Creedmoor road is shutdown in north raleigh. Chopper 11 hd is live on the scene near Mount Vernon Church road. South of highway 98. You can see that small suv, looks like a cheap wrangler, on its top in the middle of the road, flipped over. There are multiple vehicles in this wreck. There have been reports of multiple people taken to the hospital. Right now, creedmoor road is closed down and traffic is jammed all the way back. Highway 98 to the north, all the way to i5 40 to the south. More details as they come in to Eyewitness News. Also happening now, it has been one week since that ef2 tornado ripped through granville county. Destroying homes and changing lives forever. Anna piles of rubble remain as people try to rebuild with the 11 is highlighting it. Heather waliga joins us now. She has a look at the progress. Heather the clean up here has only just begun. This was one of the hardesthit homes in the hansbrough community. Tonight, the belongings are still scattered on the lawn. But it is the kindness of strangers helping them get through and put their lives together again. It is a slow and meticulous process. What happened to him, one item at a time. Is retired and disabled marine has spent countless hours coming through what is left of his home, trying to salvage the memories he spent a lifetime creating. When a fellow veteran heard about the damage after the tornado, he stepped in to help. I look back at my life, people did things for me. It is time for me to return the favor. Especially when you run across a theres no way i could not be here. Heather he and his crew have been sorting through piles of debris every day since the storm hit, calling in favors to help mcwilliams get on his feet. I came home and looked at all this. Heather nextdoor, crews are working around the clock to cut down mangled trees free of charge. It means a lot. One day, i might be in need of something. Somebody might need to help me with something. You never know what life holds. Heather a constant stream of donations is now pouring in from strangers. He said, close your hand and dont open it until im gone. I had no idea what it was. It was 40. Heather neighbors taking care of each other, bringing this tightknit community closer together. If you use your faith in fellow man you need to be honest. Heather residents say the outpouring of support is far destruction left behind. Volunteers were out there, eye can see. Many of them plan to come back out here and help. Joel, anna, i talked to the department of agriculture today, recover. We are told those farms are operating again, but it could still be months before they can clean up fully. Eyewitness news. Anna one week later, and they are just beginning to rebuild. Thank you. Now an update on a wake county couples lifesaving kidney transplant. The surgery was a success. s a mans wife was a a mans rare wife was mans wife was a rare match, and donated her kidney to her husband. The transplant that was held here came on the 15th wedding anniversary. For both. We have been waiting for this. Nicole and jason arrived at Duke University hospital on monday further surgery. Nicole was clearly on edge as she was about to go under and donate an organ to her husband. Jason has been battling a kidney disease. Doctors told him he would have to wait up to seven years on the registry. Remarkably, his 35yearold life was a perfect match. Now, this is incredibly rare. I love you, nicole. Thank you so much. The chance is less than 1 . My life is braver than me. I lost it when she said goodbye to me. I tried to hold strong. I was nervous. Because it is a serious surgery. After 12 hours of surgery, the transplant took. It still feels surreal. Jason is feeling much better is not out of the woods just yet. When we came to visit, he was getting a blood transfusion, with nurses coming in and out checking his vitals. Jason hopes to be released this friday and join his wife at home, where she is recovering. He says he will return a better man and husband. I have literally gotten a Second Chance at life, and im going to run with it. Im going to try to be the best husband i can, and just try to remember when times get tough, you know. Dont want to take the trash out , dont want to do chores . She gave me life. Just really honor her for doing that. Nicole and jason both work here at Duke University hospital as nurses. She is expected to return to her job later this month, on light duty. He is supposed to come back in june. He says he cannot wait to get back here and work at this hospital and help others. Elaina athans, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel great story. When workers came to dig up a raleigh mans yard to install fiber optic cables, he said, not in my back yard. That led to a standoff with at t cable installers. Julio rodriguez got a look at the neighborhood and the damage. Julia john is still trying to tidy up his guard yard. He found at t contractors digging holes on his front lawn. They were supposed to be on this side of the sidewalk. This site is my property. Julia neighbors in raleigh are experiencing the same thing, and that has them incredibly frustrated. Julia at t said we are expanding and enhancing our highspeed Internet Access to parts of this neighborhood, and we have worked to keep residents informed of the construction and faster internet speeds to come, of up to one gigabyte per he says he did not know crews would be digging right on his property, said he demanded they stop. He said the contractor called the police, and it was discovered that they were digging outside of the rightofway. It is easier for them to dig in peoples yards, and say they have permission. Julia the rightofway Services Coordinator says that it appears the man is right, but it is too early to know for sure. He says that the city and at t are still investigating his allegations. They have been patching up the holes. Take a look here. You can see all the straw and the soil exposed. It is pretty obvious that this has been dug up. Gloria rodriguez, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna they have to leave it like they found it. Joel you start digging up peoples yards, people get sensitive. Meantime, shockingly details shot to nude and shot to death in a north a home. Of one vanna here is something you dont hear every day. A price decrease at the post office. Next month, the price of a firstclass stamp will actually drop from . 49 to . 47. The reduction is part of a prearranged agreement with congress. The post office got to increase the price of stamps by three cents in 2014 to help it raise 4. 6 billion in revenue. The price hike was only set to last two years. The change takes effect on april 10th. It is the first time in almost 97 years that the price of a want to provide a sense of community for customers, so family and friends cant share can share quality time. Joel you and i both love chickfila. But we both love our cell phones. I think the lunar lure the free ice cream could do the trick. Anna she moved into a Charlotte Home worth 1 million. Joel the problem was, the home was not hers. Anna new details about a triple murder in a gas can can he home Gaston County home. Three people were found dead. Crystal gambino is now charged with shooting her husband, giovanni, along with a husband and wife that they met online. Police are still trying to sort out the details. Gambino is being held on a firstdegree murder charge. Joel a charlotte woman accused of squatting in a milliondollar home will avoid prison time. A judge found her guilty on six charges. She was arrested several times last year for breaking and entering. Police say she squatted in a home off of kelley woods lane. Records show it is a foreclosure, owned by j. P. Morgan chase. The judge sentenced her to 12 months of supervised probation, all around town, springtime and flowers are getting in bloom. It is no surprise, with the warm weather lately. Anna now things are cooling down. The question is, will be lower temperatures be a threat to your brandnew bloom . Liz has the answer. Liz the short answer is no. Your blooms should be just fine. Of course, no wonder they have started to pop out, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s the past few days. But most of the blooms you see now will be bulbs. Crocuses and daffodils are the most popular bobs around your home bulbs around your home. It is perfectly normal for them to be around your home. These flowers should be just fine as low temperatures drop to the 30s this week. Those plans are used to temperatures at or around freezing. So i dont think there is much to be concerned about. Colder, into the midor low 20s, that is when people should think about putting an action plan together, about covering their plants with a light sheet or piece of dropped off. But right now, folks are in good shape. Liz he also added, sprint is the ideal time to plant things like pansies, trees and shrubs. Some of you might be eager to get your planting done. If you are trying to plant geraniums or petunias, it is unfortunately still a little too early for that. He recommends holding off until late march or maybe early april before you start to get those in the ground. We still have some chilly weather on the way. Anna that is good to know. Ok, so if it is in the mid pillow 20s overnight we need to cover plants. Will we see that the next few nights . Chris some spots will be in the 20s, or right around freezing. Pretty typical, as liz said, to see those swings in temperatures it is not until mid april or so that you can worry about the last frost or freeze being over, and sometimes it is still later than that. Evening hours, temperatures tumble quickly, falling into the 30s. You need a heavy jacket this evening. But a nice, bright day across the region despite cold temperatures. There is your first alert weather. It is chilly, 40 degrees, with a wind at 15 to 20. It feels like it is in the upper 30s to near 40. 50 at the airport, with the northwest wind at 14. Already in the 40s in oxford. Roxboro already down to 40 degrees. Chapel hill at 49. 54 in fayetteville. 48 in southern pines. Showers overnight have moved out, pretty much on schedule, leaving us with sunny skies. A chilly day,. For sure the next rainmaker is gathering strength. Just some spotty areas of rain and snow over the central u. S. , heading away very quickly. The rain will be on our doorstep by this time tomorrow. 33 at 8 00 in the morning 45 by the noon hour. Clouds will increase. By afternoon, we turn mostly cloudy. Temperatures in the low 50s triangle northward. Mid 50s to the south. The average high is close to 60. Tomorrow is not bad at all, but clouds will be on the increase. A cool day. This will be a chillier system than the one we had last night, so it will come through as cold rain. He so could have a dusting of an inch of snow in the mountains. The rain gets in mid to late evening, 511 00 or 12 00, with study light snow to the north steady light snow to the north. Could be an inch or so in the blue Ridge Mountains and northern parts of virginia. The rain continues into the Early Morning hours on friday. You see this area of low pressure. Notice the lines increasing. Those are lines of equal pressure, meaning it intensifies off our coast. The rain ends during the morning hang around for the afternoon, clearing up a little bit midtolate afternoon. We have to wait until saturday to get a full day of sun. The jet stream. Noticed the northwesterly flow. That means it stays cooler through the weekend, then starts to warm up sunday. Next week, look at the warm colors flooding and. You will like that. You can see that in the first alert accuweather sevenday forecast. Tomorrow night is still cool with rain developing. A chilly day, 49. A nice and bright weekend. Temperatures in the 50s, then 60s and 70s are back next week with dry weather. Joel, you mentioned you were reading to your kids today for read across america. Thirdgraders had a message for us [applause] chris we had a lot of fun there, with the thirdgraders. Anna they are on the team. Chris you have to train them early. Get them busy. Keeping things cool outside on the deck instead of in the refrigerator. Up next, how troubleshooter diane wilson stepped in and got this woman the relief she needed. Joel and a quick reminder about the real oneals, premiering tonight. He hit comedy surprising truths are revealed and this being perfect and starts beingjoel tonights troubleshooter report a brandnew refrigerator, but the homeowner cannot do it use it. Anna she called diane wilson for help. Diane nothing more frustrating than when you buy a new appliance and expect it to be problem free instead, this woman dealt with frustration out of after frustration. A lot of features nancy marrow liked when she bought this new samsung fridge raider refrigerator. Except it doesnt work. Diane thats a major problem. Since the appliance is only six months old. About the middle of january, everything just started falling out. Diane the unit stopped cooling. Since it was under warranty, she got in touch with samsung and a technician repaired it. But not for long. It did not work. Diane another technician came out. They said it was not repairable. Good news, you are getting a new refrigerator. Diane that seemed like good news, but approval for the new fridge was taking its time. We have been living out of the cooler. Diane coolers on the porches, the only thing nancy has to keep all of her food and drinks cool. Almost a month now. Diane after weeks of waiting, nancy got in touch with me. The large drawer is the freezer. Diane and it worked. After diane got involved, i got an email from samsung. They said, go down to lowes and pick up a brandnew refrigerator. Thats what i did. Diane the new appliance was delivered the next day. Nancy could not be happier. Samsung apologizes for the debacle, and says they are glad they could resolve it to nancys satisfaction. Joel did you see that smile on nancys face . Anna she had her stuff on her deck in coolers. Joel a brandnew refrigerator. Thank you. If you have a Consumer Complaint or need the troubleshooter to get involved, send an email to troubleshooter abc11. Com, or reach out on twitter or facebook. Troubleshooter diane wilson, wtvd. Eyewitness news continues. Tisha the story putting the National Spotlight on the city of raleigh. Steve and new development on the shooting of 24yearold akiel denkins. Where his body is right now and the status of the investigation. A crime alert in one wake county town tonight. What you can do to your car to help with the brakes on a sixmonth long crime spree. Steve and millions of dollars of new road improvements. The gove all right, 3 15. K, you better watch out boys, im on a hot streak today. Whats that . Wait. Whats that . Man, thats just the ice cream truck. You aint got nothin. We got time. You dont got time. Ive got time. No you dont. [arguing] look at that ahhhhhh need to apologize to you. We no longer offer an excuse to bet on when well arrive. Were making a bunch of changes at time warner cable. Not only will we give you a onehour arrival window, but our new tech tracker feature will alert you with the exact time well get there. Youll even have their name and picture. S see what is happening this instant. Abc 11 Eyewitness News at 6 00 starts right now. Steve breaking news in wake county. Chopper over a bad crash on creedmoor road. Several cars are involved, in several people taken to the hospital. It has been shutdown the past hour. Traffic get by in each direction at Mount Vernon Church road. Traffic is backed up for miles in both directions south of highway 98. You can see emergency crews trying to get the wrecked vehicles out of the way. We will keep an eye on it through the evening. In raleigh tonight, the death of akiel denkins is transitioning into a new stage, the mourning process, as the investigation of the shooting by a Raleigh Police officer continues. I am steve daniels. Tisha i am tisha powell. The body of the 24yearold is now resting at a raleigh funeral home. He was shot and killed monday afternoon during a foot chase. His funeral is on friday. Steve now that his body has been returned to his family, many in the Community Want to know why the autopsy report has not been released. Jon camp is live in raleigh. Jon steve, a lot of folks have been saying that as soon as new information becomes available, it will be released. That has been the official line lot of folks wondering if the body has been released, why hasnt the autopsy . We are committed to ensuring that information is shared as it becomes available. Jon that is raleigh mayor Nancy Mcfarlane yesterday, promising information about the shooting as it comes in. They promise also made by wake County District attorney Lauren Freeman yesterday. As soon as we have information that we know can be validated, we will be releasing it. Jon but today, a turning point. She has seen the body. Jon the state released 24yearold akiel denkinss body to his family. It takes the question if the medical examiner is done examining, shouldnt there be new information . Turns out, not quite. Freeman said today they are only halfway through interviews, and have at least a dozen more to do