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The bus for a bachelorette party saturday night in kansas city when she fell through the emergency door and she fell onto interstate 35. police say three vehicles hit her. she died at the scene. she leaves behind a 6-week-old baby, a fiance, and a devastated family. >> always had a smile. she was a great girl. she loved everybody, didnt care who it was. jamie loved everybody. >> no one else on that bus was hurt. and two weeks after the boston marathon bombings and still no final resting place ...

Charges. so is he shez its she says it. it s in the courts hands. no official word yet on what caused a deadly limo fire, but it may have started in the trunk. new video shows the wlim knowl n engulfed. five women died. they were headed to a bachelorette party. just four minutes from their destination when the limo burst into flames. one of the ones who would died was the bride. it could take days to positively identify the bachelorette party tragedy. a fatal fall. she actually fell through th...

Area, kcvu caught up with the mother of one of the survivors. >> spoke to the coroners office yesterday, christine and they told me that those that were killed in the fire, their bodies were so severely charred that it could take several days before theyre positively identified. >> all right, nick valencia, thank you. seven minutes past the hour. an investigation under way this morning into a womans fatal fall off of a party boat. 26-year-old jamie frecks was on the boat saturday night in kansas...

When we were coming in along interstate 35 into west, texas from dallas we could start to smell some type of a pungent odor in the air. dont know exactly what it is. i am obviously not a chemist or scientists, but it didnt smell right. that is is of great concern. some of the victims coming to local hospitals have been treated for inhalation injury. the stuff that is in the air is not good. >> unbelievable. stay safe and thank you for all of the information you have been providing us with. if yo...

Casey is at interstate 35, screen left and casey is by that. >>brian: 19 minutes before the top of the hour. weve got brand-new video. >>gretchen: apparently just into the news room. a triage center has been set up at a football field in west texas. patients with severe burns are being treated there. dr. marc siegel joins us with insight as to what other kinds of injuries are being dealt with at the hospital. lets start with the breathing. what kind of toxins are in the air right now? im assumin...

Figure out what went wrong last night in west, texas. >>gretchen: lets look at the map because this shows you the reverberation as they -- maybe we dont have it. there it is. we have the plant in the center and 500 feet out. you can see that nursing home brian was referring to where an entire wing apparently flattened. a middle school, luckily nobody probably at the school during this time. a high school nearby. 2,500 feet away from the plant is where i-35 is, which is a major thoroughfare that ...

And hearing. >> reporter: were at a media staging area right off i-35. you mentioned near waco and west. this is a town thats devastated. more than 100 injuries. thats according to the texas department of public safety. other estimates put that number at much more, as weve been reporting. there are confirmed fatalities. we dont know how many yet. hundreds of emergency personnel responded. the town volunteer firefighters responded to a call at the fertilizer plant. and the town mayor was among th...

Fire. >> interstate 35 has been closed. that is the main way in and out of town. is there a backup of traffic? is this affecting emergency crews getting to the scene? >> thankfully i grew up in texas and know how to use the back roads. i got right into town, avoiding the interstate. that is a problem because the main artery across this part of texas is i-35. its going under reconstruction as well. its a nightmare to be on highway 35. >> as you are in that area, do you see residents out? are they...

Blast is unbelievable. you did have to go closer to the scene to get home. can you tell us about what you saw? can you see people being taken to the scene? did you see helicopters treating people? >> yes. i did on and this is from what i understand is where theyre taking a majority of the casualties. there was a life flight helicopter taking off from there. i as passed a dozen ambulances on interstate 35 heading towards the hospital. it is just, you know, i saw numerous vehicles going northbound...

On i-35 between hillsborough and waco. it is a wide spot on the freeway. most of the town is off to the east of the interstate. this was to the north of the main corridor through town. motorists probably saw a big mushroom cloud that billowed up from the explosion. that freeway is closed tonight between hillsborough and we go. just a massive traffic jam there.aco. just a massive traffic jam there. ambulances were passing me going out of town. >> you mentioned that motorists might have felt it. 1...