But at this point they dont believe that weather or Road Conditions were a factor. It appears as though the driver just lost control and came across this guardrail in the lefthand lane. You can see pieces of this guardrail throughout, about a 200yard stretch here on the eastbound lane. That guardrail is just absolutely shredded and you can see the tractor trailer still behind me over here. We do know the driver has died in this crash. One male, white male, out of south carolina. We dont know the identification because hes from south carolina. The Highway Patrol there is helping with identification and notification of next of kin. We expect to get that information hopefully sometime later today. Obviously, the scene here, still very active. The Fire Departments have left though. Right now, crews are waiting on a crane to help them get this tractor trailer out from this median. We are told the crane can only operate in daytime hours. So they will have to wait until therefore, they expect
Percent ted cruz, 51,649 28 percent donald trump, 45,416 24 percent marco rubio, 43,132 23 percent ben carson, 17,393 9 percent 3 after months of listening to e candidates, the voters finally got their say monday night. The first contest of the 2016 president ial campaign, the iowa caucuses. And they turned out in record numbers. There were e ports of long lines to get into caucus sites and overflow crowds at many of those sites. Sot ted cruz r president ial candidate tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa, and all across this great nation. In the republican race ted cruz had branded himself as the true conservative in his battle with donald trump. And his retail politics, and heavy courting of the evangelical vote gave him a win. Meanwhile, trump perhaps the most humble weve seen him in this race thanked the iowa supporters for his second place finish. Sot donald trump r president ial candidate i was told by everybody do not go to iowa. You couldnt finish in the
3 good morning. Its. Friday, january 29th im lauren brigman. And im jay siltzer good morning. 3 here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7 day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 3 we have another update right now. On that deadly wreck polk county. News 13s evan donovan is live from where the crash happened near saluda. Evan. One eastbound lane just reopened in the last half hour. Just as we pulled up on the scene at right at 5 oclock one lane had reopened on i 26 eastbound between mile marker 59 and 60. The righthand lane is now open. All Fire Departments have cleared from the scene except for the Saluda Fire Department which remains. Toopers and other officials are still working the scene. We know one person has died but we dont know the name of that person. We are told crews are likely to be on the scene until about 7 am. Obviously take caution when driving through this
Control traffic. Maybe well put up thank you signs next. Justin beginning construction in march. Theyd like to finish the project in june when the music center opens. Justin hinton, news 13. Frank a local man will spend at least seven years behind bars convicted for robberies in asheville and weaverville. Michael benoit pleaded guilty. Obtaining status in habitual felon. Police captured him shortly after. People at Pisgah Legal Services worked around the clock trying to get folks signed up for healthcare. Pisgah extended hours all weekend. Staff and volunteers sitting down with people. Helping them find a plan that worked. Some signed up for the first time. This is a really big deal for a lot of people. Today is a really good day that were going to see a lot of people first time. Theyre realizing that that penalty is going to hit a lot harder this year. So theyre coming in last chance to get enrolled. Frank that penalty, 695 for 2 and a half percent of household income. Even if you are