In their trucks. There is an apartment complex for Senior Citizens nearby, but the Elko Fire Department told fox5 that complex was not affected by the crash. We do not know where the plane coming from or flying to. We have confirmed the plane was a twin engine piper pa 31. Depending on the type of plane. It could hold up to eight people. Joining us now live on the phone is Michael Adams in and michael we understand you saw the aftermath of this crash. Were continuing to gather information and were continuing to gather were continuing to gather information and will keep you information and throughout the night. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Back here in the valley. Traffic is backing up on the southern beltway as ndot closes backing up on the southern beltway as ndot closes backing up on the southern beltway as ndot closes backing up on the southern beltway as ndot closes the 215 at the airport connector. Shutdown just about an hour ago in both directions. And will remain closed u
There is an apartment complex for Senior Citizens nearby, but the Elko Fire Department told fox5 that complex was not affected by the crash. Joining us now live on the phone is Michael Adams in elko. And michael we talked to an hour ago. And you told us you saw teh scene moments after the crash. Were continuing were continuing will keep you updated throughout the night. The Las Vegas Strip has seen a number of violrny crimes over the last few weeks. Im john huck. Im christine maddela. We decided to see how metro monitors the strip. To keep visitors safe. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle is with officers patrolling the strip right now. Closed captioning closed captioning a big freeway shut down that will cause some big headac valley drivers. The 215 beltway has been closed in both directions for the last couple of hours. And that shutdown will go all the way through the weekend fox5s cyndi lundeburg is live at the freeway. With what you need to know before you head out the road. Closed captio
First les krifaton joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Its a cool start to saturday with overnight lows in the mid 40s. Expect lots of sunshine with seasonal temperatures to start the weekend. Sunday we will see increasing cloudiness as a system drifts into the valley bringing us shower chances for sunday night and monday. The system will move out tuesday and sunshine will return. Temperatures for the remainder of the week including thanksgiving and our top story this morning. Four people were killed in an overnight plane crash in elko. Guys, a plane just crashed over here. Oh explosion elko is about seven hours from las vegas. This is footage from the aftermath of the crash. According to the Elko Fire Department and nevada highway patrol. The plane crashed just after take off into the parking lot of a Mining Company before 8 30 last night. The Elko Daily Free press says belonged to american med flight. And onboard were two pilots. A nurse. And a heart patient