Center median and the trailer made contact with the overpass. The driver was not wearing a seat belt. That collision caused the driver of the big rig to be ejected. Watched the door fly open, body sucked out of the truck, flew about 30 feet and landed. Reporter the chp hopes this accident serves as another reminder of wearing a seat belt. People dont listen to us nothing we can do about it. Seat belts save lives. Reporter it took about three hours to clear the accident and open the westbound lanes. The drivers name has not been released. The truck belonged to a San Francisco trucking company. Damage to the overpass was minor, so cal transallowed traffic to continue on university and underneath. In berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. This is a time lapse view of the traffic along interstate 80 as a result of the crash this morning. A thick layer of fog rolled in across the camera before 10 00 a. M. And it lingered for a while. And take a look at this picture from San Francisco, showing t
Im cheryl jennings. An unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. Lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. The truck hit a Center Divide and overpass here berkeley. The driver was thrown from the truck and died. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. Reporter with the trailer jammed under the University Avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. Its crazy. I was just telling my grandmother i feel like im on my way to work on a weekday. Trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. Reporter the Highway Patrol says the accident happened before 9 00 this morning. A witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. First thing we saw was a tire pop. Tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. The next thing we heard and saw was metal folding after he hit the pylon u
Came out is that you guys have to get out of the water there is a great white. We got out. We did not want to mess around with that. The wetsuit was pretty shredded. A lot of blood. It did not look good. The Sheriffs Department airplane was overhead at the time of the incident and responded. Working with crews on the ground to get people out the water. The plane was in the air the cruise spotted a large fish in the water. Which might have been a shark. The victim is in stable condition and will survive. An actionpacked day in union square. The day began with bargains and lots of black friday shoppers. It ended with the massive Christmas Tree lighting. Amber lee is in union square. It was packed for the Tree Lighting. Reporter it was. The weather was absolutely perfect for these festivities. It brought out a large crowd of locals and visitors. Around 7 pm the 83 foot tree lit up to the delight of a crowd of more than 10,000. It is the spirit of the season. It is the people and the Tree
People are dying. What is the government doing for us . We dont know. More fighting in kobane, and fresh air strikes by the u. S. Led coalition. But is it too little too late for kurds in the strategic border town of kobane . Also on the program, aaron joins us, and the worlds biggest smart phone maker. Aaron, theyre not selling enough smart phones. Absolutely. Profits at samsung are expected to fall off a cliff, down 60 . Its battling on two fronts, apples new bigger screened iphone, and in the emerging markets, its the chinese phone makers giving the South Koreans a run for their money. So were taking a look at how samsung is betting on its chip business to come to the risk. Its midday here in london. 11 00 a. M. In freetown. And 1 00 p. M. In madrid, where the husband of a spanish nurse who has contracted ebola has been put in quarantine. Four people in total have now been hospitalized. The nurse is the first person to catch the virus outside of west africa. The European Union is de
Good afternoon, everybody. Im ali velshi. Breaking news in egypt. This is a brazen attack on worshippers during friday prayer. Men in four off road vehicles opened fire on worshippers inside the mosque during a ceremony. Those numbers have been going up all morning and expected to rise even further. Now there is new drama surrounding his onetime ally. Major news about former National Security adviser Michael Flynn tied to the russia investigation. Flynns lawyer notified the president s legal Team Wednesday night that the retired generals defense team would no longer share information. I think it indicates that theres serious legal jeopardy for the president of the United States. Theres only one person higher up the chain than the National Security adviser, thats the president. If Michael Flynn did something wrong by not disclosing the relationships he had with turkey and other governments, he should be held accountable. Already up early and tweeting, perhaps the president is trying to