traffic is a stance of the road and those backups are continuing to grow. they with the wesh 2 mobile app for updates. michelle: right now, at least three people are dead, dozens of others are hurt after a wave of severe weather race through the southeast. jason: we know that some of the extensive destruction was caused when a possible for nato rips through the florida panhandle. check out the mess left behind. michelle: we ll have more on those dangerous storms in a moment, but first, that same system is now tracking through central florida, it s already triggering a tornado warning, that was this morning. we want to get to eric burris who is the system s path. eric: the good news in all of this is that we are in a bit of a break. we are getting sunshine. the bad news is that the sunshine to destabilize the atmosphere for more rainfall. the activity is significant required or than it was a little bit ago. the metro area has seen all this rain move off to i-95. aucilla new
to a halt after a construction worker was killed in a tragic accident. working construction is a hazard this job, especially when you re working on i-4. reporter: a worker drove this dump truck into the area around 11:00 this morning. when the driver did not see the construction worker from orlando, he backed up over it. i saw there was a man down, and i did not see an ambulance so i figured someone was injured, so i wanted to see if i could help her in reporter: her instincts as a nurse kicked in. by the time she got to the intersection, so had multiple faq death at fhp workers and the man was already dead. this is the first i-4 death we know about and there is no word if there ll be any charges related to the incident. for passersby who walks grieving coworkers, they are praying for the family members. reporter: the road just behind me is a lot clearer than it was earlier today. they are still working to contact the man s family and then they will release his ident
up the interstate. that car crash and is on the side of the road with the suspects gun still in the backseat. and then they went east on lake mary boulevard, still law enforcement going after them, and they crashed into this blas up. there were a couple of crashes along the way on lake mary boulevard as well. one person in custody, three still on the run. we don t think anyone was hurt. we don t we know that no one was hurt in the incident at the steak and shake parking lot. they want to figure out exactly what was going on. jim: five miles of mayhem. breaking at 6:00, a deadly accident in orange county. meredith: and i for worker is dead after being struck by a dump truck. adrian whitsett is live at the scene. jim: we now know the name of the victim. about 30 minutes ago he is 34-year-old marvin franklin. he has been on the job for only about a month. as you mentioned, the i-4 construction project, all 21 miles, including this stretch near kennedy boulevard, isn t shut
ferren harrell: i know what it is to have a loss, so to lose a loved one, who is doing so much good, it is part of the hazard of his job. adrian: we are still learning to get his identification of the 34-year-old, killed by a drunk truck at 11:30. dump truck at 11:30. i-4 is shut down, no work when no word when work will resume. live in maitland, adrian whitsett, wesh 2 news. angela: we are also following breaking news on i-4 in volusia county. this is the picture from the d.o.t. camera. several cars involved in that crash a little over an hour ago. this is at mile marker 126 in the eastbound lane to the new smyrna beach. you can see the crash scene is we have not heard how many people were hurt. jim: breaking near mount people are searching lake eau disappeared. chris hush joins us live. what have you learned? most of the search is going on at trimble park in orange county, but very close to lake county. there is a public boat ramp, and as you look to the left you can se
by a co worker in a dump truck. he was pronounced dead shortly after the incident right there in the i-4 ultimate construction zone just north of kennedy blvd in maitland. residents who live nearby and saw the aftermath were horrified. in my mind i was thinking that could be my loved one and i m praying for the family members. unfortunately i never got to personally know marvin. he s been with us just a little over a month. so i m sad to say i never got to shake hands with marvin. but even so we are still all very saddened by the loss today. summer: a loss now prompting i-4 ultimate project director brooke brookshire to suspend and shutdown all activity along the 21 mile corridor of construction on i-4. in light of the incident we need to stop for a moment and take a look at what our safety procedures are our primary focus people. summer: as for when i-4 ultimate construction will resume. we are going to go back to work when we feel we are ready. i cant give you a