Major breakthrough. Good evening. Im julie haener working from home tonight. Im a frank somerville. Researchers at Oxford University have been testing the drug and they say that if the steroid had been used from the beginning of the pandemic, probably thousands of lives could have been saved. 10 months is a smith has talked with medical experts today and the drug is widely available and not that expensive. Yes, frank in fact i did speak to a stanford doctor on the front lines of the pandemic who is cautiously optimistic but says she would like to see the data behind todays findings before putting the steroid to use. At Stanford University doctors in the intensive care unit treating the sickest covid19 patients are taking a closer look at the drug dexamethasone to help improve patients chances of survival. Dr. Leandra rogers specializes in pulmonary and critical care. One of the most important things about the study is it seems to help very sick patients with covid19. Reporter on tuesda
Carquinez bridge. This is what we know about all four people inside the car who died. New we do not have an 800 driver but she appears to be a young female, possibly early 20s. We believe the right rear passenger was a 19yearold male. The left rear passenger, a 21 yearold male. The right front passenger, a 22 yearold female. Reporter young and also the ages where they would just be starting out. Their lives were cut short after the crash that happened at about 8 42 the night. The chp so the driver somehow lost control while on eastbound 80, east of pomona street along the carquinez bridge bridge. The driver crossed all lanes of traffic, with over a concrete wall and fell into a parked train before landing in a commercial facility. Theres no train personnel that were injured. Reporter officers dont know whether drugs or alcohol are a factor, or if the driver was speeding. They said they have recently seen more people driving over 100 miles per hour. They warn drivers to slow down. As fo