teacher and girlfriend caroline sine, sean hankins is smiling. he is thanks the community after spending weeks in the hospital. the support of everyone. my family, friends, and even people that i have never met. reporter: the couple was driving home august 14th when pinellas park police say an impaired bryce mccloud slammed into them. you would never think that just driving from the movie, like this. and now, i m . i m trying to get back on the road. it s nerve-racking. reporter: still many pain, hankins and his family says that won t stop them from advocating against drunk driving. just think about what you are doing. not only are you taking a life, and ruining the lives of the reporter: hankins will go back to teaching music soon. the inspiration that brought them together. really a sweet gentle soul. the best way i can describe her. it is going back to work i just hope i can be near as good of a teacher as she was. reporter: now, on november 19th, hankins
today. i m melanie michael. let s get started with leigh spann. obviously not finding any rain. barely a cloud out there. not quite as cool as yesterday but it s really nice. 57 in lakeland and auburndale. look at this, chilly in inverness at 46. zephyrhills, 53. you see the 24 hour temperature change. about five to eight degrees warmer right now than 81 in the afternoon with sunshine. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:38, i will take you eight days into the future to show you how nice it s going to stay. we have a good drive. earlier, we had issues but they have cleared up. wonderful drive through down the town tampa. and we had a fatal accident eastbound on the selmon expressway. it was taking up lanes but at last check, i did not see anything on the cameras. in fact, i m going to take a selmon expressway. i had blinking lights earlier and that has cleared. and then also the sunshine skyway bridge where we do have a little bit of action. it s just overnight construc
weekend. boy, did it feel like fall this weekend. and max defender 8 has been using all million of its watts to try to find some rain and it has been bone dry. you get the all clear this morning as you head out the door. in fact, it is still cool. now interestingly it s warmer than yesterday but still cool. 51 in zephyrhills. 45 in inverness. bartow, you re 61. 62 in sarasota. i mean look at lakeland and brooksville, you are nine degrees warmer than you around 5:30. but another pleasant afternoon. a high of 81. and in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight- day temperature trend to show you how long it takes this nice. and leslee lacey has the roadways. traffic right now is pretty nice. we have some construction creeping back on the sunshine skyway bridge. that in a second. right now, a great drive on 275 through st. pete and also through tampa. bearss to i-4, nine minutes on your drive time. if you are traveling across the sunshine skyway bridge, folks, l
lantern this morning. a jack-o-lantern. orange you glad we both wore this color today? we are seeing max defender 8 scanning the skies this morning. you are going to be just fine no matter what time you go out this halloween. this bright red color here, that s dry air all the way up through the atmosphere. so no rain expected for and zephyrhills, you re in 59. boar toe, you re warmer at 66. halloween forecast still above average. 86 degrees. a few passing clouds. at 4:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the eight-day temperature trend and we trend cooler. and leslee has some issues on the roadways. yeah, out in the pasco county area, let s look at the maps, folks and you can see what i m talking about. here. we did have some lanes blocked. looks like everything is off to the shoulder now. and let s go to the ground. and you can see that crunched up vehicle. and everything is off to the side. so down the embankment a little bit, and this is northbound, old lake
today. i m gayle guyardo. and i m gene ramirez. a lot of mum mys getting wrapped mummies getting wrapped up today. a thin layer of gauze. max defender 8, one thing you will notice, it s dry as a bone and that s going to continue all day long on this halloween. temperatures are warmer than average. bartow, auburndale, you re 66. lakeland, 63. cooler in brooksville and zephyrhills, you are now at 59 degrees. but here s the sky cast through the day. look at by the afternoon, a steady breeze and a high of 86 degrees. look how clear overnight, comfortable, a low of 67 degrees. and tomorrow, same thing. this quiet, dry weather continues, 86 again tomorrow. at 5:08, i take you hour-by- hour through your halloween including your trick-or-treat times. and leslee has the commute. that s right. we had an accident that was wrapping up. let s look at the maps again on right at ottis allen road. let s go to meliek on the street. they are out there. looks like the tow truck driver i