Desk government is issuing a hefty fine for me during desperate maker of millions of defective airbags. J. C. takata is told to pay up for the way it handled recalls of those airbags. Ed to the tune of 70 million, jc and thats just the beginning. It s related to those 23 million defective air bags, linked to eight deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide after they exploded sending shrapnel into people. Federal investigators say takata failed to disclose the defect to them in a timely manner. They also ordered the company to stop making the air bags unless they can prove they re safe. Under the terms of the deal, takata would pay 70 Million Dollars over 5years. But that could skyrocket to a record 200 million if takata doesn t obey to the terms. D. O. T. Should not have to license off the dust place it u. S. Regulators will now monitor the recalls to ensure they re handled properly. Takata still faces hundreds of lawsuits and a criminal investigation by the department of justice. Sa
We did check in today with Sandwich Police and fire, but our calls were referred back to the District Attorneys office. Who isnt saying much, but we are still working to speak with neighbors here and well have the very latest in another live report at 6 00 p. M. For now reporting live in sandwich, heather hegedus, fox 25. Mark gunfire at a fastfood restaurant. A Police Officer was forced to fire when a man tried to run him down. But the officer ended up hospitalized. Bob ward is live in worcester with how this all played out, bob . The reporter this all went down not long after midnight this morning. And it all quickly spiraled out of control and now, a 19yearold worcester man is facing felony charges here at worcester court. 19yearold connor davis of worcester, under arrest, charged with assault with intent to murder a worcester Police Officer, during a confrontation at this burger king restaurant early tuesday morning. Police say, it all unfolded at about 12 30 a. M. In the morning.
Over here and tonight, police say those men are lucky to be alive and they are ok. And get this, the boys we were talking about as you just mentioned elizabeth, they are two 12yearold boys and a 14yearold boy who had the beebee gun, but first, let me get to a photo that Police Released to us just a short time ago. One of the guns is actually a real beebee gun thats used by lowell police. The other was used by a 12yearold. Now fox 25 news has learned just around 10 00 a. M. This morning, a 14yearold and two 12yearolds had Nothing Better to do with the day off from school. The boys started shooting at three homeless men living under the train tracks on dutton and fletcher street. Lowell Police Chased the boys and arrested them immediately. Three of the Homeless People came out, they had welts on their hands and different pardons of their body from getting hit with the bebe and one got hit with a rock. The reporter while police police, and also tonight, we could tell you the men living he
Coats or hats because a little warm outside. A check of the forecast with fox25 Storm Tracker radar meteorologist shiri spear joining with us how long we will have to keep that jacket away. Shiri ill tell you what, you need the jacket right now but the jacket will be coming off by lunchtime. Fog in norwood and fitchburg. Thicker toward keene, New Hampshire. This not going to have very big impact on the morning commute. I am not seeing dense fog right now or grow very much, but chilly spots where it is checking in a little bit foggy now. Southwestern New Hampshire in the middle 30s. 46 in leominster. 46 now in marlborough. Up to tux burly at 43 degrees and hudson New Hampshire at 44. The boston area right now 54 degrees for you here. Swampscott degrees. And burlington to 48. Wellesley to 43. A lot of the burbs get started out in the 40s. 46 in brockton. 52 in duxbury and 56 in sandwich. So 30s to 50s this morning. I will average it out here at 7 a. M. Say 43 degrees with just a tiny bit
Sunshine and a couple of clouds leaking over the outer cape over nantucket. Expect a lot of those to be nice and thin and sunshine on noontime with temperatures right around 60 degrees. Where we struggle to warm up the coastline itself but into the interior. We head back to the 60s. 60 to 66 your range of highs. Another bright and warm day. Foggy spots we will are to avoid this morning coming up. Now over to Julie Grauert with live drivetime traffic. How is it shaping up out there. Those drive times very manageable at this early hour. On the maps route 1 wide open. 93 south looking good. Over to the pike where similar story make your way through framingham through the weston tolls and this the kind of volume in brighton. 12 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 9 minutes on the expressway from the brained. Tree split to the pike. 93 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. Sara and gene, back to you. It is jawdropping video. Two cars apparently racing