Toxic politically for his boss. Governor pat mccrory has been hackled by critics. Today pat mccrory left the door open. I need reassurance this company can fulfill its responsibility. When you see Something Like this, its a good idea to go nick tennison says he sees no reason to cancel the i77 toll lanes deal but knows his trip to texas is a delicate assignment. We need to say we understand this is a sensitive question, and were going to go resolve it. Reporter secretary tennison plans to spend just monday in texas and then come back and put together a report for the governor on what he finds. He promises hell make it available to the public. Jim bradley, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Last night at 6 00, we told you its likely tolls will interstates even if centra is stopped. Local Transportation Leaders told channel 9 toll lanes is still the best way so manage traffic. They say years of Research Back up their plans for paid lanes across the charlotte metro. Eyewitness news has extensive
It was rear ended presumably by the white car. You could imagine that was a heck of a jolt if he was inside his cruiser. This is a big greg that has somehow involved. That is between siler city and pittsboro. They had to shut down traffic backed up there. You can see it involved there pushed to the side of the road. Investigators are on the scene. We are working to get details about the extent of injuries. We are working it here and will have updates. Anna thank you. The body of a man shot and killed by a Raleigh Police officer was just released from joel that is presenting new issues surrounding the death. Investigators are not saying much. He joins us live at raleigh pd downtown headquarters with where the investigation stands at this hour. We just wrapped up an interview with lauren freeman. The medical examiner has both released the body as you said to his family and has completed an initial investigation. That is unusual this early on but it has been done. Despite the promise to r
Younts will be in court on murder and attempted murder charges. We are learning more about the relationship and as soon as we get new information we will have it for you. Breaking news in caldwell county. One person is in custody for the stabbing of a mother and toddler. The suspect stabbed the woman on Fairway Acres drive south of lenoir. The toddler was seriously hurt and airlifted to the hospital. We are checking another child for injuries as well. We are asking how the toddler was injured and information about the suspect and his charges. We will update you as soon as we learn more. A Major Development that could impact the future of the i77 toll lanes. The Texas Company that worked on a similar project in austin filed for bankruptcy. Its owned by the same Parent Company leading the project here. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno learned what North Carolina leaders are doing to prevent that from happening here. Joe . Reporter what happened in texas is what people in lake for years
Chopper 9 is over the scene, and weve count body half a dozen Police Cruisers in a Shopping Center here next to the burger king. Nobody was hit, and we learned that police have detained two people here. Stay with channel 9 for updates. This video of a cmpd officer punching a is the in custody has been viewed more than 90,000 times on our wsoc tv facebook page. At 5 00, we told you that the suspect and his family want to see the body camera footage that captured the encounter close up. Tina terry asked if they think the officer went too far. Reporter yes, allison, and an expert admits that the video is controversial but he said a lot of questions will have to be answered before police can of Excessive Force. Former federal prosecutor and fbi examiner williams looked at the video and we asked if this is an example of Excessive Force. Its difficult to tell. You do need to interview all the officers and interview the witness who took the video and any other witnesses who were around to und
Not near your tv, you can get Severe Weather alerts and use our interactive radar. Now to our other top story tonight, more controversy for the i77 toll lanes after a bankruptcy filing in texas. Were breaking down how in development could impact the project, your tax dollars, and North Carolinas election. Work is under way on the i77 tolls that thousands of drivers will use everyday. Eyewitness News Reporter jenna deery went straight to centra to find out how this bankruptcy will impact our local project. I found out why that texas project is bankrupt. According to these Court Records leading to more hesitation about the state partnering with them to deal with traffic here. Today construction went on as usual to build toll lanes on i 77. Despite the chapter 11 project on state highway 130 in texas. It has no impact on us whatsoever. For us, its business as usual. Both projects are linked to centra. Centra is a Spanish Company that runs toll roads in ten countries. But here in the u. S.