Crash causes several power lines to fall onto Upstate road, police say
Westmoreland Road near Nature Trail Drive is closed
Crash causes several power lines to fall onto Upstate road, police say
Westmoreland Road near Nature Trail Drive is closed
6:00, 7:00 TONIGHT ESPECIALLY ON THOSE EASTERN SLOPES. A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS COMING UP. NIGEL: PRISMA HEALTH IS CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN VACCINATION SITES. IF YOU HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT PATEWOOD OR HILLCREST HOSPITALS, IT WILL BE MOVED TO THE KMART MASS VACCINATION SITE. GABRIELLE: KYLIE JONES IS LIVE WITH MORE. WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW? KYLIE: THE OLD KMART SITE HERE IS OPEN TODAY FROM NOON TO 7:00 P.M. THE SITE IS STILL NOT ACCEPTING WALK-INS. AND HOURS AT THE SITE WILL NOW BE CHANGING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. HERE'S A LOOK. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THE SITE WILL BE OPEN FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. THU THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. APPOINTMENTS AT BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL AFTER FRIDAY WILL ALSO MOVE HERE TO THE KMART SITE. AND APPOINTMENTS AT GREER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER THE 27TH WILL ALSO BE MOVED HERE. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU BRING A FORM OF I.D. TO YOUR APPOINTMENT AS WELL AS AN INSURANCE CARD IF YOU DO HAVE ONE. AND AGAIN, THE SITE HERE IS GIVING OUT THE PFIZER VACCINE STILL. GABBY AND NIGEL? GABRIELLE: THANK YOU. NOW TO THE NUMBERS. SOUTH CAROLINA DHEC IS REPORTING MORE THAN 2,700 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES. NIGEL: GREENVILLE COUNTY REPORTED THE MOST IN THE STATE FOLLOWED BY CHARLESTON AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. 11.4% OF NEW TEST RESULTS REPORTED WERE POSITIVE. DHEC ALSO CONFIRMED 76 NEW CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATHS. 35 WERE IN THE UPSTATE. MOST OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE GOING DOWN WITH 1,269 PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19. GABRIELLE: HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STATE'S HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSO GOING DOWN. FEWER THAN 2,000 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF NOVEMBER. AND IN GEORGIA, 3,271 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS CASE AND DEATH TOTALS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA. REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS FIND THIS INFORMATION ON WYFF4.COM. NIGEL: NOW TO A PROMISING NEW STUDY OUT OF ISRAEL ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE IS. RESEARCHERS SAY THEY'VE STUDIED ABOUT 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE. ABOUT HALF OF THEM HAD GOTTEN BOTH SHOTS OF THE VACCINE. RESEARCHERS SAY THE VACCINE REDUCED SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS BY MORE THAN 90%. THE RATE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INFECTED WHO FELT SICK DECREASED BY 94%. WE'RE LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH OVERNIGHT. GABRIELLE: OFFICIALS SAY THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND HAD BEEN DRINKING WHEN THE TRUCK RAN OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. IT HAPPENED ON DOBBINS BRIDGE ROAD AROUND 8:00 LAST NIGHT. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE. NIGEL: NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON PULLED FROM THE SENECA RIVER. THE PICKENS COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE IDENTIFICATION WITH HIM. WE'RE TOLD HE IS WHITE WITH A LOT OF TATTOOS. HE WAS PULLED FROM THE RIVER SATURDAY AFTER A SEARCH BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING YOU TO REACH OUT TO CLEMSON POLICE OR PICKENS COUNTY CORONER IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO FITS THAT DESCRIPTION. GABRIELLE: POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT FOR A SHOOTING AT A CHURCH'S RESTAURANT. IT STEMMED FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA POST BETWEEN ONE OF THE SHOOTERS AND AN EMPLOYEE. SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. NIGEL: THIS WEEK SOUTH CAROLINA'S FETAL HEART BEAT BILL IS SET TO GO BEFORE THE HOUSE FLOOR. GABRIELLE: THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVED THE BILL LAST WEEK. IT WOULD OUTLAW MOST ABORTIONS AFTER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OF PREGNANCY WHEN A BABY'S HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED. A DOCTOR WOULD HAVE TO REPORT THE ASSAULT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER HAS SAID IF THE FETAL HEART BEAT BILL MAKES IT TO HIS DESK, HE WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW. NIGEL: RIGHT NOW MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREME COLD ALONG WITH SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS. GABRIELLE: IF OUR SISTER STATION REPORTS OKLAHOMA CITY'S HIGH TODAY IS 3 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH IS COLDER THAN THE CITY'S RECORD LOW. METEOROLOGIST SABRINA BATES SHOWS US THE LATEST. REPORTER: I'M METEOROLOGIST SABRINA BATES HERE IN EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, WHERE WE SAW ONE OF THE LARGEST SNOWSTORMS WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. NOT ONLY DID WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF SNOWFALL FOR OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH MADE IT BRUTAL OUTSIDE WITH BONE-CHILLING WIND CHILLS, BUT IT ALSO CAUSED SNOW DRIFTS LIKE THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW DRIFTS THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SEEN ALL ACROSS OKLAHOMA AS THEY CONTINUE TO PILE UP AND ALSO MAKE ROADS VERY HAZARDOUS. A LOT OF FOLKS MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT IS THOSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. WINDS STILL OUT OF THE NORTH 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH OUR TEMPERATURE HERE IN OKLAHOMA RIGHT AROUND ZERO DEGREES, MAKING IT 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BACK TO YOU. NIGEL: THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. TONIGHT NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL BE HOLDING AN EMERGENCY MEETING. GABRIELLE: THEY ARE MOVING TO CENSURE SENATOR RICHARD BURR AFTER HIS GUILTY VOTE SATURDAY IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. SENATOR BURR WAS ONE OF SEVEN REPUBLICANS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONVICTING TRUMP OF INCITING AN INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6. NIGEL: THE COUNTRY OF GUINEA SAYS THERE IS AN EBOLA OUTBREAK IN ONE OF ITS REGIONS. AT LEAST SEVEN CASES OF THE DISEASE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION. OFFICIALS SAY THOSE PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SAME FUNERAL AND THREE HAVE DIED. THEY'VE REQUESTED SPEEDY ACCESS TO THE EBOLA VACCINE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. GABRIELLE: BITCOIN IS CONTINUING ITS STUNNING RISE IN THE MARKET. YESTERDAY THE DIGITAL CURRENCY NEARLY HIT $50,000. IT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN VALUE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. MORE COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO BE OPEN TO THE CRYPTOCURRENCY. LAST WEEK TESLA SAID IT MAY SOON ACCEPT IT AS PAYMENT FOR CARS AND MASTERCARD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL SUPPORT SELECT CRYPTOCURRENCIES THIS YEAR. NIGEL: TODAY THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC VIEWING FOR ACTRESS CICELY TYSON. SHE WILL LIE IN REPOSE IN NEW YORK CITY STARTING AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. TOMORROW THERE WILL BE AN INVITATION-ONLY VIEWING FOLLOWED BY A PRIVATE BURIAL SERVICE. THERE WILL BE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. TYSON DIED JANUARY 28 AT 96 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A THREE-TIME EMMY WINNER KNOWN FOR HER WORK IN "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITMAN." GABRIELLE: FLOWERS FOR FIGHTERS. NIGEL: PHOTOJOURNALIST MATEO RODRIGUEZ TAKES US ALONG FOR THE ROAD. [SIREN]. >> I'M IN PINKIE. AND PINKIE IS OUR CANCER CAR. AND WE USE IT JUST TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE AND HELP RAISE CANCER AWARENESS AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS, TOO, TO HELP FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS GOING THROUGH CANCER. WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF SIMPSONVILLE. 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Crash causes several power lines to fall onto Upstate road, police say
Westmoreland Road near Nature Trail Drive is closed
A road in Greer was closed Monday morning after a car crash brought down several power lines across the roadway, police said.A Honda ran off Westmoreland Road around 7:30 a.m. and hit a telephone pole, police said.The telephone pole then fell into two other utility poles, causing several power lines to fall onto the road, according to police.Westmoreland Road was closed near Nature Trail Drive, with drivers detouring through the Bent Creek subdivision using Marcie Rush Lane, police said.Westmoreland Road was closed for several hours.
GREER, S.C. —
A road in Greer was closed Monday morning after a car crash brought down several power lines across the roadway, police said.
A Honda ran off Westmoreland Road around 7:30 a.m. and hit a telephone pole, police said.
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The telephone pole then fell into two other utility poles, causing several power lines to fall onto the road, according to police.
Westmoreland Road was closed near Nature Trail Drive, with drivers detouring through the Bent Creek subdivision using Marcie Rush Lane, police said.
Westmoreland Road was closed for several hours.