steve s microphone. we will do that as we check traffic with sal. all right. we had a car that ran into a creek. this is the same creek on niles canyon road where another accident happened this weekend. it happened around 5:00. niles canyon road was closed for a bit between 680 and mission boulevard. they have reopened it since. the person did get out of the car okay. but the car is still in the creek. you can see that the traffic in this area may be a little bit affected. this is about where it happened. and it has been tough driving the last few days in the area. give yourself plenty of time. chp says the car is halfway submerged in the water and they will not be able to recover the car for another three to five days. let s move along and look at other things. san jose, we have a tweet from cairo20. san jose state traffic is back in. watch out. thank you very much. you can always tweet me. i do want to show you that traffic in san jose here on 280 maybe affected. this is
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reporter: the search has forced both directions of highway 17 to be closed since mid-morning. traffic is being rerouted to side streets and that s creating a monumental backup whether you re traveling to santa cruz or san jose. the search for the suspect will continue indefinitely. as you can see behind me now, this is going to create a major traffic mess and right back there at black road and bear creek road, the traffic is being single-filed onto side roads. you know that people in the santa cruz mountains have already had to deal with these lane and road closures during the recent storms. now they are doing one because of the suspect s search. we will, of course, be on scene here to tell you when these lanes might reopen but that search, as they say, will go on indefinitely into the night if necessary. we are live near redwood estates, david louie, abc7 news. the con convicted killer of a richmond woman has been connected to women decades ago. bob evans murdered a woma
we re looking around the area for some more footage to see if we can help try to identify. we are working with the fbi who handles all bank robberies. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is tracking the search in the santa cruz mountains and he is live at lexington elementary school which is closed while the investigation is ongoing. matt? reporter: natasha, such a frightening day for lexington elementary school. yesterday they were put on lockdown after the suspect was seen running in the area and today they hve canceled all of the classes, they are concerned about the safety for the students and staff here. because this bank robber is still on the loose and he is considered to be armed and dangerous. now here is new video from this morning from the area he was last seen at around 2:00 this morning. this is alder kraft heights and old santa cruz highway and a few hours later they believe the suspect this h broken into a home on weaver road and took a woman s van at knife poi
where do things stand today? reporter: we heard from the santa clara county playoffs. they continue to do saturation patrols in the santa cruz mountains. the last sighting was 10:00 last night. lexingt lexington elementary is shut down over suspicions the suspect could be nearby. surveillance camera captured him yesterday morning robbing a bank of america branch in scotts valley. he led local police on a car chase on the highway 17 where he hit a number of cars and eventually broke down. an officer fired at him as he ran away into the woods, not clear if he was hit by a bullet. highway 17 was shut down for several hours. the surrounding homes and schools were forced to shelter in place. later in the day the su expect described as hispanic broke into a home in the area of weaver and soet a springs. he stole a change of clothes and a mini van. they forced him out of a vehicle and back into the mountains where the terrain as you are well aware is rugged. it s steep and hilly