Toxic metal. Bill string of businesses set to close down leading to public outcry. Youll find out why they are forced to pack up and move o o and what might be replacing them. People are locating them, drilling out the locks and posting it on craigslist for a great deal. Kayla cmpd receiving five calls a week of possible squatter cases all over charlotte. They take us to one neighborhood where a squatter had a history of runins with police. What neighbors did in response. Good evening and thank you for joining us for fox 46 news, im kayla ayres. Bill and im bill melugin. First on fox tonight, thousands in South Carolina, they are just learning the water theyve been drinking might have been contaminated. Kayla three different neighborhoods two, in york for the toxic metal lead. Results show up to four times above federal standards. David sentendrey spent the afternoon in one of the neighborhoods, joining us live in the studio with what neighbors had to say. Reporter hey, kayla, contamin
Other issue that is were following include 77 northbound near amity hill we had an accident, now in the median. Were on the scene of this accident as well gathering more information northbound at 36 miles per hour, so still a little slow. So 21 heading up through troutman up through statesville should be used. 85 southbound we have the inside left lane blocked with an accident involving a tractor trailer just south of highway 152 from china grove. Very minimal impact expected with this accident at this time. Lots of room still to move around. And then in east shaferlt we have this. This is a roadway thats blocked because of standing water. This happening at hawthorne lane just north of central avenue. In the meantime youll have to avoid this intersection just north of it, use the plaza as john. We have some breaking news right now. All lanes are 77 just opened back up after freezing rain caused several crashes in both yeah. Trapping hundreds of drivers for at least five hours overnight
If you look at the car, thats a sheet of ice up here in troutman. Thats the situation on the roads, the longer the time they have to ice over, the more of a danger certainly. Up on i77, we found wrecks all over the place between statesville and troutman. Its going to take a while for this to warm up and relieve the situation here. John ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. All right thank you. Breaking news on i485 in huntersville. All outer loop lanes near i77 are closed after an eight vehicle crash. These are the first live pictures. Medic says the area is icy. Some people still going fast. Huntersville firefighters on the scene. One person was injured. We dont know how badly. In the last 20 minutes, crews reopened one lane of i40 westbound in Catawba County to let traffic through here. But then closed all lanes after two tractor trailers jackknifed here. One of the trucks went across the roadway. We brought you updates for the last hour tonight. It could be another hour before the lane
Blowing rock. Coming up at 6 00, well talk about how fast you can get hypothermia and frostbite. Live in blowing rock, john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Get back in the truck well see you at 6 00. Stay with our Team Coverage. Continuing at 6 00, soldiers stuck in the snow, the mistake they made trying to get to an area ski resort. If you have any questions about the wintery conditions in your neighborhood, join us on facebook. Meteorologist Christine Rapp is live chatting on the weather page now. Hours ago, this student faced a judge after police found him with a gun on his school bus. Tonight were asking the school if he had it with him on campus and around other students. Tina terry has been pushing for those answers and talked to concerned students. Yeah alison, police couldnt say for sure but they say he could have had that gun here at Myers Park High School for several days. He was caught yesterday student spotted him with it on a school bus. I didnt hear anything about it.
Lower, the furnaces and heating units inside are working harder. I dont know about you guys, but i like it pretty warm. So right now this apartment where were at we have the temperature set to 75 degrees. We rode around with a acosta heating and air conditioning and weve been going with them to the calls they had for broken heating units. This resident says his mothers house has not had heat for a week. Shes been away from home because she had surgery, but her son called a repair company because shes coming home soon. Acosta heating and air says most people are surprised when it gets cold that the heaters dont work. When we have a big cold snap, someone might not know that their unit is not working correctly until it gets this cold. Reporter thats why they say it is a good idea to get routine maintenance on your unit so you have it when you we did check overnight with several companies. They have been getting a steady stream of calls for service because of broken units. They are answer