Has been monitoring issues. Well have an update with angela on independence boulevard. Were dealing with an accident in south charlotte in westinghouse boulevard. Minor delays expected here if youre headed out, use caution. The interstates, were at 62 miles an hour coming in from carowinds boulevard. 13minute ride so the traffic flow is still light for the most part. On 77, approaching the brookshire freeway from la salle. Smooth sailing. Lots of room to move around, also, northbound, folks heading up towards iredell county. Breaking news out of Catawba County, officers shot and killed a man who they say lunged at them with a knife. In the past 30 minutes, channel 9 spoke to the Maiden Police chief about the incident. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live at home on old park road where this all unfolded overnight . Reporter it is kind of too dark to see right now, difficult to see, but police say 35yearold Elijah Jackson was down this driveway on old park road in maiden. We shot t
Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
Photos of exploding power lines and a small fire that broke out mack wood road. Crews worked through the Early Morning hours to reopen wilkerson boulevard. Yesterday, the Severe Weather caused a power line to fall and the poles to lean towards the road. Most of the damage we saw yesterday is with fallen trees. Several homes will need to be repaired including this home, the Charlotte Fire Department deemed unsafe to enter. They will need to find a new way to work after trees fell on their cars. He sent me a picture of the car and i was shocked. 45 to 60 seconds before the tree fell. And a local home owner tells me the city was supposed to come out here and remove this tree yesterday. They never made it out. Theyre supposed to come this morning but it will take awhile for them to clear the scene for alternate routes on how to avoid this part of queens road. Here is mark taylor. So right now, the part of queens road that is closed is from moorhead to the hinley place. You can actually tak
Lets get you back out on the roads for an update on the traffic news. Independence boulevard. We had reports of an accident at 2000block. I looked at the d. O. T. Cameras heading inbound towards the john belk and brookshire and im not spotting anything blocking any lanes. Drive time technology, not picking up on any slow downs as well as we look near briar creek. Green conditions heading inbound. 48 miles an hour. 14 minutes from matthews. No big issues. There we had reports of malfunctioning traffic lights. Were en route to check that out. It looks like they may have turned back on but well make sure. Weve been monitoring the hundreds of outages in Mecklenburg County. It has been two days since this storm hit. Lets look at this map from duke energy. You can see the number of outages have dropped dramatically. You can see where folks are affected here on 118 in south charlotte. Different locations. And crews have cut the number in half since we talked to you at 11 00 last night. We hav
Accident at the utility pole. You cannot access little rock this morning. Youll have to use wilkerson boulevard as the alternate route. Use Mulberry Church to the billy graham parkway heading west because you cant get through. Well continue to watch. Well have live pictures. The interstate is looking good. 20 minutes from gastonia and the overnight construction we had a couple of lane closures at alamada creek church. That wrapped up at 5 00 this morning. Right now im in the breaking news Center Following a county. Look at this video we 15 minutes ago. Smoldering. Look at that thick smoke right here. Since we told you about the fire at 4 30, we have learned it started after someone left food on the stove. Everyone inside the duplex was firefighters were able to the red cross is on the scene to help those people who live there. A major story well be following for your day ahead that will impact thousands of voters across North Carolina. State lawmakers will hold two crucial votes today.