take sot nelia arellano/victima 00;08;51;03 vo ---una sollozante nelia arellano dijo que una vez que logro escapar de las llamas y de llamar al 911, escucho a alguien que gritaba atorada dentro del vehiculo y que intento sacarla pero que ya no pudo entrar a la limosina..

amalia loyola and nelia arellano. abc7 news knick smith talked to a friend visiting a victim at stanford today. nick? >> as you might imagine, all of these women knew each other very well. we spoke to a family friend who knew both nelia and the bride, who is now deceased. he says that unfortunately this is the type of situation where no one can plan for, and they, too are simply just trying to get as much information as they can. >> so, yeah. reporter: roy not only knew the bride who was killed, he also new nelia, and she was one of the women brought to standard medical center. family friends spoke about how they're still trying to process what happened. one thing i can tell you, back here live, we have reached out to the limousine driver. we now have a statement from the limousine driver -- excuse me -- the owner of the limousine company. he wrote to us and contacted us and sold us, in a statement, we're deeply saddened by the tragedy last night involving the young women. five of whom lost their lives in the limousin

nelia arellano, and amalia loyola of san leandro. abc7 news reporter nick smith has more on the victims. he spoke with a friend visiting one of the women in the hospital at stanford today. nick. reporter: you know, at least two of the women who survived the fiery accident are in stanford medical center behind me. we have new to the abc newsroom video that shows how alarming this smoky, fiery car really was. look at this video. this is new to abc7 news, given to us by a viewer who happened to be passing by the burning limousine stopped on the bridge. now, traffic had already started to slow, so the driver pulled out the camera to capture the action. you can see the thick dark smoke covering the back of the stretch hem seen, even more disturbing are the flames in the back. you can see two cars pulled off the road. possibly attempting to help those trapped inside. today, family members and friends are shocked by what happened. ivy and roy knew one of the four women who escaped from the burning car. nelia arellano, and she is being treat

nelia arellano, and amalia loyola of san leandro. abc7 news reporter nick smith has more on the victims. he spoke with a friend visiting one of the women in the hospital at stanford today. nick. reporter: you know, at least two of the women who survived the fiery accident are in stanford medical center behind me. we have new to the abc newsroom video that shows how alarming this smoky, fiery car really was. look at this video. this is new to abc7 news, given to us by a viewer who happened to be passing by the burning limousine stopped on the bridge. now, traffic had already started to slow, so the driver pulled out the camera to capture the action. you can see the thick dark smoke covering the back of the stretch hem seen, even more disturbing are the flames in the back. you can see two cars pulled off the road. possibly attempting to help those trapped inside. today, family members and friends are shocked by what happened. ivy and roy knew one of the four women who escaped from the burning car. nelia arellano, and she is being treat

nelia rafael arellano is now home after suffering minor cuts the she amalia and jasmine desguia are at santa clara valley medical center in serious condition. when the initial emergency calls went out on saturday night crews had no idea of the tragedy that would unfold. abc7 news obtained a first dispatch call, seconds after the fire broke out. >> a report of a vehicle fire limo with possible entrapment. >> engine two, we are coming. the limo is on the west side of the highway is well involved and people are trapped is the report. >> the foster city fire department was the first crew to arrive 11 minutes after the fire was first reported. the call between san mateo county, the c.h.p., and several other agencies went on for hours until the coroner came out and the bridge was eventually cleared. >> the parents of the bride, bride bride, are speaking from the philippines learning about her death by watching the news. her mother said they could not eat, sleep, and it is hard to accept what happened. her father last spoke with his daughter on friday by skype. the parents say her ashes will

take sot nelia arellano/victima 00;08;51;03 vo ---una sollozante nelia arellano dijo que una vez queogro escapar de las llamas y de llamar al 911, escucho a alguien que gritaba atorada dentro del vehiculo y que intento sacarla pero que ya no pudo entrar a la limosina.. blanca ---el conductor de la limusina concedio una entrevista a nuestra cadena hermana "nbc bay area". take vo ---"orville brown", dijo que la noche habia comenzado muy bien y que al subirse al auto, todas las ocupantes parecian muy contentas. ---cuando conducia por la parte mas alta del puente, una de las pasajeras le toco a la ventanilla para decirle que habia humo, pero que el creyo que le pedian permiso para fumar. take sot 1: orville brown/driver in: 00;02;00;26 --- out: conductor dice en ingles: "she said, smoke smoke, smoke, pull over, and i'm finally kinda, look back a couple of times. vo ---el conductor agrega que la mujer empezo a gritar que habia humo y que finalmente se hizo a un lado de la carretera y tambien not la angustia en el rostro de la pasajera. ---orville agrega que el entro en estado de panico po

one of the survivors, nelia rafael ralph things he did not do nfl.admits the first time a passenger knocked on the window and said "smoke" he thought he was asking if she could smoke then a few seconds hear a plea filled with panic. [ inaudible ] we aid stop the car, top the car. >> the car was engulfed. engulfed. i felt that it was too late. >> the four survivors climbed through the privacy window with the fire from the back of the car all women moved to the front to get away from it and five who died were huddled near the window and the survivors say a couple of good samaritans pulled over and helped them get to safety. another new development has come up in the investigation. a witness has come forward saying she saw the limousine dragging an inch off the ground and noticed it before it caught fire and was driving behind it and she says she had told c.h.p. investigators about this information. >> stay with abc7 news for developing updates on the limousine fire investigation with complete coverage at abc7news.com and breaking news by following us o

to be able to say good wife to the five women, amalia loyola, jasmine desguia, mary guardiano and nelia arrellano. they were headed there when the limousine caught fire and the chp is still trying to figure out why the car ignited. later on this morning, we do expect the coroner to release the names of the five went once we have that information we will certainly pass it along to you. >>> it could be several weeks before we know what caused that deadly fire. they have not inspected the remains of the limo. however we do know about one violation tied to this tragedy. that limousine cass carrying 9 passengers and the limousine for that lame mow was 8. and stay tuned, we will bring you all of the latest being both on air and on line. >>> happening now at a busy intersection and how it is a affecting the morning commute. >> reporter: it is only 6:00 and perhaps around 8:00 we will start to see some arrive and the sinkhole has been cordoned off and cars are allowed to move around it. this happened at 5:30 last night and news chopper 2 caught second and lake street and a neighbor said a car d

the two of the victims will survive the fire arms nelia arreyano up oakland.lia loyola of san leandro. the driver of the vehicle managed to escape and injured. >> the warriors are in san antonio to match it with the spurs in game 1 of the series. the warriors hit the practice floor yesterday in preparation for tonight's game. san antonio is and 8 and 1/2 point favorite tonight and a heavy favorite to win the series. it has been more than 16 years since the warriors' last won a game against the spurs. home court, february of 1997. however, the warriors' this split the four games they played against the spurs this season, winning the two games at oracle bring up. the tipoff for tonight's game is at 6:30 p.m.. the warriors are not the only team that is still dancing. the sharks also making a quick work of the vancouver. >> back on home ice at the h.p. pavilion after winning the first to in vancouver. the sharks get on the board first, the tilt man advantage, joe pulaski going top shelf to be cory snyder. the sharks got the game on ice early in the third with a ba

mary grace guardiano and nelia ariana were treated and released.er amalia loyola is in valley medical center. >>> the driver says he remembered a woman women knocking on the partition behind him and saying something about smoke. he thought she was asking if she could smoke a cigarette. >> we only have four more minutes. and, you know, the boss doesn't allow us to smoke in the limo. about 30 seconds pass and she knocks again. i smell smoke, i look back, and --[ pause ] >> i just saw the grief, the, you know, the anguish --the grief on her face. >> the driver said he thought at the time that it smelled like an electrical fire. >>> the mayor of cleveland, ohio confirmed a few minutes ago three women are safe and doing okay a decade after being kidnapped. all out of the hospital now. they apparently have been kept in a house all these years. then yesterday, there was a 911 call. >> i have been kidnapped and i have been missing for 10 years, and i'm here, i'm free now. >> incredible phone call. they were reported missing between 2002 and 2004 and were f

if they could smoke when they knocked on the partition and when the women realized it was on fire, nelia said panic filled the car and in 90 seconds flames engulfed the car. the driver could have done more. >> he got out from the car and he just got out from the car. >> the car was engulfed, completely engulfed and i felt that nobody could have survived that. >> investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have more in a report coming up in the next half hour. stay with abc7 news for developing updates in the fire investigation and follow the latest developments at abc7news.com and for breaking news alerts follow us on twitter@abcnews bay area. police will talk about stunning developing news, three women missing for a decade and presumed dead have been found and rescued. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. three brothers have been arrested? >> three brothers in jail right now and could be charged in the next 24 hours. we have a look outside the house in question, this is if cleveland, ohio, police are searching the

the two other victims who survived the fire are nelia arrellano of oakland and amalia loyola of san leandro. the driver of the vehicle managed to escape uninjured. kron 4 spoke to a family friend of one of the victims who was hospitalized because of the fire. . they said it that she needed assistance pretty badly. because of the fire. so that is it. so we went to the hospital. and it seems as though she is okay. >> authorities said the names of the dead will be released once families have been notified. tonight team coverage continues as kron 4's alecia 1 0 1 reid takes a look at the safety regulations required process of determining what went wrong to cause this 1999 lincoln limousine to catch fireleaving 5 dead and 4 injured. we went inside a similar limo to see how the security system works. although the doors lock automatically when the gear switches to driveone can use the button in the back of the limo to unlock them. the driver can also open doors from up front. if the system jams or fails, normally one can manually pull up the knob to open the door. the fire was mostly in the back o

. >> reporter: 36-year-old nelia arellano cried out to the driver. >> there was already a fire and stop the car, stop the car. >> reporter: released from the hospital today, still in shock and bruised, she said flames shot out from underneath the rear seat. she got out, and tried to save her friends. >> jasmine said, i cannot get out, help me. i cannot get out. so i tried to pull her out. >> reporter: five women never made it out alive. among the dead, 31-year-old newlywed, neriza fojas. her facebook page now filled with condolences. >> that particular limo i have driven eight times. >> reporter: orville brown thought his passengers wanted to smoke a cigarette. >> at that point she said, no, smoke, smoke, smoke, pull over. i'm looking. i finally kind of -- you know, looked back a couple of times. i see the grief on her face. >> reporter: seconds later, the 1999 lincoln town car was fully engulfed. >> me personally, i feel that it may have been electrical. because, like i said, the car didn't blow up. we did not smell gas. >> reporter: the limousine had a partition similar to this one th

mary guardiano was released from the hospital yesterday. 36-year-old nelia arrellano was released on sunday night. >>> developing news now. two lanes on the golden gate bridge are shut down this noontime because a newly-paved section of roadway started to crumble during this morning's commute. the bridge district says there was a problem with new asphalt that road crews used last night in the area of the north anchorage. repairs are not expected to be completed until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. southbound traffic will be limited to two lanes until the work is done. >> reporter: an armed robbery at a 7-elevin in san jose. learn how the police caught up to the suspect. >>> we're all learning about the weather. rosemary will have it for you. >>> and how this sinkhole is linked to an old problem. >>> crews are out this noontime working to repair a large sinkhole in the middle of a busy san francisco intersection. it opened up on the richmond district on second and lake street about 5:00 last night. traffic is still being diverted around the intersection. as you can see, the hole is big enough to

. >> here are the names of the four women who survived, mary grace, nelia of oakland, and amalia of san lenadro in rage of 34 to 48 and taken to the medical center in san jose and stanford medical center for treatment. the limousine company owners tells abc that they will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause to bring answers and provide closure to victims and the families. another says the company is deeply saddened bit tragedy. stay with abc7 news for developing updates with more throughout the morning on our website at abc7news.com. you can get breaking updates from twitter@abcnewsbayarea. . >> east palo alto police will reveal more of a shooting near a mcdonald's that left five wounded. the victim includes a six-year old girl and her grandmother close to 101 on university avenue. police say the shooter aimed at people waiting for the bus at the curb. four victims were inside the mcdonald's looking for help. officers discovered other victims outside. investigators say some of the victims were targeted. >> i don't believe this is random.

mary grace and nelia ariano both releaseed from stanford. a fourth woman, remains in critical condition at valley medical center. that's where sue quan starts our coverage tonight. sue. >> yes. well, amalia and jasmine are being treated here at valley medical center. their friend and coworker jenny is being remembered tonight. >> jenny is a nurse known for her smile and remembered by her husband for the way she loved her family. >> nisz things that she's doing for the kids and for me, those things that -- those little things that she did every morning, the kids meals and do my daughter's hair. >> relatives are finding comfort with living room prayer sessions, and they promise to help john care for the couple's two-year-old son and ten-year-old daughter, who is old enough to understand her mommy is not coming home. >> i told her, mommy is happy now. she's already in heaven because she believes in jesus christ as her savior. she goes to heaven now. she's happy now so we should be happy for her. >> jenny was looking forward to her first limo ri

mary guardiano and nelia arellano were released. a fourth woman amalia loyola is in critical condition at valley medical center. find updates on our website, kpix.com. >>> three women missing for years were rescued yesterday from a home not too far from where they were abducted. they're back home now reconnecting with family. cbs reporter vinita nair has more on their brave escape. >> reporter: the three women were treated and released from the hospital earlier this morning. now they are reuniting with family. in terms of the neighborhood here in cleveland, they are all stunned and shocked. in fact, i talked to two neighbors who new the prime suspect the man who owns this home. they say he was a kind of guy that was very active in the neighborhood. in fact, they say if you were throwing a party, chances are arial was going to be there. police are waiting to interview the three women found alive inside this house after nearly a decade in captivity. the women including one who had a daughter during the ordeal are being given time to r

you know nelia did what others could wo not, or could not do. >> so -- i saw the smoke. in the back of the car. like this one. in between the smoke coming from this is probably -- move to the front because the fire escaped from the back. >> she says she was knocking on a partition. >> and i saw the smoke and the fire came ourt there. is already a fire, and stop the star, stop the car. >> she believes the driver could have done more. >> they stopped the car, he get out from the car. he just get out from the car. >> she says she crawled through the divider. she became stuck in z.called to the driver for help. >> then, he get out from the car he just opened the door. that is all he did. i asked him help me help me! because i bring out my head from the compartment, help me. i squeezed over there and slide myself. i screamed opt door, open the door. didn't do anything. >> she ran back to the burning stroke her her friends. >> i ran back. oh. jasmine said i cannot get out. help me. i cannot get out. so i tried to pull her out. i tried to check if i can pull out one more but i

you know nelia did what others could wo not, or could not do. >> so -- i saw the smoke. in the back of the car. like this one. in between the smoke coming from this is probably -- move to the front because the fire escaped from the back. >> she says she was knocking on a partition. >> and i saw the smoke and the fire came ourt there. is already a fire, and stop the star, stop the car. >> she believes the driver could have done more. >> they stopped the car, he get out from the car. he just get out from the car. >> she says she crawled through the divider. she became stuck in z.called to the driver for help. >> then, he get out from the car he just opened the door. that is all he did. i asked him help me help me! because i bring out my head from the compartment, help me. i squeezed over there and slide myself. i screamed opt door, open the door. didn't do anything. >> she ran back to the burning stroke her her friends. >> i ran back. oh. jasmine said i cannot get out. help me. i cannot get out. so i tried to pull her out. i tried to check if i can pull out one more but i

meanwhile, nelia arrellano and mary guardino are at the hospital.y and were shocked by fojas's death. >> i know she was a nice person. quiet and friendly. >> oh, yeah. very friendly. yeah. prayers to her. may her soul rest in peace. >> reporter: friends say fojas was a registered nurse who lived near fresno. mary's mother told us her daughter was in icu but is doing much better. authorities say the limo driver was very distraught. we're waiting for the coroner to release the -- to release the identities of the other women. back to you. >> thank you. ktvu news will be coverrering erg the chp news conference. it will start at -- cover egg the chp news conference -- covering the chp news conference at 10:00 a.m. our time. >>> the "oakland tribune" reports a victim who died in a shooting was a 17-year-old boy who lived near the shooting down on dowelling street. he was reportedly standing on the sidewalk with a 22-year-old man who was shot but survived. the suspects april proposed the victims on -- approached the victims on foot. >>> a sideshow drawing

meantime we now know the names of the women who escaped the limousine fire, mary grace guardiano and nelia oakland land and amalia from san francisco, taken to valley medical center in san jose and stanford medical center if treatment. the limousine company owner tell s abc7 news that the company "will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities this determining the cause of the fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families." the company says they are "deeply saddened by the tragedy." stay with us for developing updates in the investigation where you can find new information on our website at abc7news.com or receive breaking details from twitter. >> san jose police are pleased with the way cinco de mayo celebrations went despite dealing with a "few" troublemakers. a fight broke out at 80 -- broke out between two groups. the fight escalated but police were able to clear the street before anyone was sure. no one was arrested. >> developing news, california various sheriff investigators are tightlipped about what any found at

nelia arrellano says, she tried to get the limo driver to stop the car as the fire broke out. but she says, he did *not want to listen. she says when the driver did finally stop-- he did not do anything to help, after he got out of the car. this is a different story than the one given by the driver. orville 'ricky' brown says, he thought the passengers where asking if they could smoke a cigarette in the back of the vehicle. once the limo stopped, brown says, he did help some of the women escape through the limo's partition. >> pam: new at eight tonight. the 1999 lincoln town car limousine. involved in that tragic accident. was the subject of a large federal recall several years ago. and as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the recall involved fuel tank explosions. >> reporter:this you tube video of the accident shows the intense flames engulfing the 1999 lincoln towncar limosine involved in the fatal accident - where 5 women died. it was fires in the back of similar vehicles that prompted the federal government recall the limo several years ago. however, agents found the fir

mary grace guardiano and nelia arellano were released from stanford and amalia loyola is in criticaltion at valley medical center. >>> the limo driver says he recalls one. women knocking on the partition behind him and saying something about smoke. he thought she was asking if she could smoke a cigarette. >> we only have four more minutes. and, you know, the boss doesn't allow us to smoke in the limo. about 30 seconds pass and she knocks again. i smell smoke, i look back, and -- [ pause ] >> i just saw the grief, the, you know, the anguish -- the grief on her face. >> the driver said he thought at the time that it smelled like an electrical fire. it took foster city firefighters 11 minutes and 50 seconds to reach the scene. that's because they had to start off going eastbound on the bridge two miles later reversing direction at the emergency turnaround and doubling back to the fire. >>> three ohio women are experiencing freedom for the first time in a decade. >> i have been kidnapped, and i have been missing for 10ers. >> and i'm here, i'm fine now. >> they were reported missing betw

nelia ar rian know was released earlier this week. 48-year-old amalia ariana isç listed in fair conditionnd the fourth driver is at stanford wi condition unknown >>> they are calling it teamwork to the extreme. >> we ran out there as a team. the guys all got around the car and everyone lifted it up. there was very little talking. >> we are going to tell you how this northern california baseball team scored its biggest save of the season off the field. >>> plus, we'll take a look at tesla's incredible profit, finally turning a profit, ahead in business. >>> then, before and after just in the blink of an eye, the swift decision that sent the wrecking ball through an iconic east bay dome and why a south bay landmark could be next. >>> a quick check of today's top stories. a hearing underway on the boston marathon bombing suspect. they are questioning boston's police commissioner and homeland security chief whether the fbi shared any information about suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev. >>> ariel castro, the man that kidnapped three women and held them captive, in court this morning >>> a man in the

nelia arrellano says, she tried to get the limo driver to stop the car as the fire broke out.listen. when the driver did finally stop -- she says he didn't do anything to help, after he got out of the car. the driver, orville brown has said once he stopped, he helped some of the women escape through the limo's partition. but a driver who was passing by the scene tells kron 4 news, when he went by the disabled vehicle, the only person he saw outside was the driver russell jong also tells kron >> once i've read about that there were nine people in the vehicle, at the time that we passed the only person i saw also the card was the one person and it looked to be the driver. >> pam: 4 news that at the time he passed the vehicle there were no flames. he did say he noticed the back of the vehicle was significantly lower than the front of the vehicle. investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the deadly limo fire. >> pam: now, to the amazing story from cleveland.three girls missing over the last decade -- found safe after one of the victims is helped by a neighbor to br

and nelia arrellano of oakland. >> officials with limo stop, the company which owned the limousine, released a statement saying, they were deeply saddened by the desk and promised to help with the investigation. it reads " limo stop inc., will do everything possible to investigate and assist the parties in determining the cause of the fire and or to help bring forth answers can provide closure to the victims and their families. >> stay with kron for the and in the fall of a developing story. >> a 16 year-old boy has been charged with threatening to blow up his antioch high school. costa county prosecutors charged the teenager last week with six felony counts of making false bomb threats. the boy was arrested at deer valley high school on april 25th out of the school was evacuated for the third time in three days. police said the teen-ager's parents may be required to repay the former for the time officers spent looking or bombs. the teenagers name was not released because he was charged in juvenile court. >> a union city elementary schoolteacher arrested last weekend on suspicion of child mo

. >> one of the surviving victims of a limousine nelia arrellano said that she tried to get the limousinever to stop the car at the fire broke out. >> she says that when the driver did finally stop and get out of the car, he did not do anything to help our statement goes against what the driver said. orville rickey brown said that he did in fact help some of the woman escaped through the limousine partition. >> the 1999 lincoln town car limousine that would involve a tragic accident was part of a large federal recall several years ago. the recall involves fuel tank explosions. however, agents found that the fire were caused by rear in collisions. so far in this incident investigators say there was no crash and a breeze on the ground that the a punctured the tank. one of limiting repairman said that following the into did he have received calls from several companies that want their lives instead for potential problems. >> and out of companies have called to get their limousines check out to make their cars say for the passengers out there. >> the union representing nearly 13,000 workers a

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a distraught nelia arianna, who claims the limo driver did little to help her or her dying friends. >a fire came out, a fire, stop the car, stop the car. then he get out from the car. he just open the door, that's all he did. i even ask the him, help me, help me. i bring out my head from the compartment, help me. i did squeeze myself over there, slide myself. please open the door, open the door. didn't do anything. >> oh my goodness. coming up, we'll also hear from the limo driver who managed to escape unharmed. >>> we've now learned the death toll from last month's building collapse in bangladesh has passed 700. workers continue their recovery efforts of the building outside the capital city housed five garment factories. they've given up hope of finding any more survivors and they're using heavy machinery to try to locate the bodies buried underneath the rubble. ful the victims young women making apparel destined for u.s. stores. >>> grammy-winning singer/rapper lauryn hill sentenced to three months in prison, a year of probation, and three months of possible home confinement for fa

this would become so survive the fire are nelia arreyano of oakland and amalia loyaola of san leandros surrounding of losing caught fire. will tran is in redwood city. >> the fire department will be in from the microprocessor questions bring the press conference at 1030. hopefully, by now they have talked to the limousine driver. here is video from youtube taken by people driving by with their cellphone. the limousine already a ball of fire at that point. the driver said it happen so quickly. there was a knock on the partition. the first not he thought the woman asked can she smokes. when ashley she said there is smoke in the limousine. the second knocked is when he realized, wait a minute, this is dangerous. this is an emergency. he immediately pulled over. by then it happen quickly the span of 90 seconds. for people managed to get out. five, including the limousine driver. >> five other people were trapped inside including the bride. all the women were nurses. we got a chance to talk to a friend of one of the survivors. here is that friend talking about the ordeal. >> she needed ass