It was a cooler start. Right now were 54 in charlotte. 52 concord. These temperatures just updated. 51 salisbury and 43 in boone. As we go throughout the rest of the day, well climb to around 60 degrees here in charlotte. That is right where we should be this time of year but im tracking a major warm up on the way. Ill pinpoint when we could see temperatures close to 80 degrees. We are getting new details about a deadly crash that blocked several lanes this state troopers confirm a Good Samaritan was killed trying to help a woman with a flat tire. We brought you live pictures from the interstate this morning as officers blocked many lanes there on i485. Since then we learned a man stopped to help a woman whose tire blew out. He was standing near her car that vans driver voluntarily took a breathalyzer test and alcohol is not a factor in that accident. The Lincoln County Sheriffs Office released information about a chase and arrest. Arrest nearly dragged a detective with his car and the
Within the past five minutes. It is 39 in charlotte. 40 rockingham. 39 chesterfield. A little cooler to start the day off. If youre heading out early, grab a light jacket but well see a lot of sunshine today and temperatures will warm into the low 60s. It will feel good if youre standing underneath the sunshine. A major warm up this week. Ill pinpoint when some neighborhoods could get close to 80 degrees. This morning, this tow truck driver is charged for shooting a truck opener after he booted his vehicle. We first broke this story yesterday morning. Tina terry went to the south Charlotte Community where this happened and talked to neighbors who are still shocked that this happened. Reporter i called the victim in that shooting. He did not want to talk about this on camera. However, neighbors here are outraged. They tell us they want to know what led up to all of this. To come in here and tow people and without really knowing who these people are is the scariest part. Reporter residen
To be continue to fund junkets such as the streetcar. Its one way to pay more more officers and resources. Chair of Council Community Safety Committee julie wants that explored first. But the possibility of a tax increase is on the table too as money keeps going out. With the property reval that happened at the county level, we lost millions of dollars. Thth doesnt mysteriously get replaced. How much of a tax increase . We could learn more of that in detail on wednesday when Council Starts to go over that budget for Crucial Services like police, fire, trash, and roads. No final decisions will be made until may at least. And we will be there to follow the entire discussion along the way. Reporting live in uptown, jenna deery, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Now weve mapped out the scenes of the six shootings across charlotte this week. You can see the violence was not contained to just one neighborhood. Now everything started tuesday when people were shot at four different scenes during the
His wife. Hes going to speak around 4 45. Hes expected to talk about his wifes plans to raise incomes and create ladders of opportunities for families. In the next 15 minutes the democratics sparred in a fiery debate covering everything from jobs to the Auto Industry bail out. Two people died after a serious behind this deaf station here. You can see debris is scattered across the road and the crushed vehicles. Eyewitness News Reporter greg suskin is on the phone now and greg, you say this is the worst crash site youve ever seen. Well, its certainly one of seen. Not just because of the fatalities but the tremendous damage in the road. If you look at this area. Highway 9. Its an area thats extremely rural. The majority of the afternoon. Troopers told me around 8 00 this morning, a van was going west on highway 9. It crossed the center line and hit that log truck head on. Its in an area called dead mans curve because of the number of accidents out there in the past. Both drivers were kil
Toxic politically for his boss. Governor pat mccrory has been hackled by critics. Today pat mccrory left the door open. I need reassurance this company can fulfill its responsibility. When you see Something Like this, its a good idea to go nick tennison says he sees no reason to cancel the i77 toll lanes deal but knows his trip to texas is a delicate assignment. We need to say we understand this is a sensitive question, and were going to go resolve it. Reporter secretary tennison plans to spend just monday in texas and then come back and put together a report for the governor on what he finds. He promises hell make it available to the public. Jim bradley, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Last night at 6 00, we told you its likely tolls will interstates even if centra is stopped. Local Transportation Leaders told channel 9 toll lanes is still the best way so manage traffic. They say years of Research Back up their plans for paid lanes across the charlotte metro. Eyewitness news has extensive