2 killed after driver hits pedestrian and goes into pond off JYP
WE WANT TO GET TO BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING IN ORLANDO. POLICE HAVE SHUT DOWN A PORTION OF JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY. THIS IS BETWEEN COLUMBIA STREET AND ORANGE CENTER BOULEVARD. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WESH TWO’S BOB HAZEN WHO JUST GOT TO THIS SCENE? BOB. IT IS VERY BUSY AS INVESTIGATORS FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND. YEAH, IT IS VERY BUSY AND ALSO A VERY CONFUSING SITUATION OUT HERE, BUT WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN THIS CRASH. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT HERE. THIS IS A LITTLE RETENTION POND ALONG THE SIDE OF JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY, JUST SOUTH OF ORANGE CENTER BOULEVARD. AND THIS IS WHERE A CAR WENT INTO THAT WATER. AT SOME POINT THIS MORNING. AND OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT’S JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY. WE’RE ON A CUL DE SAC RIGHT NEXT TO IT, BUT THAT’S JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY. AND POLICE DO HAVE POLICE TAPE UP HERE BLOCKING THIS OFF AS THEY DO THIS INVESTIGATION. YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS OVER HERE ON THE STREET. AGAIN, THIS IS JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY SOUTH OF ORANGE CENTER BOULEVARD. ORLANDO POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A CAR DRIVING ON JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY, POSSIBLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN, AND THEN WENT OFF INTO THIS RETENTION POND. AND AFTER A PASSERBY SAW SOMETHING THIS MORNING, THEY CALLED IT IN. AND THAT’S WHEN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED OUT HERE. AND THEY FOUND THESE TWO PEOPLE DEAD INSIDE THE LAKE, ONE IN THE CAR, ONE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE INVESTIGATING AS A POSSIBLE PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED CRASH WHERE THAT CAR HIT. THE PEDESTRIAN THEN WENT OFF INTO THE WATER. AND AGAIN, THEY HAVEN’T FULLY CONFIRMED ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO DID DIE IN THIS INCIDENT. AND JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY IS SHUT DOWN IN THIS AREA AS WELL. AND FOR MORE ON THAT IMPACT, LET’S GO TO WESH 2’S. MEAGHAN MACKEY IN THE TRAFFIC CENTER. YEAH, BOB, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME ISSUES EVEN GETTING THERE JUST BECAUSE OF HOW HEAVY THE TRAFFIC WAS. WE KNOW JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY IS A MAJOR ARTERY HERE, JUST OFF OF STATE ROAD 408. SO THE CRASH ITSELF, WHERE BOB IS, IS RIGHT AT ORANGE CENTER BOULEVARD. AND SOME SAD NEWS THERE BECAUSE IT LIKELY INVOLVES SOME FATALITIES. IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO THE DETOUR IS ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL. AND THAT IS JUST THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB. WHEN THERE’S A CRASH ALONG JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY OR OBT, THEY RUN DIRECTLY PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER. SO ANY TIME THERE’S AN INCIDENT ALONG GIP, YOU CAN USE OBT. SO JUST WE’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT, BUT COMPLETELY AVOID THAT STRETCH OF JOHN
2 killed after driver hits pedestrian and goes into pond off JYP
Updated: 9:04 AM EDT Oct 31, 2025
Two people were killed in a serious crash that shut down a portion of John Young Parkway in Orlando.Orlando police said the incident occurred at Orange Center Boulevard around 7:15 a.m. on Friday morning. John Young Parkway is shut down between Columbia Street.Drivers should avoid the intersection and use Orange Blossom Trail as an alternative route.WESH 2 News has a crew on the scene and will update this article as we learn more.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Two people were killed in a serious crash that shut down a portion of John Young Parkway in Orlando.
Orlando police said the incident occurred at Orange Center Boulevard around 7:15 a.m. on Friday morning. John Young Parkway is shut down between Columbia Street.
Police are actively investigating the crash, but preliminary information reveals a driver hit a pedestrian on John Young Parkway and then ran into a nearby retention pond, dragging the pedestrian with them.
The driver and pedestrian hit were found dead in the pond.
Orlando police are working to determine what time it happened.
Drivers should avoid the intersection and use Orange Blossom Trail as an alternative route.
WESH 2 News has a crew on the scene and will update this article as we learn more.