Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students, to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. We have figure showing 264 students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what congress can do to stop violations by drivers who illegally Pass School Buses loading or unloading pa
45s brakes go out while driving. The its driver pulling the emergency brake to get it stopped and then towed away. Eight hours earlier medic unit from the same firehouse is towed away, unusable after transmission problems, both incidents captured on video and given to Eyewitness News. On may 22nd a philadelphia truck Enforcement Police officer tells officials that this firehouse, one of their engines is unusable. Its tire suspect to blow out at any moment. Sources that told Eyewitness News about those problems say they are merely symptoms of the Department Wide issue. Fire trucks and medic units all in break down too often. Fire Fighter Union president joe shule agrees. The condition of the fleet has never been this bad. Reporter the union provided us with two months of maintenance record from july to september of last year. During that 60 day period individual fire trucks and medic units were placed out of service 56 times due to mechanical problems. Shule says sometimes Fire Fighters
Chester outside the Police Department here. We send it back to you in the studio. Nicole, thank you. Firefighters say a candle started this fire in delaware county. The fire at the connestoga frame shop and gallery on connestoga road in radnor started around 11 15 last night. Several Fire Companies rushed to the scene. Investigators say it started in an apartment above the business. Second floor, guy had candle in his bedroom, candle fell over, lit the bedding on fire. So, amazingly no one was hurt. Firefighters had the flames under control in less than an hour. We have some significant new developments in the search for sexual preditor in south philadelphia. Police have released this new surveillance picture of the suspect. They say the picture gives them a new time line of the attack on monday. Police say the suspect first burglarized the home on rosewood street, then returned to sexually assault the victim. There is the possibility it was in the property, lefter the property and ret
Chronic Wasting Disease is a growing concert for both scientists and wild life experts. PA has confirmed cases in 14 counties, could it soon spread to NJ?
Chronic Wasting Disease is a growing concert for both scientists and wild life experts. PA has confirmed cases in 14 counties, could it soon spread to NJ?