Reporter a dedication ceremony took place early this morning at the Granite Mountain hotshots memorial state park, where governor ducey and family got a preview of the park, a sevenmile hike along the trail, 19 stone plaques honor each of the fallen hotshots and six interpretive signs tell their story along with the timeline of what happened on that day back in 2013. Theres also a ring of stones protecting the area where the hotshots bravely made their last stand, and an area for Community Members to reflect, which is what they have been doing out here early this morning. The park officially opens tomorrow to the public. Back to you. Okay, courtney. Now over to tennessee where evacuations in gatlingburg and surrounding communities. They are just dealing with a disaster there. Several homes in the area have burned to the ground. Dry conditions are making it you ever it for firefighters. There are reports that a 16 story hotel was at least partially, if not fully destroyed. The National
Winds have calmed, rains have fallen, but officials are worried about fire that could spread again if the winds pick up, amber . In the valley a sunny and dry day for us. Even though the rain and snow has stopped the thicker air is sticking around. Eight dedegrees below nor nal degrees below normal. And its dropping to the 50s. A capitol hilly night tonight. Low chilly night tonight. Tracking some cold forecast lows in the overnight hours. We have freeze warnings to track not in the phoenix metro but just beyond in gila and pinal counties. Well give you tips on how to protect your pipes and plantses and track your forecast with the chilly days sticking around. The car and knife attack at attack. We know he came to the u. S. In 2014 with his mother and six siblings. Isis has not said if they directed the 18yearold to carry out the lone wolf attack. The talk of the campus fellow buckeye, Abdul Razak Ali artan. Hes accused of slamming his car into people on the sidewalk before slashing hi
5 reduction 85 reduction in wrong way crashes if people just chose not to drive drunk. The first line of defense is you. The second line of defense is the person thats serving you. The third line is the friend youre with. We can spends millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to try to defeat this. But at the end of the day its really upon each of us to defeat the wrongway driver. The age old rule, if something, say something. Tonight at 6 30 well tell you about a massive effort taking place to keep dangerous drivers off the roads. It has to be stopped. Thanks. Heres where that crash now stands. The driver booked into jail. Detectives believe 51yearold ser vontaze was cervantez was drunk. A horrible situation in tennessee. Unbelievable pictures. Part of the resort town of gatlinburg destroyed. The mayors home burned. More than 1400 evacuated one was a mesa woman on vacation, amber . Winds back here. They are making a difference in what feels like a cold night across our state. Flagsta
Difficult obstacle to overcome. Reporter steps are being taken to reduce the risk. Adot is hoping to include some sensors in the pavement. There is to this along ramps at several locations along the valley freeway system, there is not the technology we are looking at that would be on the freeway as well. We have to work on that. 2017 is going to be an important year for doing that. Steps are being taken to curb this very serious issue that alleged wrong way driver has been identified as thurman cervantes. The good news is all three people involved are recuperating at the hospital this evening and expected to recover. He is not all not only facing dui charges but also criminal damage, aggravated assault and endangerment. I am mike watkiss, cbs5 news. This topic comes up every time we have one of these crashes. Spike strips to the freeway on ramps to stop these crashes before they happen. Tonight we have answers for you again. Adot says no way and the reason is very simple. It is speed.
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