Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. A bay area mother of three is fighting for her life tonight after a fiery head on crash killed five people. This is all thats left of the two vehicles involved in that collision. Good evening. Sergio is live in the newsroom with the rest of the story. Sergio . Reggie, the california Highway Patrol is investigating which car veered into the opposite lane causing the crash and they are not ruling out drugs or alcohol as a contributing factor. They have yet to identify the victims. We know little about one of the survivors from the south bay. Five people were riding in the charred mercedesbenz suv. They say it caught fire after crash. The driver and three pass injuries did not survive. They have yet to be identified. But yang survived this crash and was you are ared to a hospital in modesto. She lives in saratoga. I visited her familys home this afternoon. Her neighbors say they know her best as janice. She is very sweet and seemed like the organizer o
In the rural areas homes made of brick crumbled. Images from the pakistani cities you can see cracks as well. One young girl at the market with her little brother describes how it felt as the clerk told them to get down to the ground. The ground was moving and there come shouting from that building as well. And i was so scared. Now, the east Bay Community certainly feeling the impact as well. Family and Cultural Roots run deep there. Fremont is home to the second largest afghan population in the united states. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live in fremont. Bob, lots of folks there paying attention to whats happening really on the other side of the world. Reporter kris and scott, the Afghan Coalition based here in fremont tells us there are around 40 to 60,000 afghans who live here in the bay area. Add to that another 50,000 to 60,000 pakistanis. In other words there were a lot of Early Morning phone calls from our area to the other side of the world to check in on family and friends. Moh
Lilian kim is live with new information. Reporter the female paraglider being treated for injury to her face, legs, and back. She was airlifted to stanford after slamming into the hillside. Witness says the woman was on top of a 600foot hill here at jed levin park when the winds pick up, causing her to launch prematurely. She branched right and crashed. Her injuries are serious but not lifethreatening. We have been told she is is a p2 rated pilot and that completed the appropriate training for paragliding. Fellow gliders described what happened. At that point in time she popped up probably about 10, 15, 20 feet in the sky, body kind of swack outwards as the paragliders have a pendulum effect to them, and in doing so wound up getting swung back into the hillside. I turn around where she was about ten, 10, 20 feet in the sky and come back around into the hill side. Ed livein park is a popular spot. Rangers say people who tike part in the sport do a good job policing each other and taking
Boat when it sank in the chilly waters. Search crews are now using boats and helicopters to look for any survivors near tofino. Thats about a sixhour drive from vancouver. Now here is a photo from the boat on the companys website. The company, jamies Adventure Centers of tofino says the 65foot boat can fit 46 people on board. We will continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest on the air, also online at nbcbayarea. Com. Well also have updates tomorrow morning on today in the bay. And back here at home in saratoga, a woman is fighting for her life tonight after a fiery headon crash that killed five people. The california Highway Patrol says its one of the worst theyve seen in a while. The accident happened last night on highway 120. This links the bay area to Yosemite National park. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro joining us live from saratoga with more on the woman who is in this crash. Marianne, do we know anything about her condition . Reporter we know she is hospitalize
Thieves, just as the Biggest Online shopping season ever is about to begin . Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the deadly aftermath of the homecoming tragedy in oklahoma. Always boasting their fall celebrations are the biggest in america. Now, the saddest. Thousands gathering to watch the homecoming parade, when a car slams into them from behind. Spectators going flying, four killed, including a 2yearold. The car, a mangled mess, the lawn chairs abandoned. And tonight, a suspect is in custody. Ryan owens with the latest on the victims, and why police say this happened. Reporter they never saw it coming. This disturbing video shows the grey car plowing into a crowd of homecoming parade goers saturday morning at Oklahoma State university. Were gonna need a bunch of help. We got a car through a crowd up here. Reporter the casualty count is staggering. Four dead, 47 injured. It hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. As people were flying.