>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>>> AND THAT BREAKING NEWS
COMING OUT OF STERLING
HEIGHTS THIS NOON.
WHERE ONE PERSON HAS DIED
AFTER A TRUCK GOES AIRBORNE
AND CRASHES INTO A HOME.
WE’LL TAKE YOU TO THE SCENE.
>>> PARTY AND A PANDEMIC.
MICHIGAN’S JOBBY NOONER IS
IN FULL FORCE RIGHT NOW AS
NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS
CLIMB ACROSS THE STATE.
AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY
OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE LOCAL FORECASTERS
ARE TRACKING A SEVERE STORM
THREAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD FRIDAY.
I’M KAREN DREW.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
IT IS A GORGEOUS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BUT THERE ARE SOME
STORMS ON THE HORIZON.
SO FOR THE VERY LATEST LET’S
CHECK IN ON THE WEATHER WITH
BRANDON ROUX WHO IS AT HIS
HOME OVER IN GROSSE POINTE
WOODS.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET
HIT WITH LATER ON, BRANDON?
>> WELL, KAREN, LIKE YOU
SAID, WE DON’T WANT ANYBODY
TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD
BECAUSE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL IT
IS.
IT’S LATER TONIGHT AND
SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCLUDE
SOME DAMAGING WINDS THAT
COULD KNOCK OUT POWER MAYBE
SOME FLASH FLOODING.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE’RE
GORGEOUS.
YOU WILL NOTICE IT’S A
LITTLE WARMER AND A LITTLE
MORE MUGGY.
WE HAVE A COLD FRONT COMING
AT US.
THE CLASSIC SETUP.
82 AT METRO, 82 ADRIAN, IT’S
81 IN ANN ARBOR A NICE
LITTLE SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND.
NOT TOO STRONG.
BUT OCCASIONALLY CAPABLE OF
GUSTING 15 TO 20.
WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES
HEADING TO ABOUT 87 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON.
AND BY 4:00, 5:00, SOME
STORMS JUST TO OUR WEST.
AND THEY WILL BE MOVING IN
LIGHTER.
SO AFTER 5:00 OR 6:00 P.M.,
STORM PREDICTION HAS MOST OF
THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT
RISK.
COULD SEE PARTS OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES GETTING
A FEW MORE STORMS OF THE
SEVERE NATURE.
COLD FRONT THAT WE’RE
TRACKINGING AS WE WARM UP
GET A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE
THAT FRONT COMES OUR WAY.
AGAIN, PRIMARY THREATS WILL
BE WIND DAMAGE.
COULD BE POWER OUTAGES,
KAREN.
SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE
ADVISING PEOPLE TO KEEP
THEIR PHONES, THEIR
COMPUTERS ALL THAT CHARGED
JUST IN CASE.
>> SOME GOOD ADVICE, WE’LL
CHECK BACK WITH YOU IN A YOU
FEW MINUTES.
>>> MEANTIME WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKINGING NEWS
THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF
STERLING HEIGHTS.
THAT’S WHERE ONE PERSON HAS
DIED AFTER A TRUCK GOES
AIRBORNE AND THEN SLAMS INTO
A HOME.
THIS HAPPENED NEAR 19 MILE
AND MOUND.
THAT’S WHERE WE JOIN GRANT
HERMES WHO IS LIVE ON THE
SCENE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE,
GRANT?
>> Reporter: KAREN, THE
40-YEAR-OLD DRIVER OF THAT
TRUCK WAS KILLED IN THIS
CRASH.
YOU I WANT TO POINT YOU HERE
TO THE HOLE IN THE HOUSE
BEHIND ME.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK WENT
AIRBORNE HIT THE SIDE OF THE
HOUSE THIS IS THE WESTSIDE
OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT POLICE SAY HAPPENED
HERE IS THE DRIVER WAS
SPEEDING DOWN HANKS ROAD
JUST TO MY RIGHT.
THEY CAME ALL THE WAY ACROSS
SCRAPED THROUGH 19 MILE.
THESE MARKS STILL ON THE
ROAD THESE ARE TIRE MARKS
WHERE THE TRUCK HIT
LAUNCHING AIRBORNE.
HITTING INTO THE SIDE OF THE
HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIMESTONE
BRICK ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF
THAT HOUSE.
THAT’S ABOUT THREE FEET INTO
THE TRUCK HIT THE HOUSE.
ABOUT FOUR POSSIBLY FIVE
FEET INTO THE AIR SPINNING
AROUND AND THEN ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT TRUCK
IS VERY BADLY DAMAGED.
THE DRIVER IS STILL INSIDE
AS CREWS WORK TO CLEAN UP
THE SCENE HERE.
NOW NEIGHBORS SAY SPEEDING
IS OFTEN A PROBLEM DOWN
HANKS ROAD.
THEY SAID THEY HEARD AND SAW
THE TRUCK AND THEY RAN
OUTSIDE AFTER THEY HEARD THE
CRASH.
ALSO A WOMAN INSIDE HER HOME
HERE.
SHE WAS THANKFULLY IN A
DIFFERENT ROOM.
SHE SAID SHE HEARD A LOUD
BANG RAN TO HER WINDOW TO
SEE A CLOUD OF DUST AND
SMOKEFUL HER HUSBAND WHO WAS
NEXT DOOR TOLD HER TO CALL
911 AS THEY TRIED TO GET
THAT DRIVER OUT OF THE TRUCK
BUT IT WAS JUST TOO BADLY
DAMAGED.
THEN POLICE ARRIVED.
THEY BACKED AWAY FROM THE
SCENE.
YOU CAN HERE RESTORATION
CREWS ALREADY WORKING TO GET
SOME OF THIS HOUSE A LITTLE
MORE STABILIZED.
THE GARAGE IS JUST ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL
RIGHT THERE.
THEY THINK THEY SHOULD WRAP
UP SOME OF THIS BY THE END
OF THE DAY.
BUT CERTAINLY A VERY SAD
STORY OUT HERE IN STERLING
HEIGHTS, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
GRANT, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>>> YOU NOW TO THE LATEST ON
THE BATTLE AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
THE STATE REPORTS ITS
HIGHEST SINGLE DAY TOTAL OF
NEW COVID-19 CASES THIS
MONTH.
THURSDAY, 353 NEW CASES AND
19 ADDITIONAL DEATHS WERE
REPORTED.
AT LEAST 63 CASES ARE BEING
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO AN
OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 AT
HARPER’S BAR IN EAST LANSING.
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A
FLARE-UP IN RURAL WEST AND
200% INCREASE IN CASES THIS
WEEK COMPARED TO LAST.
ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM
COVID-19 THE STATE IS NO
LONGER ON TRACK TO CONTAIN
THE VIRUS.
MICHIGAN WAS ONE OF THREE
STATES THAT WERE ON TRACK
LAST WEEK.
MEANTIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THERE IS A NEW SURGE OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES AS
OFFICIALS CONSIDER TO SLOW
DOWN REOPENING PLANS.
EYE POPPING NUMBERS OF NEW
CASES ARE POPPING UP IN
SEVERAL STATES.
FLORIDA YOU JUST RELEASED
THEIR CASE NUMBERS AND THE
STATE IS REPORTING 8,900.
TEXAS REPORTING ALMOST
6,000.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IN ONE
DAY.
THAT’S PROMPTING THE STATE’S
GOVERNOR TO TAKE ACTION.
NBC’S SAM BROCK IN HOUSTON
THIS AFTERNOON.
ONE OF THE NEW EPICENTERS OF
THE LATEST OUTBREAK.
>> Reporter: AS CORONAVIRUS
CASES SURGE ACROSS THE SUN
BELT, TEXAS’S GOVERNOR NOW
HITTING PAUSE ON A PHASED
REOPENING.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO STOP
THE SPREAD.
ELECTIVE SURGERIES ALSO
SUSPENDED IN FOUR OF THE
STATE’S MOST POPULOUS
COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE
HOUSTON AREA WHERE I.C.U.
BED CAPACITY JUST HIT 100%.
IS THERE A CRISIS RIGHT HERE
IN HOUSTON?
>> WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A
HEALTHCARE CRISIS.
>> Reporter: HOUSTON’S MAYOR
SYLVESTER TURNER TELLING NBC
NEWS IF HE HAD THE POWER HE
WOULD ROLL BACK THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN BARS
AND RESTAURANTS.
>> PEOPLE CIRCULATING AND
MINGLING IN THE BARS AND THE
CLUBS.
THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
MORE SO THAN ANY PLACE ELSE.
>> Reporter: IN FLORIDA,
LOCAL MASK REQUIREMENTS ARE
RUFFLING FEATHERS UP AND
DOWN THE STATE.
MIAMI RESIDENTS DIVIDED ON
WHETHER FACE COVERINGS ARE
WORTH IT.
>> I DON’T THINK THAT’S
GOING TO STOP YOU FROM
GETTING ANY TYPE OF
SICKNESS.
>> THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE
ALL CAN BE PROTECTED.
>> Reporter: CORONAVIRUS
THERE NOW SPIKING AMONG
YOUNG PEOPLE.
FLORIDA’S GOVERNOR URGING
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS TO
BE ON HIGH ALERT.
>> NOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME OF
THE YOUNGER FOLKS WHO
AREST ING POSITIVE AT HIGHER
RATES, YOU KNOW IT’S JUST
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS IN THE
UPPER AGE GROUPS WHETHER
YOU’RE A PARENT OR
GRANDPARENT TO JUST
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT’S OUT
THERE.
>> WARNINGS IN CALIFORNIA,
TOO, WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE CLOSELY WATCHING A
SIMILAR UPTICK.
BUT FOR NOW, THE GOLDEN
STATE WILL NOT FORCE
VISITORS FROM HOTSPOT STATES
TO QUARANTINE.
>> AT THIS MOMENT, WE’RE NOT
SHUTTING DOWN OUR BORDER TO
OTHER STATES.
>> Reporter: AS CASES RISE
IN ARIZONA, A RESTAURANT IN
SCOTTSDALE NOW FACES A
MISDEMEANOR CHARGE AFTER
ALLEGEDLY FAILING TO ENFORCE
MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING
REQUIREMENTS.
WHILE OUT OF WASHINGTON,
D.C., A SHOCKING ESTIMATE
FROM THE C.D.C. WHICH NOW
SAYS FOR EVERY CONFIRMED YOU
CORONAVIRUS CASE NATIONWIDE,
THERE MAY BE 10 MORE THAT
ARE UNDIAGNOSED.
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE VERY
CLEAR THAT WEARING MASKS AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE
FUNDAMENTAL TO STOPPING THE
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS.
IN MIAMI, COMMISSIONERS
THERE JUST VOTED TO FINE
RESIDENTS UP TO $500 FOR
REPEATEDLY REFUSING TO WEAR
MASKS.
IN HOUSTON, SAM BROCK, NBC
NEWS.
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
>>> MEANTIME VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE AND HIS
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE WILL
BE HOLDING ITS FIRST PUBLIC
BRIEFING IN TWO MONTHS.
KNEW IS SCHEDULED TO START
AT 12:30.
OF COURSE WE WILL BRING IT
TO YOU LIVE HERE ON LOCAL 4
FOLLOWING OUR NEWSCAST.
>>> THIS AFTERNOON,
THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO
TAKE PART IN THE 46th ANNUAL
JOBBY NOONER BOAT PARTY.
LET’S GO THERE LIVE THIS IS
THE SCENE FROM SKY 4.
AT THE CURRENT CROWD GATHERED
NEAR ST. CLAIR.
OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING
ALL ATTENDEES TO PRACTICE
SOCIAL DISTANCING TO HELP
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
NOW POLICE TELL LOCAL 4 THEY
WILL BE ON HAND TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN
ATTENDANCE BUT THEY DO NOT
PLAN TO ENFORCE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
WE’LL BE FOLLOWING THIS ALL
DAY LONG.
THIMPT WE HAVE A DEVELOPING
STORY OUT OF --.
>>> WE HAVE A DEVELOPING
STORY OUT OF SCOTLAND WHERE
PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
AFTER A STACK.
AN OFFICER WAS ONE OF THE
SIX INJURED.
THAT OFFICER’S CONDITION IS
UNKNOWN.
THE SUSPECTED ATTACKER WAS
SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE.
SCOTLAND’S FIRST MINISTER
SAYS REPORTS OF THE INCIDENT
WERE TRULY DREADFUL.
IT COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER
THREE PEOPLE DIED IN
READING, ENGLAND, AFTER A
MAN WITH A KNIFE WENT ON A
RAMPAGE IN A PARK.
>>> SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS TAKING PLACE ACROSS
THE AREA NOW THROUGH 3:00
THIS AFTERNOON THEY EXPECT
LANE CLOSURES ALONG
NORTHBOUND I-275.
WESTBOUND I-94 WILL BE
CLOSED FROM 696 TO CONOR AND
THAT STARTS AT 8:00 THIS
EVENING.
IT GOES THROUGH 5:00 A.M.
MONDAY.
THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY WILL
CLOSE STARTING AT 10:00
TONIGHT THROUGH 5:00 A.M.
MONDAY.
FOR MORE ON THESE PROJECTS
HEAD ON OVER TO KICK KICK.
WE GOT YOU COVERED.
>>> STILL TO COME THIS NOON,
A GROUP OF KIDS GET THE COPS
CALLED ON THEM FOR PLAYING A
GAME OF FOOTBALL.
SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
PROBABLY WASN’T WHAT THE
CALLER ANTICIPATED.
>>> FIRST POLICE OFFICERS
BEING PHRASE PRAISED FOR
THEIR QUICK THINKING HOW
THEY GROUPED TOGETHER TO
CATCH A CHILD WHO HAD JUMPED