A lane is blocked because of that accident. Right now the main lines of the freeway on westbound 580 though still look good from the altamonte. In fact look at that drive time. 15 minutes still clear and beginning to see the delays coming over tracy though. Just a headsup and reminder the commute is definitely underway. At 5 00 this morning as you can see everything is good right now into and out of San Francisco on 101 and 280. Well, well have another report coming up. In the meantime back to you guys. Out of the south bay at this hour, gruesome discovery at the scene of a reported fire. Kpix 5s reporter kiet do and live on the scene at san jose with the very latest now on that investigation. Kiet . Reporter good morning frank. Weve got some new details here that kind of straighten out the stair of whats happening here in south san jose. First off were on the 5,000 block of eppling lane. This is in south san jose near blossoms hill and 101. This started as a 911 call that came in abou
Two people died in a fiery chopper explosion near seattles space needle. Hi everyone, good afternoon, im frank mallicoat. And im michelle griego. It happened as the tv news helicopter took off from the station. Kpix 5 cate caugurian is learning more from the newsroom. Cate . Reporter frank, we now know the names of the two People Killed in the crash. Helicopter pilot gary firstner and long time news photographer bill stroffman. The only piece of burned metal that can be identified is the tail of komos news helicopters. Federal investigators are on the scene and expected to update us in the next hour. Now eyewitnesses from our sister station in seattle say they saw a man with a flashlight walk around komos copter and it looked like he was inspecting it and took off an the tragic fatal flight. Oh my god. Reporter flames and smoke filled the seattle intersection after a local news helicopter crashed near the citys famous space needle killing both people on board. The copter burst into fla