They believe he fell asleep coming home at 4 30 in the morning. He should not have been taken away. I mean if he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. But that equipment should have stopped that car. As i first discovered last week, Darrell Blackman hit what is called an end terminal on the guardrail. Here is how its supposed to work the force of the car pushes the end terminal down the length of the guardrail, flattening it into a ribbon of steel. That process gradually slows the car. But lawsuits allege it can lock up, causing the guardrail to pierce the car or kick off, allowing the car to continue on. That appears to be what happened to Darrell Blackman. His Chrysler Seebring flipped a post and went upside down. After seeing my report last week about the et plus, hes calling for hearings and an audit of the contract to purchase the end terminals the fact these are out there, demonstrated not to work as advertised and continue to be out there is unacceptable. Caltrans installed one same l
Duty that were directly involved as you can imagine are extremely shook up. We actually sent them home yesterday because they were so broken up about it. Reporter ivans family and friends describe a boy who loved to smile and was always on a scooter or skateboard. I used to always skate with him on my free time. Reporter good guy . Yeah. He was a lighthearted boy. He always made us laugh. He was loved by everyone in the community. Reporter a vigil is planned for 6 00 p. M. Near where ivan was killed. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. Concern about safety prompted cal trans today to stop installing a controversial guardrail Safety System we have been reporting on. Trinity industries faces accusations of making changes that led to its guardrails not absorbing impact properly. Cal trans says it has suspended installing these rails until new federal crash test results are released next year. Just last week, the abc 7 news iteam first reported a bay area football star died in a crash involving tha
Country. Good evening. Caltrans says crews will stop installing those guardrails and a state senator is calling for safety hearings following an abc7 news i team report. Tonight his family speaks with dan noyes. We do celebrations. Hundreds crowded into greater st. Paul church paying their respects to the 24yearold Darrell Blackman. He played at kansas state and tried out for the 49ers in april. This is to so many people. He meant something to me. My big baby boy. You know . The loss is deep, deep, deep. And you know youll never get to the other side youll never be filled. There will be no bridge. Its going to be empty. His dad is a navy recruiter. His mom, a berkeley parking control officer and long shoreman. Their son worked all three jobs that day at the Sports Authority and as a defensive line coach and as a bouncer in a nightclub, they believe he fell asleep coming home at 4 30 in the morning. He should not have been taken away. I mean if he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. But tha
Here is whats coming. Right now, we have increasing clouds and Little Pockets of moisture, mainly up in the clouds not hitting the ground. But there are areas of scattered sprinkles and drizzle right now in and around San Francisco and no doubt other places as well. The measurable rain has not arrived yet. Its mainly to the north, just beginning to push onto the north coast around eureka, Crescent City, in that area. Lets pull back for a looping view of the radar. You can see that moisture moving into areas west and north of us. And now lets start our forecast animation at 11 00 tonight. Conditions will be much as they are right now. Little pockets of scattered light drizzle. But later in the overnight hours, about 2 00 a. M. Or so, well see a first wave of light rain and showers. And then it will be followed by a second wave around 5 30 a. M. No doubt there will be wet spots that may slow down morning commuter. And ill show you what we can expect for the next day and the next seven da
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