They did block off those two lanes. Take a look at why they did that. There is a big divot here in the overpass, the embarcadero road overpass, and that is your view from the front. Now check out how it looks from underneath the overpass. Yeah, oh boy, what a mess here. You can see the damage done by the bed of the dump truck. It slammed into the embarcadero road overpass on southbound 101 at about 10 50 last night. Chp says the driver dropped off his load at the construction project, just up a little ways here on 101, and investigators say the most likely scenario is the driver just forgot to put down that bed and it crashed into the overpass, ripping it off the truck. Officers say he was taken to the hospital to be checked out for a possible broken nose. Crews are waiting on a Structural Engineer from caltrans to arrive on the scene from sacramento. Hell get up in a scissor truck, check out the damage, decide if repairs need to be done immediately or if they can wait. Chp says that a
Truck. Officers say the driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out for a possible broken nose. The hope now is to have these lanes opened up by about noon. Of course, well keep you updated. Reporting live in palo alto, matt keller, abc7 news. We have also been in contact with officials on this. They say caltrans Structural Engineers will work on what happens next. Basically, they tell us that when they get to the scene, thats where matt is, theyre going to be using scissor lifts to look at a closer look at the dang here and look at this video that we have. The engineer will probably knock off some of the loose concrete to check out the extent of the damage, like if any rebar is broken. Best case scenario, the overpass is structurally sound. If theres major damage, though, they will need an emergency work order and get someone out there to replace the iron or steel girder holding up the bridge frame work. No word on how long that emergency process could take. Reggie, natasha, ba
Santa clara. Tom, this man has a lot of access to children. What do we know tonight . Reporter well, raj, police are not saying what tipped them off to this guy, but they do know that he works just blocks from here at that center that does have children. So, as soon as they had enough evidence to make an arrest, they moved quickly. Police say they found disturbing pictures of children, mostly boys on a computer belonging to 63yearold david bruce lang. They confiscated the computer at langs santa clara home and arrested him on one count of misdemeanor child pornography. I still cant really believe in it reporter the next door neighbor who asks that we not show her face was stunned to hear the allegations. He was always a very Good Neighbor and he was very polite. Reporter she says lang mostly stayed to himself and occasionally was with a male friend. A mother of small children, she also said she never felt uneasy about him because he was so friendly. We all have like dark parts of us an
Donald trumps Election Campaign after questions about his contact with the russians. There are new calls now from California Democrats for sessions to step down because he did not disclose that he had met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. During the campaign. Tonight, President Trump tweeted Jeff Sessions is an honest man, he did not say anything wrong, he could have stated his response more accurately but it was clearly not intentional. Abc News Reporter e lolona zack in washington. Reporter the latest revelation, the president s own soninlaw, jared kusnyer met with the russian official at trump tower in december. Meanwhi meanwhile. I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. Reporter nonetheless, attorney general Jeff Sessions denies he did anything wrong. I never had meetings with russian operatives or russian entintermediaries about the tru campaign. Reporter but he did meet with the Russian Ambassador twice. Session says his meetings were a
Her childrens bedroom window directly faces his home. 63year old David Bruce Lang was arrested inside his santa clara home thursday morning after detectives served a search warrant. The chief Financial Officer at bill Wilson Center is accused of possessing child pornography. The center helps more than 5 thousand troubled kids and teens in the county through programs including counseling. The news came as a shock to langs next door neighbor who shared only good memories of him off camera. Kind of a big surprise because ever since we were living here we had a perfect relationship. But now the accusation against lang has concerned his neighbor of three years who has three children. Saying their bedroom window faces his home. Its kind of hard to believe he is a kind person i can say that i felt his personality. But across the way another neighbor who also has two children of her own said her First Impression of lang set a tone of silence for the next five years. She says when her family mo