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
Near oakland, low 70s in san jose. It will be a dry night tonight, but look what happens tomorrow. 2 on our storm impact scale. The rain lingers into your monday morning commute. It could come back by the end of next week, chris. Lisa, thank you. Terrifying moments off the coast of Monterey County. A diver attacked by whats believed to be a great white shark. The attack happened yesterday in Stillwater Cove off pebble beach. The diver may owe his life to two First Responders who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Abc 7s Cheryl Jennings has the story. Reporter the diver was spear fishing with his father 80 yards off pebble beach when the shark bit his leg. He swam to the surface to tell his dad what he had seen and when he was at the surface, the shark actually attacked him. Reporter officials believed it was a great white based on the bite marks. The diver managed to get his boat back to shore. You see a boat in the water, the subject to the side of her, yelling about
Your forecast calls for 50s and 60s this morning. By noontime, upper 60s to near 70. And highs today will range from the upper 60s at the coast to low 70s inland. It all changes tomorrow with a 2 on our storm impact scale. More showers for your monday morning commute. Friday looks iffy. Stay with us, well time out the rain in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. Terrifying moments off the coast of Monterey County. A diver attacked by whats believed to be a great white shark. The attack happened yesterday in Stillwater Cove off pebble beach. The diver may owe his life to two First Responders who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Abc 7s Cheryl Jennings has the story. Reporter the diver was spear fishing with his father 80 yards off pebble beach when the shark bit his leg. He swam to the surface to tell his dad what he had seen and when he was at the surface, the shark actually attacked him. Reporter officials believed it was a great white based on the bite marks. The diver
Holiday Shopping Mode and i have been asking everyone i know, the christmas that you celebrate at home is it similar to the one you celebrated at as a child, as far as how many hits, food traditions . I would say so. Absolutely. We were young, my family my mom and grandmother and aunts, eight on Christmas Eve and i had dont know if we will make it next this year. A warm feeling, not too many gifts. Its so nice, they are in texas but i wish they were here. We eat the same kind of food, mole, whatever, family is important. Same, we do a lot of mole, we dont have a lot of presents, that was more cultural than financial. But i see myself now doing the exact same for my children but i could give you more but i dont. We appreciate what we got more. I see that trickle down as we become the next generation. People are on the road today. Uni grew up here. We did not have to travel. Christmas travel is about trying to get away for the holidays. And watching the roads to help travelers get there