Time to grade and managers time to investigate. The incident only only happen in a staging area near maintenance a week reached out to bosses that fdot to find out why all 21 miles at a stop work. Wise the entire project shutdown . That was the determination that the joint venture made. As far as the Florida Department stamford, safety is important to us and if the joint venture feels this is what they need to do to make sure the corridor is safe for the public and workers, then we support them. Reporter we took kept pressing about the notion and asked when the project could start up again. I got safety statistics for the company here. We are putting that together now for Eyewitness News at 5 at the live in Orange County, and tim barber, channel 9 Eyewitness News. We turn to breaking news and winter park where police are investigating why an suv crashed into a Boston Market and caused a gas leak from sky suv sticking out of the restaurant. Police say neither the female driver nor resta
Suffered a severe head injury. While she is in a lot of pain, she has a very jovial personality. But she understands that she was in a serious situation today. Reporter and sergeant pierce was able to get help very quickly. One of the reasons for that was a person on the scene with her. Coming up at 6 00, im putting together some of the comments that the sheriff made about how that person helped her out and keep her from more harm. Reporting live in orlando, steve barrett, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Channel 9s kathi belich spent the day finding out more about sergeant pierce and the teenager who the sheriff says deliberately ran her down. You found out its possible that the sergeant and the teenager knew each other. Bob, she manages a unit that tracks juvenile criminals. The accused 15yearold attacker is still on the run. The sheriff is asking the catch him but calls the teenager dangerous. We rode along with sergeant pierce eight years ago to talk about her work with juvenile crime. S
If youve been outside, you know its been blustery and cold. Sure has and in a few hours were going to feel temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Lets get right to certified meteorologist tom terry over here in Severe Weather center nine. We have 120 plus days in the 90s this last year, its our turn to cool things down briefly here. We have 59 downtown, but notice the winds. Look at new smyrna, 43mile an hour wind gusts right now. It is really screaming along the beach tonight and once we cool below 50, we start calculating the wind chill factor. By 6 30, and the 20s to the north, orlando will feel like the midtoupper 30s and it will feel like the 40s all the way through the lunch hour tomorrow, so get your jackets ready. We have wind chill advisories and a light freeze possible to the north. Bob, im going through the latest forecast models tonight and theyre pointing to lows in the low 30s including 33 in coast, so it will be a light freeze if we get a freeze, but certainly feeling much col
Manhole here in the willow bend apartments. They took off down this way. Were not sure if they were to a third location within the complex but they may be since they turned around the corner. One of the sewer lines was not far from the area in the parking lot with the placenta was found on monday afternoon. Workers confirmed its connected to the search for baby willow. They are looking for signs of the baby. The robotic camera is connected to a line stretching 200 feet from the back of the truck, almost like a snake and they can see the images inside the truck. An apartment, source across the street. They sent it three Different Directions Orlando Police had an Emergency Response team scouring the area yesterday for the baby. They hauled to dumpsters away. All this is part of a secondary search not based on any specific evidence. Richardson remains locked up on a 50,000 bond for child neglect. Police say she told them she abandoned the baby on the front steps of an apartment shortly af
Other side of that dirt mound. If we can go to video we want to show you the bread dump truck that backed over Marvin Franklin. He was with sgl constructors for about one month. Riomar morales was driving the dump truck. The crash is being investigated it may construction been stopped. Officials say everyone is grieving. Sgl constructors usually have 400 employees in 200 supervisors working on i 4 ultimate. Even though this is a horrible tragedy, we wondered why the entire 21 mile worksite is being shut down for an incident isolated to one area. I will keep pressing fdot and contractors for the information for Eyewitness News at 4 00. Live in Orange County, tim barber, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Within the hour we are expected to learn more about multiple arrest in Central Florida as part of the Drug Trafficking bust. Sheriff Jerry Cummings announced the results of the investigation at a news to do with heroin which has been a growing problem in recent years throughout Central Florida.