Showers this weekend coming up. Here is frances. Hi, mike, were going to live sky 7. We have a Traffic Alert in south san jose. We have this live shot of northbound 101 just before highway 85 with a fatal accident. Four cars involved. You can see they have one of the cars on the tow truck. Only one right lane getting by. Delays have been growing very quickly this morning. It is backed up almost nine to ten miles on northbound 101 causing about an hour and a half drive time delays. As youll notice, well turn on the sky 7 map sky map on sky 7, monterey road is also backed up. Still a better alternate. The monterey road drive time is 53 minutes. Santa teresa, another alternate, that drive time is 44 minutes. That still beats the hour and a half drive on northbound 101. Chp hopes to reopen lanes by 7 30 or 8 30 so the backup will be out there for a while. You may want to also consider caltrain getting out of gilroy and morgan hill this morning. Amy hollyfield is live at the scene and also
Santa teresa boulevard might help you out, and monterey road is getting flooded with traffic. Bob redell has been out there this morning, and i see progress on the freeway. What do you have . Reporter we have two wreckers removing two of the cars, and the medical examiner is in the process of removing the person that died, one of the drivers, and chp said it wont be until 7 30 or 7 45 when all the lanes reopen, and we are on northbound 101 south of 85. A firefighter said he never has seen an accident like this where you have four cars that cash fire and become fully engulfed. One driver was not able to get out and did die in the crash. It happened around 3 30 this morning and its not clear what caused this crash, it was a Chain Reaction involving four sedans with a driver in each car. Two were taken to the hospital, and we know a person not involved in the accident did try and help and get one of the people out of their vehicle. The fourth driver walked away unhurt. He said it was his
Reporter mimi nguyen lived in a cottage on the hillside and the fire burned her home and also killed her dog. As flame engulfed the cottage in san jose, all she could do is watch from the bottom of the hill. The black smoke that is burning, thats my house. Even more concerning, the beloved pet she rescued from Hurricane Harvey was in a crate in her cottage. Firefighters confirmed he died in the fire. Thats my baby. Reporter the fire started around 11 00s mning at the it quickly raced up the hillside, threatening about a dozen homes. Firefighters attacked the flames from the air and ground, using. They caused arcking lines and flame burned a mobile home, but firefighters saved all the large homes. Neighbors are convinced because they had defensible space. Otherwise the Fire Department couldnt have gotten there quickly enough to save him. Because of the steepness and the rest of it that had to be contained. Im relieved. Firefighters are now looking into the cause as we talked about her l
The Flight Instructor is dead after a helicopter went down at the hayward airport. This is where kpix 5s reporter joins us live with the very latest. Reporter the remains of that helicopter are still sitting on the taxiway tonight. They will stay in place with guards tonight, waiting for ntsb investigators to arrive. Reporter this was the scene after just after 2 30 pm, from chapter 5 at the hayward executive airport. On taxiway 20 8l. A helicopter on its way, rotor blades been. The helicopter hit the ground upside down. The for cedar was carrying a instructor and a student. They were flying in an area that is used specifically for training. They were hovering at the time. This is one of the basic things that you learn. Reporter and air Traffic Controller witness they crash. There was no distress call at all. It happened very fast. Reporter an emergency greg crews arrived at the crash, the human toll was already evident. I have one victim who is out. Seems to be immediate. The second v
You could lose power in the event of high while their danger. Did you know you could lose water, too . We will tell you about one District Office plan to prevent that. The identity of the Flight Instructor who died in the helicopter accident in hayward is released tonight. What happened moments before the crash. Right now, repairs are underway. The final fix for that falling concrete. Second good evening, i am elizabeth cook. Can has the night off. Tonight, what your customers in the east bay are being put on notice about what would happen if pg e shuts off the electricity. You may already know about pg es plan to power to prevent a wildfire. What you may not know is that the plan could also mean your water supply could get cut, too. East bay mud is working on a plan b. You have not had, heard that these outages could cut water . No. Reporter most people, totally unaware that pg e could shut off power to large chunks of california to prevent wildfires. None of them had a backup plan. Y