Wheel at other parks across the country. And dangerous debris. An alarming rise in crashes caused by highway cargo breaking free. Drivers dodging missiles on the road. Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Here at olympic park, it is gold and silver for team usa tonight in womens gymnastics. Most coveted title, the allaround. Seemingly unaffected by the pressure of High Expectations just delivered a jawdropping performance here to take the gold medal. With fellow american aly raisman taking the silver. We caught up with simone biles just a short time ago. Im feeling like a whirlwind of emotions, excited, happy, proud, of both me and aly because we both went out there tonight and we both did our jobs. So i couldnt ask for anything more. Evening. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more on an exciting day and an exciting night to come here. Reporter simone biles left little doubt from the begin
A road worker found the victim and called 911. Police tested the driver for dui when he returned, and say he passed field sobriety tests. Police have not said if they have arrested the truck driver. And another pedestrian was killed just after 11 last night, on boulder highway and nellis. Metro says the 60yearold man was walking in a crosswalk. But against a dont walk sign. A ford focus hit the pedestrian, and he died at the scene. Metro says the driver stayed at the scene, and they do not believe that person was impaired. A scary situation landscaper in a las vegas neighborhood this morning. When he got stuck in the fronds of a palm tree. Fox5s Abby Theodros was there earlier today and shows us how the man was rescued. Nats bucket beep a man stuck in a tree. Holly woodward, neighbor he was not making any sounds or anything. Buried in up to a thousand pounds of tree fronds. Holly woodward, neighbor we didnt even see him until they cut away the palm fronds. They had to go in with the bu
Their home on fire while they are behind bars accused of torturing a Valley Family before setting their home on fire while they were still inside. And. Only on 13 actions. Weve just learned the family. May have had ties. To drug trafficking. 13 action news reporter. Mahsa saeidi. Is putting the pieces of this tonight. Mahsa . People tied up inside. Emergency crews. The first to encounter the nightmare witnesses say. Inside the burning home. A family was bound. Ducktaped. And trapped now. For the first time. A source telling 13 action news. This was a brutal. Highlevel retaliation and one of the victims. A drug trafficker do you think she was the target or her dad . no. Her dad. Mario jiminez was killed in the fire his daughter angelica. Died wees days. Where. Our local Law Enforcement was on edge afraid of more bloodshed. In the valley. The kind of violence. You typically see from mexican drug cartels. Tonight. We know that on facebook. Angelica stated she was from sinaloa home to the
Captioning will resume shortly. Captioning will resume shortly. Captioning will resume shortly. That was the second serious crash along this the driver of this Station Wagon was injured when they rolled over on the northbound lanes near valley view. This crash happened around one this afternoon. A hitandrun driver says he left the scene of a deadly crash because he was afraid. Thats according to metro police. The crash happened around 530 am near sahara and eastern. Police say the driver of a red pickup truck hit a pedestrian that was in or near the crosswalk. Then took off. A road worker picking up cones found the pedestrians body. Then called 911. Police say the driver returned to the scene an hour later. I understand people scared probably really shocking even to driver of car but right thing to do is immediately pull attempt to render aid and notify Law Enforcement call 911. Who knows if individual may have survived this collision having pulled over and immediately call services. I
Alecia shes in Critical Condition and 18 yearold zachary has the arrests. Then the this to scene. she is very fragile. Almost could lower. All the 90 hadar less. Pkg the woman who used to go by the name of celeste guap. Is now back in the bay. Along with her attorneys. Who had some strong words today. For how the case has been handled. Justine waldman following this story for us. Reporter so far no criminal charges filed against any Police Officers. But that could change. And now. Her attorneys say. Police tried to sweep this under the rug. I know that jasmine is not the only one civil rights attorney pamela price alleges her client jasmine abusline, formerly known as celeste guap, is one of several young victims of sex trafficking by Police Officers in the bay area i know every night in oakland, richmond in San Francisco. I got calls in florida. I was in the same group as jasmine. Now back from florida where she was in rehab, and then jail for batterythe 19 year old now back and willi