Area who called 911 about the mans body in the woods where you see the investigators walking. He is 50 to 60 feet in there. I dont know what kind of view you can get. Several hours into this investigators are out here. We dont have an id on the man. We just know this is a male and based on the condition of his body he should be identifiable soon. We dont have the id yet but he had been out here long enough to be unidentifiable. That is information at this point. A few people have walked up this will be blocked off for some time. This is an activesync. We will continue to follow we are live from fayetteville. Nicole carr Eyewitness News. Very difficult situation. Heavy hearts has people slowly learn about the tragedy that killed a metal Lane Elementary School teacher in the morning. All day. This is a freak accident. It is so heartbreaking. You know a lot of these students had to have left school very different than when they went in. Police have learned some children may have actually
Eyewitness news center, abc at four starts right now. Joel a Winter Weather advisory is in effect and weve got our eye on that storm system making its way into North Carolina that could bring snow, sleet and rain tomorrow and into the weekend. Anna crews have expanded brining efforts across the area. First, chief meteorologist, Chris Hohmann kicks off our coverage from the first alert storm center. Chris it is going to be a light event in terms of precipitation. A clear and cold day here with lots of sunshine. No worries with anything going on precipitation wise this evening or tonight. We are watching a system off to the northwest. It doesnt look all that impressive but the energy is going to spawn and energy of low an area of low pressure off of our coast. Nothing showing up here. Breaks out. It is pretty much winding down early into the evening hours. A quick hitting system and temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. Accumulations look to be half an inch to up to an inch.
Caitlin and im caitlin knute. We were just talking on the commercial break about how cold its truly going to be, and then we dropped the bomb shell of the wind chill and how its going to feel even colder. Steve heres whats interesting. Tomorrow morning, it will be about 16 degrees colder than we are right now. But its kind of a give and take. The next commercial break, you two go stand outside for about 30 seconds. Caitlin i volunteer anthony. Steve take the flag out there, watch it whipping in the breeze. So anthony, thats going to make it feel close to 10 degrees colder than it actually is. All right, heres the numbers, 20s and 30s outside right now, 30 at rdu, 30 at fayetteville. Temperatures, its not that bad, but feels like 16 in roxboro, 18 in oxford right now, 19 in rocky mount. And dont expect much change as nice and sunny today, a few other clouds earlier this morning, then we move on out. Clear skies, notice the temperatures dont move much. Ive got around 32 for a high this a
One women had to be amputated. The sheriff visited her in the hospital. If you know anything about who the gunman was, please call the sheriffs office. Tisha closing arguments are expected in the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of killing Melissa Huggins jones in her apartment nearly three years ago. The defense called several members of smiths family to testify about his abusive childhood. The same jury that convicted him of murder will decide if he should get life in prison or the death penalty. Steve the owner of a state fair ride that injured 30 people will spend time in jail. He entered a guilty plea without making admission of guilt. Five people were tossed off of the vortex ride. One man suffered brain and spinal cord injuries. He has to spend 30 days in jail and spit and pay a 22,000 fine. The District Attorney says the resolution is not in line with the injuries received. The attorney for two former unc athletes doing the university for coursing them into taking bogus
Icy conditions have also been a problem tonight. Emergency management tweeting though warning about multiple accidents and asking people to slow down. How are things looking in durham right now . Reporter still pretty foggy at this hour. Heres a look at our dash cam here outside. Breaking news one there. We go. Theres the view. Pretty foggy. Roads still wet at this hour. Right now, not seeing any traffic. Things are calming down. Lets rewind the clock a few hours and show you some video of some accidents we ran into throughout the evening. One was a multiple vehicle accident at m. L. K. In the 150 15501 area. Several people were involved in that scene. You can see a white pickup truck and a van with obvious damage to the side. This accident backed up a lane of traffic as police work to there did report seeing some icy conditions in that area. Just before that accident, we were at another accident in durham. This one involves eight vehicles. Police had that one blocked off pretty far. W