S for 39. 99 a month. Call now. Next on Eyewitness News a deadly crash on interstate 85. what happened in the moments before the horrific collision. The latest just in. plus. A sex crime accusation at unc. A young woman speaking out against the university. how School Leaders are responding. And. A violent attack on Law Enforcement officers caught on camera. What police are saying about the driver. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news right off the top the Highway Patrol now saying alcohol played a role in a deadly crash on i85 near the orange Durham County line. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. A report on this crash. Just coming in to us here in the breaking news center. chopper 11 hd was over i85 southbound near the old highway 86 exit shortly after the crash at about 415 this afternoon. The right shoulder. And hit a big rig that was stopped at the time. The van kept going. And smashed into a pickup truck causing it to overturn. The passenger i
New tonight on Eyewitness News. Under the microscope. The university of North Carolina under fire for its handling of a rape investigation. The letter being sent to the chancellor. Plus. Moving out. The acc ramping up the pressure on North Carolina over hbtwo. How the governor is reacting this time. And. Leap of faith. why tisha decided to take the plunge from 14thousand feet above the ground. Starts right now. breaking news in wake county right off the top a pedestrian hit on garner road in raleigh. This is a live look from breaking news one. Police say the victim was taken to wakemed with what are believed to be serious injuries. garner road is closed between calloway drive and newcombe road. And police are rerouting drivers to avoid the area. Until their investigation is wrapped up. You can look for whats new with this story tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. New tonight u nc head football coach larry fedora refusing to talk about a player accused of raping a student. As hes peppe
Joel chopper 11 spent the day surveying the damage. The damage is all over but a huge concentration is located here in granville county. A confirmed tornado is responsible for the destruction. Anna heather while ago was there. She returns today touring the damage and spoke to people whose lives are forever changed. Looking at those shots our hearts go out to those people. Some lost everything. They are behind you even. Cleanup could take several weeks. Maybe several months. This is all that is left of the entire backside of the house. You can see part of the roof dangling from the tree and the front door also blown off. He and his neighbors said the through this rubble trying to find anything. The National Weather service that the better part of the day trying to survey the damage and tornado determine the tornado path. Several homes were damaged including a dairy farm down the street that has been around since the 1940s. Also among the damage, a cattle farm. Three of the owners cows w
Area who called 911 about the mans body in the woods where you see the investigators walking. He is 50 to 60 feet in there. I dont know what kind of view you can get. Several hours into this investigators are out here. We dont have an id on the man. We just know this is a male and based on the condition of his body he should be identifiable soon. We dont have the id yet but he had been out here long enough to be unidentifiable. That is information at this point. A few people have walked up this will be blocked off for some time. This is an activesync. We will continue to follow we are live from fayetteville. Nicole carr Eyewitness News. Very difficult situation. Heavy hearts has people slowly learn about the tragedy that killed a metal Lane Elementary School teacher in the morning. All day. This is a freak accident. It is so heartbreaking. You know a lot of these students had to have left school very different than when they went in. Police have learned some children may have actually
Eyewitness news center, abc at four starts right now. Joel a Winter Weather advisory is in effect and weve got our eye on that storm system making its way into North Carolina that could bring snow, sleet and rain tomorrow and into the weekend. Anna crews have expanded brining efforts across the area. First, chief meteorologist, Chris Hohmann kicks off our coverage from the first alert storm center. Chris it is going to be a light event in terms of precipitation. A clear and cold day here with lots of sunshine. No worries with anything going on precipitation wise this evening or tonight. We are watching a system off to the northwest. It doesnt look all that impressive but the energy is going to spawn and energy of low an area of low pressure off of our coast. Nothing showing up here. Breaks out. It is pretty much winding down early into the evening hours. A quick hitting system and temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. Accumulations look to be half an inch to up to an inch.