The southbound waned southbound lane. Crash into another car. The driver of the other car is okay. Just has minor injuries. Right now i17 is shut down. Theyre working and towing the second car involved. Back out here live, you can see the second car is already on the tow truck. Dps appears to be moving quickly to get this all cleared to open up the freeway. Right now everyone is being rerouted around the freeway. Behind us trying to catch on i 17. For more on ways to get around that i will send it over to mallory. Starting to see delays stacking up all lanes blocked off on i17 southbound near state route 74. You will see this closure, i would wait to get and 17 until your past 74 or use the on and trying to head out early. The rest of the valley is quiet. A little slowing on i17 in the west valley. I will map that out in a couple of minutes. Lets look at the most accurate forecast as i move things around. Lets look at abc 15 desert doppler. What we are seeing is not a lot going on scan
Mccain until now, justin has more on that. Less than two hours ago mccain releasing this statement using his own experience with defeat in the 2008 election saying in part, i didnt like the outcome of the 2008 election but i had to do a concession isnt just an exercise it is graciousness, an act of respect for the will of the american people. A respect that is every americans leaders first responsibility. Right now switching gears a man try to kidnap a fouryear old girl. It happened at home and gila bend southwest of the valley. Megan thompson is in that area. What can you tell us . Reporter it was right here in side this suv it all went down. The creep approaching when dad went inside to change for dinner. He came in the passenger side of the door. Completely unresponsive to the mothers and grabbed for the fouryear old in the backseat. Mom began screaming and scaring the guy off. Little girl was safe because she was trapped in. Dad chased the creep into the desert. The little girl is
News, you know, like, you know, like,. Reporter as the crime scene unit document the evidence a police dog roamed the alleyway for clues and found some. According to a source k9 detec detected an accelerant. The type remains under investigation. I live here for 43 years, and never see such a thing in my life. Reporter but many neighbors say the area is getting worse. The Railroad Track that is line the scene are notorious for drug activity. Police say people need to speak up, that they can make these streets safer. Whether its dropping down additional lighting in that area, contacting streets department, whatever, we have those resources win the city and we try and make use of that. We want to hear about those things as theyre happening. So not waiting for an incident like a shooting or a homicide. Reporter of course, if you have any information on this specific case, police would like to talk with you and homicide unit does say that an autopsy will likely be performed on the body at s