Southwest valley. richard bornhoeft driver the car had passed me. Vanessa Murphy richard bornhoeft says he saw this white sedan earlier at a Shopping Center down the road. richard on the passenger side, the door would open, some stuff would fall out, the car would swerve. Then theyre go a little ways, the door would open, the car would swerve. Then they got behind traffic and shot up the turn lane and cut a whole bunch of people off and ran a red light. Vanessa Murphy metro police say the couple inside the car may have been fighting when it crossed lanes into oncoming traffic and hit this pickup truck. These are cell phone photos also provided to 8 news now by a witness. The woman driving the truck was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. Same for the female passenger in the sedan. And the man driving who may be her boyfriend. Was taken to umc trauma with life threatening injuries. After he was trapped and had to be pulled out. strader as far as did he intend to drive get in a
Happens at 7 59pm tonight. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Paula Francis mauricio we thought the jackpot would have hit by now . If there is no winenr tonight do we know how large the jackpot will grow for saturdays drawing . mauricio to win big. But in case there isnt a winner tonightlotto officials are projecting the next powerball drawing to be at 2billion dollars saturday. Back to you. paul joncich today. We could be closer to a decision on the rooftop solar debate. The Public Utilities comissions is expected to make a decision on holding off or reversing course on the new net metering rates. A meeting took place today. And at that meeting, more than a thousand supporters of the Solar Industry including dozens of laid off workers. And actor mark ruffalo. The new rates are about 40 percent higher than the current rates for solar customers. Solar companies laid off employees. Mos tly installers. After the decision. At last check, todays puc meeting was still going. With n
Crashes could have been prevented. Reporter right, and last year clark county saw 207 People Killed on our roads. Thats about a 19 increase compared to the year before. And this year seems to be following that trend. One family lost two over the weekend, is a face to what police are calling a major problem on our roads. One after another, lives taken on a roadway. Two people died when their vehicle drove off an overpass above i15. A woman killed when an rtc bus crashed into her bus shelter. They around monk the eight killed on the streets this past weekend. Theyre very tragic, because each one of these number is a life thats affected. Reporter they lost two loved ones saturday when the two crashed into another vehicle on to lose two, its twice as hard. Reporter her family not shedding tears but honoring their lives by showing strength and joy. She would want me to be the same way. Reporter clay find come fert knowing her parents left the world together, after recently celebrating 50 ye
Weekend coming up and well talk about it. Tom there is an accident on the west side of the valley right now. Happened in the overnight hours however the investigation is still under way. Expect restrictions there in the westbound lanes. If you are heading into the bowl, the eastbound lanes are not a problem. Those arent affected. We have a crew on the way out to that situation. Well have another update in a few minutes. Dana happening today the Nevada Public Utilities Commission holding its first public hearing on the new solar energy rates that kicked in at the beginning of the year. Rates are going up for those with solar panels on their rooftops. They are expected to vote on a possible motion to delay implementing the rate increases. Solar customers say the new rate hiked up their prices and the fixed fee increase is needed to cover cost to provide energy to kim the Powerball Jackpot is tonight and were well over the billion dollar mark at this point. Dana kendall is live from primm
But now its time to talk weather. Its still really cold out there. Last week was a wild one weatherwise. Greg, whats on tap for this week . adlib High Pressure has taken over the southwest for the next couple of days. This means mainly sunny to partly sunny skies are going to be common along with high temperatures getting back to nearly normal values. Low to mid 50s will be common today through the work week and into the next weekend. Winds are expected to be light low pressure off the coast or oregon begins to develop and strengthen during this time. As it stands, the low looks to develop an elongated cold front and head east. Increase in moisture and a small break in stability over Southern Nevada results in the increase of clouds, breezy conditions and a small potential for light to moderate the back half of the forecast, confidence is still lacking. I would leave the umbrella in the closet but keep it to the front. And more breaking news. Iraqi Officials Say gunmen have stormed a m