posted the video to social media, more than this is video taken from inside the car driven by pablo cortez and taken by his passenger as they drove along an open stretch of mlk on wednesday night. and then, the video was posted to snapchat. and that is just 9 machines before cortez crashed. you can see here on the app he hit speeds of 80 and up to 115 miles per hour. shortly after, that is when he lost control of the car, flew over the median and crashed head-on into a minivan with the mom and her children and anothe cortez's car hit two more cars. he and his passenger died instantly. and this is not the first time that snapchat speed filter has been at the center of a deadly crash investigation. in fact, in some states, there are lawsuits now based around crashes like here in tampa and some are calling on snapchat to remove the speed filter saying are monitoring hotspots in the warehouse on barry road and caught fire yesterday afternoon. everyone inside got out safely. several birds and pay monkey, we're told, did not. firefighters entered the building and several explosions forced them b

of the toughest pills to which tells you this whole thing could have been avoided. 22-year-old pablo cortez was going too fast when he lost control, went over a median and hit a mini van head on full of a family inside. the impact killed a pair of siblings and also their mother. now, pablo cortez and a 19-year-old f so that is five people killed in an instant. >> they were hard-working people, the nicest people you will ever meet and the children would light up any room they walked in, their teacher is going to miss metropolitan, ther friends are going to miss them, we are missing them already. >> he would give you his shirt all around great guy. >> and grief counselors were at the school where the two children attended and three other people hurt in the crash, all still in the hospital tonight. we are live in tampa. >> a husband, a father, a teacher, and a coach. that is how a few remembered this man this evening, he was all of those things to people. coach bo as his died over the weekend while driving for uber. he had just picked up a passenger and he made a u-turn directly into the path

. >> this is the facebook page of the pablo cortez, the driver. he was a part of core lovers who met up. he left a meet up when they crashed. and he was not racing just driving too fast. it was minutes later it happened. >> my head heart is broken. >> calling it a bad accident is a understatement. a turn that took the world away from john and maximum aria and their mom. we checked pablo cortez's record. one speeding ticket for failure equipment. fhp believes he was not racing but going too fast. they say that is what led to the tragedy. >> terrible. >> our prayers with the family. thank you, loyal. this house on sugar lane was the scene of a fire yesterday. a husband and wife died their son got out alive only after firefighters broke through a wall to save them. if it could get worse it is. what is left of the house. and kimberly kuizon said neighbors who knew something was wrong didn't know how bad it was. >> a white cross and flowers are the only sign of hope. >> i wanted someone to know we cared. >> she dropped them off for the >> they were dis

that video you mentioned posted to snapchat and shows the driver pablo cortez on the howard franklin bridge at 115 miles an hour. and this video was posted to social media just 9 minutes before the crash out here on mlk. i want to give you a better idea of what the stretch of road looks like out here. it's wide open. the three lanes in both directions with between the stoplights. rodriguez said that heavings driving in the area and -- he was driving in the area and saw a car driven by pablo cortez speeding on mlk. if he could have anticipated a crash, there was no time to react. >> it was a hard scene to watch. i got about like 10 feet close to it and i couldn't deal with it no more. so, i turned my head and walked harder to look at now knowing that a mother and her three children and another child were trapped in that burning minivan. they were all coming home from church at the time. three lives still hang in the balance this morning, including a teenage girl who likely has no idea her mom, her younger sister and younger brother died in that crash. she successes again, one of three

troopers confirm that speed was a factor there's no evidence yet that anyone was racing. 22-year-old pablo cortez was traveling at a high rate of speed when he and his passenger hit the minivan head on. they too were killed. >>> time now 5:35. right now a warning as parents send the kids out to the bus stop this morning. pasco county deputies say a man tried to lure an 11-year-old boy as he walked to his bus. this happened on mangrove drive in when chapel on thursday morning. the boy ran to the bus top stop and the man went the opposite way. he's described as 20 to 30, olive skin, hazel eyes and wearing a brown winter coat. >>> security video from the qt store shows two suspects running away after they shot the clerk. store clerk, forced him to take off his pants and shot him. >>> scary moments for donald trump's running mate when the plane he was on skidded off the runway at new york's laguardia airport. >> oh, my god. >> remain seat ed . >> governor mike pence was not hurt and neither was anyone else on board. pence thanked the emergency crews who responded. now investirs mishap. it was raining

while troopers confirm speed was a factor there's no evidence that anyone was racing. 22-year-old pablo cortez was traveling at a high rate of speed when they hit a minivan head on. they too were killed. parenting send their kids to the bus stop this morning. pasco county deputies said a man tried to lure an 11-year-old boy as he walked to his bus. this happened on mangrove drive. the boy ran and he went the opposite way. she's described as 20 to 30 with hazel eyes and wearing a br f on for a man who shot and killed a clerk in polk county. that believe they ambushed him and forced the man to take off his pants and then shot the man. >>> on the campaign trail some scary momentums for donald trump's running mate when the plane he was on skidded off the runway at laguardia airport. >> oh, my god. >> governor mike pence was not hurt and neither was anyone else on board. he thanked the emergency crews that responded. it was raining hard at the time and right now you are looking live at laguardia airport this morning as crews there are finally moving that plane off the tarmac. you can see it's been

driver speeding at more than 115 miles per hour missed the driver identify by investigators is pablo cortez. he and his girlfriend who was in the passenger seat, were killed in that crash. rodriguez said cortez was speeding with no other vehicles when he lost control across the medium into his fath. >> -- his path. >> he was going so fast, he hopped the medium and flow over the car and hit the car behind me. like traumatic. >> cortez hit a minivan head-on killing a mother and her two children. two more people involved remain at tampa general hospital. >>> and bracking overnight, california officials denied parole for text weston, the right-hand man for charles manson. he took part in the killing of pregnant actress sharon tate murders. the seven-year-old -- 70-year- old watson is serving a life sentence and can request parole again in five years. >>> and more pasco county deputies will parole the bus stop after a man tried luring a boy from the area yesterday morning. >> no one was suspicious especially because there is a couple of parents standing at the bus stop with the children. >> if y

nine minutes later the driver in the snap, pablo cortez iii and his girlfriend videoing would be dead. >> they were going so fast. >> reporter: he have phren rodriguez road had time to react. >> all i seen was a blue flash. it just burst into flames. it could have been avoided. it was a hard scene to watch. i got about like 10 feet close to the and i couldn't deal with it no more so i turned my head. >> reporter: a mother and her two children hit head on in the minivan died. rodriguez still can't believe he is alive. >> it was going so fast that it directly behind me. i escaped. it's just traumatic. i feel bad for those families, but man, i got another chance to be here, because i'm not kidding. like a second and i wouldn't be here talking to you guys. >> reporter: family members of the three survivors here told us tonight they believe this was caused by however, florida highway patrol tell us at this point there is no evidence that there was any street racing involved. we also talked to that witness tonight. he says what he saw was that car barreling down the road at that high rate o

more than a mile in some cases wednesday night and saw a car that vw golf driven by pablo cortez speeding in the other direction down mlk. and even if he could have anticipated a crash, he said there was no time to react. >> and it was going so fast that it hopped the median and flew over the car and hit the car behind me. directly behind me. right and i escaped and that is the minivan that immediately bust into flames, he said and that there was nothing he could do. inside that vehicle, a mom, her three children and another child all of them on wednesday night were coming home from church. and that snap chat video is at the center of the deadly crash investigation. we posted it as exclusive to abc action news and you can see it on the website or on the facebook page. check it out there. by the tragedy. we're hearing from loved ones of the victims and abc action news runner rodney dunegan has more. how are the families holding up in is. >> reporter: they're heartbroken this morning, especially for the 19-year-old still recovering in the hospital this morning and they tell us she's in crit

investigators tell us 22-year- old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. but there is no evidence to prove he was racing. he and his passenger were both killed. >> we also pray for the families of the other people involved because they lost but it was something that could have been prevented. >> reporter: and tonight, that is the toughest part of all this. these five people died in one moment and so many lives have been affected by it. in addition to the teenage girl fighting for her life, her cousin was also in the car. and she just came out of surgery earlier today, stacie, so all the way around, it is like a pebble in a pond. it just keeps going and going and the ripples, the emotional effects on so many people are happening right now. >> family is in south america and right now, they are trying to get to the u.s. to help with this? >> reporter: desperately trying to get emergency visas tonight. they are in columbia and they want to get to the u.s. because they know the family that was losing so many people, three people at once, needs emotional support

it was recorded minutes before 22-year-old pablo cortez ran head on into a family in a minivan on their way home from church. both he and his passenger died. the mother and two children died as well. >>> 18-year-old jorge lara and his 15-year-old sister melanie to frostproof high school. the two were killed by a chevy silverado. investigators do not believe speed or distraction played a role. three men survived. >>> another october surprise on the campaign trail and this was a big one today, the fbi investigating more e-mails tied to hillary clinton while she was secretary of state. president obama in orlando today trying to rally clinton supporters while the fbi searched through those e-mails for classified campaign trail touching on the fbi's bombshell saying she wants the fbi to be more forthcoming with its findings. >> the director himself has said he whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. i'm confident whatever they are will not change the conclusion reached in july. therefore, it's imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it

investigators tell us 22-year- old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. but there is no evidence to prove he was racing. cortez and his passenger were involved because they lost someone too. everyone lost someone. but it was something that could have been prevented. >> reporter: melanie michael, newschannel8. >> in lake wales, two suspects are on the loose after robbing and killing a store clerk. check out the footage from the incident at the qp store in lake wales. it shows 48-year-old mohammed alam walking to his car. two people wearing hoodies ambushed him. one person points a pants. then the person shoots him. we spoke to a customer who dropped off flowers at the gas station in the aftermath. >> because he was a nice man. he helped us out. my kids loved him. he even helped this other lady out when her car wasn't working. hopefully, they find who did it because he didn't deserve this. >> in this video, you can see the suspects run off with the victim's pants. if you have any information stoppers. there is a $3,000 reward being offered. >>> no monkey bu

florida highway patrol tells us this snap chat video was taken just nine minutes before 22-year-old pablo cortez ran head on into a family on their way home from church. both, he and his passenger joey bartelone died in the horrific crash, as did the people they hit. marianela marillo and children. they died as the mini van caught fire. >> i don't want people to fight over it. i don't want people to be avenging each other. >> reporter: the cousin of the family broke down crying when she saw the video but she says she does not want it to cause more pain than all of the families involved will already going through. >> at the end of the day, i just want people to just, you know, remind themselves, nobody deserves to die. bad person. you don't deserve to die. >> reporter: troopers say the video showing the speeds of 115 miles an hour through a snap chat filter doesn't prove or disprove racing may have played a factor in that accident. >> it is all over. it is all over. i mean, it is everywhere. >> reporter: she understands the street racing culture though. fueled, she says like movies like fast and

it was recorded minutes before 22-year-old pablo cortez ran head on into a family in a mini bartilome died. the mother and her children died as well. >> well, at the end of the day, i just want people to just ... you know, remind themselves, nerve deserves to die. it doesn't matter if you are a good person or a bad person. you don't deserve to die. >> fhp troopers say the video doesn't prove or disprove racing may have have said all along. speed did. >>> now to breaking news. a passenger jet caught fire at one of the nation's busiest airports. you can see the flames and all the smoke just pouring out of the american airlines plane. this is sat o'hare international airport in chicago. an faa spokesman tells us the plane's engine malfunctioned. the plane was head today miami when the pilot aborted takeoff. according to the airline. seven passengers and one flight attendant were taken to the look at the runway. the fire is out. but, the incident is still causing issues at this airport. a lot of flashing lights around the airplane. dozens of flights are delayed. if you know someone headed

. >> but the video raises questions about how some people pablo cortez, the driver of the vehicle that caused it was not racing but was he playing to his passenger, 19-year-old julie bartloma. >> they were in the phone opened to snapchat. the point was how fast can we go. at an at&t distracted driver demo the speed filter and how they use it is well known. >> my friends and they will post it to see how fast they can go without getting caught. >> and the filter of speed is a game, people try to see as fast as they can go so they can drive that. they are posting it to their friends. >> a lawsuit in a crash says it happened because a driver was taking a selfie with a snapchat selfie going over 100 miles per action. >> i have seen people doing that not just people in the passenger seats. >> since they were both killed and contributed to the crash. in the final moments of speed before they would die in that crash. >> the family said the two older girls in the van and survived they are doing better. they have injuries undergoing surgeries at tampa general. back to you. >> that's really distu

. >> reporter: it is a sad story the driver who hit them the 22-year-old pablo cortez caused that crash. he left a meet up with other car lovers. minutes later he was westbound on 574 at high speed, they say, he loses control, crosses the media and hit that head on. the driver and girlfriend are killed. in the other car a mother and two children were killed. and the 39-year-old a stay at home mom and two kids 10-year-old and 9-year-old, they were students in man go later. >> the children would light up their teacher will miss them, friends will miss them. we miss them already. >> two other family members are at tgh in critical condition a horrendous crash. we look a look at the facebook page of cortez that caused the crash. that's the car right there the blue 2012 vw golf. we'll tell you about the family that's been devastated by the >> so sad, lloyd, thank you. >>> now a discovery at a children's life life facility. three deer were beat ton death in their enclosure. and now officials are looking for help finding the person or people responsible for killing a family of deer. and the sta

. >> pablo cortez loved car culture. you see it on his facebook page, his blue modified v.w. was his pride and joy. >> i saw him last night. we were leaving the car meet and we were all sort of leaving together. >> but that would be the last he was speeding and lost control, went over a median and hit a minivan with a family inside head on. two of the children killed and their money dead, two others in the mini van are in the hospital. >> it was tragic. they don't do anything wrong. they always try to set the example. >> they were would ever meet and the children would light up any room they walked in. their teachers and we are going to miss them, we miss them already. >> and another victim, pablo's girlfriend also died in his car, that is five people gone in an instant. >> any time you lose a friend it's hard. >> as those close to pablo actions don't define his young life, calling him an all around great guy. >> there are two people in the hospital in critical but stable condition, and another woman from another car also in the hospital. we are told she is in fair condition

and pablo cortez and his 19 year old passenger. cortez speeding down m.l.k. lost control went over median and then crashed. and it is 9:02 students loans are big issue this presidential campaign. mostly because young adult across the country are starting careers 10s of that's stand and it is take years and years to attended for profit college like the college change here. they got shut down. but now all of those thousands of students still have student loans. but no school, and no degree either. and they were protests over this. former students who said they should get loan forgiveness putting blame on the government for allowing place like this in the first place. well feds hertz them loud and clear and began process. but instead ofbeing quick and easy, like with most government programs it was and drawn out. but today we expect to hear from the obama administration on this they are putting out new rules today. they will take affect in july. plans to overhaul the rule called better rowdy fence to repayment, that's statute says that federal loans can be forgi

highway patrol the driver of the vehicle crossing the median has been identified as 22-year-old pablo cortez the 3rd. that driver did not survive. the passenger 19-year-old jolie and the second vehicle, we learned three people did not survive, including a 39-year-old woman, a nine-year-old boy, and a ten-year-old girl. two others in that vehicle, two teenagers remain hospitalized in critical condition inside of a third vehicle, we learned a woman is also listed with serious injuries. and a this point a fourth driver made it out okay. certainly, a lot of families impacted by unfolded here during the overnight hours. and of course, we'll likely learn more as we make our way through the coming hours. certainly a situation that kept law enforcement busy. and a lot that people are dealing with especially as some continue to recover. we'll continue to follow the story and keep you posted as any new details are revealed. guys back to you. all right shayla, thank you. >> you know, you hear us talk time. well, there's a new study out by ever drive. it shows that i-4 is the most dangerous stretch of r

investigators say 22-year-old pablo cortez was traveling at a high rate of speed when he and his passenger hit the minivan head on. they too were killed. >>> time now 6:35. right now a warning for parents as they send their children to the bus stop this morning. pasco county deputies say a man tried to lure an 11-year-old boy as this happened on mangrove drive in wesley chapel on thursday morning. now, that boy ran to his bus stop and the man went the opposite way. the man is described between 20 and 30 years of age with olive skin, dark hair and hazel eyes wearing a brown winter coat. >>> the search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a clerk. this is from lake suspects running away. they believe these men ambushed the store clerk mommed alam. they formed him to take off his pants and then shot the man. >>> on the campaign trail, some scary monuments for donald trump's running mate when the plane he was on skidded off the runway at new york's laguardia airport this >> oh, my god. >> new investigators are trying to figure out what caused this mishap. pence thanked the emergency crews

that driver has been identified as 22-year-old pablo cortez the third of brandon. he and his passenger 19-year-old jolie of lithia did not survive. a mini van carrying 39-year-old and four children caught fire in this crash. she and two of those children died. hospitalized. and another driver is in the hospital with serious injuries. so far investigators have not said if speed played any sort of factor in this case. but they have said that alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this case. it's unclear what may have caused the driver to lose control behind the wheel. but certainly, several families trying to make sense of what happened overnight. trying to deal with events that transpired certainly trying to make sense and be with those who remain hospitalized after this multi vehicle crash here off dr. martin luther king, jr. boulevard last night. all right, shayla, thank you. russell. >> 9:04less earlier a car crashed into home off lutz lake fern road in heritage harbor parkway. driver maxwell trent holloway died. we which don't know if they were any other pass

the driver has been identified a 22-year-old pablo cortez the third of brandonand his passenger 19-year-old of lithia did not survive. a mini van careying 39-year-old marianela murillo and four children caught fire killing her. 9-year-old john bar nal and all in hospital where two teenager are being treated for injuries another driver hurt is being called. authorities tell us at this point alcohol does not appear to be a factor. right now it's unclear what may have caused cortez to lose control of the car. we'll continue to follow this story and keep you posted as any new information is revealed. reporting off dr. martin luther king, jr. boulevard, shayla reeves, fox 13 news. >>> thank you, shayla. we're following a developing story out of a lutz. a man died this house. just before 2:30 police say maxwell holloway missed a curve in the road then hit the pole knocking out power to an entire street before plowing into that home flipping over the car landing on et cetera roof. the power is back on and the family inside that home is okay. >>> overnight flames reignited inside a sarasota home wh

. >> reporter: the driver in the video pablo cortez iii and his passenger jolie bartolo were killed as well as three people in the van. >> it's just tragic. it's just tragic. >> reporter: concerns about snapchat's speed filter were raised earlier this year following this crash in georgia. while snapchat says there is no record of the driver crystal mcgee using the app at the time of the accident, one of her passengers tells a different story. >> she was trying to hit 100 miles an hour and post it on snapchat. >> reporter: the snapchat spokesperson saying in a statement, "we actively discourage our community from using the speed filter while driving, including by displaying a do not snap and drive warning message in the app itself." and mcgee's case has not yet been heard by a grand jury, and that lawsuit is still pending. meanwhile, three people injured in this week's crash remain hospitalized. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> well, coming up in our next half hour, the 911 prank that's hacking smartphones across the country. how those phones are flooding 911 with bogus calls, kn

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home from church wednesday night when investigators say 22-year-old pablo cortes lost control of two other vehicles were hit, cortez and his passenger 19- year-old jolie bartolome also died. initial reports show pablo cortes was speeding. >> it's not about placing blame it is just tragic.>> now the family waits at the hospital, maria and john sister are waiting. >> she came down from columbia vising condition. >> when she wakes up and realizes her mom is not here, her brother and sister are not here. >> no words can describe. >> i don't know how she will wake up and live with that. it will be horrible. >> reporter: another woman in another car was seriously hurt in this accident where college there were grief counselors to help. reporting live in tampa, brendaliss gonzalez abc action news. >> we checked to see how much there are bad crashes on that stretch there have been 35 in the last five years. none were deadly until last night.>>> crimestoppers offering a reward to find the person who beat three deer to death at a popular with young kids. >> jake peterson reports teachers at the facility are concerned about th