Often that her dads getting her that car so that is our number one goal to make sure she has that on christmas. Theyre plan to sign the presentlove dad. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Live in cedar rapids kristin friends and family are welcome to go to a candlelight vigil for martrell on thursday night at seven that address is on our website kwwl dot com. While youre there. You can hear from those who knew the other victim 22yearold kaitlyn hall. That story is also on our website. A driver now faces drunk driving into a Waterloo Police officers squad car it happened early this morning on highway 20. Erick anderson was arrested after the crash officer nissen was hit head on. Saying he saw anderson coming but couldnt avoid the crash the lights and sirens were on at the time. No one is hurt. We now know the names of the two men seriously injured in a highway 63sh allegedly trying to pass a semitractor trailer around eight am. Near hudson he apparently lost control an
Inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening, there was so little time to flee as near 90mileanhour wind gusts and plunging humidity set a wildfire exploding overnight into a deadly and destructive rampage outside gatlingburg, tennessee. Thousands fleeing their home, with little more than the clothes on their back. Homes and businesses left in smouldering ruins. We learned today, at least three people have been killed. Its happening southeast of knoxville, around the popular resort areas of tennessees great smokey mountains. Thats where Kerry Sanders has the latest. Wow. Reporter the fire storm exploded in seconds. Hit the gas, hit the gas reporter residents safe, until they looked out their windows. Panic. Thats all we had was panic. We could feel the heat coming off it was nothing but red. Oh, my god, its so hot. Reporter the escape was complicated by narrow mountain roads, flames everywhere. Michael reed separated from his wife and two children in the chaos. Tonigh
The telethon throughout the telecast. Tonight were hearing from some of the loved ones of the fatal crash on saturday night. Martrell watson was driving. The crash killed watson who was 21 years old and caitlyn hall who was 22. And samantha you were able to speak to a couple of people that knew martrell watson. Although they arent blood related it was like losing her own son. And it does feel i lost a you know. One of those things. But it definitely bonded with him like he was one of my own. Hes been a big part of my life for eight, nine years. He later had a child with mariah. That was his life. She was very important to him. And he was very important her. Impacts them tremendously. I think its going to be very sad for her especially its a christmas thanksgiving holidays. This is going to be a sad memory every year around a holiday thats supposed to be happy and family oriented. Services. He promised her a princess carriage. Its 400 but its something we have to give her for. Family is
Cloudy sky is back and will hold on the rest of the week. In addition, we are still on track for a few snow showers, primarily this afternoon and evening. Accumulation will not be much of an issue, though areas north of i80 will be at risk for a quick quarter inch in any moderate bursts of snow that occur. The wind will be blowing as well, with gusts around 25mph likely. Plan on clouds to hold on tight through saturday with our next area of low pressure set to arrive on sunday. Accumulating snow is possible with that system over parts of the area. Have a good day today chance of light snow. Little or no accumulation. Wind w 1525. High 38 tonight scattered flurries. Wind w 1020. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy and cool. Wind w 1015 high 37 tom. Night cloudy and cool. Wind nw 510. Has issued a deadline for demonstrator s to leave a north Dakota Bakken Oil pipeline protest site. But protesters say theyre going to ignore the december 5th deadline. Yasmin amer has more. After nearly five months of p
Leighton pullins family in means so much more. I said if you know this is grandma give me a thumbs up, and he went like this and i said if you love me, give me thumbs work and i did and got here as soon as i could. Its a sign his family has been praying for. Leighton has been unresponsive for weeks, suffering a fractured skull and brain damage after being hit by truck. Miracle this is a miracle, we never thought we would see this would ever come out of the way he was. Now look at him. Hit it back to me. Oh wow, thats a spike. His doctors and nurses at covenants rehab center, are helping him move, and communicate with his hands. Grab the orange one. Theres a long road aheadleighton strong. Thats hard each and every day. It is a miracle we put it in gods hands, i cant tell you what it feels like, its wonderful. One thumb at a time. Says he loves super heroes. I asked him about it today and got kwwl. As you can imagine, his medical expenses have been a lot on the family a family friend is