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They believe he fell asleep coming home at 4 30 in the morning. He should not have been taken away. I mean if he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. But that equipment should have stopped that car. As i first discovered last week, Darrell Blackman hit what is called an end terminal on the guardrail. Here is how its supposed to work the force of the car pushes the end terminal down the length of the guardrail, flattening it into a ribbon of steel. That process gradually slows the car. But lawsuits allege it can lock up, causing the guardrail to pierce the car or kick off, allowing the car to continue on. That appears to be what happened to Darrell Blackman. His Chrysler Seebring flipped a post and went upside down. After seeing my report last week about the et plus, hes calling for hearings and an audit of the contract to purchase the end terminals the fact these are out there, demonstrated not to work as advertised and continue to be out there is unacceptable. Caltrans installed one same l
It burst. That is why the water was spewing. Walnut creek is open for pice. There is no evidence this happen ed. Businesses are mopping up after a water main break sent thousands of gallons of water into the street, a river of water forcing police to close part of the roadway. Mud covered much of the pavement after crews closed off the main and the water receded. Water service was cut to 20 customers. We have plenty of water from the storm passing through the bay area with slippery and flooded roads. Our reporter and in the south bay. Matt . Not much rain at the bottom of highway 17 and it is drizzly moving santa cruz to los gatos or los gatos to santa cruz. That is always trouble on highway 17. We shot a video an hour ago. There is light rain. I saw on the c. H. P. Website a green taxi car ran into the wall of the northbound lane of 17 north of the summit and blocked the slow lane. We do not know about injuries. That is what you can expect this morning on 17. We are near the lexington
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. It is 5 01 on this rainy thursday morning. We welcome the rain. We had to used windshield wipers on driving in. How long will it cast . We need the rain. The san mateo bridge shows light fall on the east side. Looking to the north, you can see there are moderate showers headed to hayward. You can see there are more showers offshore coming ashore so it will be wet through the morning. Rainfall amount so far is heaviest on the peninsula. That is unusual. Speaking of peninsula, daly city, to the north, along the peninsula, that is a brand new crash blocking two lanes. As we look at the macarthur maze traffic is moving decent at 580 but to San Francisco it is the other side, eastbound side, we have a sigalert. Avoid part of downtown walnut creek with crews dealing with an overnight water main break that resembled a massive geyser. Amy hollyfield is on the scene. They have recovered. That is hard to believe. Look at this video of water
Duty that were directly involved as you can imagine are extremely shook up. We actually sent them home yesterday because they were so broken up about it. Reporter ivans family and friends describe a boy who loved to smile and was always on a scooter or skateboard. I used to always skate with him on my free time. Reporter good guy . Yeah. He was a lighthearted boy. He always made us laugh. He was loved by everyone in the community. Reporter a vigil is planned for 6 00 p. M. Near where ivan was killed. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. Concern about safety prompted cal trans today to stop installing a controversial guardrail Safety System we have been reporting on. Trinity industries faces accusations of making changes that led to its guardrails not absorbing impact properly. Cal trans says it has suspended installing these rails until new federal crash test results are released next year. Just last week, the abc 7 news iteam first reported a bay area football star died in a crash involving tha