We send condole length and prayers to the family joor the wife of Lemuel Wilson jr. Says she took her husband to Highland Hospital in oakland this morning. And he told them what had happened . Correct. Reporter the chp was looking for Lemuel Wilson in a deadly hitandrun crash last night that killed a 5 and 10yearold boy, injured a 3monthold baby, and their mother, who was driving this dodge durango. Investigators say they have evidence connecting wilson to the infinity which drove across this median and hit the durango on the solano avenue onramp. The 5 and 10yearold were thrown from the suv. Infinity comes across at such a speed, strikes the durango headon in the left rear, catastrophic damage. The infinity launches up over our heads and lands back here. Thats probably close to 100 feet. From the collision impact point. And that driver immediately flees the scene, from eyewitnesses. Reporter tells tell chp the driver of the infinity got out of the car bleeding and ran away across the
Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. I just think its crazy how theyre going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year. Closed for business. An east bay fire station wont be open ahead of the july 4th holiday. How it could triple Response Times in one community. Good evening. Im eric thomas. For the fourth time in five years, station 94 is closing its doors. Station 94 affects People Living in five cities, bethel island, nightson, brentwood, oakley, and byron. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley is live in brentwood with more on this story tonight. Leslie . Reporter hey, good evening, eric. This station along with one in oakle, one in Discovery Bay will remain open. But closing the station out in knightson, that is going to dramaly increase Response Times for 115,000 people. These engines are parked in station 94 in knightson. Theres no one to drive them. The station closed july 1st. Its a funding problem and a personnel problem. The east
The clouds have not quite moved in yet. The winds on live doppler 7 about 28 martin omalleiles perr fairfield. Temperatures mid to upper 50s. Upper 50s at the coast. In the middle, the bay, low to mid 70s. Low 70s. Noon to 4 00 to 7 00. 80 to 77 for the inland neighborhoods. Warmer but nothing outrageous on this monday. A look at the Independence Day forecast coming up. News from natasha and reggie. For the fourth time in five years a fire station in east Contra Costa County closes because of lack of funding. The station is in knightsen. Its expected to increase response times for fire and medical calls for people in five cities. Beth bethel island. Brentwood. Oakley. The east contra costa Fire Protection district is out of money. It doesnt have the budget to sustain four fully staffed stations. Three stations remain open in oakley, brentwood and discovery bay. Its crazy how theyre going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. These fire
There is no estimated time for i80 west to reopen, so, again, the backup is significant. Just expect it to get worse as the commute continues. So if you have to be in this area, try to find a workaround. Alexis will have details on that. As you can see, we are not moving anywhere fast. Live on i80 west, Tiffany Wilson. Abc7 news. Alexis is tracking ways to hopefully get around this. The first thing i suggest is dont get on westbound 80 like tiffany did. The backup a little over three miles now. Its inching closer to highway 4. A sig alert. Traffic diverted at el portal in the san pablo area. San pablo avenue is what you want to take for an alternate. Thats the best bet. The surface streets are not looking terrible. Richmond park way. Appian way decent alternates. B. A. R. T. An alternate as well. We are on a normal schedule today. Tomorrow theyll be on a sunday schedule. Today we are on a regular schedule. Thats not going to be any different than normal. Nine miles an hour, four miles
That baby lussiano survives. So tragic. Thank you. Jodi. The search is on for another hit and run driver. Happened at 6 30 near san pablo road. Witnesses say the truck driver stopped for five minutes on the side of the road and then took off. Still looking for that driver. Less than a mile away a woman lost control and slammed into the center median. At she got out of the car, another driver hit her and killed her. If you are in a crash and ends up in an unsafe spot, it is best to stay in your vehicle. A behind the scenes look. Mark, it is going to be a quite a expect cal. Reporter i am told 10,000 different explosions going off within a 25minute period. 400 explosions in a minute on average. Today, several dozen people were loading up these mortar tubes behind me. At work tomorrow and another barge will be towed into place. Very carefully that is how you load a shell into its mortar. The two prime locations will be pier 39 and aquatic park. One of the largest in the west coast for sur