Started shedding its parts. Now, apparently other drivers on the highway had seen that this truck was having trouble. They had seen that this stuff that there was stuff hanging off of this truck. They saw how dangerous it was. Other drivers had tried to signal to the driver of the truck to let him know something was wrong, but the truck driver didnt respond appropriately, didnt seem to do anything in response to these alerts from other drivers. Ultimately, a piece of his tail Light Assembly fell off his truck at speed on the highway. And it bounced on the road, and it bounced underneath the van that was carrying the Willis Family. And that piece of that truck became shrapnel. And it punctured the gas tank of the van, and the van went up in a fireball. Five of the six kids were killed instantly in the fireball. The sixth child who was the eldest, and he was only 13, he died hours later. He died the next day. The parents were severely burned. But they survived. Just an unbelievable trage
i love radio news. it s my background, my favorite thing in the world. cbs is really good at it. and this was a very unusual thing for them. they ran this very provocative, very interesting report that also made no sense. listen to this. tell me if this makes any sense to you. the state department spokesperson says some u.s. government personnel in havana on official duty reported incidents that caused a variety of physical symptoms. but it did take action against cuba. on may 23rd, the u.s. asked, do two cuban officials in the u.s. to leave the country. the spokesperson also says it reminded the cuban government of its obligations under the vienna convention to protect diplomats. an investigation is under way. protect the diplomats from what? but that was tell you the full report. nondescribed incidents happened to our american diplomats in cuba. those incidents caused the
convention to protect diplomats. an investigation is under way. protect the diplomats from what? that was the full report. nondescribed incidents happened to our american diplomats in cuba. those incidents caused the diplomats to develop symptoms that cannot be described. conventions. like, what a thing happened at a time at a place, bad, got it? we re not explaining further. and this report just kind of hung out there for a few hours. wire services eventually picked it up. nobody was able to add anything to the original radio report. so then that same cbs radio reporter showed up at the state department briefing today, clearly frustrated, right? hoping to get some more actual information, some flesh to hang on those bones, as to what the heck those incidents were, what those symptoms were, that befell our u.s. diplomats and how big a deal is this. they asked the state department. and then it got even weirder. and we ve got that next. stay with us.