with a breaking news alert a live look
along i-275 in van buren Township where
firefighters are working to put out a
fire at a landfill again this is along I
275 near eCourse Road right now the fire
is not impacting traffic and there are
no reports of injuries no word on the
cause also breaking a sigh of relief and
Royal Oak tonight where a missing nine
year old girl has been found safe a
police chopper and police dogs were
called in to help search for the girl
who has autism and is nonverbal police
from Royal Oak Berkeley Beverly Hills
and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office
all helped in the search and moments ago
the girl was found in a vacant apartment
in the same building where she lived she
is okay and is now at home with family
all right also happening tonight two
construction workers rushed to the
hospital after being hit on i-75 one of
those workers is in critical condition
they were hit while working along the
northbound lanes near the Allen Road
exit and Taylor we're also told three
cars were involved in that crash let's
get to Jason Cole Thorpe was live with
the latest on what we've learned about
what caused the crash Jason yeah word
from MSP tonight Devon is that one of
those vehicles was following too closely
as it was in that construction zone so
something you might expect and one of
the many reasons construction workers
are often having brushes with death
while just trying to do their job and
they're getting tired of it yeah anytime
someone gets injured on a work zone you
know you kind of take a personal
construction workers rallying around two
of their own tonight after they were
injured on the job when three cars
crashed just before 4:00 today on i-75
before allen road we see it all the time
you almost get used to it Mike Kegel
oversees 200 workers at MDOT and he's
seen it all when it comes to drivers
disregarding construction zone slowdowns
it seems everyone's always in a hurry
you know they see the barrels and
sometimes it seems like they speed up
you can't dodge a barrel when it gets
hit come flying at you 100 miles an hour
you know so it's tried it's tough to be
safe out there after the accident was
cleared here at the scene at i-75
traffic got moving again after about
three hours and if you look all the way
across on that
other barrier you can see marks of other
accidents that those aren't even from
today and it goes to show you that the
recent crackdown on the Move Over Law
and in construction zones the message
isn't getting through to drivers it's
not getting through em dots message
again is simple slow down and watch the
road not your phone somebody's standing
on the side of the road in a vest and a
plastic barrel that is not enough
protection to somebody who isn't paying
attention you know everyone needs to
know they need to slow down and pay
attention there's guys out there working
you know they want to go home
you know every night that's right and
the latest official word on those two
workers one critical one expected to be
okay I did have someone else tell me he
expects them both to be fine in his
words they're just banged up a little
bit so hopefully that's true but this
accident should be a huge reminder for
everyone am NOT saying this coming
weekend expected to be one of the
busiest and worst construction weekend's
of the year with construction zones
detours all of that so keep it in mind
as you approach those orange barrels
this weekend Devon well and Jason you
mentioned the police efforts that are
ongoing I'm going to assume they are
stepping up the intensity of enforcing
the law around these construction zones
because of that well MSP really has been
on a crusade to slow everyone down in
Metro Detroit in recent months let alone
in construction zones but regarding this
tonight we've seen at least two
instances of police in construction
zones strategically placed monitoring
speeds but officially there's no
increase but you can tell they're on
high alert tonight yeah yes Jim all
right let's talk a little bit about the
weather it's clear and nice outside but
been tracking some storms for tomorrow
yeah and we're on the fence so it's
tough forecast not gonna be widespread
but just can't discount it either their
ingredients are definitely there it's
just kind of a slim shot there's a lot
going on right now over the lake you see
that complex of storms a which is headed
towards Michigan
watch what happens is the model shows
this overnight does look like that's
gonna for the most part fade out we
could be seeing a couple of these
showers hold through until about eight
o'clock in the morning but the big focus
is going to be on the after
that's why the severe risk is there it
is the lowest on the category there at
marginal so again we're kind of on the
fence there's some ingredients that'll
support either seeing these
thunderstorms fire or not so we'll have
to watch it carefully temperatures up to
eighty degrees by noon could be another
90 degree day if those storms don't fire
we said another one today we'll talk
more about a cooler weekend ahead
thanks hey Ben we're learning more
tonight about the state of Sergio
Marconi's health before his passing an
italian web site is reporting the Fiat
Chrysler CEO had a stroke during surgery
for an invasive shoulder cancer in late
June Marconi went into a coma during
that operation the web site claims
Marconi had been diagnosed with the
cancer long ago but did not tell the
company about the seriousness of his
illness Marconi passed away in a Swiss
hospital overnight he's credited with
saving Fiat and Chrysler u.s. senator
and one-time presidential candidate
Bernie Sanders is weighing in on the
Michigan governor's race the winner of
the 2016 Michigan Democratic
presidential primary says he is
endorsing Abdul El Sayed for governor
Sanders released a statement saying he
was proud to endorse El Sayed
specifically highlighting his
single-payer health care plan they'll
say it of course running against
Gretchen Whitmer and schreeten Adar in
the Democratic primary and voters head
to the polls to decide that matter
August 7th the man wanted for robbing
several Subway sandwich shops across
Metro Detroit is in police custody
tonight he was arrested after Oakland
County deputies released this video
showing the man inside the independence
Township Subway shows the man pulling
out a gun and demanding money after
ordering a sandwich we've learned he's
also being investigated for similar
robberies and Taylor and at least one
other downriver community a bombshell
behind bars is Larry Nasser says he got
a raw deal from judge Rosemarie Aquilino
Nasser filed a motion yesterday saying
he deserves to be resentenced he feels
Judge Aqua lena had already made her
mind up and allowed survivors to speak
in order to advance her own agenda many
survivors have been quick to react to
the filing saying Nasser is attempting
to place the blame elsewhere but now the
chief judge in Ingham County is going to
hear that case we expect that's going to
take place in early August workers at a
car dealership in fern
come across an unexpected guest this is
crazy take a look here it's not often
you see a Python here in Metro Detroit
especially along Woodward Avenue Jim
Ontarians live tonight with how those
workers reacted once they saw that snake
Germont good evening Kimberly how would
most people react here alone Woodward if
they saw a snake that's 5 feet long they
were likely jump back and scream but the
guys at the car dealership insisting
no screams involved heard of banging and
the door saw a customer standing out
there and I'm wondering when he's
banging on the door as Eric hey gets
closer to the front door he follows the
customers hand gestures and is floored
by what he sees this 5 foot long Python
tries getting inside Ferndale honda
customer was out there going I know and
I was saying oh my gosh
by then the word spreads throughout the
dealership about the serpent snuggled on
the sidewalk while Python unreal on what
were we supplied you know and while the
snake never gets inside the guys did not
want to see it hurt Plus this reptile
was kind of blocking the way out snake
is actually literally right here
crawling that way went in the back of
the parts grabbed the box but their
slithering friend did not want to crawl
inside the box with ease so cliff Howard
decides to offer his hand you know I did
but you know where I picked it up from I
felt safe you know yeah I thought it was
a safe safe situation and after
capturing the snake they run into
another problem where do you take it for
until police but God loved them but they
said they work on dogs only so we called
the zoo they wouldn't take it yes
because they don't know if it has
disease or anything like that they can't
put it in a habitat with their other
other animals so they're creepy crawly
customer ended up at a home of someone
who had other reptiles and that's where
the snake is tonight but I can tell you
that the guys at Ferndale Honda they
surely have a story to tell I don't know
if I would actually be the one to pick
it up what about you Kimber dad oh you
know I would pick it up
I'm impressed with him for doing it I'm
a little concerned about the reaction of
the Ferndale Police Department are they
saying did it come from a pet store was
this somebody's pet that got loose and
then also is there any word on if the
snake had babies my goodness
Kimberly lives a little too close to
explain is the problem she has a lot of
questions there I've no word if it was
I'm expecting but they do believe likely
it may have escaped from someone's house
it appeared to be just a pet not vicious
at all but again it's safe tonight yeah
you probably hardly have anything to
worry about it probably all right
jermonta last night at this time we were
telling you the story of a woman rescued
from a pond in st. Clair Shores the
woman got into a rollover crash with her
car landing upside down and today she
had a chance to meet that Good Samaritan
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Kelly's Prowler feared no one was coming
when her car flipped off the highway and
landed into a pond but to her surprise a
man jumped in the water to save her he
says he didn't think twice about pulling
over to help emptied out my pockets and
asked a guy how deep it was and just
jumped in the water and tried to see
what I could do
the best part nobody involved was hurt
people doing that people picking up the
snake Thanks surrounded by that's great
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