The rescuers returned to land. Family members were hoping for morecals that didnt come. They were nineyearold delilah and 7yearold sayra. This is not a tricky road to navigate. Our investigation is probably going to focus on distraction. Reporter what happened was similar to an accident in jenner where a mother drove off the road into the water trapping two little girls inside. Their funerals were today. Its weighing heavy on our offices here. Reporter the investigation here continues the one thin, the chp will be looking at will be the mothers cell phone to see if she was using it at the time of the accident. Do we know circumstances as to why that woman didnt have a lines . Reporter no we dont, frank. Its just information that came out along with her name that she did not have a drivers license. It was heartbreaking seeing some of those rob it was heartbreaking seeing some of the pictures. The First Responders there had been in jenner as well . Reporter yes, thats right. They had rer
Details for us yeah. It was an incredibly sad scene out here. As you can see, its reopened. But the case of what happened here continues. That investigation goes forward. Earlier today, authorities pulled out a white impala from the river. The car where two young sisters died after their mother lost control and flipped into the river this morning. The coroner has identified the girl as 7yearold an 9year old cyst sisters. The california Highway Patrol says the mother, had dropped off a friend and was heading back to take her children to school. The witness told us that hes behind the car. The car had waved and struck weaved and struck not struck but went into the Center Divider. And overcorrected and shot off of the right shoulder. And there it drops to heavy trees and shrubs about twenty feet in the river. The vehicle hit the water and overturned. And the car was submerged in the river. S mother was able to escape but not the children. One rescuers suffer and minor scratch in the rescu
Heartbreaking scene. We are on petaluma boulevard. Up ahead you can see authorities. They are making arrangements to try to tow the car out of the river. I am told its going to be quite a challenge. Now, what we know from the california Highway Patrol is that the car carrying a mother and two small children lost control and flipped into the petaluma river. The mother was not injured, but the two girls, sisters, were in the back seat and they could not get out and were killed. Their ages are four and seven. We are told that a passerby, firefighters and police dove into the water to try to save the girls. A witness told us that he was behind the car. The car had weaved and struck not struck, but went into the dirt Center Divider here for whatever reason, overcorrected, and shot off the right shoulder embankment. On that right shoulder is drops. There is some heavy trees and shrubbery. About 20 feet there into the petaluma river. The vehicle hit the water and overturned. The witness stopp
Pepco. But back here theyre trying to figure out what caused the insulator to break off and cause all the problems. Now the power outage to the university of maryland so hard that the College President closed the campus at 2 00 p. M. More on the situation there now, bruce. Reporter power is coming back on to parts of the campus at this point but there are some estimates that it may be as late as 11 00 tonight before they get the power fully restored here at the university of maryland. Prince George County fire said it had to pull a half dozen people off of stuck elevators and university crews may have pulled another half dozen people off of stuck elevators. There were long waits for shuttles as people rushed to the tours. Thousands of students started a mass exodus after the president here canceled classes. Inside the Student Union a recretement went on under emergency lights but many classrooms pitch black. All the lights went out through campus and then a strange buzzing noise. It to
And good morning, everyone. We begin this monday with crews battling wildfires in 11 western states. The biggest fire burning right now threatens thousands of hopes in the idaho resort town of ketchum and sun valley. With more heres wendy gillette. Reporter the sky glowed orange in central idaho last night though fire crews say the flames are spreading a little less quickly. Firefighters battling the beaver creek wildfire were helped by cloud cover and plenty of manpower sunday. More than 1200 people including the national guard, 19 aircraft and 90 fire engines. The fire has burned 160 square miles but only grew about 12 square miles yesterday. 2300 homes near the celebrity vacation spots of ketchum and sun valley were evacuated and thousands of others who live here were told, be ready to quickly leave. You never stop thinking about am i going to lose my house . Coming down the mountainside right there so now its wait and see what happens. Cant control it. Reporter some ski resorts are