A deadly motorcycle accident is under investigation. It happened near azure and donna just after noon. Metro tells us the motorcyclist was traveling west bound on azure when it coll the 28yearold cyclist was taken to umc where he was pronounced dead. Police say drugs and alcohol initially do not seem to be a factor in the crash. Christianne Klein one person is dead and another is recovering after a suspected drunk driver ran into them on the sidewalk. It happened last night, near charleston and las vegas boulevard. Police say a man and woman were sitting on a wall. When a 45year old woman drove up onto the sidewalk and hit them. And was arrested a short time later. She was arrested for dui, involving death. The woman on the wall was killed. The man has what are described as minor injuries. paul joncich it sounds worse than it is, but the potential traffic nightmare called carnado is here. Closures around the spaghetti bowl are expected to cause traffic snarls through late february 2017
Most of our precipitation last night fell as rain, and it should be completely out of the viewing area by sunrise. But, as temperatures continue to drop to near below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this mornings commute. Well also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. Said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. Another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight arly wednesdada morning, but other than that, tooight shuld be dry, but with some patchy fog. Wednesday will brig more gray and Cool Conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. Well also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. See g