interstate 90 west. near the cleveland exit. shut down for hours thursday. from sky fox. you see vehicles detoured and backed up for miles. as ohio state highway patrol investigators. respond to the tragic death of a fellow trooper. . urgent calls came in just before 1:r0 o clock. as people tried to save 48 year-old trooper. who was struck by a while conducting traffic. he was taken to the hospital. where additional troopers stood vigil and word of the horrible accident spread. a shock. that somebody you know. you re not used to seeing somebody you know get killed like that. it s sad. . bob was on the same baseball team. growing up. very nice guy. took me on as a friend. just class act guy. even now. years later. he says. every time they would see each other, like just a few weeks ago. it was like no time had passed. . comes up to me. hey bob how you doing. we talked. and just great guy. out going tpaoepl man. family man. who loved sports and his job. and li
as ohio state highway patrol investigators. respond to the tragic death of a fellow trooper. . urgent calls came in just before 1:r0 o clock. as people tried to save 48 year-old trooper. who was struck by a car. while conducting traffic. he was taken to the hospital. where additional troopers stood vigil and word of the horrible accident spread. a shock. that somebody you know. you re not used to seeing somebody you know get killed like that. it s sad. . bob was on the same baseball team. growing up. very nice guy. took me on as a friend. which i really appreciated. just class act guy. even now. years later. he says. every time they would see each other, like just a few weeks . comes up to me. hey bob how you doing. we talked. and just great guy. out going tpaoepl man. family man. who loved sports and his job. and lived for his three kids. children who now must move forward without their father. . feel bad for his family and kids. god bless them. . it
a procession of police will escort the body of kenneth velez to the funeral home will he will be prepared forn burial.z they will he from the medical examiner s office here in cleveland ande travel to lorraine. tonight, his sons high school, amherst has asked fans to a both sides of the field to dressed in blue for tonight s game against berea been park. there were drivers who witnessed every horrific second of what happened. what s your emergency? h hi, 90 highway patrolman was just hit by a car. okay. i think they killed him. skyfox was up over the scene yesterday afternoon. it happened just before won near on i 90 west.xit forty-eight -year-old kenneth malaise was out of this crews are on the side of the road when he was struck by a car. he died at metrohealth medical center. we spoke with his high school friendi who says this man loved hism job and live for his three children.hr they saw each other recently. we were talking about our kids playing sports andn
an ohio state highway patrol trooper hit and kill on the side of i-90. it is important that we stay strong. police shot and killed a 13- year-old kill a bb gun from his waistband. because this product is a serious fire hazard i m urging all consumers to take advantage of this free call right away. smart phone melt down. a federal recall tonight involving the samsung galaxy note 7. we will tell you when consumers will begin to turn in their defective devices. 11. highway tragedy. an ohio state highway patrol trooper is struck and killed. the trooper was apparently standing outside his cruiser on the side of i-90 in cleveland when he was hit. channel 3 jasmine monroe is live in brook park where he was stationed with the latest investigation and what we know is jasmine. reporter: learning more about trooper ken valez, the investigation continues it happened before one this afternoon. trooper valez was conducting a traffic stop on i- 90 when he was struck. the drive
right now plenty of activity two hour west and this is all moving our direction. what does it mean for your weekend? many of you have plans and we re going to keep a close eye on this through the next couple of days. things are clear today and as we look ahead over the next few hours we will journey through the weekend. now let s check traffic. good morning. the ready for some closures starting later today on the inner belt bridge they are preparing for opening it in a ceremony next weekend. 90 eastbound start is closed starting tonight epm and that will continue until 10 am saturday. just eastbound lanes from tremont into downtown. to get around that, 490 277 n. around metro cleveland now it is looking fine. there will be additional impact on the inner belt bridge coming up next weekend as well when the whole thing shuts down for some time as they get ready to show off the new construction. this morning leaks county toward ashtabula looking good. no problems on the local r