LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. DEVASTATING LOSS OF LIFE AS A
CAR FULL OF CHILDREN HITS A TREE
AT HIGH SPEED TONIGHT. WE’RE
HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO DID WHAT
THEY COULD TO TRY TO HELP THE
DRIVER OF THAT CAR. JUST 14
YEARS OLD, THE YOUNGEST VICTIM,
AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL, 14 YEAR
OLD DRIVER. THE CRASH HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT AND CODY AVENUE NEAR
PORTER IN LINCOLN PARK. HERE’S A
LOOK AT THIS TRAGIC TOLL EIGHT
YEAR OLD GIRL. A 15 YEAR OLD
BOY, AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE KILLED
A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL HOSPITALIZED
IN CRITICAL CONDITION OF 14 YEAR
OLD GIRL IN STABLE CONDITION
SHAWN LEY NOW STANDING BY WITH
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, AND THE
EFFORTS TO TRY TO SAVE THESE
YOUNG LIVES, SEAN, IT’S
HORRIBLE. WELL DEPTH. IT IS
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE ALL DAY LONG
. WE’VE BEEN HERE INVESTIGATING
THIS. THIS HAS BEEN AN EVER
EVOLVING SITUATION. GETTING AS
MANY DETAILS OF THIS HORRIBLE
SITUATION AS WE CAN. WE JUST
LEARNED THAT THE EIGHT YEAR OLD
GIRL WHO LOST HER LIFE RIGHT
HERE, THE 14 YEAR OLD GIRL IS
HER SISTER, ALSO MENTIONING THE
14 YEAR OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL,
BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL
MAY HAVE BEEN TRADING OFF
DRIVING WITH THE 13 YEAR OLD.
BOTH OF THEM WERE IN THE FRONT
SEAT. THIS CAR DIDN’T ROLL OVER.
IT WENT END OVER END. LOOK HOW
HIGH THE DAMAGES ON THIS TREE
BEFORE IT SMASHED INTO THIS
FENCE IN THIS DEVASTATING CRASH.
SHE HIT THAT CURB RIGHT THERE,
AND WHEN SHE DID, THE CAR WENT
TUMBLING HEAD OVER AND IT DID IT
AT LEAST TWICE. I HEARD THE TWO
BOOMS AND THEN I HEARD THE THING
WHEN IT HIT THE TREE. JENNIFER
KRUGER WORKED AS AN E M T. SHE
SAYS THE CRASH THAT ENDED UP IN
HER LINCOLN PARK YARD WAS THE
WORST THING SHE’D EVER SEEN. THE
VEHICLE WAS PACKED WITH CHILDREN
, YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR? I HEARD WAS
THE TWO HUGE BOOMS AND THEN THE
CAR LAND. I MEAN, LIKE IT
SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED
IN MY HOUSE WAS SHAKEN. KRUGER
RAN TO THE VEHICLE E 14 YEAR OLD
GIRL BELIEVED TO BE THE DRIVER
WAS INJURED, AND TONIGHT SHE IS
IN STABLE CONDITION. A 13 YEAR
OLD PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE
FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE TONIGHT.
SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN
THE BACK OF 15 YEAR OLD BOY AND
AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE. BOTH DID
NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH AND THEN
HORRIFIC DISCOVERY MADE OUTSIDE
OF THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN I WAS
TALKING TO 911, SHE’S ASKING ME
CAN YOU DO CPR OR ANYTHING? AND
I SAID I CAN’T BECAUSE I CAN’T
GET TO THEM. AND THEN WHEN I
CAME AROUND THE TREE, I ALMOST
TRIPPED OVER THE BODY THAT WAS
LAYING IN THE GROUND BECAUSE ALL
I SAW WAS THIS BLACK PILE THAT
WAS LAYING THERE BECAUSE SHE HAD
BLACK CLOTHES ON. AND SHE JUST
WAS LIKE, BALLED UP. AND, UM SO
I STARTED SCREAMING ON THE 911
CALL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I DON’T
I’M LIKE THERE’S A BODY LAYING
THERE THAT WAS THE BODY OF AN
EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL. THE KIDS
JOY RIDING IN THE CAR WHILE ON
INSTAGRAM LIVE 55. PEOPLE WERE
WATCHING THAT FEED WHEN THE
DRIVER SPED UP, LOST CONTROL AND
CRASHED. BACK YOUR LIFE. WE SAW
THAT LIVE FEED IN A VIDEO. IT IS
ABSOLUTELY AWFUL SOMETHING WE
CERTAINLY CAN’T SHOW TO YOU CITY
OF LINCOLN PARK, SAYING THIS
TONIGHT QUOTE LINCOLN PARK FIRE
AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THE
CITY OF LINCOLN PARK EXPRESSED
THEIR HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO
THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS
TRAGEDY. WE SHOWED YOU, JENNIFER
HERE TRYING TO HELP ALSO WILL
SHOW YOU AT SIX O’CLOCK. A MAN
SIMPLY WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
AT THAT TIME HE SAW WHAT
HAPPENED. HE RAN TO THE CAR. HE
ALSO TRIED TO HELP. SO SEVERAL
GOOD SAMARITANS HERE. AT LEAST
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE
KIDS IN THAT CAR BACK TO YOU.
THERE’S SO MUCH ABOUT THIS. THAT
WILL NEVER MAKE SENSE, SHAWN.
BUT YOU’VE BEEN TALKING. I KNOW
WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS,
IT MUST BE AS NONSENSICAL TO
THEM. IT IS AND THE AUNT OF THE
EIGHT YEAR OLD SAYS THE FAMILY
IS JUST DEVASTATED, AS THEY ARE
ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SENSE THAT
THIS AS WELL AND GET AS MANY
DETAILS AS THEY CAN JUST
HORRIBLE. ALRIGHT, SEAN. YEAH.
ALRIGHT, WELL, LET’S SNOW IS
PILING UP IN THE WESTERN HALF OF
MICHIGAN. THEY’VE ALREADY SEEN
ABOUT EIGHT INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION IN THE GRAND RAPIDS
AREA, WITH ANOTHER EIGHT
FORECAST BY TOMORROW MORNING.
WE’RE SEEING JUST SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS HERE, BUT IT HAS CAUSED
SOME SLIPPING AND SLIDING AROUND
ON THE ROADS. LOOK AT THIS VIDEO
FROM I 75 UP NEAR LAPEER ROAD
SUV WENT OFF THE ROAD ENDED UP
IN A MARSH. THE RESPONDING
WRECKER, THEN GOT STUCK. THAT
MEANT ANOTHER TOW TRUCK HAD TO
SHOW UP, BUT FORTUNATELY, NO ONE
WAS HURT. BUT LET’S CHECK IN
WITH KIM ADAMS FOR A LOOK AT OUR
WINTRY WEATHER HERE, KIM.
SOMETIMES THESE LIGHTER SNOWS
ARE MORE TREACHEROUS ON THE
ROADWAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T
SLOW DOWN AS THEY DO WHEN WE’RE
GETTING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL,
AND THAT’S THE CASE TONIGHT, AND
IT’S ALSO SLIPPERY BECAUSE THE
TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING
QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING. SO LET’S
DO A LITTLE STREET LEVEL MAPPING
STARTING IN MACOMB COUNTY FOR
YOU IN MACOMB. CHESTERFIELD IT
IS SNOWING THE NORTHERN PART OF
MOUNT CLEMENS, ALSO DOWN TO THE
SOUTH IN WAYNE COUNTY, SNOW
SHOWERS AND TAYLOR MELVIN DALE,
AND THEN YOU HAD A LITTLE
FURTHER TO THE NORTH, WATERFORD
AND WEST BLOOMFIELD. ALSO
GETTING IN ON THE SNOW AS WELL.
IF YOU ARE HEADED DOWNTOWN TO
THE TREE LIGHTING, THEY’LL JUST
BE THOSE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
DOWN TO THE TWENTIES, BUT
WINDCHILLS WILL BE IN THE TEENS
TONIGHT SO VERY, VERY COLD.
HEAVIEST SNOW REMAINS OUT TO THE
WEST COMING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN,
BUT NOT AS HEAVY AS IS IN
BUFFALO. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS
ON TOP OF WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE
ANOTHER 2 TO 4 FT OF SNOW AS
MUCH AS FOUR INCHES AN HOUR IN
BUFFALO. HMM ALRIGHT, KIM. WELL
IN FACT, LET’S GO AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW
BETWEEN DETROIT AND BUFFALO.
WHERE THEY ARE UNDER A STATE OF
EMERGENCY. THANKS TO THAT MAJOR
SNOWSTORM, WE’RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE BONUS NFL GAME.
DETROIT IS GETTING AS A RESULT
OF THAT STORM BOLOGNESE LIVE
WITH WHAT FANS HERE AND ARRIVING
FROM OUT OF TOWN NEED TO KNOW
ROD. AND IT’S ALREADY BEGUN.
I’LL JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW,
NOW DETROIT HAS TWO THINGS THAT
BUFFALO DOESN’T RIGHT NOW. AMIR
DUSTING OF SNOW AND A FOOTBALL
STADIUM THAT’S READY FOR USE. OR
SHALL I SAY ALMOST READY FOR YOU
SPEAKING GONNA SHOW YOU A VIDEO
HERE RIGHT NOW? A LIVE PICTURE
INSIDE FORD FIELD AND IN CASE
YOU DIDN’T KNOW TONIGHT IS THE
HOB NOVEL GOBBLE. IT’S THE PRE
THANKSGIVING PARADE PARTY,
PARTICULARLY SCHEDULED FOR THE
VOLUNTEERS. AND THAT IS TONIGHT
ANDHE MINUTE THEY FINISHED
WITH THE PARTY. THEY’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN.
TO GET A FOOTBALL GAME UP AND
RUNNING ON SUNDAY. SO ALREADY
BILLS FANS ARE IN TOWN.
INCREDIBLE TRIP, AN INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY. BUT HERE WE ARE TO
REPRESENT THE BUFFALO BILLS AND
MICHIGAN. DETROIT MICHIGAN MOTOR
CITY IS ABOUT TO GET RAN THROUGH
BY THE BILLS, BABY, OKAY, WE’LL
GET BACK TO HIM IN A MINUTE.
WE’VE SEEN JUST A TASTE OF
BUFFALOES NOVEMBER SURPRISE, BUT
LET’S GET DOWN. TO GROUND ZERO
HIGHMARK STADIUM IN ORCHARD PARK
, NEW YORK. THESE ARE PICTURES
FROM THE BUFFALO BILLS WEBSITE,
AND FRANKLY, THERE ARE NOT
ENOUGH RESIDENTS IN BUFFALO TO
SHOVEL THIS OUT LIKE THEY DO IN
GREEN BAY AND CONSIDERING THE
DOLLARS INVOLVED IN THE NFL,
THEY CANNOT AFFORD A SNOW DAY.
SO JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED ON
NOVEMBER 24TH 2014 WHEN THE
BILLS HAD TO PLAY THE JETS AND
DECEMBER 13TH 2010 WHEN THE
VIKINGS METRODOME ROOF COLLAPSED
, AND THEY PLAYED THE NEW YORK
GIANTS. THEY HAD THE GAMES RIGHT
HERE AT FORD FIELD OVER AT FORD
FIELD TODAY, THEY TOLD LOCAL 4
THAT THEY FEEL UNIQUELY
QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THIS HOME
AWAY FROM HOME GAME SINCE
THEY’VE DONE IT NOW SO MANY
TIMES, TIM RAMAGE AND JOHN RON’S
BERG AREN’T EVEN FROM BUFFALO
FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. IT’S
A TRIP THEY PLANNED BACK IN JUNE
AND REQUIRED A LOT OF JUGGLING.
WE FLEW FROM PORTLAND, OREGON
INTO CLEVELAND, OHIO. WE GOT
I’VE BEEN UP FOR TWO DAYS, SO
IT’S NO BIG DEAL, RIGHT? GOT IN
THIS MORNING. AT WHAT TIME? SIX
AM SIX AM RENTAL CAR AT SEVEN
A.M. GOT HERE AT 10 30 TO OUR
HOTEL. PLANES, TRAINS AND
AUTOMOBILES. RIGHT WELL, HERE’S
THE THING THEY DID. THEY WENT TO
BUY TICKETS THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO
BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT BUILD SEASON
TICKET HOLDERS. THOSE ARE THE
ONES THAT WERE ABLE TO BE SOLD
THIS AFTERNOON. I GUESS ABOUT
SIX O’CLOCK TONIGHT. THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT RELEASING TICKETS
TO OTHER BILLS. FANS ON THE
BILLS APP. YOU HAVE TO GO THERE
FOR THAT, IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO
GO TO THE GAME ON SUNDAY, YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
TOMORROW. AND EVEN AT THAT
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
WATCHING YOU THE LIONS OR THE
BILLS, WEBSITES TO FIND OUT WHEN
THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
GOING ON SALE THERE OVER AT GATE
G AT FORD FIELD, BECAUSE THAT’S
WHERE THEY ARE NOW. HERE’S THE
OTHER THING. THE BILLS. WELL
THEY’RE PLAYING THE LIONS ON
THANKSGIVING DAY IN FORD FIELD
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW WE’RE
HEARING FROM THE BILLS THAT THEY
EXPECT TO GO BACK TO BUFFALO,
BUT WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
REPORTING LIVE ROD MALONE, LOCAL
4 HOPE. EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT
TIME. THOSE TWO THAT YOU
INTERVIEWED LOOK LIKE THEY’RE
ALREADY HAVING A GREAT TIME
BEFORE THE GAME EVEN STARTS RAD.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT THIS
EVENING. FINE. U. S ATTORNEY
GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND HAS
TAKEN AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP
UNDER SOME EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES. HE’S APPOINTED A
SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE
ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING DONALD
TRUMP, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT,
OF COURSE, HAS LAUNCHED HIS BID
TO RECLAIM THE WHITE HOUSE IN
2024. J. GRAY HAS MORE,
INCLUDING THE REACTION FROM THE
CURRENT WHITE HOUSE, JAKE. IT IS
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO
APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT. ATTORNEY
GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND SHIFTS
CONTROL OF TWO MAJOR INQUIRIES
CENTERED AROUND FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP. TO JACK SMITH,
CURRENTLY A PROSECUTOR AT THE
HAGUE. SMITH IS A FORMER FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR IN CHIEF OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S PUBLIC
INTEGRITY DIVISION. HE NOW TAKES
THE LEAD IN THE INVESTIGATIONS
INTO THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE
JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
CAPITAL AND HIS HANDLING OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND IN
TRUMP’S MAR A LAGO HOME. THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, LASHING OUT
DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX
NEWS DIGITAL, CALLING THE
DECISION THE WORST
POLITICALIZATION OF JUSTICE IN
OUR COUNTRY, SAYING I’M NOT
GOING TO PARTAKE IN IT AND
DEMANDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
STAND UP AND FIGHT. THE WHITE
HOUSE, DECLINING TO TALK ABOUT
THE MOVE DURING AN AFTERNOON
PRESS BRIEFING. NO REACTION
AGAIN. THIS IS GOING TO BE UP TO
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UP TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS IT
RELATES TO A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION. IN A WRITTEN
STATEMENT, SMITH SAYS, IN PART,
I WILL EXERCISE INDEPENDENT
JUDGMENT AND WILL MOVE THE
INVESTIGATION FORWARD
EXPEDITIOUSLY AND THOROUGHLY TO
WHATEVER OUTCOME THE FACTS IN
LAW DICTATE. THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS SMITH’S WORK
BEGINS, QUOTE IMMEDIATELY. J.
GRAY LOCAL 4. UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN’S NEW PRESIDENT, MAKING
A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHERE
THE SCHOOL WILL PLAN TO INVEST
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
. IN A SPEECH TO A GROUP OF
UNIVERSITY LEADERS, PRESIDENT
SANTA ONO SAYS THE SCHOOL WILL
BE FOCUSING ON SOCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES IN WHICH
TO INVEST. GRANT HERMES IS LIVE
IN ANN ARBOR TONIGHT GRANTS SOME
PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. YEAH
AND THE SCHOOL IS STILL KIND OF
WORKING THAT OUT. BUT WHAT IT
DOES MEAN IS COMPANIES THAT
FOCUS ON E S G OR ENVIRONMENTAL
, SOCIAL OR GOVERNANCE ISSUES.
THOSE ARE KEY THINGS THAT
INVESTORS LIKE UNIVERSITIES,
LIKE THE U OF THEM HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING ON AS WHO THEY DO
BUSINESS WITH AND INVEST IN HAVE
INCREASINGLY COME UNDER SCRUTINY
FROM FANS, STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN’S NEW
PRESIDENT, ANNOUNCING A MASSIVE
CHANGE IN WHERE THE SCHOOL PUTS
ITS MONEY AND THE COMPANY’S IT
CHOOSES TO PARTNER WITH
PRESIDENT SANTA ONO, TELLING A
CROWD OF CAMPUS LEADERS, THE U
OF M WOULD BE INVESTING $300
MILLION IN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
COMPANIES. THIS MEANS THEY WORK
TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
BEING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND
OPERATE TRANSPARENTLY. PROVIDING
A STRONG FINANCIAL RETURN. THE
MOVE FOLLOWS A TREND AMONG
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST DECADE
, BUT HAS BECOME A FOCUS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE WAKE OF THE
2020 PROTESTS AGAINST RACIAL
INJUSTICE. BUT THE INVESTMENTS
HAVE BEEN DECRIED BY SOME AS
UNIVERSITIES GOING WOKE, MOST
RECENTLY AT MICHIGAN STATE,
WHERE BOARD MEMBERS WERE POISED
TO TAKE UP RESOLUTION TO NOT
WORK WITH COMPANIES THAT BACKED
VOTER SUPPRESSION. JUST THE
PUBLIC NOTICE CAUSED OUTCRY AND
THE RESOLUTION WAS REMOVED FROM
THE MEETING. RIGHT NOW. IT’S
UNCLEAR WHICH COMPANIES THE U OF
M WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH
RELEASED FROM YOU, SAYING THE
INITIAL PLAN IS TO WORK WITH
LOCAL BANKS AND COMPANIES. BUT
IN A STATEMENT TODAY, A
SPOKESPERSON SAYING THERE REMAIN
MANY DETAILS STILL TO BE WORKED
OUT. AND AS YOU HEARD THAT THE
COMPANY IS STILL WORKING OUT
THOSE DETAILS, BUT THEY DO PLAN
TO WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY
CALLED SUSTAINABILITY OR OTHER
SUSTAINABILITY. I SHOULD SAY
THAT LINES UP THOSE CRITERIA
SCHOOL, THEN PICK FROM THAT LIST
ON THIS ISN’T THEIR FIRST FORAY
INTO THAT TERRITORY LAST YEAR,
THEY SAID THEY WOULD DIVEST FROM
FOSSIL FUELS JOINING ABOUT 200
OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
FROM AROUND THE WORLD. LIVE IN
ANN ARBOR, GRANT HERMES LOCAL 4.
ALRIGHT, GRANT. WE’RE JUST
GETTING STARTED HERE AT FIVE AND
AHEAD GIVEAWAY THAT HAD PEOPLE
LINED UP IN THEIR CARS FOR HOURS
IN ONE PART OF DETROIT, AND NEXT
, DTE BILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
GOING UP AS THE STATE APPROVES
ANOTHER RATE INCREASE. BUT WAIT
UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW BIG OF AN