He was able to pull the victim over three rows of seats and into the street. Moments after the rescue, the entire vehicle went up in flames there. Quick, fast work by that officer. Now to a heartbreaking family tragedy at a North Carolina beach. A wave hit a 37yearold father of six as he was playing with his children. The wave knocked him down, breaking his neck and killing him. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter he was a father to six children and a family is in mourning after a freak accident. You feel such overwhelming sorrow and grief for their family. Reporter lee dingell was in oak island beach in North Carolina, in Shallow Water playing with his kids, when he got hit by a wave. The force knocking him down so hard he broke his neck. His wife shannon posting on twitter that his own kids tried to save him but he did not survive. The dingells have two biological children and four adopted. His friends remembering a caring man. He saw each child for who they were uniquely and supported
Millions of americans are traveling this holiday weekend, and the numbers could set records. Were live over i95 where the big getaway is already in full swing. What were seeing on the roads right now that could get a lot worse later on. Aaa midatlantic expects it to be a very rough night on the roads. Especially when you factor in commuters, holiday travelers, and all those lastminute shoppers. News 4s chris gordon is live along i95 in springfield. Chris, based on what youre seeing out there, did aaa get it right . Oh, yeah. Take a look behind me. What youre seeing are brake lights, cars coming to a complete stop. These cars trying to merge onto 95 south here in springfield. Now, local drivers are used to this scene, but holiday travelers may experience a surprising slowdown. Traffic on i95 in Northern Virginia is stop and go. This we didnt see accidents or anything like that. Just being congested. Aaa midatlantic explains the reason traffic is so heavy. People who are commuting from w
The brakes in low traffic that sometime came to a stop. We met barbara, riding with her sons to visit their grand parents in georgia. We hit delaware, it was a stand still for a little bit because of an accident. Cleared up when we got to it, can a little coming in from 495 on to 95, a stand still. Aaa midatlantic expects the heaviest traffic this evening. I think we can look for very, very heavy traffic volumes because people are commuting from work. Theyre heading out of town. And also theyre going to be Christmas Shopping. Its going to be a very, very tough evening. Well tell you how making a long trip with pets and children enhances Holiday Travel. Back to you. All right. Thank you, chris. You may run into your biggest problem at reagan near the terminal. Officials expect a lot of Traffic Congestion driving up to the airport, and theyre warning travelers to avoid that cell phone lock, circling the terminal only adds to the backup, so theyre suggesting your park in the short term ga
The most wanted man in europe, 24yearold anis amri, dead. Killed after he was asked for i. D. By italian police. Officials say amri immediately pulled a gun and started firing. There is no doubt, italys interior minister told reporters, that the dead man is amri. This is what officials believe he did at the berlin christmas market. The truck on the left of your screen is a dark menace on the street awash in Holiday Lights. At 40 miles per hour, running over people and stalls in the market. German Authorities Say they found amris fingerprints inside and outside the trucks cab. Italy was familiar territory to amri. After leaving his hometown in tunisia in 2011, he spent more than three years in prison there for setting fire to a refugee center. A prison official tells nbc news amri was violent but showed no signs of religious fundamentalism. At the berlin m to business. Returning here, an emotional moment for this woman who like amri is from tunisia. There is a kind of double sadness, bu
A little bit wet out there. Not too cold. Not too bad. Lauren is tracking it all. A week ago it was freezing rain coming down. Not so much this morning. Definitely not this morning. Those temperatures are well above freezing at this point so that is good news for anybody headed on the roadways. Youre not necessarily dealing with icy conditions, maybe just wet conditions out there as we have rain throughout the region spreading through the Greater Washington area. Its continuing to stream up as a frontal system, a weak one, but its moving through the area and it will cross through mid day. In fact were going to have a dry afternoon. So all day its not going to be wet, but were going to time that out for you and let you know exactly when this rain will end in case you need to do any lastminute shopping. Well let you know when its going to be dry coming up. One man is dend crash in the district involving four vehicles. Police started chasing a vehicle they thought was stolen. The officer