precaution. yeah it is a good thing. i m tracking the quiet conditions for the most part. had light drizzle here an hour ago. as we aren t seeing much of a wintery concern here this morning for the morning drive as originally thought. as you mentioned. d.o.t. trucks were out in full force making sure anything that did fall this morning wouldn t lead to treacherous driving conditions. we caught up with a few of the tricks late last night setting down the brine, the salt. making sure the roads were treated enough. we ve been talking with mark taylor. a couple of accidents out here early this morning and out here live, right above 277, the brookshire, travel looks decent. we re tracking everyone going out or just below the speed limit. we had light drizzle out here early this morning. we ll keep an eye on the conditions out here this morning. keith mentioned the chance for freezing rain as we head throughout the lunch time and afternoon continues. although the travel condition
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other issue that is we re following include 77 northbound near amity hill we had an accident, now in the median. we re on the scene of this accident as well gathering more information northbound at 36 miles per hour, so still a little slow. so 21 heading up through troutman up through statesville should be used. 85 southbound we have the inside left lane blocked with an accident involving a tractor- trailer just south of highway 152 from china grove. very minimal impact expected with this accident at this time. lots of room still to move around. and then in east shaferlt we have this. this is a roadway that s blocked because of standing water. this happening at hawthorne lane just north of central avenue. in the meantime you ll have to avoid this intersection just north of it, use the plaza as john. we have some breaking news right now. all lanes are 77 just opened back up after freezing rain caused several crashes in both yeah. trapping hundreds of drivers for at least f
through the area. beattie s ford at miranda road we ve got an accident. the good news is i m not seeing a big delay here, but it s something we ll continue to monitor for you. and then angela hong, she s just a few minutes away from an accident a road closure, i should say because of standing water this. is on hawthorne just north of central avenue. we ll have live reports, more information coming up on this? just a few minutes. john. take a look at your screen here. we just got video in from reporter dave ferraday, this is from airport road in morganton. take a look. wow! a huge tree fell across the road, took down power lines with it there. big problems. the firefighters are working to get it cut up and moved off the road. it s just one of many problems up there. we ve been telling you that highway 7 is closed in both directions because of power lines down there too. county officials told us about a half an hour ago that half the town of morganton is without power.
especially on the secondary roads. morning drive, roads may be damp but they are drying up the low 40s by 9:00. 50s today. the numbers are going way higher in the upcoming weekend. breaking news. northway charlotte. a man was shot in the leg three times. mcdonald street off of lasalle street. medics confirmed one person was taken to the hospital and police say witnesses are not operating. we re asking them what led to the shooting and if they have a suspect. channel 9 to continue breaking the story. police are looking for the people who were in the silver car left the scene of a crash. offices said the driver hit the back of a city truck on i-85 past the w. sugarcreek road. area around 12:30 am. closed for 30 minutes. the city truck driver was not her. more than 600 people showed up to the first form about possibly sending thousands of cms students to different schools. they voiced concerns and questions. angela han is live in uptown. reporter: a majority of us sa