Damage in the way it was supposed to. A tanker ship hits the bay bridge. The damage to the hull and tower and how it happened. A whole new meaning to lunchtime rush. How a simple mistake lead to this mess. He wanted to get caught cheating. The point a bay area man wants to prove with his car pool violation ticket. I am ken bastida. I am elizabeth cook. The coast guard will be out first thing in the morning checking worthiness of the tanker that hit the bay bridge. It hit echo tower the tower west of the island. Linda yee is on Treasure Island. A lot of us remember a few years ago and the environmental nightmare it was but at least this tanker was empty. Reporter yes, it was. That tanker just unloaded its cargo of fuel in martinez and then anchored off south of the bay bridge in the bay to wait for possible new cargo. None of it happened so it decided to leave empty and they left and hit the bay bridge and now the coast guard is saying tonight, preliminary findings show, it was human er
male announcer this is bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The coast guard checking out an oil tanker after it strikes the bay bridge. About 30 to 40 feet ot the fender system was damaged and will need to be replaced. The 750 foot ship sideswiped one of the bridge towers while traveling about the speed of a bowling ball. Tonight investigators looking at the possible causes was it human error or Something Else. There is plenty of questions. Just off the coast of Treasure Island. It is anchored and it could be there for several days. How could this happen to hit the bay bridge. The oil tanker remained acred off the coast of Treasure Island monday evening as the piece together how and why it smashed into the bay bridge. The 11 20 a. M. That is what were going to see weather or not it was human error or Something Else reporter the accident coming five years after a San Francisco bar pilot was blamed for steering the container ship cosco busan into the same bridge. The oil tanker
The apartment complex that were talking about is right across the street there on the first floor right at the intersection of leland road and harbor street. Police put up yellow tape at the villa serina apartment complex today. They say at about 10 20 this morning, it appears an intruder was trying to break into a home. It appears to be an interrupted burglary. An individual most likely thought no one was home. Reporter police say a man was inside the apartment, heard someone fiddling with his front door and saw a stranger trying to break in. He reached back to his bedroom and retrieves a loaded firearm. By the time he makes it back to the front door, hes confronted by the suspect who is in front of his house. Reporter investigators say there was a scuffle. The resident dropped his gun and the intruder also dropped a gun which police later determined to be a replica. The resident then picked up a knife and fatally stabbed an intruder in the neck. A woman and child lived there but were
Investigation has yielded so far, heather. Reporter frank the tanker of the overseas raymar has been ordered to remain anchored here indefinitely. Tonight as you mentioned the coast guard is telling us that those on board this vessel were told that trouble was ahead. Before the 750foot oil tanker struck a tower of the bay bridge yesterday morning, those monitoring its travels warned of the danger. According to information released late tonight from the u. S. Coast guard the Vessel Traffic Service on Yerba Buena Island tapped with helping ships navigate safely was in communication with the overseas raymara and alerted the ship to the hazard. But whether the pilot had time to react remains to be seen. The pilot is responsible for the navigation of their own vessel. Reporter guy kleess is no advantager to the bay. Having guided vessels through the tricky waters since 2005. The coast guard finished their interviews with the pilot and crew. Theyll have two radar, electronic gps, theyll have
If you have been driving a around looking for the flu shot and you have my had any luck you should stop. I will tell you when and where they are giving them out. An attempted kidnapping and san jose has turned out to be a hoax. We will have the tell straight ahead. Lance armstrong comes clean to Oprah Winfrey. As he anticipated this interview broadcast. Will hear what he had to say later. Lets focus our attention on our Current Conditions in the east bay. Hayward is 37 s out the door. We are below freezing in fremont. Sunnyvale is coming in at 37 degrees. It is up to 30s for santa clara. As we head into the afternoon it will be warmer and sunnier perry ed if you liked yesterdays you will like today. We will keep the sunshine around and the extended forecast will be dry into the middle of next week. We are still going well for the drive or around the area. We are not tracking any hot spots. We are not looking at the metering lights to just yet. If there is a problem on the peninsula of