. >>> another story, if you have been driving on the howard franklin bridge you may notice a disturbing trend, dead cats on the side of the them since june.>> another incident involving another. jake peterson is live from the road. do troopers know how the cats are ending up on the bridge?>> reporter: they really don't know why or how. they are investigating someone possibly throwing them out of the car window. most of them are dead right on the side of the road, earlier today a motorist was driving over the bridge, she was and she noticed a white ball of for flying toward her. they say cats have nine lives. but this little one is only left with eight after what happened sunday morning. >> i don't know how the survived. >> she was driving over the howard franklin bridge when all of a sudden. >> out of the corner of my eye i see something fallout of this vehicle. i'm not sure what i thought i saw but it appeared to be a cat. >> she stops and runs over to it. >> i went to pick it up and it got scared and ran. >> right into her wheel well. traffic was blocked, they took her wheel off and s

a driver sees a cat fly out of the howard franklin bridge and stops to save it. quite an incredible story. chip, do we know if this was a case of animal abuse, or what happened here? >> reporter: well, we don't know at this point, rod, whether the cat jumped out on its own, or was thrown out. either way, when claudette saw that animal, she knew she had to stop. charlotte believe they already have a name for this little one. >> we thought about miracle. >> we thought about calling it miracle, because it's a miracle it's alive. >> reporter: she knew she had to do something when she saw the cat fly out of a truck, but what? cars were going by at 70 miles an hour. she called for help and then they snapped these pictures. take a close look. you can see miracle peering out behind the wheel of st. oll's car. it was quite the job, but they were able to get her out safety. miracle is the latest cat to show up on this bridge. >> this is little howard franklin. we've been calling him frank. >> reporter: frank was discovered by a vet tech last month ask survived, but most ca

she stopped to help a disabled driver on the howard franklin bridge when another driver hit her patrol car and then hit another car as well. chip osowski is live for us. this is a story that could have ended very differently. >> reporter: it certainly could have, rob. officer brittany becker was on her way home early this morning stranded motorist, never treatmenting that -- never dreaming that the act could have taken her life. police telling us kirsten martinez was driving a 2013 mercedes when she hit the police cruiser and two other cars. two of the cars burst into flames. the latest of the string of crashes that should have never happened because drivers are required to move over emergency vehicles and all too often they do not. >> if you are traveling on a highway with multiple lanes, you must move over. >> reporter: they posted this video hoping to educate drivers, but it seems that many don't know about the law or don't care. in may a driver hit a road ranger on the howard franklin. omar duncan suffered serious injuries in that crash. shortly after his supervisor told news chann

>> reporter: mary beth saw her first cat in april, then the northbound hump of the howard franklin bridge. >> he was lying there and just picked his head up and looked right at me. i fell apart because it was nothing that i could do. >> reporter: these cats are not swimming two miles to get to the middle of the span of the howard franklin bridge. >> reporter: he founded the non- profit now, putting up his own money, $5,000 to try to catch this cat killer. >> somebody or somebodies, they patrol estimates their seven cats have been found on the stretch with a handful of others rescued like this little kitten who was saved last week by the passing motorist. that they would watch in horror as the cat was tossed out the window of the truck. fhp would help save the cat after running into their wheel well. >> he's got a marker on their face right there when they would probably hit the pavement. >> reporter: that it is not just animals that he'll be worried about now, because who ever is doing this is sick. >> anybody that is animal, that they are ultimately going to end up abusing the child, the

florida highway patrol says someone was tossing cats out of moving vehicles on the howard franklin bridgein the last three months, six have been found dead on the bridge. and fhp spokesman says they are not sure this case is related. she does not believe this was an accident. >> i tried honking my horn and the guy kept ongoing. i'm not sure what it was. it was sad to see something fall out and nobody stop for i it. >> luckily zole did and she's safe and sound under the careful protection of a new foster mommy. >> that's one miracle cat. i've never seen -- they say they have nine lives that poor thing has eight. >> in panella park. fox news. >> awe so happy that worked out. it's hard to believe but the start of school is not far away and one florida town is taking major precautions tonight. two dozen staff members near orlando are sick with noroviru norovirus. cleaning crews spent the day inside that elementary scrubbing it down and the district says no staff will return in they're healthy again. >> amazing story out of western pennsylvania has gone viral tonight. a brides father was part

. >>> a look at the howard franklin bridge, we showed you this off the top of the show, and here is your friday morning about monday morning, we have a big construction project that will affect your drive next lot of construction to talk about, so let's get to it. we are going to start in pinellas county they -- county and there is a possibility that mlk could close in both directions. and, if this happens there will be dt your -- detour signs. and, if you drive downtown tampa just be aware, we have a major road product -- project go and for the next 18 to 24 months, this starts on monday, the result is going to be nice a better more functional street grid, wider streets more streetlights, in the process of getting there is more messy. a lot of construction around the terminal site area and it starts -- channelside area. this will be closed between water street. you'll want to take florida up to jefferson street into that specific closure is going to be like that through the end of the december. make sure that you check that out. >>> thank you. still ahead tonight, and the controversial

we are live from the howard franklin bridge where a number of accidents have occurred. chip? >> reporter: you're absolutely right, rod, and that early saturday morning accident involved a st. petersburg police officer who was simply stopping here on the bridge to help a stranded motorist out. this is what's becker's patrol car, a mangled mess of metal. investigators tell us another driver rammed into the cruiser, and the disabled vehicle. two cars caught fire. what's amazing. >> the officer's fine, and there were no injuries, just amazing. >> reporter: yolanda with the pd believes moving over is simply common sense. >> the law is that when you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road, you have to give it some room. however, even if there's not an emergency vehicle, but just a broken down car, use common sense. give it some space. >> i've gotten hit twice now? yeah, i've been hit twice. >> reporter: rob lee is a road rage better who understands the dangers -- ranger who the dangers too well. i rode with him in may when a colleague was hit and seriously injured. >> even

it will include replacing the northbound howard franklin bridge and redesigning the interchanges for i-275 at ken kennedy. >> one of the key take aways was reconnecting neighborhoods. in the '60s the interstates bifurcated some of the neighborhoods and separated some communities. what we're trying to do with this project or what we are doing with this project is trying to reconnect some of those connections that were lost in the '60s. against the project, though, because it will take away parts of current neighborhoods in seminole heights and ybor city. they're another meeting at the seminole branch library in tampa. >>> something is happening tomorrow in los angeles of which we don't know the exact time or location, but it will be the talk of the sports world tomorrow. we talk about it next. >>> the rays up north against the red sox tonight, and the announcement a short time ago. a change to this week's fourth a change to this week's fourth and final p w he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability. "you gotta see this guy. 'uhhhh i don't know what i said, i don't remember.' he'

chip is joining us now from the howard franklin bridge with much more on this. chip, do we know if this was a case of animal abuse or a horrible accident. >> reporter: we really don't know at this point, rod. we don't know if the cat jumped from the pickup truck on its own or if someone threw it out of the parking lot. either way when claudette saw the kitty on the bring, she knew she needed to stop. sunday morning when claudette spotted something flying out of a pickup truck. >> and i just seen this, which obviously was the cat, this black and white thing kind of snowball out of it and just roll and bounce between the cars that were coming. >> reporter: zole pulled over and called for help. when first responders arrived, they snapped these pictures. take a close look. you can see the kitty peering out from the car. it was quite the job, but they were able to get her out. familiar and troubling sight on this stretch of roadway. >> this is howard franklin. we have been calling him frank. >> reporter: he was discovered by a vet tech last month and survived. most d

. >> alcides: police say the officer stopped on saturday broken down on the howard franklin bridge when a third car hit the cruiser. the damage was so bad, the car had to be towed away, and you can see what happened to the two cars involved in that crash. they caught fire. thankfully no one was hurt. highway patrol is investigating. >> anjuli: a st. petersburg woman is facing several charges this morning after police say she crashed her car into a prison transport van. saturday morning they are loading people they arrested into the transport van 30-year-old emily slice sideswiped an officer and hit the transport van. officers stopped her at second avenue north and bayshore. as she was taken into custody, her vehicle rolled over an officer's foot. he's expected to be okay. police did find drugs in her car. >> alcides: to rio now. team usa rules the 4x400 meter relay, both the men and women allyson felix picked up her sixth olympic gold meldal anchoring for the women's team. the u.s. men took back the gold medal after winning silver in 2012. >> anjuli: it's a wrap for the 2016 summer olym

wrap up with a look at bay area bridges howard franklin very quiet looking at a six to seven minute track across the water in either direction. gayle, gene back >> not bad. >>> a south florida police officer finds something strange staring out of his patrol car. >>> flipping 11,000 feet above sea level. the daring stunt one man pulled off. we'll show you where this happened. you are watching news channel 8 there's nothing like trying something new. especially when it comes to snacking. with the laughing cow's nine flavors of creamy cheese, >>> take a look at this daring stunt in norway. wait for it. yeah. that happened. that's a man flipping on a rocky tower more than 1100 feet above sea level. that's daring right there. the stone formation is called the goat because it looks like two goat horns. this is a popular place for people to jump from one horn to the other but what this guy is >> yikes. that's a long way down if you slip and fall. a close call for a cat with a run in with a miami-dade police officer. >> you could almost call it a catastrophy. that's the cat stuck in a grill of an

that is about to move into the feather sound area and possibly across part of the howard franklin or courtney campbell bridges. that would be the gandy bridge not the courtney campbell. we have had hit and miss corridor. it will be hit and miss throughout sunset. then we will taper off after that. take a look at futurecast. by 8:00, we still have a few lingering showers through polk county, into sumter, and into arcadia. and then it tapers off after that, leaving us dry by midnight. tomorrow morning when you wake up, maybe you want to go for the saturday morning bike ride or jog. things will be nice and dry. with the west to east flow, we will have a slight chance for rain before very little coverage developing between noon and 8:00 tomorrow night. we're talking about 30% coverage thanks to an area of high pressure that is seth up in -- setting up in the gulf. that acts as a bubble to keep the storm clouds out. we will have a chance for rain. again, when you're looking at the radar tomorrow, it will be a west to east flow. if tg to t west of you, you know it's headed in your direction. the bottom line is, eve

. >> happy to report be area bridges are dry. howard franklin both directions look fine. not a big trouble spot. there is a school bus doing their practice runs. school back in session tomorrow westbound i for looks good and no problems yet at the apex. gail inching back to. >>> looking good, meredith. we are right back with a look at how much families are channel eight today. ? maybe almond breeze tastes so good because it's the only almondmilk made with california-grown blue diamond almonds. ? of course, if you ask one of our almond growers... there's no maybe about it. ? almond breeze. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. >>> in consumer watch this morning parents are recognizing the need to budget for childcare. 54% spend more than 10% of their household income and childcare. the survey found that 74% of families budget for childcare housing costs. >>> at&t customers can see refunds. the federal investigation from the company allowed unauthorized third-party charges on its customers landline bills. it's a practice known as cramming and at&t will pay $7 million i