Kpix 5 joe vazquez is live at the grand center mall where it happened in the middle of the busy lunch hour. Joe . Reporter and juliette, behind me, you can see the crash scene still as investigators are pouring over it. Folks are eating dim sum here in the canopy at the dynasty chinese seafood parking lot. Police say the driver of the white toyota 4runner was 50 yards away in another part of the parking lot and then witnesses said it sounded like he gunned his engine. His car began to lurch forward, driving over two sidewalks, then smashing into the tables here. Eight people injured, rushed to the hospital. San jose police say the driver may have had some sort of a medical emergency right before the collision. I feel sorry for the man and for the people too because it was not intentional, you know, and hes an older man. We dont know the details. He could have had a heart attack or a stroke or something happened, you know . The man was in his late 70s. He was pretty scared, crying. And
The driver was trying to park, and he may have accidentally the gas instead. We just, that update from police. Witnesses have seen video of discretion on social media. Three women and five men were struck. Two of them have life threatening injuries. There were a lot of people there, customers were eating lunch at the time the driver lost control. We want to show you the video, which may be disturbing. Video posted on facebook shows the toyota crashed into the Outdoor Dining area at the dynasty chinese seafood restaurant. Tables and chairs were toppled over, it is a huge mess. People are scrambling, trying to help the injured, one person was pinned under the front of the forerunner. You can hear people yelling, one person was wailing in pain, eight people were taken to the hospital. This is what one witness told us. I heard wheels screeching like a spin out to. The wheel started spinning, smoke started coming out. He jumped the lane. The car came across the divider and the main entrance
And it went downhill from there. Because of the pandemic, theres no opening handshake, no physical contact. The candidates remained socially distant the whole time. It was like date night with melania. Biden faced an unusual challenge. How do you debate a pathological liar . Its like debating a parrot. You can make whatever points you want but you know the parrots just going to say the same four things it knows and then maybe take a dump on the New York Times. There was plenty of back and forth. The candidates laid out their different views on a variety of subjects, including the integrity of the election. Biden is for it, trump is against. Really, it was a good debate. The candidates had a productive giveandtake, no, it was terrible. It was a terrible debate. Id call it a nightmare, but at least during a nightmare you get some sleep. At one point guillermo and i, this is not a joke, we were trying to decide whether to move to vancouver or montreal. Guillermo thats right. Jimmy if you
Coronavirus california is turning the corner. The number of new infections, hospitalizations and the percent of coronavirus tests coming back with a positive result, all of those categories are down and have been steadily declining for weeks. Look at the graph of cases in the bay area. Our rolling average is represented by the yellow line and you can see its distantly lower from a peak set in mid august. Health is just one participant of our life thats been impacted by the pandemic and its one of five areas where were working to build a better bay area. The economy is another. Youve probably seen the struggle many Small Businesses like restaurants are going through. It been unbelievable. After surviving with only delivery and takeout, some restaurants are allowed to serve customers without door dining. Diners alternated eating, drinking and putting their masks back on. Its a struggle that is not easy for anyone anywhere. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen looking at the big picture from
People trying to make certain their ballot is counted. The ballots first went out starting monday and already workers at the registrar of voters are processing return ballots. A far cry from previous elections. In the past we have had on the first day we had four people show up. To vote on the first day. We had 120 here. As of today 1,000 ballots have been put in drop boxes. 1,300 in mail. And 700 by fax. She didnt wait for her mail in ballot. She came into the office this afternoon because she says she believes there could be election fraud. Although there hasnt been evidence of issues so far. Your vote may not be counted. Maybe thrown away. Maybe some people in office one side or the other that would try to dissuade the votes from going where they should. That was also a concern who posted this picture of ballot envelopes thrown out along a highway onramp. The office determined they were extra empty ballot envelopes left at polling places for those who need them. Officials acknowledg