Eyewitness news. dangerous flash flooding in raleigh. A woman stranded in the rushing water. how she managed to escape. Plus. Delta delays. The countrys second largest airline. Grounded. What caused the meltdown. And how it will continue to impact passengers. And. A 10 yearold boy killed in a horrific accident on the Worlds Largest waterslide. what weve learned about the investigation. And how he died. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news in wake county right off the top at ten a fiery crash involving several vehicles shuts down part of i 540 for the second time tonight. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. This is westbound i540. Near leesville road. at least one car caught fire. That area was closed for more than an hour. A few hours earlier there was a rainsoaked crash zone on 540. In that same area. At least 10 cars wrecked in one pileup. Then this fedex truck left mangled and charred after a crash and wreck. And a big rig jackknifed as well. Sto
Showers were few and far between. Temperatures into the 80s in many spots. Only another warm muggy start tomorrow. We are not going to change much about the forecast because our weather pattern is not going to change much. Much. We have a hot southerly flow and better rain chances later this week. It is not tomorrow on your morning commute. Son is up at 6 35 as we cross the Halfway Point of august. We will start off in the as we look across the room raleigh skyline, 83 which could feel like 90 degrees. How cool is cool after you had 96 to start the week . I will fill you in on that in a few minutes. Crews have been added at all summer to ensure air conditioning units are working. Cumberland county Officials Say to have 30 schools where air ethan terry tells us barely focus is at school during the summer because the air conditioning rally works rarely works. They tell us they fix that one week and then it is hot another. When they finally say theyre going to fix it, it does end up fix.
State investigators want to speak witnesses in charlotte who may have seen the car chase and possibly the deadly shooting. Last week a trooper tried to pull harris over for speeding. The chase ended in his neighborhood. Hay shot haste during an encounter. He dieded at the scene. The fbi hopes witness can answer some questions about what happened that night. A South Carolina woman is accused of killing her the refrigerator. She removed him after three hours and then sought medical attention. Shes charged with felony homicide and then child abuse. A cigarette in a pot sparked a fire. Fire investigators say the flames started in the back of the home on the deck and then spread to the attic. Fortunately the family was not in the house at the family dog. Thats when they were killed. Cbs North Carolinas derek louis is there for the emotional testimony. Derek . Sharon, it was emotional without a debt. Family members got a chance to speak to the Person Police say killed their relatives back in
Time. Will fare better. Meterologist liz horton is tracking both systems the first alert storm center. Liz. There is a lot going on in the tropics tonight. News for the latest on these potential storms. Well have the updated forecast models on Eyewitness News this morning starting at 430. Plus constant updates from the First Alert Weather Team on abc 11 doc blanford will be live on the outer banks starting tomorrow at noon. And. You can keep track of the storms path even when youre away form your tv. Check out our interactive Hurricane Tracker on abc 11 dot com. Or look for the Hurricane Tracker tab on the first alert weather app. New tonight. Raleigh police are asking for help tracking down the man in this surveillance photo. Officers say he touched the back of a womans leg under her skirt while she was shopping in a Department Store on brier creek name of the store but a Google Search of the address pulls up the tj maxx in brier creek. The incident happened on july 26. If you know an
Stadium protesters said the voices will not be sally spitz thank you joining us im kathryn brown. Here is a live look at the protests going on right now in Charlotte North Carolina of course became the epicenter in a collision between sports and social issues and ken smith talks to some concerned fans trying to make the best of the situation today. Reporter we are at the park near uptown charlotte one of a couple of parks meeting spaces for demonstrators before taking it to the streets. Sunday the Meeting Place was bankAmerica Stadium. They came with message as fans streamed into bank of America Stadium for sundays sundays panthers vikings game this wasnt the usual game day atmosphere. Do have a second bouts of, to begin . We feel guilty that we are not more committed to the cause here and where going on with our lives and watching a football game. The hearing the singing of the National Anthem demonstrators took a some held a fist in the air while others the nightly have resident kath