the normally bustling toll plaza at the east independent of the span shut down completely. around 10:35, we received a 911 call from a driver stating that as this he weey were going eastbound, a large chuchk cnlge concrete fell and hit their car. they sustained major damage, however they did not stop because they were on the way to the airport. reporter: chp released these photos of the actual pieces of concrete and of a section of the bridge that appears to be damaged. as shown from sky 7, caltrans initially closed only the eastbound lanes creating a huge traffic jam in marin county prompting some to attempt to turn around even back up on the freeway. a short time later, a decision was made to close the westbound lanes as well. and cars were diverted off the freeway. she has a doctor s appointment in 20 minutes. i don t know. probably have to go to the bay bridge help. reporter: after about an hour, the chp allowed the eastbound cars that were stranded on the bridge
doncaster but not a horse, not a punter in sight. all fixtures off after it emerged three runners yesterday at care and ludlow had tested positive for highly contagious equine flu. all of them from the yard of dominic kane had been vaccinated, leaving a worried sport searching for answers. in all previous form if you like and where infectious diseases have broken out in horse racing either he or any other countries around the world we learn from it each time and the key thing to do is to inform people, stop the movement of horses because then you stop the cross contamination and you can isolate theissues contamination and you can isolate the issues much more quickly. today s cancellations are just the start. the authorities say there will be no racing until it least wednesday next week with one of britain s bigger sports forced into shutdown. and next month, remember, is its showpiece, the cheltenham festival, worth millions to the industry. so containing this disease is also
home at this point. after westbound direction, they were hoping to have all lanes reopen at this hour at 6 pm. that has been pushed back again. they are staying in a few hours. does that mean two? does that mean three? at this point, they simply don t know. inspectors are currently working on the bridge. all they can provide at this point is just in a few hours. westbound direction, that is the upper deck onto they don t want cars on top because they are concerned about more vibrations and causing more tracks to fall down onto the lower deck. these are some of the senate chunks that fell onto the lower deck. a chp officer held out his fist to give you an idea how big some of these pieces are. officers say around 10:35 am, one piece a moving car, causing major damage to the car. the people inside were okay. they were rushing to catch a flight at an airport. we sent officers out to inspect. they were able to find large chunks of concrete and could see more concrete falling
we are hearing from caltrans is the goal to reopen the lanes in a couple of hours now, so that could be you know, between now and anytime tonight, so traffic is going to continue to be a nightmare for people heading home during this evening commute on this thursday, and it is going to continue to get worse. as you mentioned there is at least one lane open on the lower deck or the eastbound side comes the cars coming into richmond are able to inch in. i was speaking to debora villalon. she s inching her way from the marin side and said traffic is very slow, and on her way to get here so it s taking a long time to get here even with one lane open. but caltrans said they would have to do this at the height of the evening commute but it is not safe for car to travel on the upper deck because concr fall on the lower deck, but chp told us they decided to shut down the bridge again after they noticed more concrete falling. here is what they had to say. as arbitral unit was sitting
(pam) let s get a check of the weather around the bay area..time now for the 4zone forecast. with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was partly cloudy and chilly again today. storm clouds are gathering off the coast and will move in on friday. highs today were only in the 40s and 50s. tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers early tomorrow morning. rain will be come heavy at times during the day before turning to showers in the late afternoon. highs tomorrow will be very chilly and in 40s to low 50s. more cold rain and low mountain snow are possible over the weekend. more storms are forecast for next week too. (ken) lots to talk about in the sports world tonight. us in the studio. major league hall of famer. race pioneer. and bay area icon frank robinson is dead at the age of 85. robinson.who had a long battle with cancer. as reported earlier in the show. major league hall of famer,trailblazer, and bay area icon frank robinson died today at