Florida Highway Patrol says an Orlando man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after his car hit a stationary construction truck on State Road 408 near mile marker one in Gotha around 1:30 in the morning. Officials pronounced the driver dead at the scene and investigators briefly closed the highway; here's Chloe with your forecast. Turning to the forecast, Orlando has a 20 percent chance of showers before three and a high of 84. East-northeast winds 15 with gusts to 25. Typical Florida weather; Iris is on location. Turning to the race, Darren Soto and Dan Green made closing arguments ahead of Tuesday’s election, each pitching local projects and credentials to voters in Orlando. The contest has been closely watched across the state; I’m here with a few voices from the crowd.
Stories and sources
- Deadly SR-408 Crash [NEWS] — clickorlando.com
https://clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/10/30/man-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-after-sr-408-crash-in-orange-county/ - Slight Chance Of Showers [NEWS] — weather.gov
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792 - Soto, Green Closing Arguments [NEWS] — www.clickorlando.com
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- “Turning to the forecast, Orlando has a twenty percent chance of showers before three and a high of eighty-four. East-nor…” — grounded in “National Weather Service forecast for Orlando, Florida: This Afternoon: A slight chance of rain showers before 3pm. Part…” weather.gov
- “Turning to the race, Darren Soto and Dan Green made closing arguments ahead of Tuesday’s election, each pitching local p…” — grounded in “Soto and Green make their closing arguments ahead of Tuesday's election” www.clickorlando.com
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