Wayne Prodger News Today

Tonight friends of the Flight Instructor who died in a Helicopter Crash on monday are speaking out. How they say he lived life to the fullest. Lanes on a busy east bay freeway finally back open tonight after a gaping pothole snarls traffic for hours. A memorial is going for a teenager shot and killed outside of and Alameda County taco bell. The latest on the suspects whereabouts. Good evening. Friends of the Flight Instructor killed earlier this week are opening up a melt and they say lived life...

Helicopter crash about 2 30 monday afternoon brought he would fire and Police Vehicles rushing to the hayward airport. It was a helicopter, a robinson r44 four seat helicopter that crashed at the airport. The were two people on board. It was in instructional flight. A flight structure and his student. Reporter the airport manager says the student walked away from the wreckage and was rushed by ambulance to eden medical center. The instructor did not survive. The Alameda County coroner identified...

We are tracking your main travel times this morning. You are in the yellow coming through the altamonte pass. Elsewhere, you are in the green as far as main travel times are concerned. About a halfhour ride to the altamonte pass. Quarter of an hour on east shore freeway. 35 minutes easy out of the south bay. There is a fog advisory in effect for the golden gate brimming and look at this livepicture, you can see why because you cant see a lot. So take your time going over it. The san mateo bridge...

Plenty of sun. Emily. We are looking at fog advisories in effect. First lets start with your main travel times this morning. Everything is in the green with the exception of the altamonte pass thats from the yellow to the red. Take a look at that. Your drive time creeping into the red at 39 minutes. Elsewhere, thats great news. East shore freeway highway 4, 101 no problem. Smooth sailing. Looking live to the Richmond San Rafael bridge, there are delays as you approach the toll plaza in the westb...

Yesterday afternoon and to answer your question i did speak briefly with an investigator from the faa who told me they did conduct interviews yesterday but when i asked if they knew the cause of the crash, he said no theyre still investigating. The man from the ntsb told me this was his first time at the crash site and might be able to update us later in afternoon if they learn anything. The aircraft was a fourseater robinson r44, the Gold Standard when it comes to helicopters of this size. It w...