Leon harris has the latest on the investigation. Its a really crazy situation in new york. An 18yearold woman died and two dozen people were hurt when a wrongway driver slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the sidewalk. These are live pictures from the scene. Police are telling us that Richard Rojas rammed into the lunch hour crowd just before noon. Investigators say he made a uturn and started speeding down the sidewalk for several blocks before crashing into a traffic pole. Right now, Officials Say they do not think this wreck is terrorrelated. According to Law Enforcement sources, rojas appeared to be under the influence of drugs or challenge and he has two prior dwi arrests on his record. In 2008, he was arrested in queens for drinking and driving and also in 2015, he was arrested in manhattan for drinking and as of now, four people are in Critical Condition in the hospital. The word is, they are expected to live. Thats some good news. Thank you, leon. Back here in our area, what
Going. Reporter xaviers cousin said he was like a brother to her 5yearold son. Why . Like, why . He was such a little boy, he doesnt deserve that. Reporter xavier was a kindergarten student in southeast. Its very devastating. Devastating. This tragedy of the young boy that got killed. Reporter what will you tell your children . Be very careful when youre crossing the street. Look both ways. Reporter ahead at 6 00, how the school will help its Young Students deal with death at such an early age, when they return to class tomorrow. Thats the latest from livingston road in southeast, washington. Back to you. Such an awful story. Thank you, chris. And this is an example of why all of us need to be careful about young children, especially as we have warmer weather and longer days. Killed in traffic crashes in 2015, according to the nhtsa, that showed more than 70,000 pedestrians were injured. Among those killed, more than a fifth were children under the age of 14. Leon harris here at the li
Bait car right in the middle of the strike zone, and the criminals take the bait. You talk to anybody who lives in this neighborhood, they will say smash and grabs are out of control. Aidedd to this decoy car to did not take long for us to confirm that. Iteam parks the decoy car in a neighborhood that has seen a rash of daylight breakins. In less than three hours, we noticed these two men walking by our vehicle several times. Within seconds, they move in. One shatters the window, the other grabs the bag from the front seat. We called 911. As we are giving the details of the crime, this happens. Those are the guys right there. I spot the two men driving by who just brokent d. C. Police go after them. The police make the stop a block away. Are you trying to get away from me or something . Scott are these the two same men who broke into our decoy car . The police find our laptop tossed a few feet away and crime scene investigators surveying the suspects call. Both men are handcuffed and t
Kindergarten student in southeast washington. Today the school sent letters home informing parents that grief counsellors will be available for any students who need help dealing with his death. How will you help your children cope with this news . Im going to talk to them. I havent talked to them about it. And ask them their feelings. I told them they can come to me if they have any questions or they just want to grieve, cry, anything. Reporter today we found party hats on the ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cookout. It was a party to celebrate xavier luckeys 6th birthday. He was such a good boy. He was so full of life. He was always excited, full of joy. He was a happy little boy. It was just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. I heard a boom and i heard a holler. Reporter Shannon Smith said she saw xavier hit by while crossing the road. There were other kids that crossed before him. He thought that maybe he could make it. He was only 6. Th
Erin como has traffic. We have heat today, some scattered thunderstorms later this afternoon but heat does break for the weekend. Much cooler weather in place. Er are eerin. A deadly hitandrun has two lanes of 210 shut down. Residents at a Prince Georges County home awake concerned by flames ripping through their home. The home is not far from the university of maryland. Our Melanie Alnwick live in University Park with more. What happened here, mel . Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Want to let you know first of all that baltimore avenue is back opened now but you can see here just the complete devastation. Watery and smoky mess left behind here. The orange tag on the door showing that this place is condemned. It was about 2 oclock in the morning when the fire started. Firefighters tell me that when they arrived the fire and the flames were shooting from the basement to the center of the house and all the way through the roof. This is the kind of fire that went u this video here provi