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center median and the trailer made contact with the overpass. the driver was not wearing a seat belt. that collision caused the driver of the big rig to be ejected. watched the door fly open, body sucked out of the truck, flew about 30 feet and landed. reporter: the chp hopes this accident serves as another reminder of wearing a seat belt. people don t listen to us nothing we can do about it. seat belts save lives. reporter: it took about three hours to clear the accident and open the westbound lanes. the driver s name has not been released. the truck belonged to a san francisco trucking company. damage to the overpass was minor, so cal transallowed traffic to continue on university and underneath. in berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. this is a time lapse view of the traffic along interstate 80 as a result of the crash this morning. a thick layer of fog rolled in across the camera before 10:00 a.m. and it lingered for a while. and take a look at this pict ....
i m cheryl jennings. an unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. the truck hit a center divide and overpass here berkeley. the driver was thrown from the truck and died. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. reporter: with the trailer jammed under the university avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. it s crazy. i was just telling my grandmother i feel like i m on my way to work on a weekday. trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. reporter: the highway patrol says the accident happened before 9:00 this morning. a witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. first thing we saw was a tire pop. tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. the next thing we heard and saw was m ....
winds above 1,000 feet. that s what is fuelling the mild temperatures. your planner today calls for 40s and 50s to start out. low 60s by noontime. another day of record warmth is possible with mid to upper 70s around the bay. a mild night tonight. i ll let you know what s in the seven-day outlook in a few minutes. developing news in pleasant hill where a lock down end after an unsuccessful search for a gunman. last night at 10:30 police received calls of a manwaring camouflage parents a black bulletproof vest and carrying an assault tile rifle. officers saw the suspect sealed in an area and issued a lockdown order. all residents were told toll stay inside and lock their windows and doors. a s.w.a.t. team was called in to search an apartment building on boyd road but the suspect was not located. this morning, health officials are confirming that four additional deaths in the bay area are flu related. and with the flu outbreak being the most severe in years there is a ....
60s to near 70s. a quick warmup with record warnlth twons again. health care we are into the mid 70s in most places around the bay. 60s. and we will be looking at a mild evening as well. we will talk about the cooler day of the weekend, when it arrives, and we ll look into the first full week of february coming up. a, thank. developing news out of pleasant hill where a suspect remains on the loose this morning. last night at around 10:30 police received calls of a man wearing camouflage pants, a black bulletproof vest and carrying an assault style rifle. officers arrived and saw the suspect and sealed off the area and then issued a lockdown order. all residents were told to stay inside and lock their window and doors. the lockdown was lifted just after 4:00 this morning when police couldn t find the suspect. this morning, health official are confirming four additional deaths in the bay area are flu related. with the outbreak being the most severe in years there is a ....
now from abc7, live breaking news. [ applause ] breaking news is in oakland where minutes ago, the city council gave unanimous approval to the stadium plan that could keep the silver and black in the bay area and out of las vegas. good evening, i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. the vote came in the last 30 minutes. cornell bernard was inside the council chambers when it happened and live with late breaking details. reporter: lots of happy fans here tonight as the vote came down allowing the city to move forward with terms and talks on the stadium plan. just in time nfl owners meet tomorrow to discuss possible relocation of the team to las vegas. they re our team. we want to keep them. reporter: fans making a pitch to oakland city council to keep the team in oakland. the city council s approval of a nonbinding term sheet will allow the city to move forward with talks on a $1.3 billion stadium plan. rebecca kaplan says the deal is bigger than football. this i ....