getting results this is new six at six
now at six cold weather crippling parts
of the nation impacting flights here in
Orlando and we're learning more tonight
about a 31 year old man killed this
morning in a wrong-way crash it's very
sad that happened because when you lead
you how supposed to come back home but
Christopher Cannella didn't make it back
home last night another driver driving
the wrong direction on State Road 528
hit him head-on this is new six at six
I'm not awesome
I'm Lisa Bell tonight as Kanellis loved
ones remember him we were learning more
from troopers about crashes like this
and what you can do to protect yourself
on the road new success Jerry Eskin
joins us now live and Gerry traffic
officials here in Central Florida have
been trying to prevent wrong-way crashes
for years now Lisa Matt yes and we found
out today over the past years the
Central Florida Expressway Authority
have put in place lots of cameras lights
and roadway signs at some 34 expressway
ramps across Central Florida and they
notify troopers on the spot when there's
a wrong-way driver
excuse me but they weren't notified
today so it's why they're working to see
why Jason Torres ended up driving the
wrong way on the 528 today sad Daniel
Gomez tried his best to hold back tears
today when I asked about 31 year-old
Christopher Cannella who was killed this
morning on the 528 in what troopers say
was a wrong-way crash he's a family
friend when you lived you how to come
back troopers say Jason Torrance was
impaired driving this now mangled SUV
the wrong way on the 528 crashing right
into 31 year old Christopher Cannella
who was driving this triple a van the
crash you see here backed up traffic and
now troopers say they're working to see
how Torrance ended up driving the wrong
way we don't know if this is a situation
that a driver made a u-turn
in the middle of the State Route 528 so
we're again we're still trying to
evaluate what happened and for the past
three years the Central Florida
Expressway Authority have been working
to get results putting up more of these
wrong-way systems like lights cameras
and sign
notifying traffic officials immediately
when someone is driving the wrong way on
Central Florida Express wave ramps the
system were told has detected about 450
wrong-way drivers since February of 2015
most of the crashes happened in the left
lane so stay out of that left lane as a
driver to protect yourself from a
wrong-way driver yeah very sad story not
tell your troopers say charges are
pending in this case as for Cannella
he'd worked for elite toy but was a
contractor for a triple-a today triple-a
released the statement you can read
their full statement on our website
click Orlando com we're live in Orlando
in Orange County
I'm Jerry asked and getting results new
six Jerry thank you a polar vortex is
causing temperatures to plummet to
record-breaking lows in some parts of
the nation rudl more than a dozen
flights were canceled at Orlando
International today some travelers were
heading to cities that windchill is
forecasted to be more than a hundred
degrees colder than Orlando and Chicago
it's so cold the Chicago River is
turning into a sheet of ice officials
set the commuter rails on fire to keep
them from breaking forecasters expect
the temperature in Chicago to dip to 27
below zero we're talking windchill as
low as 55 below here in Central Florida
temperatures are also dropping tonight
but we don't have to worry about all
that chief meteorologist Tom Sorrels as
the specifics indeed we do not take a
look at these temperatures now this is
not wind chill factor this is the real
deal it is 1 degree in Chicago
one seven degrees in Detroit 18 in
Columbus and 14 in Kansas City even in
Atlanta Georgia it's only 35 degrees so
this temperature reading of 64 with wind
from the west-northwest
that's pretty doggone good on the
Orlando Health camera look into downtown
we're doing okay we're going to be
chilly but nothing like that nasty stuff
up north temperatures where you live
right now 60 degrees in the villages 56
Ocala 62 Sanford 64 from Orlando to
Kissimmee a down in Brevard County right
now just about everyone holding at 63 as
southern Brevard up to the Cape 59 the
overnight lows tonight well there you go
they're not great no but compared to the
rest of the country there
awesome 37 right now from the overnight
low asthma forecast in Ocala and I'm
going with 47 in Melbourne I'll be right
back to talk about the warm up that is
just a couple of days away all right Tom
thanks you can track those dropping
temperatures with our free pinpoint
weather app just search WKMG in your App
Store
well deputies hope a new piece of
evidence can lead them to the person who
hurt a two-year-old in a drive-by
shooting here's new video of a vehicle
of interest it's tough to see but this
past Saturday that toddler was grazed at
a home on 23rd Street in Orange County
the boy was hit twice head there
actually his neck in his back he
suffered some bruising but he is just
fine tonight police need your help
getting Crime results they're looking
for a violent criminal who robbed a
convenience store - surveillance video
shows the suspect entering the country
farms Food Mart on curry Ford Road in
Orlando he jumped over the counter with
a gun demanded cash from the clerk he
was wearing a black and red hooded
sweatshirt black pants this happened
back on January 11
so again if you recognize this suspect
or know anything that could help
deputies in either of these crimes call
Crime Line new at six the family of a
woman found dead on the side of the road
last summer now suing the treatment
facility she was in before she died
investigator Lewis Bolden has the latest
on this lawsuit
Denise Payton filed this wrongful death
lawsuit against specialized treatment
education and prevention services it's a
drug treatment facility in Orange County
she told new six months ago her daughter
is dead because of the facility's
negligence a living nightmare a living
nightmare when new six interviewed
Denise Payton in June of last year her
35 year old daughter Tiffany Tweedy's
body had just been found on lust road
near the 429 near Apopka it's like being
punched in the stomach it's like my
chest was my I couldn't breathe Payton
has now filed a lawsuit against steps
treatment facility Payton says her
daughter had a drug problem was court
ordered to treatment and spent the last
three months of her life at steps
receiving inpatient care according to
the lawsuit tweety was not allowed
leave the facility unless she was
supervised but on June 6 an employee
from the facility drove another resident
to the hospital and Tweety was
instructed to stay with the resident
unsupervised according to the lawsuit
Tweety left the hospital and the next
day was found dead the medical examiner
found the cause of death was a deadly
mix of drugs including heroin the
lawsuit claims steps failing to provide
direct supervision contributed to
Tweety's death it was a sentiment paid
he shared with nu6 shortly after it
happened she was not supposed to leave
the rehab for no reason shape form or
fashion she would still be alive
according to court records a summons was
issued to the facility on the 15th of
this month they have 20 days to file a
written defense we checked and that
still hasn't happened we also contacted
steps for a response but got no comment
I'm Lois Bolden news 6 Lois thank you
well there's a new push to have your
students taught alternatives to concepts
like climate change in evolution tonight
we're hearing from the Florida senator
behind the bill Republican senator
Dennis Baxley wants to have schools
teach alternatives to those ideas which
he calls controversial the bill does not
specify exactly what those alternatives
are but it calls on schools to teach
different worldviews we pursue other
kinds of diversity but then we're like
you don't dare question anything that is
set science and the whole pursuit of
science for example is always challenged
everything and there was a time that it
was accepted science that the world was
flat you can read the entire bill on
click Orlando dot-com a high school
teacher arrested deputies say because he
was a public disturbance this happened
after Timothy Moriarty was wrapping up a
walk with his dogs we're told a neighbor
called 9-1-1
saying he was harassing them an Osceola
County deputy told him if he did not
calm down he would be arrested but he
refused to go back in his home finally a
deputy used his taser and put Moriarty
in handcuffs
though he is facing charges the school
district says he is still employed he
teaches that
Poinciana high school a man seen
attacking a disabled man dressed in a
minion costume is sentenced to ten days
behind bars 26 year-old Ryan Neihart
pleaded no contest to misdemeanor
battery and criminal mischief for the
July 8th attack
police say Neihardt knocked over and
kicked Jaimee roam outside jungle
George's airbrush store on Daytona
Beach's bored rock roam was dressed as a
minion to promote the business Neihardt
was sentenced to ten days in jail
followed by a year of probation today
Airbnb landed a spot on Florida's list
of scrutinized companies Governor Ron de
Santos and Florida's cabinet voted it on
the list for what it calls
discrimination against Israel
Airbnb announced in November it would
refuse to accept listings owned by
Israeli Jews in Judea and Samaria
governor Santos released a statement
explaining his decision he says in part
the policy does not apply the same d
listing to Palestinian Arabs in the West
Bank and that is wrong and that runs
afoul of Florida law so he says I think
this is an example of Florida meaning
what it said former candidate for
Florida Governor Andrew Gilliam is
taking on a new job he is joining CNN as
their newest political commentator the
cable news network made the announcement
today Andrew Gilliam previously served
as Tallahassee's mayor and gained
national attention at the heated race
for Florida's governor Gilliam says he
has not ruled out another run for office
right now he says he is excited for his
new job well if you've been to Disney
recently you might have spotted
something new in the sky the theme park
is now testing its new transportation
system they shared this video of the
skyline or gondolas on the Disney Parks
blog check it out the new edition set to
open this fall it will connect Disney's
Hollywood Studios and Epcot to four
resort hotels each gondola will have a
unique design featuring Disney and Pixar
characters and if you've ever tried to
travel around it is complicated if
you're going to this that's gonna help
ya eliminate those long locks do coming
up we'll tell you how you can go to one
central Florida theme park for free this
week and we are watching those
temperatures drop tonight
chief meteorologist tom swirls standing
by tom take a look at this Lisa all the
purple and blue is dipping all the way
down almost to the Gulf Coast tonight
I'll pinpoint those temperatures and the
overnight lows where you live and look
ahead to some warmer day City Mount Dora
is closing a part of its new playground
just hours after it opened the
ribbon-cutting for the newly renovated
Gilbert Park took place Saturday morning
by Saturday night the playground slide
was shut down new six escuela part
explains why it wasn't going to be easy
replacing the iconic playground at
Gilbert Park and Mount Dora they pretty
much outlived its life expectancy some
rotted wood forced city leaders to plan
for the future and create this pirate
themed intrepid ship but its maiden
voyage wasn't smooth sailing along a sea
of wood chips so we put the the sign up
that's the sign that went immediately up
onto this slide within a matter of hours
of opening the playground on Saturday
the city received several complaints
about the slide online saying it was too
steep and some kids were getting hurt on
their way down and city leaders say it
did not take them long to realize the
slide needed to close that evening we
decided to shut down the slide for
further evaluation so cool Clark the
only bad thing is slides blocked off the
city tells News six the slide meets all
the required safety guidelines and is
suggested for kids aged 5 through 12
we checked with our contractor it is
standard however the city of Mount Dora
out of an abundance of caution we're
going to keep this slide closed until we
can figure out just some different
configurations for the slide some
parents and grandparents say the slide
should stay and just about anything on a
playground brings an inherent danger if
you hurt yourself you hurt you so if you
get up and you carry on you know all
kids learn that way it's how we learn
how we evolved as human beings I mean
you comment just you know wrap children
up in cotton wool doesn't work like that
it's not clear when the slide will
reopen in Mount Dora clay Lepard getting
results News 6 back when I was a kid the
rule was the steeper the better in two
days you have the chance to go to a
Central Florida theme park for free this
the Holy Land Experience will waive the
price of admission you can expect some
big crowds it happens every year and
each year the religious themed Park is
required to hold at least one free day
to keep its tax-exempt status here's
some video from last year when a record
number of guests showed up the
attraction will be open from 10:00 in
the morning until 6:00 at night and even
if you're not going when you're near
that exit on i-4 you will see it because
cars are just lined up out on too high
for you know it is a big day for sure
and the weather is actually looking
pretty good for Thursday we've got some
stuff to deal with though in between
them yeah you wouldn't want to wouldn't
want to be out there like tomorrow
morning right arctic cold in the 30s the
windchill factor in the mid 30s but by
Thursday we'll start to turn this thing
around
temperatures today we turned it around
today we really did the overnight low
this morning was 42 but we shot back to
a high of 68 the normal high is 72 so we
were below normal but other cold fronts
coming in to wreck our party let me show
what's going on right now across the
southeast Nashville 31 35 in Atlanta
Jacksonville 55 59 in Tampa still a very
warm 67 in Miami Orlando health camera
tonight we have 64 degrees right here in
Orlando
Daytona Beach sunset right at 6 o'clock
tonight
that was the sunset in Daytona Beach so
it's getting dark 61 right now in
Daytona Beach sunset in Orlando tonight
was 602 temperature readings are
following suit down to 59 palm coast 60
for you in Titusville Melbourne 63
Kissimmee 64 up in Ocala in Marion
County 56 and 62 does it in Sanford love
this graphic we're still 10 degrees
warmer in Orlando than we were last
night at the same time tomorrow that
it's not going to be the case this
frontal boundary is pushing through with
you know very little fanfare you can
barely see it here the white stuff the
the bright white that's the leading edge
of the cold front and behind it comes
the dark and the rust color that's the
drier air and the colder air right now
on radar all the rain we had up in
Flagler County what's gone that was our
10% chance it basically fell apart so
the front is coming through was not much
behind it except for the cooled out wind
direction from the West at 7:00 right
now in Orlando and there she blows
coming into the Panhandle all the way
down to the big bit
and into our backyard so between now 9
o'clock it all kind of dies out cloud
cover lingers but that's it by tomorrow
morning we still have some cloud cover
but it's the colder air that will be the
lead story tomorrow our daytime high
really struggles again back to about 58
or 59 by Thursday though onshore flow
modifies the air mass and we warm up
with the quickness overnight lows
tonight 30s and 40s all over calling it
46 in Orlando here's tomorrow your
forecast brought to you by Dell air
heating and air conditioning 48 in the
morning 54 by lunchtime the high 59
here's the week ahead 59 does it for a
daytime high tomorrow in Orlando the low
tomorrow night 43 but on Thursday were
at 67 but come the weekend everything's
groovy
daytime highs back in the mid to upper
70s 76 by Super Bowl Sunday we do have a
chance of rain for a few days there but
none of those days are rocking and
rolling there you go
thank you sir hey two families are
figuring out their living situation
tonight after their homes caught on fire
just blocks away from each other yeah a
head at 7:00 how the cold weather played
a part in these fires and the warning
firefighters have also they test their
hearing they test their vision by God
test their heart a mom's push to get
heart exams for student athletes how
they could save lives and why they are
not mandatory at schools all right
sports director Jamie se is here it's
not going to be an easy one for the
magic they never are especially not
tonight one of the highest scoring teams
in the NBA visits the magic tip time
gets seven a previews on the way Plus
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