warm to hot temperatures today and we re tracking high fire danger in the forecast in the first alert forecast. get excited because it s ws versus mavs at chase center. we get a preview of game one of the western conference finals. good afternoon. i m sara donically. our top story, stocks plummeting on wall street today. yeah. cheers to start the day of trading, but not to end it. the dow saw its biggest drop in two years. here s where the markets landed. the dow fell more than 1100 points today. the nasdaq was down 566, the s&p lost 165. there were a lot of factors at play this time but a big one was target. the company saw a 52% drop in profit, renewing fears inflation is hurting u.s. companies. let s talk about weather. it was hot outside in some places. here s a live slot from dublin. paul is here, i said it was hot in the city. you re arguing with me a little bit. it s hot for us. very warm in the city for sa 80 degrees. it s 7n. certainly warm. temperaturesere,s
The crash is on the westbound side but traffic barely getting by on both sides right now. Were told two people were hurt in this. At least one was airlifted to the hospital. Some fuel also spilled on to the road. You can see traffic there backed up for miles while crews have been cleaning this up for an hour now. Youll certainly want to avoid this area if you can. Well continue to follow this for you and bring you any updates as we get them. Now to the construction worker killed along another stretch of i4. Were told the man died when a dump truck backed over him. Results. Im lisa bell. Matt glad youre with us, im matt austin. Amanda castro is joining us now live. This construction site is a part of the big i4 ultimate project, right . Early as troopers are trying to figure out how the dump truck backed over one of the workers. Heavy construction equipment, usually moving dirt roped off with crime scene tape. Crews not manning the machines. The work at a standstill as troopers investig
Big way. How a local school is sending a message to the deputy and the love is spreading a message on facebook tonight. Its a sweet story. Ginger its a touching story and it means so much for the deputy its meant for. Lisa absolutely. But first were following breaking news in winter park right now where an suv crashed into the back of a Boston Market restaurant. Sky 6 flew over the scene on north orlando avenue. Were told there was a gas leak there because of the damage, but that has since been secured. The building was evacuated. No one was hurt in this. We are still working to figure out what caused that crash. Ginger also breaking right now, growing zika concerns across the state as we learn of yet another local case of the mosquitoborne virus. The Health Department just issuing an alert. There are three new cases today, including one in Orange County. That puts the total at 35 cases across florida, three in Orange County, one in osceola, as well as another in Seminole County. 11 co
Ginger breaking new at 7 00, the storms have moved out. Weather just caused spacex to scrub tonights launch. Were at the cape asking when theyll try again. News 6 is learning a crucial lifeline wasnt there for you during some of this mornings severe weather. Why the weather alert radio system went down for the second time this year. Good evening, im lisa bell ginger im ginger gadsden. Thank you for joining us. Julie the entire i4 ultimate project has been shut down after a deadly construction crash. In moments, how this happened and why work was halted indefinitely. A very sad story there. Lisa we start with breaking news in orange county. Sky 6 was just over the orange and lake county line. Deputies and florida fish and wildlife agents are there searching for a missing boater. And west of highway 441. The boater was reported missing around noon. With the sun now down, its not clear how long this search will continue tonight. Well keep you posted. Julie still breaking at 7 00, construc
New six reporter shows us what crews are doing to deal with the coworkers death and what they are doing to stay safe while working. Long stretch of the i4 project is on hold today. There is no idea of when it will resume. They tell us the contract or is planning to meet the overall deadline. The parking lot is completely empty. Earlier, the crowd of workers gathered here less than 1 mile from the area were troopers say Marvin Franklin was hit by a dump truck. Fdl says he was a carpenter who was with them on the project for more than a month. The meeting they talked about safety and took time to talk group. As representative say grief counselors are also available calling it a standout and a time needed across the entire project to gather their team lets review our plans again and review the access with all the safety protocols lets make sure we have the right tools in place. We we need to have a safe project some of the protocols will include how dump trucks enter and exit the worksite