chp officer john franzen had much to say to a room full of teens and parents. >> the vast majority ofple think mog bad is -- nothing bad is ever going to happen to them. >> a lot of times people want to look away. >> reporter: officer franzen wants them to see what he and his fellow officers see. the consequences of bad decisions on the road. >> it's a great learning experience. >> tickets a couple of kids at our school died recently. it's pretty scary. >> reporter: this program comes just weeks after a 17-year-old boy, a former san ramon high student died on highway 24 after witnesses said he was driving more than 100 miles per hour. >> hits a sign. it takes firefighters 45 minutes to extricate his body from the vehicle. >> reporter: in the last three months, at least three contra costa county teens were killed in crashes. >> these people lost their life. they're speaking to you from the dead. >> it brought a realistic vision of that could be my family. that could be me. >> still going to drive. >> yeah, but maybe i'll wait a little bit. i might wait a little bit. >> reporter: office

chp officer john franzen had much to say to a room full of teens and parents. >> the vast majority ofis ever going to happen to them. >> a lot of times people want to look away. >> reporter: officer franzen wants them to see what he and his fellow officers see. the consequences of bad decisions on the road. >> it's a great learning experience. >> tickets a couple of kids at our school died recently. it's pretty scary. >> reporter: this program comes just weeks after a 17-year-old boy, a former san ramon high student died on highway 24 after witnesses said he was driving more than 100 miles per hour. >> hits a sign. it takes firefighters 45 minutes to extricate his body from the vehicle. >> reporter: in the last three months, at least three contra costa county teens were killed in crashes. >> these people lost their life. they're speaking to you from the dead. >> it brought a realistic vision of that could be my family. that could be me. >> still going to drive. >> yeah, but maybe i'll wait a little bit. i might wait a little bit. >> reporter: officer franzen says this stat helps drive

as michelle franzen reports this morning, the search for the gunman is now intensifying. >> reporter: this morning, police have stepped up the hunt for a possible serial shooter in kansas city, missouri. linked, authorities say, to at least 13 random shootings, targeting drivers on highways. federal investigators have joined the search. but so far, no suspects. >> till somebody's apprehended and will have resources out there. >> reporter: the shootings dot areas of interstates 435 and 470, near exits and interchanges. key clues, experts say, that could help close in on the shooter. >> each time it occurs, they get a little more information. a car description. a better description of the individual. he'll make a mistake, maybe. and somebody will get a tag number. >> reporter: police say three people have been injured by gunfire so far, with injuries to arms and legs. and take a look at the cars. bullet holes show the damage. and close calls for drivers like thomas farland. >> something hit the car. didn't know what it was. pulled over my first opportunity. that's when i saw the bullet

michelle franzen has the story. >> the heat of the moment captured on video.drivers casey mears and marcos ambrose go from the finish line to an all-out brawl following the toyota race in richmond. >> there's actual shoving going on. there's a punch, a swing. >> watch closely in the garage after the race. an exchange of words, then shoving that quickly ramps up with ambrose punching mears in the face. mears doesn't back off but crew members break it up. that off-track rumble spilled over from the raceway where the two drivers mixed it up, bumping, rubbing rubber as it's known in the racing world and movies like days of thunder. >> rubbing, son, is racing. >> it's not the first time tempers fueled nascar feuds beyond the track. a war of words erupted after brad keselowski accused denny hamlin of slamming into him during a 2010 race. >> it's not cool to intentionally wreck somebody at 195 mile an hour. >> take a look. last year joey logano confronts denny hamlin following a brush that sent logano into a tailspin. in phoenix, 2012, jeff gordon and clint bowyer go

michelle franzen has more on this story. >> reporter: overnight a chilling discovery for a florida woman after a trip to the garage turned into a brutal bear attack. >> a 45-year-old female had an encounter with a black bear. >> reporter: florida fish and wildlife investigators say the run-in with the black bear happened at the victim's central florida home. sheriff's deputies tell abc news the woman was attacked as she went to investigate a noise in her garage and discovered five bears, like these, going through her trash. >> she was dragged out of the garage into the driveway. >> reporter: the 45-year-old woman, not identified by authorities, was able to escape and get inside the house where her husband called for help. the victim's brother tells abc news his sister was at a local hospital being treated for her injuries. neighbors say she has wounds to her head, face, legs and torso. dangerously close encounters are on the rise in this part of the state as more people move to wooded areas where black bears roam. saturday's attack just ten miles from where a 54-year-old woman was slashe

abc's michelle franzen has more on the guys gunning their tempers. >> reporter: the heat of the momentaptured on video. nascar drivers casey mears and marcos ambrose go from the finish line to an all-out brawl. following the toyota owner's 400 race in richmond. >> there's some shoving going on. there's a punch. a swing. >> reporter: watch closely in the garage after the race. an exchange of words, then shoving, that quickly amps up with ambrose pushing mears in the face. mears doesn't back off. crew members separate them. that off-track rumble spilled over from the raceway where the two drivers mixed it up. bumping, rubbing rubber as it's known in the racing world and movies like "days of thunder." it's not the first time tempers have fueled nascar's feuds beyond the track. a war of words erupted after brad keselowski accused denny hamlin of slamming into him during a 2010 race. >> it's not cool to intentionally wreck somebody at 195 miles an hour. >> reporter: take a look. last year, joey logano confronts denny hamlin, following a brush that sent logano into a tail spin. and in phoeni

abc's michelle franzen has the very latest. >> reporter: the force of mother nature in jackson, wyomingime a slow-moving landslide that ripped jeremy budge's home into two. take a look at the damage captured by an aerial camera. >> it's basically broken in half now. it's been quite amazing to watch the progress of the slide. >> reporter: budge moved from his home last november but this week things went from bad to worse when the slide split the house. the longtime resident grew up in this town known as the gateway to yellowstone national park. in the past ten days, dozens of residents have been forced to leave their homes. >> they said we had a couple of hours to get out of the house. so, we grabbed some clothes and we took off. >> reporter: the ground has been shifting for weeks, but in the past few days, officials say the slide has doubled in speed and force. take a look at the parking lot of this walgreens, now closed and right in the slide's path. >> there is a possibility that this big cliff face could suddenly collapse. >> reporter: crews are braving the crumbling and fractured sl

abc's michelle franzen joins us with the details. reporter: john and diana, federal authorities are now involved in the shooting investigation, police now saying the suspects beliefs and background led to this deadly rampage. police and the fbi are calling sunday's deadly rampage at two jewish facilities in overland park, kansas, an act of violence fueled by hate. >> we have unquestionably determined through the work of local and federal law enforcement agencies, that this was a hate crime. >> police say the suspect, frazier glenn cross, who yelled nazi slogans after his arrest, is the same man seen in these old videos spewing hate. cross is accused of gunning down 14-year-old reat underwood and his grandfather, dr. lewis corporon in the parking lot of this jewish community center. >> that idiot knocked a family to its knees for no reason. >> reporter: police say the suspect then drove to a jewish assisted living center a mile away and shot and killed 53-year-old teresa lamanno who was there to hit her mother. cross had a prior recor

and abc's michelle franzen is on the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning to you. that's right. that fiery crash in vermont could have been worse and deadly. police say no one was driving on the stretch of highway when the aircraft went down. and the pilot bailed before the crash. a split-second move that saved his life. >> the plane is crashed on the interstate. >> reporter: this morning, daniel marcotte is thankful to be alive. >> it's unfortunate. and my family's fortunate that i'm here. >> reporter: this mangled, charred mess is all that's left of the single-engine plane that crashed on to a highway friday afternoon. state police say initial reports indicate the plane was fully engulfed in flames when it slammed on to highway i-89 near burlington, vermont. >> everything was running good. and then, there was a loud explosion. there were parts and pieces, went through the canopy, ripping the canopy off of the airplane. something broke and interfered with the controls of the airplane. >> reporter: it's h