engulfed in flames with thick, billowing smoke from the aircraft, somehow all survived my goodness reporter: the explosive crash at the oroville airpor happened after the twin-engine jet aborted takeoff, sliding off the runway in dry grass, catching fire i came out and saw a lot of black smoke filling up the sky. there was a lot of concern. reporter: with no reports of any serious injuries the plane was taking off from a small municipal airport near chico in northern california, headed to portland, oregon the faa and ntsb will now investigate what went wrong i am really shocked that people got out unharmed in this thing. reporter: with the airport close to homes. the flames are going around it. reporter: but tonight crews have the fire under control, after eight passengers and two crew members walked away from this crash miguel almaguer, nbc news also breaking
california could get up to five feet of snow in some of the highest elevations this year. this is the biggest snow california has dealt with since earlier this year, february or march. it s pouring rain through northern california. now we re trying to get some of that rain down here in southern california. we have 4 million people under flood watch up around near chico and where the woolsey fire was recently. rainfall totals, blue is one inch range. los angeles hasn t had an inch of rain since january of earlier this year. this is all falling as snow in the high elevations. this is what we ll watch this morning, 1-3 inches of rain forming around los angeles. there s the mountainous areas
it happened in paradise, california, near chico. police say 26-year-old andrew thomas was caught speeding out of the parking lot of a local bar on thanksgiving without his suv s headlights on. officer patrick feaster chases him. the suv hits a median and flips, throwing the passenger to the ground killing her. as feaster walks towards the wrecked vehicle with his gun drawn, thomas climbed out. feaster fired one shot hitting him in the neck. what looks like a second shot is a illusion caused by a reflection from the pistol s flashlight. the officer s immediate reaction was thinking that the man was going to attempt to flee. district attorney, mike ram circumstance said he could not file charges under the law. calling what happened unintentionally and possibly negligent but not criminally so. the investigation showed the shot was fired accidentally and officer feaster was surprised by the discharge.
cnn s victor blackwell has this report. and we want to warn you, it does include graphic video. reporter: it happened in paradise, california, near chico. police say 26-year-old andrew thomas was caught speeding out of the parking lot of a local bar on thanksgiving without his suv s headlights on. officer patrick fiester chases him. the suv hits a median and flips throwing the passenger to the ground killing her. as he walks to the wrecked vehicle with his gun drawn, thomas climbs out. he fired one shot hitting thomas in the neck. they say what looks like a second shot is an illusion caused by a reflection from the pistol s flashlight. the officer s immediate reaction was thinking that the man was going to attempt to flee. district attorney mike ramsey said he could not file charges under the law. calling what happened unintentional and possibly negligent, but not criminally so.
get out of the. i don t think i shot him. i wasn t even pointing it at him. oh, my god, are you serious? andrew thomas is now recovering in the hospital from being shot in the neck. it could leave him permanently paralyzed. and get this, he could still face dui and manslaughter charges after his wife was ejected from the car and killed in that wreck. now dash cam video released earlier this week shows what happened from the beginning. we have to warn you, the video is disturbing. watch. it happened in paradise, california, near chico. police say 26-year-old andrew thomas was caught speeding out of the parking lot of a local bar on thanksgiving without his suv s headlights on. officer patrick feaster chases him. the suv hits a median and flips, throwing the passenger to the ground, killing her, as feaster walks towards the wrecked vehicle with his gun drawn, thomas climbs out.