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Woman dead after being struck by Orlando police vehicle on John Young Parkway

Woman dead after being struck by Orlando police vehicle on John Young Parkway
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO OUR OTHER BREAKING UPDATE THAT WE JUST LEARNED IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES. ORLANDO POLICE SAY A SECURITY GUARD WAS CUT WHILE ON DUTY AT THE PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS. THIS IS ON CITY STREET, JUST OFF JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY, AND THAT IS WHERE WE FIND WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN LIVE THIS MORNING. BOB. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT’S THE LATEST WE GOT FROM ORLANDO POLICE THAT THEY HAD A SEARCH GOING ON HERE AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT APPARENTLY THAT CAME UP EMPTY. AND NOW THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THAT PERSON. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON AT THIS MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE INSIDE THAT FENCE THERE, THAT IS THE PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS. THAT’S WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME STILL SOME POLICE LIGHTS AS WELL AS SOME POLICE TAPE AROUND THERE. AND THAT LOCATION IS WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF UTILITY SHED FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS WHERE THIS SECURITY GUARD FOR THE PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS WAS STABBED EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW, ORLANDO POLICE HAVEN’T TOLD US WHAT MIGHT HAVE LED UP TO THAT STABBING IF THAT SUSPECT HAD BEEN TRYING TO BREAK INTO THAT UTILITY SHED, OR IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER KIND OF CONFRONTATION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT BROUGHT OUT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF POLICE OFFICERS EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY LINED UP ALONG HOLDEN AVENUE AND ALONG JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY SEARCHING FOR THAT SUSPECT. THEY HAD TWO DRONES IN THE AIR, A HELICOPTER AND POLICE DOGS ALL GOING AROUND THE PERIMETER TRYING TO FIND THAT PERSON. BUT AS WE SAID, ORLANDO POLICE TOLD US IN THE LAST HALF HOUR THAT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THAT PERSON. AND AT LEAST FOR NOW, THE SEARCH IN THIS AREA, AT LEAST THE MASSIVE SEARCH HAS BEEN CALLED OFF UNTIL THEY CAN GET SOME MORE LEADS ON WHERE THAT PERSON MIGHT BE. WE’RE TOLD THAT THE SECURITY GUARD WHO WAS STABBED FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, HE DID GO TO THE OR HE OR SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE’RE TOLD THAT PERSON IS STABLE. BUT NO WORD YET ON EXACTLY HOW SEVERE THE INJURIES TO THAT SECURITY GUARD WERE. REPORTING LIVE IN ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. WELL, PART OF JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY NEAR THE JAIL IS BACK OPEN THIS MORNING AFTER A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED AROUND 11:00 LAST NIGHT. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. BUT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OFTEN RUN ACROSS THE ROAD, FAR AWAY FROM ANY OF THE CROSSWALK. S HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING. POLICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING FIRE TO A CAR AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR CAMPUS. YEAH, THAT FIRE HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE POINT CENTRAL APARTMENTS JUST OFF OF ALAFAYA TRAIL. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS IS LIVE AT THE COMPLEX THIS MORNING WHERE POLICE HAD TO CLOSE PART OF IT OFF. YEAH. SHELDON POLICE SAY THIS WAS ALL CENTERED AROUND A VEHICLE THAT WAS SET ON FIRE INSIDE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES PARKING AREA. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL BURNED VEHICLES SITTING BESIDE ONE ANOTHER. POLICE SAY ONE VEHICLE WAS SET ON FIRE AND ULTIMATELY SEVEN IN TOTAL ENDED UP ON FIRE AFTER IT HAD SPREAD. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT IT’S OFFERING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE IMPACTED, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHO COULD BE THIS ARSONIST OR WHAT HAPPENED TO GIVE THEM A CALL, WE DO HAVE THE NUMBER ON OUR WEBSITE, WESH.COM FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE NEAR UCF THIS MORNING. TONY ATKINS WESH 2 NEWS. WELL, A MAN IS BEHIND BARS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A WOMAN. THEY FOUND HER IN THE BACK OF A CAR JUST BEFORE 8:00 YESTERDAY MORNING AT SOUTH GOLDENROD ROAD AND KNOWLTON WAY. SHERIFF S OFFICE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE PERSON THEY HAVE IN CUSTODY OR THE WOMAN WHO DIED. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT SHE WAS IN HER 20S. DEPUTIES SAY THIS WAS A DOMESTIC SITUATION. IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. POLICE ARRESTED A MAN ACCUSED OF CHARGING AT TWO TEENS WITH A SWORD. HERE’S PART OF THE 911 CALL TO DAYTONA BEACH POLICE. I GUESS HE DIDN’T LIKE WHO WAS KNOCKING, SO HE CAME OUT WITH A SWORD AND TRIED TO POKE MY FRIEND WITH IT. THE 14 AND 17 YEAR OLD TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY KNOCKED ON 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT ROBB’S DOOR, LOOKING FOR FRIENDS, AND SAID WHEN ROBB ANSWERED, HE HAD A SWORD AND CHARGED AT THEM TO AVOID GETTING STABBED IN THE CHEST. ONE TEEN GRABBED THE BLADE WITH THEIR HAND AND WAS CUT. ROBB IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE VOLUSIA COUNTY JAIL ON A $10,000 BOND. A GRIEVING WIDOW WHO IS RAISING TWO BOYS ON HIS OWN HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AFTER HIS WIFE DIED IN AN EXPLOSION. THAT BLAST HAPPENED A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AT THE WOODHILL APARTMENTS. THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY SAYS MICHAEL MOORE SUFFERED THIRD AND FOURTH DEGREE BURNS OVER 40% OF HER BODY AND LATER DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE ATTORNEY CLAIMS THAT THE PREVIOUS TENANT REMOVED THE DRYER IN THAT APARTMENT. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FAMILY MOVED IN, AND THEY SAY THAT THE GAS LINE WAS NOT CAPPED AND THERE WAS NOT AN INSPECTION. THE FAMILY HAS FILED THAT LAWSUIT. THIS IS WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE, RIGHT HERE. SO HAD THEY SPENT $2 AND BOUGHT THIS CAP AND SCREWED IT ON THERE, THIS WOMAN WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY. HER KIDS WOULD HAVE A MOTHER AND HER HUSBAND WOULD BE STILL HAPPILY MARRIED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT RELEASED THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF THAT EXPLOSION. NEW DETAILS SHOW FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A SMALL, PRIVATE PLANE CRASH IN VIRGINIA TRAVELED FROM FLORIDA TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, REPORTED. THE PLANE LEFT FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON SUNDAY AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE WOODS IN HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. THE PILOT DIED ALONG WITH THE FIRST OFFICER AND THREE OTHER PASSENGERS, ONE ONE WAS A CHILD. NO WORD ON THE CAUSE, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BEFORE THAT CRASH HAPPENED. WELL, THE CITY OF ORLANDO HAS UNANIMOUSLY TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS ANNEXING MORE THAN 6000 ACRES SOUTH OF ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. YEAH, AND THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN, EVEN THOUGH ORANGE COUNTY SAYS THE CITY DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROTOCOL. BUT AS WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL EXPLAINS, THE COUNCIL WILL MEET AGAIN NEXT MONTH. IT IS EITHER ALREADY DEVELOPED OR IT HAS DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY ORANGE COUNTY. SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY IS EXPECTED AND NEEDED. MAYOR BUDDY DYER MADE IT CLEAR THE SUNBRIDGE PROJECT NEAR LAKE NONA SHOULD MOVE AHEAD, AND THAT IT SHOULD JOIN THE CITY OF ORLANDO CITY LIMITS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT. THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON ON THE BORDER OF THE CITY OF ORLANDO. AND IF IT’S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THAT FASHION, IT SHOULD BE IN THE CITY OF ORLANDO, ORANGE COUNTY IS SURPRISED AND CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION. AN ATTORNEY FOR ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT SAID IN PERSON WHAT THE COUNTY HAD SAID IN AN OBJECTION LETTER. THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY. THIS COUNCIL NEVER SENT THE NOTIFICATION TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS REQUIRED. INSTEAD, THEY SAID IT WENT FROM ORLANDO TO THE COUNTY CONTROLLER. IT SAID ORLANDO CANNOT LEGALLY MOVE FORWARD, THE CITY SAYING IT HANDLED THIS LIKE EVERY OTHER ANNEXATION. THERE’S BEEN ZERO COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION WITH ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS, ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS ALSO ASKED TO SLOW DOWN THE VOTE. A CITIZEN JUST PLEADED FOR BETTER COOPERATION. WE BOTH HAVE A STAKE IN AND ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO PURSUE SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. WE CANNOT REALIZE THOSE GOALS IF WE DO NOT WORK TOGETHER. DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. TEN MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR NOW AND FROM COAST TO COAST, BEACHES ARE GETTING READY FOR SPRING BREAK. THAT INCLUDES HERE IN FLORIDA. OBVIOUSLY, AND PINELLAS COUNTY IS GETTING READY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF ALL THOSE SPRING BREAKERS WHO WILL VISIT THE BEACHES AND LOCAL ATTRACTIONS WHILE TOURISM IS UP RIGHT NOW, LOCAL BUSINESS ADVOCACY GROUPS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT LEFT OUT OF THE PROFITS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS CLEARWATER BEACH, AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST BEACHES IN THE COUNTRY, IT SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER. BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST BEACH, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS. YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES. ONE OF THE GROUP’S GOALS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING OUT BUSINESSES AS WELL. THE SPRING BREAK CROWDS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO GATHER HERE, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE HEADING TO THE PARKS. HERE’S THE BIRD’S EYE VIEW. CHOPPER TWO IS OVER. UNIVERSAL AND VOLCANO BAY YESTERDAY. WAIT TIMES FOR SOME RIDES UNIVERSAL HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN TWO HOURS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT’S JUST THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU’LL SEE THE LOCALS START MAKING OTHER PLANS. EXACTLY. WAITING FOR THE TOURISTS TO HAVE THEIR FUN. ALL RIGHT, SEAWORLD IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS THIS MONTH WITH SOME PERKS FOR VISITORS. OH, YEAH. STARTING NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST THROUGH THE 24TH, GUESTS CAN ENJOY A CAKE CUTTING EVERY MORNING AT TEN INSIDE THE PARK AND YEAH, AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, GUESTS CAN SEE SHAMU AND CRUZ TOGETHER AGAIN. GUESTS CAN ALSO BUY TICKETS, FUN CARDS, AND ANNUAL PASSES FOR UP TO 30% OFF. DURING THIS TIME. AND THEN LATER THIS SPRING, SEAWORLD WILL OPEN PENGUIN TREK. IT’S A FAMILY STYLE COASTER THAT GOES 43MPH AND IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 3000FT LONG. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WHERE THERE’S CAKE, THERE’S ME. YES, EXCITING. SOUNDS DELICIOUS. RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A NEW EYE IN THE SKY. WHAT WE FOUND HERE IN THE PERMIAN BASIN IS THAT OPERATORS ARE WASTING ENOUGH GAS TO HEAT ABOUT 2 MILLION HOMES A YEAR. WOW. THE NEW SATELLITE THAT RECENTLY LAUNCHED TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR PLANET. AND ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON PLANS TO RETURN TO T
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Woman dead after being struck by Orlando police vehicle on John Young Parkway
ABOVE: A look at today's top headlinesA woman is dead after being hit by an Orlando police vehicle late Monday. According to FHP, it happened around 11:30 p.m. in the area of John Young Parkway and Vision Boulevard. Officials say a marked Orlando Police Department vehicle was traveling north on John Young Parkway and a pedestrian was walking across the street, not in a marked crosswalk. Officials say the female pedestrian walked directly into the path of the police vehicle and was struck.She was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was not yet identified.

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A woman is dead after being hit by an Orlando police vehicle late Monday.

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According to FHP, it happened around 11:30 p.m. in the area of John Young Parkway and Vision Boulevard.

Officials say a marked Orlando Police Department vehicle was traveling north on John Young Parkway and a pedestrian was walking across the street, not in a marked crosswalk.

Officials say the female pedestrian walked directly into the path of the police vehicle and was struck.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman was not yet identified.