It happened around 2 30 this afternoon at Hayward Executive Airport located west of 880 and north of highway 92. We have new information tonight from jana katsuyama. You heard from that Sheriffs Office in the past hour and they confirmed the name of the Flight Instructor who died. Reporter they did, frank. The Corners Office tells me the victim has been identified as wayne prodger. Here are photos of him. We understand he is a 62year old man from sunnyvale. Friends that i spoke with tonight tell me that he was a loving and caring husband, father of three grown children and he loves to travel. He was the owner and chief instructor at the vertical cfi helicopters Flight School and was borrowing a helicopter from a neighboring Business Today here at the airport to get the lesson. Reporter the call about Helicopter Crash about 2 30 monday afternoon brought hayward fire and Police Vehicles rushing to the Hayward Executive Airport. It was a robinson r44 helicopter that crashed at the airport
Can you post it at abc7news. Com. 56 to 62 in the day planner, 62 at noon, and 74 inland and by 4 00, 62 at the coast and 76 inland. We will be really hot this weekend and i will have that next. Sue in where is that new accident . Yes, in the east by. An accident on 880. It is southbound near washington. We will get to that in a moment. There is road work but southbound 880 before washington in the last lane. Self vehicles involved and i am not seeing any slow traffic the it is early. We will follow this. Breaking overnight we want to tell you about this story we could not believe to video. Not only is a car in the side of the house, but you can see the light pole that went straight through the window. The driver of a black vehicle slammed into the home in santa clara and the driver now is being detained on suspicious of d. U. I. The black car crashed into another car at lafayette street at 10 30. It shearedded off the light pole, crashed into the window of the house. A man and his son
Police station. Reporter this is the first of many meetings to avoid a stopping shortage. They called the meeting productive. To give you some perspective, city leaders say 500 officers are needed to patrol the speak streets in san jose. Right now, the city of 1 million people. Its well below that. By next month you could see more officers back on the street. We got numbers that were so horrific just within the last week, were talking about over 340 10 hour shifts that need to be filled every single week in patrol. Reporter the move was triggered by this letter to the police union detailing the numbers. In the latest bid, only 413 officers available for patrol, below the minimum of 500 officers before the gap in positions backfilled with overtime. That has proven costly. If you are asking me are we in a state of emergency . Absolutely. We will feel the effects internally. It will be widespread. Its going to have a ripple effect. No doubt about it. Reporter david amoss bring says the sh
Threat, a precaution, the School Evacuated, the campus immediately you see absolutely no one there, all students and staff are gone. The schools website notes all afternoon and evening classes have been canceled. Student found a letter on campus mentioning a bomb in one particular part of that school and authorities are doing a sweep of the full campus. Well follow the breaking news throughout the newscast and tole it online up to the minute developments will be posted on nbcbayarea. Com and on our app. Our other top story a family of a young man shot by San Francisco police are taking the police to court. The officers feared for their lives, they say they mistook a taser that alex nieta was holding, thought it was a gun. This trial comes amid a National Debate over police shootings. Nbc bayiers bob redell is live in front of the federal courthouse in San Francisco. Clearly a case full of emotions. Reporter you can hear it behind me, good morning to you, chris and scott, inside the fed
New york the bedroom is in the backyard now. The chp says the driver is 29yearold Ulysses Gonzalez of san jose suffering injuries and at the hospital. No word if he will face citations, we dont know the name of the Truck Company. Neighbors say they are fuming because cars and trucks speed down here through the stop sign and the chp will investigate whether or not this particular Truck Company has the proper permits. The homeowners are back from vacation and the Silver Lining i am told by the daughter is that this crash happened at the end of her parents vacation. A Silver Lining that they werent home. Is the house a loss or can it be salvaged at this point . Well, it is red tagged at the moment. So no one is being allowed back inside and you know when the daughter was speaking about the first time it happened, she said her mother was so worried about spending the night. As you can imagine because the first time the car came within inches of her bed. So now that you can see what happene