73-year-old woman dead in Lake County semi-truck crash

FHP: 73-year-old woman dead after slamming into side of semi-truck in Lake County

Updated: 2:13 PM EDT Mar 19, 2024

AND WE’LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. IT’S ELECTION DAY. ALL ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA NOW. THE PRESIDENTIAL RACES ARE ALREADY DECIDED, BUT VOTERS HERE WILL HAVE SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE HAVE WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO. AND BOB, THAT INCLUDES A BIG PLAN IN MAITLAND FOR A LIBRARY. YEAH. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO WORK OUT FOR YEARS. TODAY, VOTERS WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, MAITLAND ASKING PEOPLE TO APPROVE SPENDING $14 MILLION TO PAY FOR A NEW LIBRARY IN QUINN STRONG PARK THAT WOULD REPLACE. THE ONE THAT’S NEAR LAKE LILY RIGHT NOW. AND WAS BUILT MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO. NEXT DOOR IN EATONVILLE, VOTERS WILL BE DECIDING QUESTIONS ABOUT. HOW THE TOWN IS GOVERNED, PLUS TWO COUNCIL SEATS AND THE BALLOTS IN OCOEE WILL HAVE 13 AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER, INCLUDING REQUIRING CANDIDATES. TO LIVE THERE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CITY COMMISSION BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CANDIDATES, AND REGULATING THE PAY FOR COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR. WINTER PARK VOTERS WILL BE CHOOSING A NEW MAYOR AND A CITY COMMISSION SEAT, AND TWO CITY COUNCIL SEATS UP FOR GRABS. IN APOPKA. IN ALL, EIGHT CITIES AND TOWNS IN ORANGE COUNTY DO HAVE ELECTIONS TODAY. SO JUST BECAUSE. THE BIG TICKET RACES ARE ALREADY DECIDED, IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE SOMETHING TO VOTE ON TODAY. SANIKA BACK TO YOU. YEAH, REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT BOB PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLAGLER BEACH WILL ALSO HAVE A LOCAL RACE ON THE BALLOT TODAY. THERE IS A CITY COMMISSION SEAT UP FOR GRABS. THERE ARE TWO NAMES ON THE BALLOT. INCUMBENT ERIC COOLEY AND BOB CUNNINGHAM. AND BEFORE YOU GO TO YOUR POLLING SITE TODAY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW. YEAH. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS IS LIVE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE THIS MORNING, WHERE PEOPLE CAN STILL VOTE IF THEY HAVE THEIR MAIL IN BALLOTS. NOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT AT THIS POINT, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS GO SURRENDER THAT AT YOUR POLLING PLACE AND MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT IN PERSON. AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE. AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS BY THE TIME THE POLLS CLOSE AT 7:00 TONIGHT. NOW, THE POLLS HAVE JUST OPENED JUST MINUTES AGO AT 7 A.M. AND PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, THEY MUST DO SO AT THEIR DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATION. THERE ARE ROUGHLY 250 PRECINCTS TO VOTE AT ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY OFFICIALS. THEY ALSO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THESE ELECTION SUPERVISORS OFFICES, THEY ARE NOT POLLING LOCATIONS. IN ORDER TO CAST YOUR BALLOT, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IDENTIFIES YOU WITH A SIGNATURE. THIS CAN. INCLUDE A THING LIKE A FLORIDA DRIVER’S LICENSE OR A PASSPORT. JUST HAVE YOUR ID. ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR FORMAL ID, OUR STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK YOU IN AND AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. AND IF YOU’RE LOOKING. TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PRECINCT IS THE ONE YOU SHOULD BE VOTING AT, WE DO HAVE A LINK TO A TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE, WESH DOT COM. AND AGAIN, POLLS ARE SET TO CLOSE AT 7:00 TONIGHT. I’M LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY, TONY ATKINS WESH 2 NEWS. AND FLORIDA’S IS NOT THE ONLY STATE THAT HOSTING A PRIMARY TODAY. WE’VE GOT OHIO, KANSAS, ILLINOIS, ARIZONA. THEY ALSO HAVE ELECTIONS. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE IN NEVADA DURING THE DAY BEFORE HEADING TO ARIZONA TONIGHT. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HASN’T RELEASED HIS CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY JUST YET. IF HE DOES VOTE IN PERSON IN TODAY’S PRIMARY, THAT MEANS THAT HE WILL BE ON. PALM BEACH FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. DESPITE BEING THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, HE WILL NOT BE ALONE ON TODAY’S PRIMARY BALLOT IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE SIX OTHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE STILL LISTED. YOU SEE THEIR PICTURES RIGHT NOW. WESH 2 NEWS WILL HAVE YOUR ELECTION RESULTS AS SOON AS THEY COME IN. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FIND THEM ON WESH.COM AND ON OUR APP. JUST CLICK ON THE COMMITMENT 2024 TAB. IT’S 706 AND A WOMAN IN LAKE COUNTY FACES FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND. THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS. 40 YEAR-OLD ANDREW RODRIGUEZ WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND THEY’VE ACCUSED HIS WIFE, MARIA RODRIGUEZ, OF PULLING THE TRIGGER. THE ARREST REPORT SHOWS THAT ANDREW CALLED SOME PEOPLE AND ASKED THEM TO COME OVER BECAUSE HE SAID HIS WIFE WAS ACTING STRANGE AND NOT FEELING WELL. PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID THE DEPUTIES WERE AT THAT HOME FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WELL INTO MONDAY MORNING. I WASN’T SURE LIKE IT WAS. LIKE DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WERE KIND OF SCARED AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. RODRIGUEZ IS IN CUSTODY AT THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING WITHOUT BOND. WE ALSO KNOW THE NAME OF THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH NEAR A POPULAR SKATING RINK IN ORLANDO, KENNEDY WILLIAMS WAS ONE OF TWO GIRLS WHO GOT STABBED. ON FRIDAY NEAR ASTRO SKATE. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S THIS ALL STARTED AS A FIGHT. KENNEDY WAS A STUDENT AT PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS AND WINTER PARK. INVESTIGATORS HAVE CHARGED A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THIS DEADLY STABBING. WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS AGE. POLICE IN JACKSONVILLE SAY THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT PLANS FOR. ORGANIZED FIGHTS ON SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. EARLIER LAST WEEK, BUT HAVE NOT YET ARRESTED ANYONE AFTER VIOLENCE ESCALATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON MONDAY. WE HAVE SOME CELL PHONE VIDEO OF PEOPLE RUNNING ON THE BEACH. THIS WAS AFTER A SHOOTING THAT KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED THREE OTHERS. POLICE SAY THE FIRST STEMMED FROM A GATHERING OF HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS UNDER A PIER, AS OFFICERS TRIED TO BREAK THEM UP, THEY BEGAN FIGHTING AND TWO YOUNG MEN SHOT AT EACH OTHER. DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CHIEF EXPRESSED HIS ANGER ABOUT THE SITUATION. PEOPLE COME TO THIS CITY, UM, TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. THEY LIVE HERE, THEY VISIT HERE AND QUITE FRANKLY, I’M --. THE SHOOTINGS PROMPTED A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER. FOR A TIME. IT COMES AFTER THE FIRST GUNSHOTS RANG OUT AND A SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WHERE A MAN IN A SKI MASK WAS SEEN RUNNING PAST A BAR AND FIRING A SHOT. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THAT INCIDENT. IN FLAGLER COUNTY, A HUNTER IS RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ANOTHER HUNTER WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A TURKEY. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING IN BUNNELL. THE MAN WHO SHOT HIM CALLED 911, BUNNELL. POLICE SAY THE HUNTER GOT HIT IN THE. HEAD AND THE STOMACH, BUT HE WAS ALERT AND CONSCIOUS WHEN THEY AIRLIFTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. FWC IS NOW HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION. THEY WILL DETERMINE IF ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE SHOOTER. CLEANUP EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER AN ICONIC RESTAURANT IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH CAUGHT ON FIRE. RIGHT NOW, PAPAS DRIVE IN IS UNRECOGNIZABLE. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY, AND THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM THE OWNERS WHO ARE CLEANING UP THE MESS AND GETTING THE POPULAR RESTAURANT UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY RELY ON. UH, THEY RELY ON THE MONEY HERE TO PAY THEIR BILLS. SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT’S PROBABLY THE MOST PRESSING DETAIL THAT THAT ON MY MIND, WE DON’T. WANT TO LET IT DIE. UH, I HAVE MY WAY. WE’LL REBUILD THIS WHOLE THING, AND WE’LL BE BACK IN ACTION. NOBODY WAS HURT IN THE FIRE. AND WHAT CAUSED IT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, THE FORMER OWNER SAYS HE IS CHATTING WITH THE NEW OWNER TO GIVE DISPLACED STAFF A PLACE TO WORK. WELL, HAPPENING TODAY, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS AT UCF FOR A THREE DAY TRAINING EXERCISE. UCF POLICE SAY THAT YOU MAY SEE OFFICERS HOLDING TRAINING WEAPONS OR HERE SIMULATED FIRE ALARM SOUNDS. NEAR CLASSROOM BUILDING TWO. THAT TRAINING RUNS THROUGH THURSDAY. WELL, OSCEOLA COUNTY IS GETTING CLOSER TO INSTALLING CAMERAS THAT WOULD CATCH DRIVERS WHOSE SPEED AND SCHOOL ZONES WE WANT TO BRING IN FIRST. WARNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEGAN MACKEY AND MEGAN. THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS NOW FOR MONTHS. THAT’S RIGHT. BACK IN DECEMBER, COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE IDEA OF INSTALLING THE CAMERAS AT 16 SCHOOL ZONES. JUST. LAST NIGHT, COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE COMPANY. VIERA MOBILITY TO INSTALL THOSE CAMERAS. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO ONES USED FOR DRIVERS WHO RUN. RED LIGHTS. THEY INCLUDE A CAMERA AND A RADAR. THE ZONES WHERE THEY WILL BE INSTALLED WERE CHOSEN AFTER A STUDY FOUND THE LOCATIONS HAVE A HEIGHTENED SAFETY RISK. THEY INCLUDE BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN LIBERTY AND POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW, ONCE ALL THE CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED, THERE WILL BE A 30 DAY CAMPAIGN PERIOD WHERE VIOLATORS WILL ONLY GET A WARNING AFTER THAT, YOU WILL RECEIVE A TICKET IN THE MAIL. SANIKA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND THERE, MEGAN. THANK YOU. AND STARTING TODAY IN BREVARD COUNTY, THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION ALONG STATE ROAD 520 FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL BE HELD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 P.M. AND 6 A.M. AT LEAST ONE LANE WILL BE CLOSED IN BOTH THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND DIRECTIONS BETWEEN US ONE AND RIVER EDGE BOULEVARD. THIS SHOULD ALL WRAP UP ON FRIDAY. WELL, DESPITE BEING MORE STATES BANNING ABORTION, THERE WERE MILLIONS OF PROCEDURES LAST YEAR. WE’VE SEEN NEARLY 100% INCREASE IN PATIENTS COMING HERE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR STATE. MY RESEARCH IS WHY RESEARCHERS THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET AN ABORTION, AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO BETTER POLICE WITH THE HELP OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. HOW THE TECHNOLOGY I

FHP: 73-year-old woman dead after slamming into side of semi-truck in Lake County

Updated: 2:13 PM EDT Mar 19, 2024

ABOVE: A look at today's headlinesThe Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash between a semi-truck and a vehicle in Lake County. According to FHP, the crash happened just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Officials say the semi-truck was traveling eastbound on O'Brien Road, approaching the intersection of State Road 19.When the 43-year-old driver attempted to make a left turn to travel northbound on SR-19, FHP says he came into the direct path of a vehicle traveling southbound on SR-19, causing the driver of that vehicle to collide with the left side of the semi's trailer. The 73-year-old woman was transported to the hospital and pronounced deceased, FHP said. FHP added that the semi-truck driver was not injured and remained on-scene. There was a roadblock in both lanes on SR-19 and O'Brien Road, but FHP says those were cleared shortly after 1 p.m.This crash remains under investigation.

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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash between a semi-truck and a vehicle in Lake County.

According to FHP, the crash happened just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Officials say the semi-truck was traveling eastbound on O'Brien Road, approaching the intersection of State Road 19.

When the 43-year-old driver attempted to make a left turn to travel northbound on SR-19, FHP says he came into the direct path of a vehicle traveling southbound on SR-19, causing the driver of that vehicle to collide with the left side of the semi's trailer.

The 73-year-old woman was transported to the hospital and pronounced deceased, FHP said.

FHP added that the semi-truck driver was not injured and remained on-scene.

There was a roadblock in both lanes on SR-19 and O'Brien Road, but FHP says those were cleared shortly after 1 p.m.

This crash remains under investigation.

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