i'll have more on this coming >>> a deadly crash in gulfport. this is at tangerine avenue south at 49th street. janelle joins us to tell us with a is going on. >> yes, one person was killed in this car, that happened overnight. you can see the car flipped on its side. that car went through the park and took out a couple of trees in the process. corey is panning over so you can see some of the damage. looks like a wheel. this obviously a pretty significant accident. we know one person was killed. no word yet on if anyone else was in that car or if there were any other injuries. corey is on the scene trying to gather the latest information. as soon as he gets any new information we'll bring that to you. >>> i want to show you this location on a map. here it is here, 49th street south at tangerine avenue south, tangerine is a pretty residential street so you can get around that just going up a block or two. but 49th street now starting to well. you can use 53rd street or 58th just avoid that intersection for the next few hours or so. we have a cras

. >> and the gulfport pirates, the city of gulfport, and you show the families and the youth what is out there for them to do so that they don't have to run the streets. >> the organizers say they invited parents and grandparents here to educate them on all of the different activities already available to young people in this area to keep them out of trouble. >>> crime alert. deputies searching for a man wanted in connection with the murders of three people. let's take a look. this is who they're on the look- out for. jamal jon smith. they believe he may have been involved in what the sheriff is calling an organized execution that left three dead and one person critically injured. the crime happened in lakeland earlier this month. two men from miami are already facing charges. the investigators believe smith is from miami as well. >>> today family and friends gathered to say good-bye to a married couple who were killed in last weekend's tornado in manatee county. after a tornado packing winds of up to 125 miles per hour hit their home. those who knew the wilsons described them as car

again, it's in gulfport, 49th street south at tangerine avenue south. we're seeing slowdowns here along 49th street, you may want to consider 58th or 37th street. we're going to keep an eye on this and we will let you know if this is causing any backups and of course when corey gets there he'll give us the details as to what happened in this fatal crash. let's check our cameras outside. this is i-275 at fowler, as you can see traffic moving pretty good for this time of the morning. the cars you see here are heading guards downtown tampa taking about eight minutes to get there from this point. and checking drive times from the east on i-4, 21 minutes from the lakeland area to downtown. 14 minutes from county line road to 75. and just seven minutes from 75 to 275. >>> 5:49. we now know more about the deaths of three people at a home near a college campus in new york. >> police say 24-year-old man with his girlfriend and that colin kingston took his own life after stabbing his girlfriend to death along with another man she was with. police found all three

. >>> investigators are working to figure out what caused a fatal crash in gulfport. capturing these videos of the scene on tangerine avenue. investigators saying 43-year- old sean lynch was speeding and veered off the road and hit a tree. >>> former alaska governor sara pail inis en-- palin is indoorsing donald trump. trump calls palin a friend and is proud to have her support. taking action for your money. gas prices continue their downward trend. the cost for a gallon of gas 1.75 in tampa. that's 10-cents lower than what is the average in the city. crude oil prices driving down the prices. dropping below 29 cents a barrel. >>> i call 911, someone shpick up the found. >> the punishment for a 911 dispatcher ordering pizza instead of doing his job. >>> one of my favorite stories out to a new level. the routine inspired circus . >>> a 911 dish patcher -- dispatcher is under fire after ford-ordering a pizza. >> let me have the lunch special. is from the eight minute personal call while a man was having a seizure. the staff at the eye center was trying to call 911 but th

in gulfport, peter bernard, newschannel 8. >>> today tampa fire investigators believe a malfunction in a laundry room caused an early morning fire in sulfur springs. the fire and smoke caused extensive damage to several units at the west chester manor apartment forcing 18 people out of their homes. the one bit of good news here there were no injuries. >>> well plenty of students dread testing of any kind, but in one bay area school district there is growing concern over end of year testing. polk county school district made changes this school year to it policy and it now wants the end of year exam to count toward 30% of the student's final grade. some students started a petition drive calling for is unfair. >> if i worked all year for an a and i take a test that i wasn't really prepared for. and it drops me down to a b that's not really fair to me because i still worked very hard to get an a. if i had a b that would go down to a c. >> reporter: nearly 4,000 which now has the attention of the district. district leaders plan to hold a community meeting and will create a student review pr

that does include, mobile, alabama, gulfport and biloxi, mississippi, alongngith jacksonville, pensacola, tallahassee and ultimately orlando. in a few hours 95 miami police officer trarn knees will graduate. it's the largest graduating class ever. the ceremony is happening at scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. miami-dade mayor carlos jimenez will be a guest speaker at the ceremony. >>> 5:19 on your thursday morning. coming up, an update on an only-in-south-florida story is making tional headlines. >> see how this kinkajou's adventure comes to a happy ending for some south florida residents. >> if you're having a hard time couple of apps can help make >>> welcome back. 5:22. uber drivers can no longer get away with speeding. the ride sharing company will start using smart phones to check whether drivers are driving over the speed limit or under it. this is part of a move to improve the ride feedback. if a passenger complains a driver was going too fast, uber can confirm that fact and immediately contact the driver. >>> we have a apps to help you if you have trouble waking up. alarm me, mimi

. >>> we have some new information now on a deadly crash in gulfport we told you about earlier. officials identified the driver killed. 43-year-old sean lynch. deputies say he was speeding on tangerine avenue near 49th the road between hitting a tree and rolling his car. the area is still closed at this hour. >>> a bradenton boy is recovering now after he was hit by a car while riding his scooter. that 6-year-old ended up at bayfront medical center after investigators say he road his scooter down his driveway and into traffic on 43rd avenue west. the child suffered some injuries but is going to be ok. officers say the driver will not face charges. >>> for the first time this morning we're hearing the 911 call of a warning that could not save the life of an ohio police officer. we first told you about this story yesterday morning. here on abc action news. authorities say herschel jones could be charged soon for the a woman actually called 911 trying to warn authorities in danville, ohio about her ex- boyfriend. listen to this. >> yes, i'm in danger. my ex-boyfriend is out in camo

the 70s across the board and across the gulfport state and behind the front temperatures are frigid in the 20s. clash of hose two air masses provide a lift in the atmosphere and helped spark a severe weather threat. the only good news about this system more than anything is the severe weather and the strong storms with this system will stay north of us unlike what we saw last friday and what we dealt with on sunday. warm and humid, setting the stage for possible you thunderstorm activity as the leading edge of this front moves in but overall severe weather is not a concern for us. what we will be concerned about is for our friends to the north anywhere from tennessee, kentucky, all the way up to the northeast especially washington d.c. it is expected to receive about two feet of snow. meaning that the winds will be reaching anywhere between 40 and 60 miles pp hour. dangerous conditions for them. but for us, we will see some showers and much cooler weather will be in the forecast. here is that moderate risk of rip currents for you beachgoeoe and advisorybeachgoers and advisories as well

the city of gulfport is joining the nation in the second annual day of service. the event honors dr. martin luther king, junior. volunteers are donating their time the opening ceremony will start at 8:30 this morning at tomlinson lake park. from there volunteers will spread throughout the area for their several projects. the day of service will end with a closing ceremony at 12:00. >>> a woman's dog is living proof that microchipping your pet works. just ask this woman. cindy connor. she reported her dog missing back in 2007. she says sir jojo was just three months old when he ran away from home. now nine years after the fact he is back. joe was microchipped earlier this week. the company called to tell them the dog had been found at a playground in sebring. it turns out another woman adopted him and cared for him until eight years until sadly she passed away. that's a good story. >> all right, when we come back. president obama looks back on his the union speech. after the break. fox's craig patrick will break down during patrick's on politics. plus monster jam

work out four the hr bt slowing up just a little bit and also expect delay sixty four east between gulfport and bay avenue as you head in the direction of five sixty four also want a few crashes on the secondary. i'll post that info to facebook and twitter. i'll be back in just a few minutes i demand is still on the run after a wild chase through two cities the police pursuit started in chesapeake and with the suspect crashing into an orphan home got out ran and police haven't seen him since elise brown spoke to the homeowner whose front yard turned into a police scene. the homeowner tells me she was terrified she said she's lived here for thirty years and it is the second time someone has slammed into her home. i joined drama that went to my cakes are a few years ago so our fellow know now to get a police chase that started in chesapeake ended up with a car crashing into linda moore's home in norfolk with both her height is one carried out by oh about a half hour before chesapeake police say at the intersection of berkeley officer tried to pull over the driver of a black infiniti a spokesw

pwe want to check in, sky fox is pflying over the gulfport area. pwe can tell you at least at this oint, we have some lane pof some sort. pwe're making calls on this. pwe'll get you an update as soon pas we can but in the meantime, p49th street south near ptangerine, we're seeing the lane pblockage right there. pmore information on come on pthat. pmeantime, about to switch over pto 6:45. pwe want to check in with charley pbelcher. pnow you're back with us. p>>charley: i did. pi had a nice daddy-daughter day pyesterday. pthat was nice because my pdaughter is out of school for pthe martin luther king holiday pso i requested it off so i could pspend it with her. pwe had a nice day. pit was fun. pwe went to the movies and walked paround the mall and went to plunch together and it was fun. p>>vanessa: nice. p>>charley: and i watched a plittle "good day" and i saw pwalter with the manatees. pi saw you doing your wonderful ptraffic reports. pit's weird. pi never have a tv, i never have pa monitor where i am so i always pjust have to kind of pretend in pth

we are still seeing some slowdowns surrounding that fatal crash in gulfport. you can see here the fatal crash happened at 49th street south in tangerine avenue south. tangerine avenue a pretty residential street, you can move one or two blocks over to get around that. you want to use 53rd street or even 58th street. avoid that area if you can. one person killed in that crash. we have another crash to tell you about, this one in pinellas, olmerton road at 49th street north. delays around that crash so if your morning commute takes to you that intersection you might want to leave a few minutes early. we are monitoring the howard frankland bridge for some backups. we are seeing some delays across the bridge this morning, probably due to the lane shifts on i-275 northbound. 17 minutes on the courtney campbell causeway, 23 on the howard frankland bridge. 11 minutes on the gandy. if you can get to the gandy bridge, that is the quickest one this morning. >>> captain al is over a crash 50th street under the selmon. >> reporter: good morning. there it is there. not cre