Ambulance response times in the district. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford has been following this story. He joins us live in southeast d. C. With this big announcement from mayor Muriel Bowser today. Sam . Sam yes, alison. Well, the mayor said that she is going to be putting more ambulances on d. C. Streets and its not that people dont get care. These Engine Companies go quickly to the scene. Problem is the holdup is getting transport there quickly enough. And to transport the patients. In a breakfast meeting with Council Members today, mayor bowser said shes increasing the number of ambulances on d. C. Streets by 25 . Thats from 39 units to 49. Her deputy said theyre paying overtime to current staffers to maintain the highest level between 11 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. There has been a higher demand for ambulances and the city will use more of its reserve units. We have more than 100 ambulances and we have half of them available for use so our Long Term Plan and commitment to getting those v
Full force filling them all up, throwing some jelly doughnuts this there. Live look at 42 freeway coming into philadelphia in problems or delays. Light volume so far leaving south jersey the schuylkill looking good from conshohocken through the curve and downtown. No problems here down i95. Even the boulevard looks good for gang leaving downingtown, coats theville, Chester County. Were good to go on the major roadways heading in through king of prussia if you are getting a flight in or out of town today, philly International Starting off with no delays and mass transit, trains are rolling again, market frankford line and broad street subway is back on track and mass transit itself running with no delays. Chris and lauren back to you. Thanks, bob. Police looking for a gunman who shot a man in lawncrest this happened shortly before 11 30 in the 900 block of bridge street. That shooting victim was taken to the hospital and his condition unknown at this hour. Thieves on the attack in north
On board were killed. French investigators hope that the mangled black box will provide clues as to why the plane crashed. While at drexel, emily was a member of the soreoritysorority. She was an integral part of our growing chapter and as a person and friend, emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. Emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters at zeta. The selke family released a statement this afternoon, our family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily two wonderful and caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. They added that they are asking for privacy and for prayers. You can see a slideshow of pictures of the aircraft and of the scene, its all at 6abc. Com. Now a check of the accuweather forecast on this cloudy wednesday. Lets go to adam joseph at the big board with more on the ensuing precipitation. We have the rain that passed through a two hour window that lifted to the north and we have dried out and well st
Around. These are longer term projects. Some of the temporary stuff daily stuff, is sort of out of the way now. Eastbound Montgomery Village avenue at 355 in gaithersburg still have that road work there. Thats been there for about a week and a half as youre trying to repair that area. Taking a look at branch avenue at that i lohr road this is emergency road work that popped up. Happening in the intersection. Beer also getting the same report that i lorenaylor at branch. 66 and 95 looking good. Do have this though. This is something that also just popped up here. 95 north, the ramp to or from Fairfax County parkway here we have survey work. So its been blocked and until 6 00 tonight. Well get more information are on that and be back at 5 11. Potholepalooza is nearly here in d. C. And we knee if you drive in the district, you cant wait for this. It was a rough winter on the roads. Megan mcgrath live where she found one potentially problematic pothole on nebraska avenue northwest. Reporte
Of this off to the right side of the roadway. Why were slowing down a little bit there. 66 eastbound another sudley road. Fairfax School Lake Braddock secondary schools opening two hours late this morning at 9 25. There is a Police Investigation. Well keep you posted on the latest. Back to you. Today we will learn new information about the investigation into an alleged Sexual Assault at university of virginia. News 4 will be at the press conference in charlottesville. The Sexual Assault was detailed in a now discredited Rolling Stone Magazine Article last year. Well send out a breaking push alert on whether it will lead to criminal charges. A lot of are you still reacting to this sid i dont where you can see alcoholic Beverage Control agents arresting a student at uva. Now a law student there is working to change how the department operates across the state. He started a petition to remove its Law Enforcement powers. More than 100 people have signed the petition. The a. B. C. Departmen