Farment a far and look at the map. Ths is flooding from Pacheco Creek where lovers lane is there, that is where the evacuation starts. Matt keller is live in the flood zone. Matt . Reporter this is the command post here and they are just talking right now about the rescue operation that has finished. But listen to these, these are the numbers 108 people were evacuated from this area. 59 on their own. 49 by rescuers. It was a morning they will never forget. By truck, boat and even back, rescuers were taking people out of their homes this morning in hollister just off of highway 152. The first call was for a stalled car in the water at lovers lane around 2 00 a. M. And rescues from homes started at about 4 00 a. M. We can get you out. [ inaudible ]. Reporter it was frightening for many people. The creek was overflowing and some spots of lovers lane and san felipe were costed in waist deep were covered in waist deepwater. My mother said get up, it is flooded outside and we couldnt believe
Homes on this street, causing 59 residents to evacuate on their own and 49 others to escape using trucks and boats. Sky 7 provides a clear sense of the scope of the flood as the nearby Pacheco Creek turned into a river, quickly threatening houses. This family was first urged to evacuate and then ordered to get away from the advancing floodwaters. She escaped on someones back. Piggyback ride. My little sister got a piggyback right. It wasnt that deep, i had boots on, but it was pretty bad. Reporter matts house flooded damaging the floor, carpeting and walls. A neighbor alerted him at 1 30 in the morning how fast the water was rising. It was about two or three feet deep out there moving fast. So it came out there, it came from a break somewhere up there and was coming around the house, came down the road around into that pasture. Reporter Pacheco Creek was primed to flood. Years of drought allowed trees and ground vegetation to take over the dry creek bed, creating log jams when the heav
Since i last saw you, that hazmat crew has arrived and they have unloaded many of the chemicals from the back of that pickup truck into their own vehicle. This is just the first step in getting the exit ramp from northbound 880 on to mission boulevard back open for this morning commute. Its obviously a very important road for people heading to work this morning. This all happened just before 1 00 this morning. The f150 pickup truck crashed into the sand barrels, separating the exit ramp with 880. Pool chemicals ended up spilling out, including what they think could be sulfuric acid. Biggest concern is they could mix and that would be bad for everyone out here. Now they dont believe any spilled into the drain or waterways. The driver was not hurt but he was arrested on suspicion of dui. Once they get these pool chemicals cleaned up out of that truck and away from the scene, then theyll have to call in the tow truck, get that truck towed away, and then hopefully people will be able to us
Chemicals from the pickup truck and putting them in their truck. The pool chemicals spilled out. Firefighters and chp officers were concerned they could mix and cause real problems so they closed the exited ramp. The driver was arrested for dui. Now, probably about 20 minutes ago we heard a big crash and we had two vehicles that were involved in a collision right next to the exit ramp here, so obviously, people are paying attention to whats going on here. Youve got a big tractor thats now involved and is going to be pushing those barrels out of the way and you have the two vehicles parked on the side of the road after that crash. So, obviously, some issues with the rain as well so its very dangerous for drivers who are driving here on northbound 880 as they try to figure out how to get off the freeway here to get to mission boulevard and also get across to 680 this morning. Reporting live in fremont, matt keller. I can see why that would be really confusing as people are just trying to
See that stop sign over there, that is where the victim was stopped. And a pickup truck was coming down fremont boulevard, did not have a stop sign. The victim pulled out in front of the pickup truck and was hit. Let me start with video, start with a closeup shot. This picture was taken by a Business Owner here on fremont boulevard, this is the car the victim was driving. She is way 96yearold woman and she was killed in the crash. Now here is the big picture, the view from sky 7 and you could see what a busy street this is. Fremont boulevard. The accident happened at parish but the next major intersection is down the road on central and they shut this down for about three hours, the accident happening around 7 00 this morning. And they just reopened this street a little after 10 00. Again, they dont know why she pulled out in front of him, whether she ran the stop sign or did stop but didnt see him. It was raining and it was probably still dark out. It was about 7 00 in the morning. So