Motorcycle lands in home's front yard during Daytona Bike Week; man dead
Motorcycle lands in home's front yard during Daytona Bike Week; man dead
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STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING. I’M SHELDON DUTES AND I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. SURELY SHAPING UP TO BE A GREAT WEEKEND TO SPEND OUTDOORS. YES, ACROSS THE BOARD. BIGGEST NAMES IN GOLF ARE IN ORLANDO AT BAY HILL THIS MORNING FOR ROUND TWO OF THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL, AND WE’VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING FOR YOU. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS AND KELLIANNE KLASS ARE TRACKING THIS. WE’VE ALSO GOT PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA IN THE STUDIO. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS. SHE’S AT BAY HILL THIS MORNING AT THE NINTH HOLE. THE SUN IS OUT. THE JACKETS STILL ON. YEAH, I TESTED IT OUT. I TOOK MY PARK OFF AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT FEELS ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I FELT THE FIRST LITTLE SLIGHT OF COLD. I WAS LIKE, IT’S NOT TIME YET TO TAKE THE JACKET OFF, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE WARMING UP. WE ARE NOW AT 48 DEGREES IN BAY HILL COMPARED TO AT THE TOP OF THE 7:00 HOUR. WE WERE AT 46 DEGREES. SO LITTLE BY LITTLE WE ARE WARMING UP AND THE WIND IS STILL LIGHT. SO THANKFULLY WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY WIND CHILL VALUES HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY. WE’RE AT 50 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN APOPKA. STILL A CHILLY 38 DEGREES IN ROCK SPRINGS. ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NOW AT 54 DEGREES AND I-DRIVE AT 44 DEGREES FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE’RE ACTUALLY WARMING UP. HEY, OCALA, YOU’RE AT 42 DEGREES NOW, 45 DEGREES IN PALM COAST, 53 IN LEESBURG, 49 DEGREES IN WILDWOOD AND 51 DEGREES IN MELBOURNE. A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK IN MARION COUNTY SHOWS TEMPERATURES ALL INTO THE 40S, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAKE GEORGE AT 37 DEGREES, WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IS ALLOWING US TO HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE THIS MORNING. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL GRADUALLY WARM UP. AND WITH THAT HIGH PRESSURE, WE’RE NOT EXPECTING ANY SORT OF RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST. SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER POSSIBLE, BUT STILL A LOT MORE SUNSHINE THAN CLOUD COVER WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. WE’LL TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT YOUR FORECAST FOR ROUNDS THREE AND FOR THIS WEEKEND. COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIRST, THOUGH, LET’S GET INSIDE WITH A CHECK OF TRAFFIC WITH PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING KELLIANNE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE ARE FOLLOWING A CRASH IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. THIS ONE IS ON STATE ROAD 46 WESTBOUND NEAR LAKE MARY BOULEVARD. AND AT LAST CHECK IT SEEMS LIKE ALL LANES WERE CLOSED. THAT’S WHAT FDOT IS CURRENTLY REPORTING. BUT WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT AND KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THAT CRASH TO GET ANY UPDATES. WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR TOWER CAM HERE AT WESH TWO. GOOD MORNING. TO THOSE OF YOU TRAVELING ON I-4, NO ISSUES OR DELAYS TO START YOU OFF THERE THIS FRIDAY MORNING. ALL RIGHT, THE SKIES ABOVE FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS WERE LIT UP BY FALLING DEBRIS FROM A FAILED SPACE LAUNCH. YEAH, THE COMPANY WAS RUNNING A TEST FLIGHT OF THE MASSIVE STARSHIP ROCKET SYSTEM, BUT IT WENT SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY. POWELL JOINS US ONCE AGAIN IN PAOLA SPACE X LOST SIGNAL WITH THE SPACECRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, MAYOR. AND LIKE THE SEVENTH TEST FLIGHT OF THE STARSHIP, THE EIGHTH FLIGHT ALSO ENDED WITH THE LOSS OF THE STARSHIP VEHICLE. SO MANY OF YOU CALLED WESH TWO ASKING WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SO HERE’S THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT CAUSED SPACEX’S STARSHIP THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST ROCKET EVER MADE TO EXPLODE. STARSHIP’S EIGHTH TEST FLIGHT STARTED OFF NORMAL, TAKING OFF FROM BOCA CHICA, TEXAS, AROUND 630 LAST NIGHT. EIGHT MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINES AND EXPLOSIONS AS STARSHIP SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL. ABOUT NINE MINUTES IN, SPACE, LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE SHIP, THEN THIS. ALL THAT DEBRIS SEEN FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE CARIBBEAN. IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A UFO. AND IT IS MOVING THROUGH THE SKY RIGHT NOW. WHILE THE COMPANY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CAPTURING A BOOSTER FROM THE ROCKET AS IT RETURNED TO THE LAUNCH TOWER, THE STARSHIP SPACECRAFT WAS LOST AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED DURING THE LAST STARSHIP TEST IN JANUARY. DEBRIS RAINING DOWN OVER TURKS AND CAICOS. SPACEX SAYS IT MADE CHANGES TO THE STARSHIP TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED LAST EXPLOSION. THE FAA IS REQUIRING SPACEX TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WENT WRONG. MAYOR AND PAOLA THIS HAPPENED AS SPACEX PLANS TO EXPAND THEIR STARSHIP OPERATION AND BRING IT TO THE SPACE COAST. NOW, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE PLAN TO BRING A NEW FACILITY CALLED GIGA BAY TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. EARLIER THIS WEEK, SPACEX SAYS THE GIGA BAY WILL STAND 390FT TALL WITH APPROXIMATELY 46 POINT 5,000,000 CUBIC FEET OF INTERIOR PROCESSING SPACE. CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO START ON APRIL 1ST. WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE TODAY FROM NASA ABOUT THE ARTEMIS TWO MISSION, NOW THROUGH ARTEMIS. NASA PLANS TO SEND ASTRONAUTS TO EXPLORE THE MOON FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND ALSO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST CREWED MISSION TO MARS. HOWEVER, THE PROGRAM IS RECEIVING SOME SERIOUS PUSHBACK AS DOCUMENTS SHOW THE TOTAL COST FOR THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ARE BILLIONS OVER BUDGET. IT IS 805, AND RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS IN BREVARD COUNTY ARE WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE MURDER OF THIS 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN. TITUSVILLE POLICE SAY THAT THEY HAVE FOUND THE BODY OF JESSE KIRK, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING ON MONDAY. WESH 2 NEWS BOB HAZEN IS FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE, WHERE POLICE DO HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY. THAT MAN IS THE EX-BOYFRIEND OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS RELATIVES, AND EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED, POLICE SAY THEY NEED HELP BUILDING THEIR CASE AGAINST HIM. THEY GAVE US THESE PICTURES OF THAT PERSON OF INTEREST, 35 YEAR OLD DAVID BARBER. HE’S THE ONLY PERSON THAT THEY’RE INVESTIGATING NOW, AND THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE TO REPORT ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION THEY HAVE ABOUT HIM. YESTERDAY, TITUSVILLE POLICE CONFIRMED TO US THAT THEY FOUND THE BODY OF 72 YEAR OLD JESSE KIRK NEAR THE HAULOVER CANAL. SHE WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING ON MONDAY WHEN SHE DIDN’T SHOW UP FOR HER MORNING WALK WITH FRIENDS. SOON AFTER, INVESTIGATORS FOUND HER SUV BURNED UP NEAR STATE ROADS 50 AND 520. BARBER, AS WE SAID, IS THE EX-BOYFRIEND OF ONE OF KIRK’S NIECES. AND AUTHORITIES SAY A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING HIM WALKING AWAY FROM THAT BURNING VEHICLE FROM THE LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE FIRE. HE WAS ON FOOT. HOWEVER, HE COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY SOMEONE OR ANYONE AT THIS POINT. TITUSVILLE POLICE ARE ALSO ASKING PEOPLE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THESE TWO SUVS. THE WHITE LINCOLN NAVIGATOR WAS KIRK’S, THE MAROON HONDA WAS BARBER’S, AND THEY’RE LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE VEHICLES THAT COULD HELP THEIR CASE. RIGHT NOW, BARBER IS IN JAIL. HE’S ONLY CHARGED WITH TAKING KIRK’S CAR, NOT WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE OR HER DEATH.
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Motorcycle lands in home's front yard during Daytona Bike Week; man dead
A Port Orange man died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing, according to the Ormond Beach Police Department.It happened on March 1, at 5 p.m., during Daytona Bike Week, Ormond Beach police said.>> Video above: Top headlines for March 7Daniel Conway, 71, of Port Orange was riding near the intersection of Ivanhoe Drive and Peninsula Drive when he lost control and overturned multiple times before coming to rest in the front yard of a residential home.Conway was transported to the hospital, where he later died, police said. "As Bike Week continues, we cannot stress enough the importance of road safety," said Police Chief Jesse Godfrey. "Every life is valuable, and every precaution on the road can make a difference."
PORT ORANGE, Fla. —
A Port Orange man died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing, according to the Ormond Beach Police Department.
It happened on March 1, at 5 p.m., during Daytona Bike Week, Ormond Beach police said.
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>> Video above: Top headlines for March 7
Daniel Conway, 71, of Port Orange was riding near the intersection of Ivanhoe Drive and Peninsula Drive when he lost control and overturned multiple times before coming to rest in the front yard of a residential home.
Conway was transported to the hospital, where he later died, police said.
"As Bike Week continues, we cannot stress enough the importance of road safety," said Police Chief Jesse Godfrey. "Every life is valuable, and every precaution on the road can make a difference."