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11 Mar 2025
Dacia Johnson

Driver, dog in semi-truck when it flipped during Lake Mary tornado
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF ASSESS WHAT’S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET OUT TO CHRISTINA WATKINS NOW IN LAKE MARY. SHE HAS BEEN OUT THERE NOW FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO WITH THE STORY. FIRST OF THAT SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS TOPPLED OVER, THEN TURNED RIGHT SIDE UP. THAT GUY BACK TO WORK. UNBELIEVABLE MORNING FOR HIM. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US NOW? CHRISTINA. NANCY EVEN MORE UNBELIEVABLE. THE DRIVER WAS IN THE SEMI TRUCK WITH HIS DOG, WHICH WE JUST CONFIRMED SECONDS AGO. IT’S A DACHSHUND, NOT A CHIHUAHUA. BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE PUP WAS ON THE GROUND RUNNING AROUND. TAIL WAS WAGGING. WE’RE ALL DOG OWNERS. WE KNOW WHEN A WAGGING TAIL IS GOING LEFT AND RIGHT, THAT MEANS A HAPPY PUP. MORE SERIOUSLY THOUGH, ON THE GROUND HERE, CREWS ARE NOW TRYING TO GET THIS SEMI TRUCK ON THE BED OF THIS TOW TRUCK HERE. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK. WE WATCHED IT WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES AS SEMINOLE COUNTY EMERGENCY LEADERS GOT THE TRUCK BACK ON ITS TIRES. AND NOW AS YOU LOOK LIVE, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM GETTING THIS SEMI TRUCK ON THE BED OF THE TOW TRUCK SO THEY CAN CLEAR IT HERE FROM THE SCENE. WE ARE ON COMMERCE STREET AND LAKE EMMA ROAD AND THE SCENE WAS WILD. WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES. LAKE MARY POLICE, LAKE MARY FIRE, SEMINOLE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ALL HERE JUST TRYING TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AND MAKE SURE THAT CREWS COULD CLEAR THE SCENE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO BRING YOU BACK OUT HERE LIVE BECAUSE WE’RE SHOWING YOU THE DRIVER HERE. HE’S IN A PURPLE CAMO SHIRT. I SPOKE WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM LAKE MARY FIRE RESCUE, AND SHE TOLD ME THE DRIVER DIDN’T EVEN HEAR ANYTHING AS HE WAS IN THIS DIRECTION. WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN LAKE MARY. HERE HE IS PICKING UP HIS LITTLE PUP, HAPPY DOG THERE, BUT HE DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING. JUST WITHIN SECONDS HIS TRUCK WAS ON HIS SIDE. SO IT TRULY IS A MIRACLE THAT HE IS WALKING. HE IS OKAY. HE DOESN’T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY PHYSICAL INJURIES. I WOULD IMAGINE MENTALLY IT WILL BE HARD TO KIND OF GET OVER THAT SCARY MOMENT, BUT IT IS TRULY A BLESSING. THIS MAN IS RIGHT HERE WALKING AND HE IS OKAY. ONE OF THE MAIN MESSAGES FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY LEADERS TODAY IS TO TAKE HEED TO THOSE WARNINGS. WE ARE GETTING INTO SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. WE’VE BEEN WARNING YOU GUYS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, JUST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE AS WE HEAD INTO SEVERE WEATHER SEASON, AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL. SO WHEN THOSE WARNINGS COME IN, THEY REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION AND DON’T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY, BECAUSE ANYTHING WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS CAN HAPPEN. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WITNESSED HERE. RIGHT NOW, THE DRIVER LOOKS AS IF HE’S GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFT FROM THE TOW COMPANY SO THAT HE CAN GO ABOUT HIS REGULAR DAY. THE CAUTION TAPE HAS BEEN REMOVED, TRAFFIC IS FLOWING DOWN LAKE EMMA ROAD WITH NO ISSUES, THOUGH THEY STILL ADVISE EVERYBODY HERE. IF YOU’RE COMING IN THIS DIRECTION FROM LAKE MARY BOULEVARD, COMING ON COMMERCE TO LAKE EMMA ROAD TO JUST BE CAREFUL WHILE CREWS CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET THIS SEMI TRUCK OUT OF THE WAY. NANCY A
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Driver, dog in semi-truck when it flipped during Lake Mary tornado
Storms brought a slew of tornado warnings to the Orlando area on Monday morning. A man and his small dog were in his semi-truck when the tornado flipped the vehicle. The man and dog appeared to be OK after the incident. A radar-confirmed tornado touched down along Interstate 4 in Lake Mary around 9:30 a.m.Just west, trees were down and minor damage was reported at Sweetwater Clubhouse tennis courts north of Wekiva Springs Road.Seminole County Fire Rescue confirmed it was helping with damage along the 2100 block of Blue Iris Place.
LAKE MARY, Fla. —
Storms brought a slew of tornado warnings to the Orlando area on Monday morning.
A man and his small dog were in his semi-truck when the tornado flipped the vehicle.
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The man and dog appeared to be OK after the incident.
A radar-confirmed tornado touched down along Interstate 4 in Lake Mary around 9:30 a.m.
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Just west, trees were down and minor damage was reported at Sweetwater Clubhouse tennis courts north of Wekiva Springs Road.
Seminole County Fire Rescue confirmed it was helping with damage along the 2100 block of Blue Iris Place.