No one covers New Hampshire like we do, now, wmur news 9 at 5 00. M adam sexton. stephanie and i m stephanie woods. We begin tonight in lincoln where police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. It happened on main street just before 6 00 saturday night. Adam the victim, a man from massachusetts, was struck from behind. He was taken to the hospital but wmur s Kristen Carosa spoke with investigators today. She joins us now with the details. Kristen the driver is also from massachusetts and now faces charges. State police are calling this a tragedy for both families. This portion of main street in lincoln has been marked. An investigation into a deadly pedestrian accident continues. No matter how you look at this, it is a tragedy. Kristen it happened saturday night around 5 45. Kristen police say the victim was hit from behind while walking with a group. He suffered severe injuries and later died. A tragedy can happen. Unfortunately, it did last night. Kristen color the driver n
Wildfires in that region. Covering more than 14square miles. Tonight, the greatest concern appears to have shifted from carlsbad. To san marcos. This fire started late this afternoon. Some 21thousand evacuation notices have been sent to people who live in san marcos. And now, California State University san marcos has been evacuated in the middle of finals week for nearly 10 thousand students. Graduation was planned for this weekend. In the city of carlsbad, thousands of people have been told to leave. Firefighters have been chasing after flames. To keep the growing poinsettia fire as it is called. From reaching homes. In some instances, just a few yards stood in between them. 8homes, 8apartments and 2 businesses burned in this fire alone. Its been very stressful. Theres a lot of big plumes of smoke, and theyre getting larger. They die down. The wind doesnt make it any easier. The wind can change and all of a sudden, it just seems like were going to be safe and were not. So we just pac