The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $615 million Friday, the eighth-highest total in the history of the lottery, while the Powerball jackpot rose to $550 million after its Wednesday night drawing had no winners.
won $1 million but for 16 days, neighbors wondered who the winner of the elusive prize was. i m so happy for him. so happy. oh, my gosh. reporter: it turns out, even the winner himself didn t know. lottery officials say delivery driver steve tran of northern california bought five quick picks here on december 14th while he was shopping with his family. he got this big old honking pile of tickets, sticks them in the drawer, doesn t think about it. reporter: then tran told lottery officials he went on a week-long vacation, leaving the winning ticket just sitting on his drawer. but at 3 a.m. monday, he woke up in the middle of the night with the sudden realization wait a minute. i was in san jose. so then he flips on the light, takes out the ticket, checks the tickets and discovers that he is the multimillion dollar jackpot winner. reporter: tran shares the jackpot with ira curry of stone mountain, georgia. they were very, very excited about the win.
0 make a big deal out of it, but this was dangerously cold. absolutely. a lot of people still not out of the woods from dangerous temperatures. gio was talking about, covering up. one thing we should add, if you know people who might not have heating on are power, check on them because it can get very cold very quickly. if you re indoors without heating, maybe you don t have insulation, that could be a dangerous situation. i want to point this out. this has been floating around on the internet for a while, these numbers, but we have to show them again. take a look at this fact. in winnipeg, minnesota, which is in canada, it was minus 24 degrees. on mars it was minus 20. oh, my goodness. so, there s actually a point where we could say it was colder in the world on this planet than it was on mars. unbelievable. continuing to discuss the weather here, it appears weather may have been a factor in a deadly plane crash at aspen airport. investigators in colorado say the pilot was
i m talking about the second winner of last month s $648 million mega millions jackpot. his name is steve tran, and he s a delivery driver from northern california, and according to california lotto officials, tran was oblivious for two weeks about his massive new fortune. he didn t know he had it. tran says he bought the ticket for the mega millions game along his delivery route, but it wasn t until a few nights ago that he realized one of them came from the san jose gift shop that sold one of the winners. so tran said he left his boss a message saying, i don t think i m coming in today, tomorrow, or ever. not going back to work. close call in montana after a driver loses control and plunges into an icy river. you know the temperatures out there. the driver of the suv was taken to the hospital friday and treated for hypothermia. i don t know if you there it is. treated after this car slid into an icy off an icy road. rescue teams were in the water for an hour before they
furious. reporter: the final autopsy confirms the coroner s initial ruling with the cause of death, an accident. walker lives on in film. the fast & furious which was partially shot at the time of walker s death scheduled to be released this year. the state s department of health and human services mailed almost 49,000 medicaid cards to the wrong people. according to our affiliate wral tv, officials were trying to issue cards to 70,000 children being switched to medicaid but morning half the cards went to the wrong addresses. this is amazing now. listen to this. this guy didn t even know he was holding the winning ticket. i m talking about the second winner of last month s $648 million mega millions jackpot. can you imagine the moment when you realize what you have. this guy, steve tran, a delivery