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Habitat for Humanity takes applications for hopeful, low-income homeowners in Central Florida

Habitat for Humanity takes applications for hopeful, low-income homeowners in Central Florida
WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M SUMMER KNOWLES AND I’M GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMPANY. NOW, THE OWNERS OF A TOW TRUCK COMPANY IS CHIMING IN ON WHY YOU SHOULD MOVE OVER FOR CARS WHEN THEY’RE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WESH NEWS PAMELA COMBS SAT DOWN WITH HIM AS HE SHARES. STORIES OF BEING HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE WORKING. I’VE BEEN IN THE TOWING INDUSTRY FOR OVER 12 YEARS. I’VE OWNED MY COMPANY FOR FIVE, GOING ON SIX YEARS NOW. EDDIE EVANS HAS BEEN IN THE TOW TRUCK BUSINESS FOR OVER A DECADE, A JOB THAT’S MORE DANGEROUS THAN PEOPLE THINK. HE’S ALREADY BEEN HIT NINE TIMES BY DISTRACTED DRIVERS WHO DIDN’T FOLLOW THE LAW, AND SLOW DOWN OR MOVE OVER MY SON WAS TEN YEARS OLD. HE’S 12 NOW AND HE WATCHED A SEMI MIRROR. GUY DIDN’T SLOW DOWN. WE WERE JUST SMACKED ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, BUSTED MY HEAD OPEN. IT WAS NINE STITCHES. I MEAN, IT’S JUST PEOPLE DON’T CARE. WHILE EVANS HAS SURVIVED EACH ACCIDENT, SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES HAVEN’T BEEN SO LUCKY. IT WAS A GUY. HIS NAME WAS KEEGAN. HE HAD HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK, AND HE WAS KILLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HER IN THE TRUCK WHEN HE WAS LOADING THE CAR AND I DON’T WANT MY KIDS TO SEE THAT AS THE YEARS GO ON, THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING WORSE. IT GETS SCARY AND SCARY EVERY DAY WITH MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC OUT THERE AND THE MORE DISTRACTED DRIVERS, TEXTING AND DRIVING DRIVERS HAVE ALREADY HAD TO MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN FOR STOPPED EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SANITATION, UTILITY AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF INTERSTATES AND HIGHWAYS, BUT JANUARY 1ST, SOMETHING’S CHANGED. THE LAW WILL NOW INCLUDE STALLED VEHICLES THAT ARE STOPPED AND HAVE THEIR HAZARD LIGHTS ON, EMERGENCY LIGHTS OR EMERGENCY FLARES. NOW, ALL DRIVERS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE MOVE OVER LAW, BUT EVANS DOESN’T THINK THESE UPDATES WILL HAVE ANY SORT OF IMPACT UNLESS IT’S ENFORCED, IT’S NOT GOING TO TAKE A CHANGE. REPORTING IN VOLUSIA COUNTY PAMELA COMBS, WESH TWO NEWS. A BREVARD COUNTY CAR CRASH ON NEW YEAR’S EVE IS NOW DEADLY. COCOA BEACH POLICE SAY A DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR ON STATE ROAD 520, JUST WEST OF BICENTENNIAL PARK, AROUND 9 P.M. SUNDAY. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN EACH VEHICLE, ALL OF THEM WERE RUSHED TO AREA HOSPITALS. NOW, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, 70 YEAR OLD PAMELA MORRISON, HAS DIED. OFFICERS SAY THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO COME FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. TAKING A LOOK AHEAD. NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME SHOWERS KIND OF PATTERING THROUGH TONIGHT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI JOINS US NOW WITH THE FORECAST. AND TONY ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS COMING. IT IS. WE’VE GOT ONE WORKING THROUGH TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN UP THERE IN OCALA EARLIER A COUPLE OF UH POCKETS OF RAIN NOW APPROACHING DELAND AND DAYTONA BEACH WITH THE TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO THE LOWER 60S. FOR THE MOST PART. THERE’S THE RAIN. IT’S ON THE MOVE. THERE’S THAT FRONT THAT GAL WAS JUST ALLUDING TO. THAT ONE WORKS IN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING. BUT YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF YELLOW, SOME MODERATE RAIN THERE IN A FEW LOCATIONS HERE. THERE’S ASHTON BACK TOWARDS PALM COAST, RAIN ADVANCING TOWARDS I-95. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN HERE RIGHT OVER INTERSTATE 75. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. A FEW SHOWERS NEAR BUSHNELL, FLORAL CITY, LEESBURG COUPLE LIGHT SHOWERS THERE AGAIN ALL NORTH AND WEST OF ORLANDO FOR NOW, BUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THIS WILL FILL IN AND MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE I-4 CORRIDOR AND THEN EVENTUALLY INTO NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. ONCE WE GET PAST THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND THEN OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING, IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER. THINGS WILL BE DRYING ON OUT, SO THROUGH 11:00, SHOWERS MOVING ON IN FROM WEST TO EAST. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING SOME STORMS AND ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BY TUE
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Habitat for Humanity takes applications for hopeful, low-income homeowners in Central Florida
ABOVE: A look at the top storiesHabitat for Humanity is offering help to low-income families in Central Florida who want a shot at owning a home. On Tuesday, Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County started taking applications for its homeownership program. Through volunteers and donations, HFH will build affordable homes that are sold to future homeowners and financed with affordable loans. For more information on the program or to apply, click here. Top headlines: Employees recount terror as receptionist shot to death at Florida hotel on New Year's Eve Boyfriend allegedly shoots at girlfriend, begins standoff in Altamonte Springs neighborhood Proposed 40-acre development outside of DeLand could add over 13,000 daily vehicle trips to the area

ABOVE: A look at the top stories

Habitat for Humanity is offering help to low-income families in Central Florida who want a shot at owning a home.

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On Tuesday, Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County started taking applications for its homeownership program.

Through volunteers and donations, HFH will build affordable homes that are sold to future homeowners and financed with affordable loans.

For more information on the program or to apply, click here.

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