That in and out of the city. Keeps getting worse as the morning continues. If you are going out there live traffic. Just be real careful. This morning you may be asking yourself is black friday still a thing. The answer is yes. Especially at premium the bargain hunting shoppers have been out all night long. Live out there. Matt, how is it going. Reporter everything is going really well out here. I know youre feeling nos for black fridays of past. Here we are. Hanging outside of target. A lot of people hanging out at the tory burch store. A deal here. Of course the reason they come. Its an ice cream maker. What kind of deal did you get on an ice cream maker. I think its 50 off. Only 40. Seems very cheap for me. You eat a lot of ice cream i take it. No, but the possibilities are endless. Now that i have an ice cream maker. Thats great. Busy here at the outlet. Amazon is a top destination for people to begin shopping. Market research group. Online retail giant is expected to take half of
Center median and the trailer made contact with the overpass. The driver was not wearing a seat belt. That collision caused the driver of the big rig to be ejected. Watched the door fly open, body sucked out of the truck, flew about 30 feet and landed. Reporter the chp hopes this accident serves as another reminder of wearing a seat belt. People dont listen to us nothing we can do about it. Seat belts save lives. Reporter it took about three hours to clear the accident and open the westbound lanes. The drivers name has not been released. The truck belonged to a San Francisco trucking company. Damage to the overpass was minor, so cal transallowed traffic to continue on university and underneath. In berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. This is a time lapse view of the traffic along interstate 80 as a result of the crash this morning. A thick layer of fog rolled in across the camera before 10 00 a. M. And it lingered for a while. And take a look at this picture from San Francisco, showing t
Im cheryl jennings. An unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. Lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. The truck hit a Center Divide and overpass here berkeley. The driver was thrown from the truck and died. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. Reporter with the trailer jammed under the University Avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. Its crazy. I was just telling my grandmother i feel like im on my way to work on a weekday. Trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. Reporter the Highway Patrol says the accident happened before 9 00 this morning. A witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. First thing we saw was a tire pop. Tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. The next thing we heard and saw was metal folding after he hit the pylon u
Tiffany wilson spoke with a woman, shes live in alameda. Reporter kristen, the neighbor told me she stepped outside to be nosey then realized something was truly wrong. See the destruction behind me. That doesnt compare to theews s owner has died. The sound of cracking glass first alerted jill rydman to the fire. I went out to go see and be nosey and make sure everything was okay in the neighborhood then i smelled smoke. Reporter she rushed to call 911 knowing her elderly neighbor was likely still inside his home. Panic time. Reporter firefighters arrived shortly before 6 00 a. M. The house was completely engulfed in smoke and flames. During the fire attack, the body of an elderly male was found. Reporter authorities are not releasing his name, but neighbor Jackie Marriott knew him well. She says he l e s he lived in h his entire life. Older guy, 93, 94. Lived on his own. Wasnt too well all the time anymore. Couldnt remember things. But he had a friend of ours who lived there during th
Francisco. We were down as we mentioned earlier at least four toll booths and now down to one. That booth that was demolished over the weekend. No estimated time of opening there. This is walnut creek. Herkyjerky. It is pretty busy here. We had an accident partially blocking the left lane at treat. Slow and go this morning. Well look at your drive times and mass transit options in just a few. Sue, thank you. Drivers are sharing their memories of that toll booth operator who died. Si si han. One woman who regularly drives from San Francisco to berkeley to work always passed through lane 14 and said hans warm smile made a hectic commute brighter. She had little bangs and just a pleasant smile and grounded. You dont know if youre going to make it to work on time some days but she was very calming influence for that moment. She feels for her 10yearold daughter. I feel sorry for her daughter and for her husband. A little girl needs her mother. Shes 10 years old. Han is originally from burma