Wonder about their own childs bus safety. We have a closer look at the issue of school bus safety. Reporter even before this terrible tragedy, the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration had a straightforward answer for the question of how safe are school buses . That answer is that they are the safest way for children to get to and from school. The Administration Says that buses are seven than traveling by car or truck. While more than 30,000 people are killed in crashes every year, six School Aged Children die as passengers in school buses annually. Of course we want the number to be zero but statistics reveal how rare School Bus Crash deaths really are. Still questions remain about why safety belts arent required on school buses like they have been in cars. The government doesnt feel theyre needed. For one thing, what passengers likely to be significantly less forceful than they experience in a car crash. Also the high backed cushion seats usually protect passengers in fronta
While in delaware, its 54 degrees. Throughout the night tonight, mostly cloudy in pennsylvania, as you see, and Lehigh Valley, just cloudy, and we see rain in new jersey, and jersey shore, and parts of delaware. Theres a lot more rain in the rest of the forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. All right, glen. Now to the Lehigh Valley where a substitute teacher is charged with having sex with a student in the middle of the cemetery. Investigators say a Police Officer actually caught them in the act in the Eastern Cemetery in North Hampton county earlier this month. Randy gyllenhaal has more on why the owner says its part of a larger problem. Reporter well, police on patrol found the 49yearold teacher having sex with a 17yearold student in the middle of the afternoon in a place thats meant for respect and remembrance. Buried beneath the headstones is two centuries of local history. We have a signer of the declaration of independence here. Reporter its supposed to be a quiet place for
90s and close to 100. Quick track shows more showers and thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon hours continuing into this evening. Well track the weekend in minutes right now danielle is tracking the drive. Its been complicated this weekend. Yes. We had road closures throughout the region. Things are clears up at 5 01. Green to the south stark county to the 630 to stark county to the east. Thats probably adding one to two minutes to your commute. To the west, all green. I90 at detroit road, not too many cars out. Friday is a low traffic day. Were pretty good. 17 minutes headed to avon, 16 normal drive times. Thank you. We have Live Team Coverage on the storm damage and clean up underway. Greg is in Cleveland Heights where some have gone days without power. Lets start with tiffany live in lakewood. We learned power isnt expected to be back on until after 10 00 tonight. Reporter lena and john, in some parts of lakewood, quick check of the website restored before 10 30. Were here, dri
Bad as it is now. Reporter trottenberg says the department of transportation repaved 1300 lane miles last year and will fix about the same amount in 2016. So why do road problems seem worse to some . She says the answer is literally earth shaking. [ jackhammer ] reporter a construction boom in the city means more streets and roads are ripped up. Contractors are required to fix rough surfaces. The chief for manhattan. Do they do that enough . We better job. We have some other contractors who could use a little ruler to the wrist. Fix it, do something reporter road is your face can be wildly subjective. For example, one of the citys recent ones found that we have 70 , quote, good roads and that does not really hold true of different independent washington, dc that puts that figure for good conditions at about 9 . [ yelling in the background ] reporter live on the west side, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. Thank you, dave. If you are facing a lot of bumpy rides and would you like to tell us abou
Yesterday. Dewpoints right now are starting to inch back up into the 60s we expect the numbers to get up into the mid 60s in most neighborhoods later this afternoon. It will be moderate humid today and yesterday. The 12 hour planner, 69 degrees at 7 00 a. M. You can get a run in this morning. 80 degrees by 10 00 a. M. 84 degrees by noon, well get up to 90 degrees for the first time several days of this coming, looks like the dawn of heat wave number 6 this summer. 6 00 p. M. , 86 degrees, it looks oppressively humid tomorrow with the possibility of popup shower or thunderstorm. Ill show i that on future tracker 6. Were watching that developing Tropical Storm in the bahamas. Reporter were watching construction, david, they packed up and lester the eastbound side of the vine street expressway, westbound has been open for a little bit. They will close it again at 11 00 p. M. In delco were getting word of an accident of a vehicle that struck a pole mcdade boulevard, theres smoke coming fro