by an angry bear. her terrifying call for help. right now an escaped inmate is on the run. where he was last seen. the video is clear - and it's crazy as a car plows into people and a bar in ybor city! good morning and welcome to "10 news early morning." i'm jenny dean, in for allison. lets get a look at #10weather with meteorologist

this morning we're hearing from one of the victim's in a wild hit and run the guy behind the wheel takes off... and still hasn't been arrested by police. 10news reporter kendra conlon walks you through the melee. you can see this group fighting in the street on 7th avenue in ybor... surrounding this car. this is the victim - who we'll see get slammed by the car. check out how the nissan starts to rock on the curb... then drives right up on the sidewalk... hitting this guy and tossing the victim onto the hood...

of the bad monkey bar. the rest of the brawlers scatter... it takes the driver just 13 seconds to decide to take off... not thinking twice about the injured victim who crawls over the car - before he collapses on the sidewalk. michael silhol tells me he and a friend had been walking back to their car - after closing time - 3:30 tuesday morning - when he says unprovoked - this group jumped them. what do you think? tampa police tell me the driver had been trying to make a u- turn - but got stuck on the curb. you can see the wheels are turning... investigators tell me this guy who nearly got hit is a friend of the driver and aren't sure he intentionally rammed the guys.

the investigation - he'll likely face charges for taking off after hurting someone - and doing $15-thousand dollars damage to the bar. kendra conlon 10 news wtsp police insist ybor is safe... saying violent and property crimes are down nearly 38 percent from last year. right now, investigators are tracking down the driver... and say he still hasn't come forward to claim his car - or tell his side of what happened. right now -- the escaped inmate in polk county. 45- year old joseph flanagin stole a pick-up truck and took off! he was working in fleet maintenance in bartow and last seen around 3:30 thursday afternoon. he was 66 days in on a 300 day sentence for a probation violation on petit theft. deputies found the truck but are still looking for flanagin. if you see him, call 9-1-1. just last month another inmate escaped from a bartow work detail.

inmate david ross held a corrections officer at knife point and escaped in a work truck. ross was later captured in st. petersburg. for the first time-- you're about to hear the "heart-wrenching 9-1-1 call"-- made by a maryland woman moments after she was viciously attacked by a black bear. the 63-year old woman survived! but as you're about to hear...there were moments... she thought she wouldn't. the woman was walking her daughter's dog when another dog chased a bear cub up a tree. that must have upset mama bear...who went after the woman. she was left with 80 stitches and a broken arm. wildlife officers euthanized the bear. an exciting new

provide at risk youth. top notch culinary training. from some of the best chefs across the bay area. the brand new st. pete culinary center. offers a free 16 week program. 10news reporter beau zimmer explains how the training is opening up new doors. these students never imagined. 21 year old ray kennedy always loved food. now he's getting a chance to work alongside some of the best chefs in tampa bay.. 47:18 its fine dining. its fine detail. and the way you learn. you have to watch to learn. ray is among the 12 students to make up the st. pete culinary center's first class of future chefs. their first test.. a six course. black tie dinner at the mahaffy center. to raise funds for the new school. 28:55 this is an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime. and they have all of the support and resources behind them. 8:53 it gets them off the streets. gives them a trade and that's what makes our center unique. . ted dorsey is executive chef at the mill restaurant

pete. he came up with the idea to get at risk youth. off the streets. and into the kitchen. 10:03 i think the biggest upside for us is trying to create change in our community. 15:54 at the end of their training many of these students will end up being placed in some of the best restaurants across the tampa bay area. 12:29 for me that's the greatest feeling in the world. is being able to teach him something that i'm good at. and being able to pass that along to someone else. who i know one day. at this too. ray has no doubt the program will be a huge success. 12:15 i'm excited. i'm excited and ready. he dreams to one day open his own restaurant. perhaps mentoring future young chefs. himself. 46:54 i wanna make a mold for the generation around us coming up. there's somebody who was raised around us. in st. petersburg, beau zimmer, 10news wtsp. four of the 12 students have already landed new jobs in the kitchen!

pete culinary center plans to post updates on where their students are working... tracking the progress of their cooking careers. this next story of kindness-- is actually two stories in one. one from right here in tampa bay. another, hundreds of miles away. and 10 news anchor dion lim shows you how facebook brought them together. as if being a kid at the beach on the perfect fall day in st. pete wasn't enough. but and his sisters.are about to find out. someone else is here. .to make their day even brighter. little blake doesn't usually go to the beach. 57:06 he has no tailbone, it just ends.he has 4 rods and screws in his back, 2 on his feet, each foot on this day: tampa bay's makers united for children's hopeor "much" foundation batman is here to get him all pumped up! but the surprises don't stop here.

heroes come in all shapes and sizes. this one's name, is tyler thompson. tyler has spina bifida himself. but his super power: raising money to give kids beach wheelchhairs. and with a little helpflying them-- all the way from alabama. 58:35 we were like, really? really?? hehehe it's a moment many months in the making. emotional enough. tyler thompson 7:57 most definitely.. 8:199 .to take your breath away. 9:22 most definitely worth every bit of it, it was most worth seeing it i love it. you see.patricia, blake and his family first saw tyler, on our air, the first time he came to tampa bay to deliver the first beach wheelchair to a boy named easton. 59:05 i saw the video of easton getting his chair and i was like.in awe. it's great tyler, saw blake needed a wheelchair, after

foundation. .and the rest is history. 00:31 we;re lucky all these people came together and did this for him. its amazing. 00:35 00:36 i'm going to start crying.hhaahhaha you see, this beach wheelchair.means blake has the freedom to be a kid. just sound 47:26 do you want to go fast, blake? blake: no! .and forget about his disease.even it's it's just one afternoon at a time. mom: 2:40 it means the world to us. 1:30 it shows people with all the bad news, you hear the good stuff.there is good out there. the "much foundation super heroes make visits to local hospitals and are even making a little girl a robotic arm! the angels from alabama hope to one day go national, to give every child a beach wheelchair. we have a lot to get to coming up at 5 on 10 news this morning. ian is in the newsroom with what we are working on this morning. good morning! if you are planning on doing some of your holiday shopping online... we have some tips on how to avoid

information safe from cyber criminals. and a judge in west virginia is handing out unique sentences to people who break certain laws. this is going viral. we are working on all those stories, plus ashley has your forecast and hilary is checking out a few hot spots right now. plus...it's friday morning...so we're highlighting a bay area school. today we're live at stewart middle...wait until you see the incredible science programs they offer students... still ahead on 10 news early rn it's costing you money and some people their lives. this morning we're fighting back against drug companies and skyrocketing prescription drug prices. and need a day off from work? we'll tell you the best excuse and time to call in sick.

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someone do something about skyrocketing prescription drug prices? that is the question we've been asking all week.. and trying to get you answers! a major part of the problem is political. as 10 investigates mike deeson explains-- the pharmaceutical industry spends a lot of money trying to make sure lawmakers are on their side. each year many of you consume millions of prescription drugs to stay healthy or even kyo prices are taking a serious toll on american lives.. 62 year old janet snyder is a transplant patient. and the dramatic cost increase in the drugs she needs forced her and her husband to alter their retirement dreams. she blames the drug manufacturers and congress! us represtative

tampa is talking about the 26 million dollars the pharmacutical industry spends on campaign contributions to members of congress and 186 million a year big pharma spends on lobbyists. castor received less than four thousand dollars of contribution money. castor says part of the problem is the 2003 bill congress passed prohibiting medicare from negotiating drug prices with pharmacutical companies. now us senator marco rubio, who received 221 thousand dollars in campaign contributions from the pharmacutical industry, says medicare isn't the answer... he believes the issue is the f-d-a needs to approve drugs quicker, leading to more competition.. prices. rubio also points to this 2007 letter from the congressional budget office claiming you have to look at it from the drug companies point of view. however castor who is aware drug companies have to

believe will prohit excessive profits but still many patients feel like janet snyder.. the problem is compounded by the mixture of politics and money. have you ever

sick? i imagine most people could answer yes to that question. and if you're thinking about calling in anytime soon -- research company attest says wait for a tuesday. the best time to call in is 6:38 in the morning. the best excuse -- "stomach problems y won't be asked to elaborate! so what's the best excuse you've given or heard.. share your story on facebook dot com slash 10 news wtsp. coming up tonight on 10 news and c-b-s. starting at 8:00, macgyver, followed by hawaii five o at 9. at 10:00, blue bloods. then tune in to 10 news at 11. don't forget to stay up for the late show with stephen colbert and his guests anna kendrick and chris gethard. don't forget, you

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has many of you getting into the christmas spirit. sky 10 flew over the chik-fil-a on waters avenue near expressway in tampa thursday. every year the restaurant goes all out with lights and music. coming up on 10 news this morning.. some big changes for the cross bay ferry. from free rides to alcohol, what you can now expect. and a florida man desperate to find his missing dog, is now offering up an usual reward to try and get his dog back. and looking for the perfect christmas gift? how about a zoo.

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i'm jenny dean. in for allison. and i'm ian reitz. right now, deputies in polk county are looking for an escaped inmate, and they need your help. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live in the newsroom. emerald, what do we know about this criminal they're looking for? sheriff's officials are looking for a 45- year-old man by the name of joseph flanagin...who has been on the run in our streets for more than 12 hours. take a good look at his mugshot. flanagin was behind bars for theft and violating probation. officials say he was working fleet