emergency workers on the scene at palm river road and 78th street in hillsborough county. let's go to paul mueller who is joining us live with what he knows. >> reporter: this happened at 4:15 this afternoon. we've got two cars involved in this accident right here. look at the damage to that car right there. you see hillsborough sheriffs deputies are here? with this hart bus. look at the crack in this it's amazing. the black car smashed right right there. inside the bus at the time we're told by hillsborough treated. that's the good news. there is traffic that you can see. you can see traffic, lanes are being delayed right here. some lanes are closed. you will want to avoid this area. it's 78th street south and palm river road. we're a half a mile from the expressway in tampa. reporting live in pinellas county, paul mueller, news channel 8. >> thanks, paul. >>> a warning for football fans. if you want to go to the super bowl and you buy tickets online, make sure that you're on the ball. >> yes. a denver man spent 6 grand for tickets of his dreams. as dave young shows us, i

where the crash is we are watching, this is a dump truck verses a utility pole at south 60 at palm river road south of the express way, seeing a lot of red. a lot of congestion, you might but avoid 50th until they get all that mess cleared up. we have a crash southbound i-75 in the wesley chapel area after you pass 54, we are seeing slow down's here, you might want to think about getting off at 54 and taking that back around and getting on at 56, we are seeing slow down's there. back to you. >>> thanks, we want to update you on breaking news we first brought you at 6:00, officials in new york are waiting right now for the weather conditions to improve before they try to move a fishing boat that ran aground. this happened 2:00 this morning off rock away beach in queen, 5-7 crew members were on board the carolina queen and had to be rescued from the boat. when the coast guard got there their vessel over turned also, 5 coast guard members were on board, not hurt. the people on the boat have been rescued. >>> this morning we are hearing the first public interview with apple ceo tim cook about the

river at 6:49. new port richey at 7:10. >>> travel time, a good drive on state road 54. also no delays in palm harbor. and good drive on u.s. 19 from >>> good wednesday morning. welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. >>> right now, part of our area is under a tornado watch. and that is our top story this morning. take a look at the destruction left by this same system that spawned at least 11 tornadoes mississippi. at least three people are dead. another 30 injured. eight of them are reported in hour. now this same system caused some damage in pensacola where the national weather service is confirming at least one tornado hit.