Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news, a bloody roller coster accident at Great America. This is exclusive new video taken moments after it happened. Im veronica de la cruz, liz has the night off. Im ken bastida. Lets get right to betty yu who is standing by in santa clara. Reporter ken, two people were hurt at Great America tonight. One of them suffered serious traumatic injuries. It this happened on the roller coaster known as flight deck. We want to get right to the cell phone video that we got from a rider. He says he was in the third road of this car who hit this maintenance worker. Several witnesses told us that this was a man who was trying to do the right thing. He tried to grab a cell phone for a rider who had just dropped it. And despite several warnings, he ran out there at the same moment that this incoming car came full of riders and hit him at full speed. You can see his leg, his head in that video there, paramedics surrounding him. We also
In San Francisco. 70s across the bay in oakland and look at the 90s once again. Over the weekend the trend will be for slightly cooler days in the inland east bay. We will detail that for you and the somewhat warm week ahead. Chris. We are following a developing story at the accident. It happened around cool 15 last night. You see emergency vehicles around the ride called flight deck. It used to be called top gun n this next video you see how the ride operates. Twisting upside down and the riders feet dangle below them. One said he was on the ride and saw what happened. Somebody drop a cell phone and we were turning and someone got hit. And Authorities Say a park employee did go to the hospital withdrawmatic injuries. A visitor was also taken to the hospital for a hand injury. The park will reopen this morning, but a spokesperson said the ride will remain shut down until all of safety avenues are explored. However, investigators do not think the ride malfunctioned. Its not the first ti
View this morning. Maybe some mist and drizzle as well if you are along the short line and reduced visibility. From our roofer camera its filed but cooler. 54 santa rosa. But milder temperatures with clear skies from concord to livermore. A few subtle changes today. More cooling arrives tomorrow. We will talk about all the temperatures for the weekend coming up. Chris. Thank you, lisa. We are following a story at californias great america. A highspeed collision sends two people to the hospital, one with serious injuries. It happened last night. You see the emergency vehicles around the ride called flight deck. For those of you who havent been to the park in a while, it used to be called top gun. One said he was on the ride and saw what happened. Somebody dropped a cell phone and we were turning and someone got hit with the first lent. It was about ten feet away. A horrific scene to witness. Authorities say a park employee did go to the hospital with traumatic injuries. A visitor was al
80 degrees this time of the year. Yes, it can get this hot this time of the year. But this was record setting. How long will this heat last . Youll be able to see the trend continues of above average warmth all the way into sunday. Well gradually see temperatures drop by monday. But then back up again by next wednesday. Looks like a long hot summer ahead for you guys. It sure does. Triple digits in the trivalley. Thats where were going now. Jodi hernandez is there. Theyre used to the heat in livermore, jodi . Reporter it is so hot here. Cool and trying to conserve water is a tough task. You can see all the dry brown grass as the city probably has more brown grass than any city in the bay area. On a day like today, conserving water is very hard when all you want to do is get in it. Its not too bad. But they have increased it. Jennifer has been dreading opening her water bill. Starting this month, livermore residents are getting a monthly water budget. For every unit they go over theyll
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news, a bloody roller coster accident at Great America. This is exclusive new video taken moments after it happened. Im veronica de la cruz, liz has the night off. Im ken bastida. Lets get right to betty yu who is standing by in santa clara. Reporter ken, two people were hurt at Great America tonight. One of them suffered serious traumatic injuries. It this happened on the roller coaster known as flight deck. We want to get right to the cell phone video that we got from a rider. He says he was in the third road of this car who hit this maintenance worker. Several witnesses told us that this was a man who was trying to do the right thing. He tried to grab a cell phone for a rider who had just dropped it. And despite several warnings, he ran out there at the same moment that this incoming car came full of riders and hit him at full speed. You can see his leg, his head in that video there, paramedics surrounding him. We also