>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW! >> Kim: THE CHIEF IS WEIGHING IN
>> Kim: THE CHIEF IS WEIGHING IN
ON THIS VIDEO OF AN OFFICER
PUNCHING A MAN IN GREEKTOWN AND
HE HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT IT AS AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER
AS AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER
WAY.
>> Grant: A MAN IN STERLING
HEIGHTS PINNED BETWEEN THOUSANDS
OF POUNDS OF CONCRETE AT THE
SAME BUSINESS WHERE TWO MEN WERE
KILLED IN A SIMILAR ACCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THAT MAN’S
CONDITION.
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>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, WE BEGIN
WITH BREAKING NEWS.
TRAGEDY UNFOLDING IN SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP WHERE TWO TEENAGERS
TOWNSHIP WHERE TWO TEENAGERS
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A ROLLOVER
CRASH.
ANOTHER PERSON IN THAT CAR WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND NOW
IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> Kim: IT HAPPENED THIS
>> Kim: IT HAPPENED THIS
AFTERNOON ON SUPERIOR ROAD NEAR HURON RIVER DRIVE AND SPEED WAS
HURON RIVER DRIVE AND SPEED WAS
IN FACT A FACTOR.
MARA?
>> Mara: THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN THE
ROAD ON SUPERIOR AT HURON RIVER
DRIVE. THE ACCIDENT IS A SUBSTANTIAL
THE ACCIDENT IS A SUBSTANTIAL
WAYS AWAY, AT SUPERIOR AND
FIRST.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS. BUT THE AERIALS FROM CHOPPER 4,
BUT THE AERIALS FROM CHOPPER 4,
THE CAR THAT’S BEEN ROLLED OVER,
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT, WAS FILLED WITH
THREE TEENAGERS.
TWO OF THE TEENAGERS DIED AT THE
SCENE. A THIRD TEENAGER WAS RUSHED TO
A THIRD TEENAGER WAS RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT THIS POINT.
BEFORE IT BECAME A ROLLOVER
ACCIDENT, LET ME GIVE YOU AT LEAST WHAT THE SHERIFF’S
LEAST WHAT THE SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT SAYS IS THE
PRELIMINARY SITUATION HERE.
THE CAR THE TEENS WERE IN GOT
INTO SOME KIND OF A FENDER-BENDER ACCIDENT FURTHER
FENDER-BENDER ACCIDENT FURTHER
DOWN ON SUPERIOR.
THEY DID NOT STOP AT THE
FENDER-BENDER.
THEY KEPT ON GOING AND THE CAR
THAT THEY ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE HIT TRIED TO CATCH UP TO THEM.
HIT TRIED TO CATCH UP TO THEM.
BY THE TIME THAT CAR CAUGHT UP
TO THEM, YOU CAN SEE THE
AFTERMATH, IT WAS A ROLLOVER
CRASH.
THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT THINKS SPEED IS A FACTOR HERE.
SPEED IS A FACTOR HERE.
CLEARLY THERE COULD BE OTHER
FACTORS HERE AS WELL, BUT RIGHT
NOW SUPERIOR REMAINS CLOSED NOT
JUST AT HURON RIVER DRIVE BUT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEDDES.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEDDES.
SO IF THIS IS PART OF YOUR DRIVE
HOME, DON’T BE EXPECTING TO GET
THROUGH HERE ANY TIME SOON.
WE’RE LIVE IN SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> Kim: A WORKER RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL AFTER A LARGE SLAB OF
GRANITE FELL ON TOP OF HIM. >> Devin: THE STONEWARE HOUSE
>> Devin: THE STONEWARE HOUSE
NEAR 19 MILE AND VAN DYKE, THE
SAME PLACE WHERE TWO PEOPLE WERE
CRUSHED IN AN ACCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO.
GRANT HAS MORE ON HOW HE IS
DOING.
>> Grant: HE’S ALL RIGHT, AT THE
HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. EMPLOYEES WENT BACK TO WORK
EMPLOYEES WENT BACK TO WORK
FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THE ACCIDENT WAS SCARY BUT NOT
FATAL AND NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
EMERGENCY CREWS BACK OUT AT THE
STONEWARE HOUSE IN STERLING HEIGHTS AFTER A SLAB OF STONE
HEIGHTS AFTER A SLAB OF STONE
SLIPPED LOOSE, FALLING ON A
WORKER WHO HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE
JOB ABOUT A YEAR.
EMPLOYEES SAY IT WAS TWO OF THE WHOLESALE GRANITE AND MARBLE
WHOLESALE GRANITE AND MARBLE
COMPANY’S SMALLER-SIZE SLABS,
EACH 1,000 POUNDS EACH AND
PINNING HIM UPRIGHT TO SLABS BEHIND HIM.
BEHIND HIM.
THEY USED THE LARGE AIR BAGS TO
LIFT THE CONCRETE OFF HIS BODY.
>> IT STARTED AROUND HIS ABDOMEN
AREA AND DOWN TO HIS LEGS AND COULD BE A LOT OF INTERNAL
COULD BE A LOT OF INTERNAL
BLEEDING IN THE LEG COMPARTMENT
AND ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE WE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH.
TO DEAL WITH.
>> Grant: THIS ACCIDENT BRINGING
BACK MEMORIES FROM TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN TWO MEN WERE KILLED IN A CASCADE OF SLABS.
CASCADE OF SLABS.
THE MAN TAKEN TODAY WAS IN
SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION.
BACK IN 2019, MIOSHA HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS
THROUGH THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS
HERE AT STONEWARE HOUSE.
WE’RE TOLD BY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THEIR SAFETY TEAM AS
WELL MIOSHA WILL BE OUT HERE
AGAIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BACK TO YOU.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: NOW LET’S MOVE TO
CORONAVIRUS.
TODAY, BEAUMONT HEALTH IS OUT
WITH A NEW WARNING AS COVID CASES ARE ON THE INCREASE.
CASES ARE ON THE INCREASE.
>> Kim: THIS COULD BE A DISASTER
FOR MICHIGAN AS THEY PUSH FOR
ALL OF US TO TAKE STEPS TO STOP IT.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS MORE.
TWO THINGS, MASK-WEARING AND
VACCINATION.
>> Paula: ABSOLUTELY!
AND THIS DOCTOR IS BASICALLY
SAYING YOU SHOULDN’T NEED A MANDATE OR RULES TO WEAR THIS.
MANDATE OR RULES TO WEAR THIS.
THIS IS A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN
US AND THAT VIRUS, WHICH IS
GAINING STEAM.
AND THEN A VERY THIN NEEDLE, A SHOT.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE
UNVACCINATED TO GET VACCINATED
BEFORE THIS GETS OUT OF HAND AND
THEY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO BATTLE IT BACK FOR ANY OF US.
BATTLE IT BACK FOR ANY OF US.
POSSIBLE DISASTER ON THE
HORIZON.
THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF A
BEAUMONT DOCTOR WHO SEES A
DEEPLY CONCERNING UPTICK IN COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS.
COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS.
>> THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A
HUGE DISASTER AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL IT SURGE 4 OR SURGE
WANT TO CALL IT SURGE 4 OR SURGE
5, I’VE LOST COUNT.
>> Paula: HE IS AT BEAUMONT
GROSSE POINTE AND SAID IN THE
BEAUMONT GROUP, THERE ARE 64
PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID.
61 OF THEM ARE UNVACCINATED.
ANOTHER 3 HAVE GOTTEN THE VACCINE AND THE VIRUS BROKE
VACCINE AND THE VIRUS BROKE
THROUGH. >> ONLY 0.06% ARE CONSIDERED
>> ONLY 0.06% ARE CONSIDERED
VACCINE FAILURES.
>> Paula: HE TALKED ABOUT THE
DELTA VARIANT.
AND IT’S CONCERNING IF NOT MORE
CONCERNING THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR WHEN YOU
EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR WHEN YOU FACTOR IN RESISTANCE, FATIGUE,
FACTOR IN RESISTANCE, FATIGUE,
AND THE POLITICALIZATION OF THE
VACCINE.
>> THE KIDS CAN BRING IT HOME.
AND IF YOU’VE GOT FAMILY MEMBERS NOT VACCINATED OR FAMILY MEMBERS
NOT VACCINATED OR FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO ARE VACCINE FAILURES AND YOU
DON’T KNOW THAT, THERE COULD BE
A MARKED INCREASE IN CASES.
AND DON’T FORGET THE HIGH-RISK
CASES OF OBESITY, DIABETES, AGE, ET CETERA.
ET CETERA.
SO THE POTENTIAL EXISTS.
>> Paula: AND I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY MEDICAL REASON PEOPLE
WAS ANY MEDICAL REASON PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT OR SAY THEY CANNOT
GET THIS VACCINE, AND HE SAID
OTHER THAN AN ALLERGIC REACTION
TO SOMETHING INSIDE THE PROCESSING OF THAT VACCINE,
PROCESSING OF THAT VACCINE,
REMEMBER THIS IS NOT LIVE VIRUS,
SO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT’S
INSIDE THERE, NOT PREGNANCY OR FERTILITY ISSUES, NOT
FERTILITY ISSUES, NOT
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, EASY
FOR ME TO SAY, BUT HE SAID NONE
OF THOSE THINGS SHOULD KEEP
PEOPLE FROM GETTING THIS
VACCINE, AND THE WINDOW IS CLOSING IN ORDER TO GET AHOLD OF
CLOSING IN ORDER TO GET AHOLD OF
THE DELTA VARIANT, WHICH IS VERY
VIRALANT.
>> Devin: CASES ARE DOUBLING IN
MORE THAN 40 STATES, INCLUDING MICHIGAN.
ONE OF THE STATES HIT BADLY,
LOUISIANA, INSTITUTED AN
INDOORMAN DATE AS THE HOSPITALS
ARE FILLING WITH COVID PATIENTS.
>> NOBODY HAS TO DIE THIS WEEK, NOBODY, RIGHT?
NOBODY, RIGHT?
IT’S A PREVENTIBLE DISEASE AND
WE MISSED OUT ON THE BIGGEST
PREVENTION OPPORTUNITY THAT
WE’VE EVER HAD.
>> Devin: THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCING 70% OF AMERICAN
ANNOUNCING 70% OF AMERICAN
ADULTS HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE
VACCINE NEARLY A MONTH AFTER THE
PRESIDENT’S JULY 4th TARGET. AND THE WHITE HOUSE URGING
AND THE WHITE HOUSE URGING
STATES TO GIVE OUT BILLIONS IN COVID AID FOR AMERICANS WHO HAVE
COVID AID FOR AMERICANS WHO HAVE
FALLEN BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.
>>> THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-75
BETWEEN I-696 AND 12 MILE ROAD
IS CLOSED FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO A SINKHOLE THERE.
TO A SINKHOLE THERE.
THAT SINKHOLE FORMED FRIDAY WHEN
MDOT CREWS WERE MINING FOR A
DRAINAGE TUNNEL.
AND THE SERVICE DRIVE IS ALSO
CLOSED. NO ESTIMATE WHEN IT WILL REOPEN.
NO ESTIMATE WHEN IT WILL REOPEN.
>>> TONIGHT, DETROIT AREAS
INTERIM CHIEF SAID HE HAS
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT A VIDEO
SHOWING HIS OFFICERS ASSAULTING
A MAN OVER THE WEEKEND IN
GREEKTOWN.
>> Devin: IT SHOWS THE OFFICER HITTING A MAN IN THE FACE WHILE
HITTING A MAN IN THE FACE WHILE
WORKING TO BREAK UP A LARGE
BRAWL.
ROD MELONI TALKED WITH CHIEF
JAMES WHITE THIS AFTERNOON.
AND YOU GOT YOUR HANDS ON NEW VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED.
VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Rod: RIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LATE BREAKING
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS.
WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO IN A
SECOND. WE HEARD FROM THE DETROIT POLICE
WE HEARD FROM THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF’S
OFFICE, THAT THE OFFICER
INVOLVED IN THIS PUNCHING HAS
BEEN PULLED OFF THE STREET AND
WILL BE RIDING A DESK UNTIL INTERNAL AFFAIRS LOOKS AT THIS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS LOOKS AT THIS
CASE CLOSELY.
THE CHIEF SAID THERE COULD BE
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THAT
OFFICER.
>> IT LOOKED BAD. >> Rod: THAT BAD LOOK COMING
>> Rod: THAT BAD LOOK COMING
FROM THIS VIDEO FIRST APPEARING
ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.
WHILE THE EYE IS DRAWN TO THE OFFICER POINTING, IT’S ANOTHER
OFFICER POINTING, IT’S ANOTHER
OFFICER BEHIND HIM WHO LANDS THE
PUNCH. AND HE HAD TO BE PROPPED UP BY
AND HE HAD TO BE PROPPED UP BY
THE OFFICER AS HE SAT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
>> I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS
AS TO HOW THAT WAS HANDLED. WE COME TO EXPECT OUR OFFICERS
WE COME TO EXPECT OUR OFFICERS
TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS.
I DID NOT SEE DEESCALATION OR
OUR TRAINING THERE. >> Rod: THERE IS POLICE DASH CAM
>> Rod: THERE IS POLICE DASH CAM
AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE TO LOOK AT
IT. HE WAS LEANING ON THE OFFICER’S
HE WAS LEANING ON THE OFFICER’S
KNEES AND HE WAS NOT ARRESTED. >> I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS.
>> I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS.
>> Rod: THE EVENTS IN GREEKTOWN
HAVE BECOME VIOLENT.
ANOTHER VIDEO OF THE SCENE SHOT
BY ANOTHER BYSTANDER APPEARS AND THE MAN WHOM THE OFFICER PUNCHED
THE MAN WHOM THE OFFICER PUNCHED
IS SEEN SWINGING AT POLICE AT AN
EARLIER MOMENT IN THE EVENING.
>> THE OFFICER DOES DESERVE DUE
PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE TIME AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
>> Rod: THE PERSON WHO SHOT THAT
VIDEO, TREY QWAN, AND WE WANT TO
GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT. THE CHIEF IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
THE CHIEF IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
OFFICER WHO THREW THE PUNCH.
INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATING
THIS ENTIRE SITUATION.
THE CHIEF SAID HE ALSO EXPECTS
THE DEPARTMENT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS CASE, AND THERE
ABOUT THIS CASE, AND THERE
SHOULD BE UPDATES IN THE DAYS TO
COME.
REPORTING LIVE, ROD MELONI,
LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: MUCH MORE TO COME ON
THIS MONDAY. LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
>> Ben: 2nd DAY OF AUGUST.
IF THIS IS WHAT THE MONTH WILL
LOOK AND FEEL LIKE, A LOT OF US
WILL TAKE SECONDS AND THIRDS. WE’LL SEE WHEN OUR LUCK IS ABOUT
WE’LL SEE WHEN OUR LUCK IS ABOUT
TO CHANGE, COMING UP.
>> Kim: AND IT DEPENDS ON THE
DISTRICT.
THE HEAD OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR,
WHY COVID PRECAUTIONS ARE DIFFERENT ALL ACROSS THE REGION
DIFFERENT ALL ACROSS THE REGION
EVEN AFTER THE CDC ISSUED THE
NEW GUIDELINES.
JAMIE?
>> Jamie: IT’S A HOT-BUTTON
ISSUE DOWNRIVER, CITY OFFICIALS
WANT TO EXPAND THE RIVERVIEW
LANDFILL, BUT NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING NO.
SAYING NO.
I’LL HAVE THE DETAILS OF A
COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT ON LOCAL
4.
>> Devin: HALFWAY THROUGH THE
TOKYO GAMES, A LOOK AT OUR LINE-UP FOR TONIGHT: