Survivor in the van. My biggest thing is i hope they didnt suffer. Because, the car did catch on fire. And there were children in the car. And theres no reason. There is no reason for that to happen. Reporter marinela and her children were inside the mini van when it burst into flames we church. We do question how it happened. You know. Why did it happen . Reporter according to eyewitnesses, the driver who slammed into the mini van was street racing. Investigators tell us 22year old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. But there is no evidence to prove he was racing. He and his passenger were both killed. We also pray for the families of the other people involved because they lost but it was something that could have been prevented. Reporter and tonight, that is the toughest part of all this. These five people died in one moment and so many lives have been affected by it. In addition to the teenage girl fighting for her life, her cousin was also in the car. And she just came out of s
Even killing some animals. Tonight, we hear from the owner of that billing. Paul mueller joins us live from town and country at the scene and i can still see the smoke behind you paul. Reporter yeah, it is still billowing up jen. Good evening. The owner as you can imagine is in shock right now. The building you are looking at behind me, 14,000 square feet. A total loss. Get a good live look. Firefighters demolishing it after getting the flames and inside that building, as you said, two dozen animals. The sad news here, several of them including a monkey, are dead. Now, the fire broke out just after 2 00 this afternoon here at renew it supply. This is in the 5800 block of barry road. It is just off the vets. Again, 14,000 square feet. Paper, pet products, chemicals. At one point, there were several explosions. Firefighters forced to run out of the building. Outside. The owner of the building also had animals in connection with a rescue organization. Two dogs, 22 cats, six birds, and a m
Petersburg. Another breezy day. But temperatures get right back up into the mid 80s. Where we left you yesterday afternoon. Vanessa. All right dave, thank you. We want to equilibrium which the roadways its been pretty and a situation a that have been developing, and a live look here at the a sunshine can i skyway bridge an earlier that cleared out i do want to point this out however, this is fairly new within the last few minutes or so were seeing motorcyclist there on side of road just be southbound direction it seems to be walking his bike in that left shoulder. We ran out gas or what we will watch that. 75 southbound got heavy delays here crash reported south of fletcher with left lane blocked. Big delays are back towards bruce b. Downs boulevard starting to trickle back towards junction with 275. Make sure youre either avoiding or planning extra time outdoor in case you missed it after this Early Morning fatal crash finally open and Heritage Harbor parkway. All right vanessa, thank
Temperature didnt move much from where we were last hour. 63 the current dew point with northeast wind. At vanessa maps cams so we will get a check off ur intersta interstates where we have nothing new to report incident wise. Live look here pinellas, 275 at 22nd avenue north. Running up to speed in this area. Driving from Pinellas Bayway to kennedy. Should only take you 24 minutes along northbound 275. Waiting for the rest of the congestion to clear out westbound i4 sitting 12 minutes to get from 75 to 275. And pretty clear westbound or northbound i should say on 75. Only four minutes between selman and i4. Russell. Its almost 9 02 we will a terrible story a manhunt under way for two people who robbed and murder ad Convenience Store employee. And we have Surveillance Video of killers. You can see the two men running away from the qp Convenience Store on north scenic highway. Im waiting for it. See what i see here. This was around 2 oclock, 2 30 this morning. Police say that thieves at
Okay. You can hear me now. Okay. So let me tell you what happened here. Let me tell you what happened here. The bottom line is the man who was shot here his name mohammed alem. He was just closing up shop around 2 20 or so in morning after long, long shift. Probably just thinking about i want to get home at this point. Two guys appear out of nowhere. One with a gun and unfortunately he uses it. The copser able to get surveillance tape from qp. Obviously it doesnt very good. Inveig leads and hoping someone saw something or knows two guys involved in this murder. We know they were wearing hoodies we dont know their ethnicity or much about them they told him to take of oh his pants and a shot him they took off with pants as well everything in it someone driving by saw him lying there. The driver rushed over but alem was already dead at that point. Cops are very concerned at this point that the killers could strike or even kill again if we just cant put our hands on the suspects fast enoug