sky 10 network camera across the howard frankland bridge by. you'll have to move over more to abide by the move over law. frankland bridge. coming up, we'll get drive courtney campbell causeway. which will be your detours. it is 6:30. i'm allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. thank you for joinings. crashes this morning. one is a deadly hit-and-run on the howard frankland bridge. pole on ulmerton road in clearwater. >> 10 news reporter darren flowers is live on ulmerton road near carol lawn parkway. what does it look like now? >> reporter: the scene is still very much active. you can see fhp patrol cars are out here. police vehicles are out here. i think cars are blocking the scene. just behind this truck you can see here is the mangled truck between a pole. it is a bad accident. but the good news is we are told the driver was taken to the hospital alive and in critical condition. we'll make sure to get a follow up on his condition and update everyone on how that is going. this crash is on ulmerton road and carol lawn parkway. there are two lanes op

you can see this is causing major backups on the howard frankland bridge. coming up, i'll tell you exactly how long it is taking to get across and if you should take one of the other two [singing] [singing in foreign language] >> breaking overnight. fire consuming an elaborate stage during a cultural dance. the reason this could cost india more than just repairing >>> 6:40. a massive fire breaks out during an event to showcase the of india. flames started underneath the right side of an elaborate stage. the crowd waved to dancers to warn them of the fire. the flames ended upen gulfing that entire stage and its scaffolding. despite this inferno there are no reports of injuries, the incident viewed as an embarrassment for the indian government which is seeking foreign investment. >>> 6:41. philadelphia police are looking to see whether the popular app snapchat played a role in this deadly crash you see here, this fiery crash. a lot of teens use this app so we know this is troubling for parents. back in december three young women were killed when the car they

this is the howard frankland bridge. there was an accident that happened on that bridge, a deadly accident, a tow truck driver was hit and killed, florida highway patrol troopers are looking for the driver who hit him and took off. a reporter just arrived on scene, is setting up now to go live. we'll check in with him coming up in a moment to find out the latest. >>> right now in indiana, a man is under arrest after authorities say he allegedly tried to stab his pregnant girlfriend claiming their baby was the product of satan. police say the man you see here, 23-year-old garrett carpenter, chased his girlfriend with a bible and knife last week. according to court documents the man's girlfriend says carpenter was acting bizarre and very strange and that he asked her for a hug and kiss before grabbing a machete and tried to hit her in the abdomen with it. police say he was under the influence of heroin and methamphetamine at the time. the grandmother called police and carpenter was arrested. he's charged with attempted mur

but we have a fatal crash on the howard frankland bridge. it happened in the northbound lanes in the tampa side. you can see the flashing lights. a man with a tow truck was hit and -- by a volkswagen, that volkswagen, that black volkswagen took off. police are now looking for the driver of that volkswagen. the driver of the tow truck was killed in this crash. we are seeing some delays, slighton looker delay. looks like -- slight onlooker delay, looks like one lane of traffic getting by. drive times, all still pretty light to get across all three bridges. clearwater, a pretty serious crash here, a car into a utility pole. roadblock in the eastbound lanes and slight slowdown on olmerton. so heave yourself a few -- leave yourself a few extra minutes here. we'll keep an eye on both crashes and have the latest here and on twitter @tampabaytraffic. >>> breaking news at 5:02. u.s. 19 shut down for hours overnight in pasco county as a deadly motorcycle crash near ridge road. speeding could be a factor. no one else was hurt. >>> breaking news in tamp

six minutes from i-4 to the howard frankland. we're still at six minutes to get from the howard frankland up to the downtown area. fhp reporting a crash on hillsborough avenue. downtown. this crash on hillsborough on i- 4 right -- in hillsborough avenue at 50th street. captain al you say it's closer to 56th? >> yeah, approaching 56th. westbound hillsborough avenue past the hard rock you'll see the slow down at orient and on to harney. more vehicles involved there, not serious injuries but you can see hillsborough county fire on scene now. slow as you approach the light. i would take mlk coming to 50 or 56 that way. >>> we have been talking about windy and cold. for today. temperatures in the upper 50s. it will never feel like that because the winds are going to be 20, 25 miles per hour and gusts over 30, so that is going to be feeling uncomfortable as we check in on the 7-day forecast. we're going to try to get it milder, never going to get to 60s. that is something on thursday and then by friday we'll have temperatures approachi

she is accused of killing a tow truck driver early monday morning on the howard frankland bridge. that's her in the front passenger seat. roger borroto, was killed. 10news reporter with the couple he was helping and they still can't believe he's gone. take pkg: 1652 he tried to help me ill enver forget him i think about that makes me really sad adline joassaint only knew roger" perez- borroto for a few minutes but in that short time she knew he was an angel 2051 'i was driving and it stopped slowly' joassaint and her boyfriend raoul all of a sudden found themselves stranded on the side of the howard frankland bridge 1027 'he asked me do you need some help' they say while borroto was loading up their vehicle all of a sudden 2226 its just boom and the car was flying this is the car troopers say went flying by-- a black volkswagon passat and they say 36-year-old allison huffman was behind the wheel. 2244 i don't hear know noise i don't hear nobody then i out truck and didn't see him then i looked out over there and i saw his shoes i tried calling his phone and it went to voice mail a

back here live you can see traffic moving smoothly headed to the howard frankland. it were not the case yesterday morning as investigators looked into this crash. again the hearing for huffman set at 1:30 this afternoon. we'll cover it, we'll have complete coverage throughout the day on-line and on air at abcactionnews.com. for now reporting live near the howard frankland bridge, rodney quite a scare at orlando international airport after a plane catches fire. officials tell us the engine of the silver airweiss flight 70 caught fire while it was still parked near a gate. nine passengers and three crew were evacuated. passengers were put up in hotel rooms overnight. they will head out this morning. >>> a 21-year-old woman accused of stabbing a man in tampa's sulfur springs neighborhood expected to n court this morning. ashley weathers started to argue with a man on i-275 yesterday on the sidewalk. police say she tried to kick him into the river and stabbed him twice with a small pocket knife. he's in the hospital now in stable condition. police say the victim and sus

let's start with the howard frankland bridge. traffic really doesn't get slow here until about 6:45 a.m. even then you don't slow down until well after the hump. the slowest lanes as we can see from sky 10 are the left two lanes, which take you to the kennedy airport exit. if you can stay in the two right lanes on i-275 going north it will be easier for drive time here as we go back to our maps across the howard frankland bridge during peek rush hour has only been about 25 minutes between gandy and i- 4. let's talk about the gandy bridge. i know you have been frustrated with how backed up it has been. we thought make it was a signal at west shore. as looking at sky 10 we are seeing relief. we are not seeing a backup until manhattan avenue. that's because drivers are going back to using the howard frankland bridge. the gandy bridge drive time is holding on to 22 minutes. that's between u.s. 19 and the selmon expressway. the courtney campbell causeway is looking much better into tampa this week. during rush hour traffic is moving 3

you're on the howard frankland, are you feeling the winds? >> reporter: definitely feeling the winds starting to pick up. pick up as we moved through the 5:00 hour ahead of the storm system that ivan was just talking about. it's not to the point to where you're getting blown from lane- to-lane but you're definitely feeling gusts pushing the vehicle just a little as you cross the bridges. as far as problems go on the howard frankland bridge north and southbound in the tampa area and st. pete looking good. one car stalled there on the side of the road, not causing delays. that is just before the hump. everybody up to speed. the high winds affecting the bridges to the north. what about the sigh skyway to the south? >> we have a advisory for the sunshine skyway. it's not causing delays though. still just nine minutes across the skyway from toll booth to toll booth. across the other bridges we're looking pretty good as far as your drive times go. >> your drive through downtown tampa on 275 looking great as well, five minutes from i-4 to six minute

the woman accused of running down a tow truck driver on the howard frankland bridge is set to go before a judge. this is not alison huffman's first brush with the law. >> severe storms across the florida panhandle. why thousands of students won't be in class today >> a man accused of terrorizing three women by stalking. the reason the mother believes her son is innocent. >> i'm deiah riley on this tuesday. >> i'm dan shaffer. we've get back to ivan cabrera in a moment for a check on the overnight storms but first two stories from overnight. alison huffman, the prime suspect from yesterday's accident on the howard frankland bridge is in the pinellas county jail. pete after an hourslong search. records show she's been arrested for dui three times since 2002. >>> officers are searching for a missing 6-year-old miami girl. we know many of you have family and friends in south florida so we're asking you to share this picture from our mobile app so that we can bring ashley jade martinez home safe. she's 4'4", weighs 75 pounds, brain hair and hazel eyes. police say she may be in the company of

i to 75 at the end of the howard frankland. avoid getting stuck in traffic jams like that. dancing, cheering, and, and excitement for the pope's mass for mexico's clearly. it is the hotbed of two -- drug trade. pope francis -- francis urge priest to get out of their comfort and help parishioners 54 their flock. >>> the three americans abducted in baghdad last month or free. iraqi officials say they've been handed over to the us embassy in good health the shiite militias accused of kidnapping them. >>> an implosion outside of talk -- tulsa , oklahoma. crews from the department of transportation blasted way to nearly 70 no bridge of the grand river. the. next to a car $16 million. >>> pest-control companies and bug spray makers are seeing it takes bike in sale because of fears over the scandal transmitted zika virus. bug spray spray sales were up 11 percent from last year. cutter bug spray sales soar between 30 - 150% especially here in the south. >>> the >> the florida state fair has moved on but a love affair moves on -- lives

you have less than 10 minutes to get across the howard frankland and the other two bridges as well. back to you. >>> 5:19. biggest night in music went off without a hitch last night. >> the 58th annual grammy awards saute -- saw taylor swift take home several honors. biggest star of the night, kendrick lamar, won five of his 11 nominations. best new are a -- artist went to megan trainor. >> another notable win -- for "where are you now." at 5:45, we look at some of the show-stopping performances. lady gaga paid tribute to the late david bowie. dog show, what does it take to win best in show? >> here's your business news. >> reporter: in "america's money" -- u.s. companies expanding into cuba. >> the u.s. gave the green light for the first u.s. factory in cuba in more than a half century. an alabama company will assemble small tractors there. >>> we may learn when regular flights will resume between u.s. and cuba. >>> u.s. markets reopen after presidents' day. there's reason for optimism. overseas markets were up for a third day. >> not a moment too soon. u.s. stocks have lost about

truck driver was killed by a hit-and-run after he stopped to help stranded motorists on the howard frankland bridge. dozens of fellow tow truck drivers will remember the life of roger perez boroto. it will pay tribute to the fallen father and husband. mary mcguire joins us live from where they're supposed to meet up. the route they're taking today it tells a story about him. >>reporter: yeah, it certainly does, good morning to you, candace, the riders will meet outside of rodgers home in tampa and then they will come here to country where roger worked and they will take their procession of the tow trucks, of the service trucks across the howard frankland to the spot where howard was killed on february 15th. this happened in the morni february 15th when boroto was hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver while helping motorists around 2:30 in the morning. he was outside of his tow truck in the emergency lane when he was hit. perez baroto was highly regarded by his co-workers and will be missed by many, including his wife and his 4-year-old daughter. >> you talk about a guy that will come to wor

9 minutes across the causeway, 6 across the howard frankland. just 8 minutes to cross the gandy bridge. >>> :5:50. consumer alert for toyota. faulty computer programming in your vehicle could cause roof- mounted airbags to inflate without a crash. it effects several models. >> they were made between 2003 to 2006. dealers will replace parts at no cost to owners. find the full list on our abc action news mobile app. vulnerable to thieves. keyless entry. police near buffalo, new york say several reports of locked cars were all broken into with no sign of forced entry. crooks are taking special computer boards and connecting them to cell phones, that device then steals the codes from your wireless key fob. carmakers say they are aware of the problem and also working on a fix but in the meantime police say park in well lit areas, take your valuabilities with you to avoid anyone breaking into your car. >>> some of the nation's airlines are making changes to try to make flights more accommodating for passengers. starting valentine's day. united will al

petersburg side of the howard frankland bridge looked like a tow truck convention as dozens of drivers gathered to ride for roger. >> these are for the trucks. these are for the arms, left arms. >> reporter: wearing black bands in his memory offering condolences and help for his family. >> donations and business cards, thank you. >> reporter: his sister still can't believe her brother is gone. >> you have moments where it doesn't dawn to you and then there's those brief moments of silence when you go to bed that your mind starts to wander off and it's like you get hit by -- it feels like you got hit by a train. >> reporter: perez-borroto was hit in the early morning hours of february 15th on the howard frankland bridge as he loaded up a disabled vehicle. the drivers honking their horns as they pass where the then making their way to borroto's neighborhood where they honked in tribute. they believe he might be alive today had the driver who killed him followed the law and moved over. many have had countless close calls. >> it's very dangerous. i've been on scene with the highway patrol

for now reporting live near the howard frankland bridge, rodney >>> in just hours -- a man will learn how long he'll spend in prison for abusing his son so horribly the 3-year-old died. justin garwacky took the stand against cara o'connell, his ex- girlfriend to escape a life sentence. last week a jury found o'connell guilty of manslaughter. she and garwacky face up to 30 years behind bars. >>> 6:34. an 18-year-old woman accused of stealing from guests at the hyatt regency in clearwater is expected to be in court this afternoon. camry clark and a 15-year-old are accused of stealing a master key from a maid's cart, police say they broke into four different hotel rooms on valentine's day and stole more than $1,200 worth of electronics and valuables. the hyatt regency released a statement saying "management is fully cooperating with the investigation." >>> look at photos just in of a raging house fire in northport. rescuers say the homeowner got out of this coca road home safely after the flames broke out around 11:00 last night. extensive it's not safe to live there. no word yet on what

this is the howard frankland, tampa side, howard frankland just seven minutes. so we're definitely seeing relief from those added lanes at 275 northbound around himes. we have reports of a crash 275 southbound at fowler. this is the area right here. this congestion though we're seeing, typical for this time of morning. captain al even flew over this area, didn't see anything so again this is pretty much what it looks like around this time. captain al, how's it looking where you are? >> reporter: let's look at i-75 southbound between fowler avenue and i-4, that stent off to the right-hand side. truck taking up about half of that right lane so a lot of volume. visual delay only. once you're past this it's a smooth ride. >>> morning clouds with sunrise coming up at 7:12. yes, you are going to need the seat warmer again. 57 by noon. it stays cool, 58. 49 by 8:00. that means we're set up for a chilly overnight, temperatures tonight in the 30s and 40s but close to 70 by friday afternoon. >>> spring training is around the corner. tickets to get autographs from tampa ba

let's look at howard frankland bridge. it is only going to take you six minutes to cross it but it is getting busier as traffic is moving into the tampa side. how long will it take you on the courtney campbell causeway? . >>> welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm geep gene. >> i'm gayle guyardo -- i'm gene ramirez. >> i'm gayle guyardo. a well known doctor from clear water accused of a disturbing crime. raping a patient. and now the neurosurgeon is out of jail on bond. police arrested dr. john drygas. one victim claims he took advantage of her last summer in his office. dr. drygas faces sexual battery charges. >> things are getting heated in new hampshire. presidential candidates is trending online this morning. the two left in the field were not afraid to take jabs. >> i am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a super pack, who is not raising huge sums of money from wall street. >> if you have something to say, say it directly. >> in the latest nbc poll, senator bernie sanders is leading clinton by

six minutes from downtown to the howard frankland bridge. and checking your drive in pinellas county on 275, no trouble there, in the green in both directions from the skyway >>> 5:31. breaking overnight -- one man is dead, another on the run following an attempted robbery at the cut rate liquor store on 15th street. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is there live. that man was shot and killed by the store clerk. >> reporter: that's right. just got off the phone with tampa police about 30 minutes ago. they confirmed that information. something else very important to note -- check this out, security cameras, just did a walk-around of the building and there are six cameras posted there are also security cameras inside. tampa police tell me they will be reviewing that security footage to actually determine exactly what went on here. they tell me this is around 11:00 last night when the two men came in, armed, looking to rob the place. what they didn't know, the clerk was armed as well, in an exchange of gunfire one of the would be robbers

36-year-old tampa woman will be in court this afternoon...after a deadly hit-and-run on the howard frankland bridge. 10 news reporter is live at the pinellas county jail. emerald , this isn't the first time allison law. not at all. we pulled huffman's arrest record...and as you can see, it's pretty lengthy. she's been in and out of jail quite a bit...three times for her driving record. huffman has been arrested three times in hillsborough county for drinking and driving. but even with all those arrests, she still has a valid driver's license. unfortunately, that's the case for a lot of people in florida who've gotten multiple duis. 10 investigates reported last year that there are more than 113 thousand people on the road right now who have three duis on their record. and that has a lot of people upset. this time, though...chances are she won't get off as easily. she's facing felony charges and at least four years in prison scene where someone died. and the crazy part of all this is that the accident happened just as fhp was kicking off its hit- and-run awareness week campaign. i'm going thr

someone was killed in a serious accident on howard frankland bridge north into tampa. coming up in less than ten minutes i'll have drive times for you. >>> good monday morning.

this is where he worked when he was killed and then they will drive to the howard frankland bridge right past that spot where roger was struck and killed on february 15th. now it was early in the morning on february 15th and he was killed by a hit-and-run driver while he was helping motorists investigators say he was outside of his tow truck in the emergency lane when he was hit. perez boroto was highly regarded by his co-workers and will be missed by many, including his wife and 4-year-old daughter. >> you talk about a guy that will come to work 15 minutes early, this man comes to work two hours early to see if he can hel. >> the organizers of the ride will be bringing awareness to the move over law and the importance. allison hoffman admitted to investigators she was behind the wheel of the car when it struck and killed perez boroto. he is being held on $750,000 bond on charges of leaving the scene of a deadly accident. so certainly should be a very emotional day for those that did know roger and for those that didn't know roger, i understand a lot of fellow tow truck personally will b

pinellas county for her alleged role in a hit-and-run that killed a tow truck driver on the howard frankland bridge. 36-year-old allison huffman is facing felony charges for the crime... and is currently being held without bond. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at the pinellas county jail... emerald...after a long day of hiding out...she was finally taken in overnight. - yeah, she came right through this area after authorities spent all day looking for her. - we got video of her arrest... - this is her sitting in the car talking with a state trooper before heading into the jail - it's a place she's no stranger to - she has a lengthy criminal history that includes three trips to jail for drinking she has ended up back on the road... and that's really frustrating to the people who knew the man who got killed. i'm sure you have questions about why this keeps happening... i'm working on putting together some answers for you for 6 o'clock. live at the pinellas county jail, em, 10news, wtsp. today.. the national weather service will the national weather service will work to confirm reports t

minute drive from here to the howard frankland bridge. >>> doesn't look too bad at least there as we wake up this morning, in pretty good shape here. i think we'll have a little more cloud cover today than we had over the weekend but all in all a decent day, temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60. the wind are calm, a few clouds streaming in from the gulf, that will keep us partly cloudy at times, even mostly cloudy skies, where we stay dry. look at the temperatures now dipping into the 40s across the north. otherwise the rest of us between 55 and 60 degrees. titan doppler radar picking up on a couple of showers across the gulf, those will fall apart as we get clouds streaming in before today again. so not as sunny as we had over the weekend but staying dry here for us. that is the key. we have a cold front and i'll let you know who it will impact in a few minutes. >>> testing season is underway again in florida. >> the state is looking to

>>> allison huffman, the woman charged in connection with the fatal hit-and-run on the howard frankland yesterday morning set to be in court in just a matter of hours. coming up in a live report, we detail her history of trouble with the law. >> a missing child alert issued for a 67-year-old girl, where the -- 6-year-old girl, where the child was last seen and the woman officials believe she may be with. >> tragedy strikes an elderly couple in tampa. they are homeless after this fire destroyed their home overnight. >> at 9:00 -- new developments, the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver yesterday morning is set to face a judge in pinellas county. rodney dunigan joins us live outside the courthouse. rodney, any idea when allison huffman is expected in court? >> reporter: that hearing is set for 1:30 this afternoon, huffman was booked into the county jail last night behind me and in a matter of hours she'll be walked from the county jail to the county courthouse a few steps away to face charges. also this morning we're getting a first look at her latest mug shot. she's

an arrest has been made in the howard frankland bridge on monday. we have a reporter a reporter i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. publix. where shopping let's go to polk county there is a fatal accident on i4 going west, east of polk pkwy., east. this is affecting the drive time. on i4 going west between polk parkway east and west it is taking 14 minutes and it is down to 25 miles an hour. also, hillsboro county you are in the green of all of your major so far. if you're in tampa on 275 or i4. >>> all the storms move from west to east and are out to the east at this point. thi

if we switch cameras look at the howard frankland, crystal clear coming across into the tampa bay area. let's check drive times to see exactly how long it will take to get across from pinellas into hillsborough. 14 minutes, still slow on the courtney campbell causeway but just nine minutes to get across the howard frankland and looking great across the gandy bridge at seven minutes. your drive through downtown looking great as well, six minutes from the howard frankland up to i-4, those northbound lanes, the new ones there, really improving your morning commute and your evening commute as well. >>> 9:07:this cape coral man charged with trying to extort nude photos from young girls will head to a polk county courtroom. 25-year-old lucas bales with a booked yesterday morning -- was booked yesterday morning on 21 charges. deputies say he threatened a young girl through the kik app said he would set her house on fire and tell others to rape pictures and videos. there is believed to be other victims as well. >>> a truck that crashed through the tampa international mall while you were sleepi

less than 10 minutes to get across the howard frankland and the other two bridges as well. things are starting to back up here at i-275 and fowler, the cars heading southbound towards downtown. it's stop-and-go, a lot of people tapping the brakes. 21 minutes from the apex to i- 4, eight minutes from busch to i-4. looking better once you get to downtown tampa, only five minutes to get to the howard frankland bridge. we are woochg this crash in pinellas county, southbound road. southbound lanes. captain al is flying over the crash. what can you tell us? >> reporter: if you live in new port richey, holiday, maybe tarpon springs, heading southbound on 19 a collision they are in the process of cleaning and may have it open in the next 10 or 15 minutes but keep it in 3450eu7bd. >>> k0e8d >> cold start. upper 50s by tuesday and wednesday. a couple of overnight showers and morning clouds as a result of the next front coming. in that will keep us chilly through the middle and even latter part of the week. upper 50s thursday. finally getting back in the 60s friday into the weekend. >

well, an impressive tribute, a line of tow trucks lined up on the howard frankland bridge to roger perez borrotto who stopped to help and was killed by a hit-and-run driver. >> you know you see it a lot on the news and it's something that happens -- but, uh, it should have never happened. >> luis morales says he is still in shock over the best of roger perez borrotto who stopped to help two people who broke down on the howard frankland bridge. >> he was just trying to help someone. it was not a call he was assigned. that's who he was. >> his act of kindness proved fatal and it's haunted everyone connected with the towing >> it hit me up the side of the head because it could be any one of us helping any one of you. >> i have family in the tow truck business and since this happened i remember rinking oh thinks, oh my god, is it going to happen to someone else as well? >> it's rit literally a nightmare. >> today a parade of tow trucks with yellow lights flashing and black ribbons tied to the trucks, it was a tribute and a message to the community. >> when you see a wrecker, move over or slo

howard frankland bridge six minutes. courtney campbell causeway six minutes. this is the sunshine skyway bridge. your drive time here 17 minutes from pinellas park drive to i- 75 in manatee county. bobby? >> tracking a cold front off the coast this morning. it is bringing rain. we are rain-free at this point. a cup of these showers will try to make it on shore. they are going to fall apart. this is the bulk of it. these are the thunderstorms. mainly late morning. i'm talking 12:00 before this gets here. afternoon and evening hours show the rain moving through. cooler air comes in behind it. we are in the. er 60s now. we'll go to 76 with the rain cooled air later today. tomorrow we start in the 40s. we only go to the low 60s. chance on saturday. the weekend forecast is looking better. that's coming up in less than forecast. >>> it is thursday february 4th. this is your eye opener a look at the day's top stories in 60 seconds. thinking of traveling to a place with zica spreading don't. >>> as the zica virus spreads the state is working on a plan to stop it. ther

this time, on the howard frankland bridge... we've confirmed that this accident is, unfortunately, fatal. 3 ((walter fox-13's shayla reaves is along the bridge right now... shayla, two of our co-workers saw this accident on their way in, before three this morning. 3 3 3 ((walter 3 3 3 3 (dave 3 variable clouds, with a late day shower possible. rain chances 20-30%, with high temps in the mid 70s. showers and storms likely tonight, with lows temps in the lower 60s. rain chances 70%. after a quick early shower in the morning, skies will become mostly sunny. high temps in the lower 70s. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 new this morning: a rude awakening for people living in a duplex in largo. a fire started there a few hours ago on "west bay drive." by the time crews got there, smoke and flames were visible... but everyone got out safely... we're still waiting for officials to release information on the *cause of the fire. 3 3 (jen) in st. petersburg: police are trying to figure-out what a *gun was 3 (jen a

on the northbound side of the howard frankland bridge. it happened around 2-30 morning, just after the hump... on the hillsborough county side. here's a live look at the bridge right now, from the fdot cameras. two lanes are blocked... heading *toward tampa. and they're expected to stay like that for several hours. so you may want to take *other bridges into tampa this morning. also new this morning: duplex... in largo. it happened in the six hundred there were smoke and flames everyone got out safely.. what caused it. 3 3 a woman is beaten.. and battered.. and deputies say - a pair of teenagers are to blame.. and that's not the only attack these teens are accused of... fox 13's evan lambert tells us about a very violent weekend. 3 vanessa martinez is spending sunday in bed--with a broken nose, fractured bones in her face and a swollen eye. deptuies say two teens robbed and beat the 32-year-old mother early sunday morning-- all for her purse.avanessa martinez, victim21:49:42i started to walk when i seen a guy with a black mask on and as s

moving towards ramond james stadium at the top of the hour crossing the howard frankland bridge over the next 15 minutes. should be up around ramond james stadium 6:0. the downtown tampa 6:04. the heavier rain in the 5:00 hour on the coast over i-75 in the nature coast. moderate rain stays with you for the next couple hours. heavier showers coming into bradenton and sarasota. i have a large cell tracking west of sarasota coming on shore around the top of the hour. islands and long boat key across the inner coastal to around downtown sarasota. we know you are getting rain. we are tracking some of the stronger stuff that will likely slow you down for a few minutes. behind this wave we are tracking this hour there are pockets of steady rain and light showers. we'll see that off and on for the rest of your evening forecast. heaviest should be occurring now for the next hour or so. once we get into 7:00 or 8:00 we'll taper off to light rain. 9:00 we should be done with the rain. we'll trade rain gear tonight for jackets and coats in the morning. you won't need them to keep you dry but to

he's on the howard frankland bridge heading into tampa. he's reporting about a half- mile of visibility out there. no crashes or breakdowns to tell you about on the howard frankland. it's taking seven minutes to get across right now. we have a crash on the sunshine skyway. it involves three cars in the northbound lanes near the north tower. all of them off to the side but you can see here these are the northbound lanes just before you get to the crash. at the top but a little bit of slowdown when you pass that crash. so just be aware and slow down when you move around it. right now it's taking about 10 minutes to get from the toll booth to the other toll booth. here's a live look at the gandy bridge, a lot of fog but still not seeing any crashes or breakdowns here. taking seven minutes to get across the gandy bridge now. let's check drive times on i- 275, starting to see things slow down a little, 23 minutes from the apex to i-4, 9 minutes from busch to i-4 and six minutes if you're starting off downtown and heading to the howard frankland

. >>> let's go live now to the howard frankland bridge into tampa. if you have driven this over the past few weeks you have likely set a major backups because of i275 construction. those backup should be over. construction causing the delay are complete and now there are four lanes. for lazy man's a smooth commute from westshore boulevard. this morning was proof that it is better. this is a live look at i275 around i275 and downtown tampa in the kennedy boulevard area. i to 75 construction not only backed up the howard frankland bridge but the gandy bridge as well because drivers were taking the gandy to avoid all the backup. >>> we now know nine people are dead after two trains collided in germany. don champion reports, the trades trades crashed head-on just as morning rush-hour was getting underway. through the mangled scene where two trains collided in southern germany. here, one of one of the train cars is barely recognizable. investigators say the trains crashed head-on as the morning rush was getting underway. the impact derailed several cars.

> reporter: search efforts have been going on for about 16 hours after happening here on the howard frankland bridge behind me. troopers are now looking for allison hoffman, who they say drove off after hitting that tow truck driver who stopped to help two people stranded on the side of the road. video we shot, you can see pictures taken by the florida highway patrol of her car that was left damaged at the crown plaza hotel on west shore. no one has seen her since. we checked and learned she has a long criminal history, mostly behind the wheel, including three duis in hillsborough county alone, and a careless driving charge in charlotte county. we are told the tow truck driver, known as roger perez, was a husband and father. his wife and child are still in venezuela. now there are many questions as to how she was able to drive after so many duis. >> why are we allowing this to happen? why are we so lenient? why is this incredible human being dead? >> reporter: many questions left to answer still for perez's family, too upset to speak on camera today. hoffman's family told us to leave when we

still just six minutes to get from the howard frankland to downtown. so so far it's been a pretty busy morning with the traffic but the good news, the weather looks very nice.

how long will it take you to cross the howard frankland bridge? six minutes and you're looking at seven across the courtney campbell causeway between tampa

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((jen)) and i'm stories in a minute, but now, 3 3 3 3 the howard frankland bridge.... nearly 100 tow trucks lined up to remember roger perez borroto. 3 the procession went all the way from saint petersburg into tampa yesterday afternoon to remember the tow truck driver... he was killed in a hit and run crash earlier this month when he stopped to help out a stranded vehicle. with yellow lights flashing and black ribbons tied to trucks... the procession was both a tribute and a message to the community. 3 the move-over law does not just apply to police...any time you see flashing lights on a stationary rescue vehicle, wreckers and tow trucks included... you must move out of the nearest lane as long as it's safe to do so. 3 3 a 2-month-old has been released from the hospital.... after the baby was kidnapped at gunpoint and later abadoned. 3 'stephanie augustin' and been arrested. police say they stormed into a fort lauderdale home on friday night... armed with a gun. an amber alert was sent out for 2-month-old 'taraji kemp' after police say augustin took her to her apartm

alison huffman, the prime suspect from yesterday's accident on the howard frankland bridge is in the pinellas county jail.

sky 10 network camera across the howard frankland bridge. these are the northbound lanes into tampa before kennedy boulevard. no significant delays. drive time is six minutes. bobby? >> we have low clouds now. they are breaking up. we'll have more sunshine as the day wears on. we are rain-free in the bay area. there are showers in the miami area. the next three days looks like that way. warm and humid. 76 today. 81 on tuesday. tomorrow we'll be close to record highs. tampa's record is 84. some areas may break a record for a high temperature tomorrow. >>> it is monday february 1st. this is your eye opener. here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. >> monday night could be a historic night for this country. >> canidates turn up the intensity hours before the first votes are cast in the iowa caucuses. latest bloomberg polls that donald trump leading with 38%. hillary clinton leads the democratic side with 45%. >>> deputies in hillsborough county are searching for these two teenagers. they escaped from a

on the howard frankland bridge and we are told that tow truck driver was stopping to help two people stranded on the side of the road. if you're in a similar situation and you're stuck in the car and need help, there are things you can do to stay safe. first and foremost, the florida highway patrol says try to get to the inside lanes or pull off the road as far as you can. if you need to get out, use the passenger door. if you're in an accident, use your cell phone and take pictures of all cars involved. and in this morning's case, the tow truck driver had to get out to tow those stranded drivers there, and coworkers of the driver say in this case a tow truck driver is much like an emergency vehicle and people who see them should be required to move over. >> i switch over. it's common -- it's the law. why can't they do it? you know why? because we're letting anybody drive. >> reporter: again, if you know where that suspected driver allison huffman is, call police. tonight at 5:00, more about the tow truck driver and what his coworkers had to say about him, at 5:00. >>> right now anot

six minutes on the howard frankland bridge. seven minutes on the courtney campbell causeway. the bay side bridge, a nice drive, too. all of the links look good at this point. also if you're going to be travelling from, say, the kissimmee area from plant city. it looks good and from plant you have a 22-minute commute. that is a great drive here on i-4. a quick live look at i-4 at the parkway in lakeland. it is a nice drive there. back to gene and gayle. >> thanks. >>> spring training is starting in the bay area but this morning, you won't see the fanatic anywhere near clear water. we'll explain why just ahead. >>> fulfilling three promises during a wedding ceremony high in the sky. unconventional wedding that brought some passengers to tears right after this break. . >>> a washington couple is still on cloud nine after a touching and unusual wedding ceremony. chrissy larson married the man of her dreams 30,000 feet in the air and she did it for her mother who is fighting stage four cancer. they planned to grant her mother the three life long wishes to see where her daughter wo

let's take a live look at the howard frankland bridge. it will only take you six minutes to cross it. that is a look at weather and traffic on the 8's, back to gene and gayle. >> the southbound lanes of i-75 and north port are back open crash. you're looking at what the scene was like two hours ago. the tanker leaked fuel and that caused troopers to close the hours. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the tanker to crash. >>> a polk county church is working to recover from a devastating fire. >> planes raced through the first haitian baptist -- flames ripped through the first haitian baptist church. how the members are continuing to worship. >> they are moving forward. they have strong faith and are asking for help from the community to help them rebuild. when fire ripped through the church members knew it was bad but some didn't know how bad until they saw how little was left. >> it is very devastating to see, you know, all of this gone. i grew up here. now all of this is just gone. >> this has been ruth's spiritual home f

live to sky 10 across the howard frankland bridge. major slow downs passing kennedy boulevard going north. the fog is not helping thing. your drive time is up three minute. that's will get worse. i'll keep an eye on it for you. bobby? >> thank you very much. we have fog that's improving. visibility is getting better. quarter mile to half mile clearwater to st. pete. a mile in sarasota. if you are heading out today and suffer from allergies it will be on the high side. it gets better by thursday. another shot of rain coming up on the weekend. it is never too late to talk about that. saturday looks to be the best day. there could be an isolated shower that day. much better rain chances on saturday. i'll talk about that coming up in ten minute. i want to show you a massive snow storm hitting colorado. it is making driving conditions difficult. >> this video is from a nine- car crash in parker which closed the roads for hours. hundreds of flights have been canceled from denver. >>> bill cosby returns to a courtroom today in pennsylvania.

let's go ahead, look at howard frankland bridge. how long will it take to cross it? 6, 7 minutes maximum. i'll look at lakeland when we come back. that is weather and traffic on the 8's. back to gene and gayle. >>> an important l 8 on your side recall. a vacuum cleaner affected because customers might get shocked by several models. we'll tell you which models are affected coming up. >>> also, the search is on for r a not so friendly super hero. the reason police in central florida want this batman behind bars. >> plus, the florida state fair opens today. i'm adrienne pedersen and i'll introduce you to some interesting characters. you never know who will show up. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. . >>> today in florida, lawmakers will look at the possibility of drugs in some cases. state legislators will revisit amendments considered last year that would allow termly ill patients the trieth try marijuana. lawmakers will take

a live look at the tampa side of the howard frankland, again, lots of fog. let's see what it is doing to the drive times if you're trying to get across the bay this morning. nine minutes now across the causeway, 6 on the howard frankland and 8 minutes to cross the gandy bridge. so far we have not seen any crashes to slow you down but if anything does happen out there i'll let you know about it here and of course on twitter @tampabaytraffic. >>> 5:50. we may only be a month into the new year but already learning which scam is growing fastest in 2016. you're vulnerable to it when you're on your computer. the better business bureau says click bait is infecting thousands of computers everyday. those tempting quizzes find news feed. a few simple clicks could tell your iq, perfect nickname, even which feelings are revealed from your profile picture. it could seem like harmless fun but cyberexperts say it goes after everything from credit card information to dropping computer viruses. >> you need to be careful. if you have not heard of it, go ahead and ignore it. i

a live look at the howard frankland bridge. this is i-275 coming across the bridge at the kennedy boulevard exit. traffic is picking up a little bit. still quiet though. it is taking six minutes to cross. the sunshine skyway bridge is really quiet, as well. bobby? >> 6:14. the fog is spreading out in eastern hillsborough county. a mile and a point visibility in brooksville. that is improving. venice is down to zero miles of visibility. watch that. that will be tough on the i-75 corridor south of sarasota. it is improving in pinellas county at this particular point. the next three days, especially tomorrow, i think we'll do this again. today is a beautiful day up near 70. 72 tomorrow after a very chilly start. trend into friday and the weekend. i'll talk about that in my seven-day forecast coming up. >>> it is wednesday february 17th. >> this is your eye opener. here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. >> being president is a serious job. it is not hosting a talk show or a reality show.