because of the two deaths here. The cause of the two deaths here. The emergency scene you re seeing now has been playing out since the accident happened around 3 20 this morning. Fhp says the van was going the wrong way in the westbound lanes, when it crashed into the we talked to a witness who says the taxi was behind a tow truck that swerved erratically to avoid the van. This witness was driving behind the crash at the time and he says when he got out to help, the van reeked of alcohol. From our Vantage Point here off of idrive next to the holiday ve been watching as troopers i
Re voting. Polls close at 7 00, we ll see results at 8, when all of the state s polls close. When you vote, you ll see several extra candidates on the ballot. Those are people only registered who of arctic about the race. Only registered republicans and democrats can vote today, jason can vote today. Jason already, we ve seen several problems at local precincts, including at least four that ran out of ballots. Wesh 2 s Alex Villarreal has been all over the county this morning, checking at these concerns. Alex i am in front of city hall here in belle isle and this is one of two polling places in the city that ran out of republican ballots this morning. The problem is fixed now. Voters tell us the precinct when a halfhour without those ballots. Two other precincts ran out an apopka. An attorney for the Orange County supervisor of elections tells us it was a printing error. Before more ballots where one voter at here tells me it is took them time to come up with that workaround and some p
County. Even Marion County, parts of sumter too, could see a couple sprinkles. Most of the rain is up to the north of us this morning. But a lot of clouds around and you see this. Warm day. 81 degrees by noon and mid80s this afternoon and you see this afternoon, were looking at that 30 chance of showers and storms. So coming up, i want to go joint by joint and well see the next front roll in saturday and cooler weather sunday and well cover that in the next 15 minutes and lots of changes this weekend. And the time is 6 01. Lets hit the drive. A heads up for anyone that would typically get on to the closed. This is the brandnew ramp that opened on division avenue. If you want to take orange avenue, you can take that and turn on to anderson street and that can get to you Division Ramp will be on the righthand side. Or you can take south street and make a left on division and the ramp will be on the right hand side. They just opened this morning. And so were monitoring the area. More than
To 15 feet away . What we do know from a share spokesman is that this incident happened around 8 30 or 9 00 this morning. When they arrived, it was clear that the victim had fallen some 30 to 48 to the ground. His pulse was weak and as we understand this on the pulmonary information, he later died at the hospital. We also notice that within this roped off crime scene is a pickup truck with the name of a local sign company. We will not release that information yet as the name and identity of the victim has not been released either. According to the sheriff electrocution. Looking at the scene, that appears to be the case. The Sheriff Department has not ruled out the possibility that the victim may have just fallen to the ground which is is a significant distance. We don t talk don t have any the Sheriff Department is Still Deciding whether or not osha will come out to investigate. Reporting live in east orange county, bob kealing. Michelle in commitment 2016, the road to the White House