minutes. several drivers chose to risk it and went through the intersection anyway. others played it smart and decided not to test the flood waters. ((dave courvoisier)) it was even worse at lake mead and civic. but that didn t seem to stop drivers who were willing to risk everything in exchange for convenience. the flooding has subsided some drivers getting trapped in their cars. ((denise valdez)) nia wong has been chasing the storm all evening. she joins us live in the northeast from a wash that s still rushing with water. nia? ((nia wong)) dave and denise. we ve seen drivers ignoring warnings not to drive through flood waters throughout the evening. take a look at what we saw just a few hours ago. we went to both of those intersections you just mentioned. and despite several inches of water in the road. many through while others remained in place. you may be thinking what s a few inches of rain in the road? well, as we ve seen time and again in southern nevada, it
valley s news leader. i m michelle mortensen in for kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) and i m brian loftus. sherry how s the weather today? you ((brian loftus)) as we ve seen time and again in southern nevada, it doesn t take much to wash out the road. ((michelle mortensen)) it really doesn t . and we re aware of at least four swift water rescues last night. thankfully according to clark county fire . no one was injuried in any of those cases. but these heavy downpours sure did take some folks by surprise . especially some of our tourists on the strip. (( chris dent/vegas vacation rained out: it s been pretty rough. driving through it is something else. (stitch) it s really high over in some spots about a foot high. )) ((michelle mortensen)) with more rain potentially on the way . clark county wants you to remember their slogan when it comes to washed out roads: turn around, don t drown . driving into flood waters can ruin your car.and if the water is deep enough .
and dumped rain and hail across several parts of the valley. there was even a big lightning show. some intersections were flooded in just minutes.. several drivers choose to go through the water anyways. but some did play it safe and turn around. the clark county fire department responded to at least four swift water rescues last night no reports of injuries./// and this video was posted to our 8 news now facebook page by one of our viewers.. thanks to starr rivera for sending this to us! remember- you can always post your weather video to our facebook page or send it to p-i-x at las vegas now dot com./// sherry, how s the weather? the northeast side of town but everyone got a taste of the lightning and even some rain. we could still see a shower before this area of low pressure completely moves out today. .... there is still plenty of moisture out there and a little trailing energy to trigger a shower or even a thunderstorm early this morning then getting on with some sun
fox5 s eric hilt is live in the newsroom.eric talked to the childress family about the ruling. family members of keith childress jr. say today s review was difficult, and forced them to relieve the day of the shooting all over again. get on the ground childress was shot and killed on new years eve of last year. this is body cam video from that day it shows him ignoring demands from officers. those officers thought he had a gun in his pocket, but it was just a cell phone childress was the district attorney s office ruled the shooting as justified, and today s review was meant to address concerns from the public. but childress family told fox5 they have unanswered questions. why? that just my only question. why. it never had to go down like this. why did this happen. there was no reason for it, absolutely no reason for it. us marshals had tracked childress down that night and called metro for backup when marshals told metro that childress was wanted for attempted murde
he actually died last thursday at a local hospital.. but the coroner is just now confirming his death. he was working for a local bee company removing a hive from the attic when the bees began stinging him.. he was not wearing any protective gear. the investigation into his death could still take up to 2 months to complete. a different man is also dead tonight tonight .. killed in a scaffolding collapse at a local construction site. the collapse happened at the site of the second stage of tivoli village which is still under construction. fox five s miguel martinez-valle joins us live from tivoli village with the latest. miguel? it was during a construction project here at tivoli village that scaffolding collapsed. on that scaffolding three employees. this is a picture of that collapsed scaffolding right now the fire department was out here they say they got a call around 2 o clock staying at the resulting in a serious injury of one of those employees when they got to the scen