Tonight a hebron man can thank these deputies who pulled him from a wrecked car. Moments before a train came and smashed it. Nine on your sides tom mckee spoke to those lifesavers. Lifesavers. Hes live from the scene with what they had to say. Toward the tracks last night on maher road when he lost control on the icy pavement. A train tore off the front of his car and nearby boone county deputies rushed to the scene. They pulled him out seconds before a second train hit the vehicle. Right here on maher road , buddy, you got a car smashed on these train tracks. Tracks. Smashed was the right word for tim mcculloughs car. The engine was torn off. He was trapped. Boone county sheriffs lieutenant dean pattison and Deputy Mike Moore were there in three minutes. Minutes. It was exciting. Im glad everybody turned out ok. Ok. We were just the right place, right time. Time. The veteran officers quickly ran up to the car to see how badly mccullough was hurt. Hurt. He said that his chest was bothering him, his back was bothering him. About that time dispatch advised that we had another train rolling northbound. That train was headed right for them and couldnt be stopped. They had to get mccullough out fast. Fast. I asked him his name and he said, tim. I said, tim, we got to get you out. Mike and i pulled him from the car and ran him up and put him in the back of the truck of the fellow that called it in initially. Initially. It was just very hectic there was a lot going on its just kind of hard to remember everything, honestly and to put everything in order. Order. Looking back on what took place, lieutenant pattison and deputy moore dont believe they are heroes at all. All. I just like to think that anybody else that was in that situation whether it was a Police Officer or a citizen would have done the same thing. Thing. Thats why we got into it. Its a fun job. When everything clicks and everything comes together for a happy ending lieutenant pattison and deputy moore have talked with mccullough on the phone he told them he wants to meet them and shake their hands. Tom mckee, nine on your side, live its a plea deal that could change kentucky law. Daleon rice has pled guilty to a slew of charges related to an attack in april and a shootout with Covington Police. A police dog was shot twice. But as nine on your sides Evan Millward reports you may be surprised at what the charges carry. Ard wcpo. Com Kenton County commonwealths attorney rob sanders wont get to argue daleon rices case here in court. But tonight he is at the capitol, arguing for changes to charges in the commonwealth. Thats because rice pled guilty monday to shooting at covington officer Michael Lusardi and k9 ernie in april. Hed been on the run after stabbing his own mother three days earlier. Our cameras caught the capture. Now hell spend between 20 and 40 years in prison. Rob Sanders Kenton co. Commonwealths attorney 0346 the punishment that someone faces should follow the violence of their actions, should follow the injury the victim suffers. It shouldnt be driven or determined by can return to duty. We spoke to sanders today as he drove to frankfurt to help get commonwealth law changed. This bill would make any attack on a police dog a felony. Lt. Marcus jordan Covington Police k9 coordinator 171307 i cant imagine why kentucky is still a misdemeanor, but it is. Ernie was back at work quickly. But consider this it costs more to have a k9 than a cruiser part of why covington officers agree with sanders. Jordan 171252 just the sheer amount of cashflow involved in them, would make it seem to be a felony from the getgo. Not to and started shooting at a dog in the middle of a neighborhood. Right now an attack on a k9 is only a felony if the dog dies or cant work. Ohio is the same way. And get this sanders says attempted murder charge rice faces is considered nonviolent in kentucky. Sanders 0331 these are just facets of kentucky law that i can only imagine the people who wrote these laws couldnt imagine the kinds of cases we are dealing with. Evan millward evan. Millw ard wcpo. Com sanders says he just this legislative session to get these changes passed, but he says this conversation needs to happen. As for rice, hell be sentenced at the end of next month. In covington, em, 9oys. This tristate suv scorched. Hardly recognizable. Tonight police say its the work of arsonists. And police need your help figuring out who did it. That vehicle was found on foxworth lane in greenhills nearly a month ago. It was completely engulfed in flames. The fire also damaged a car parked next to it. If you saw what happened or know whos responsible call crimestoppers. Right now voters are casting their ballots in the New Hampshire primary. And political experts say all eyes are on the gop runner up up polls show that trump will likely win. And who picks up second place could decide which others will drop out in the coming days. And a new exit poll out this hour shows that many voters were relying their own decision. Some think Ohio Governor john kasich will do well in the polls. But with a poor showing in the iowa caucus others arent so sure. Wcpo insiders can read what theyre saying. And how online betters are predicting for ohios governor. And nine on your side will be following results from New Hampshire all night. Look for updates from abc news during primetime. And see the latest numbers on nine on your side at 11. Two months after a woman turns up dead in East Price Hill police now have her accused killer in custody. Custody. Michael prewitt was arrested in orlando florida. Hes charged in the december death of kesha jendrysik. The victims mother said she was Drinking Coffee at her home on purcell avenue. When a man busted open the front door and shot her. Its not clear when prewitt will be brought back to ohio. New tool city leaders hope will help get rid of unsightly Properties Around town. Nine on your sides surprise patrol is making sure road crews leave work with a smile on their face. You wont want to miss the reaction of the proud father who gets free money. Youre watching 9 on your side crews will soon advance the expansion of a Campbell County highway thats expected to help cyclists in newport. Newport. Its the northern portion of the expansion planned for kentucky nine. The work runs from fifth street to the Taylor Southgate bridge. The construction will likely impact events this year including the flying pig marathon and the thanksgiving day race. Cincinnati wants to do away with blighted properties. And theyre hoping an online database will help. Help. Today leaders announced a new Code Enforcement website. Residents can report Problem Properties online. Like ones we highlighted liast year in you check to see if the citys getting to work on fixing it. As hard as the city works, we cant solve all of our problems by oursleves. We need our citizens to be our eyes and ears and our spare hands and a took like cincy Code Enforcement you can report and track Problem Properties this is about empowering citizens citizenscincinnati has a goal of identifying athousand Problem Properties by the end of june. Theyre more than threequarters of the way there. An initiative aimed at keeping Prescription Drug prices low is now getting looked over by lawmakers. Lawmakers. The so called drug price relief act would require the state to buy Prescription Drugs at the same price as the va. The group sued ohios secretary of state over a challenge on petition signatures. But that appears to be over. If lawmakers dont approve it the proposal could go to voters. Steves tracking the frigid air thats coming to the tri its a huge night for college basketball. And xavier leads the way. Sports is coming up. Surprise patrol heads to the plows. sot hes just a great worker. He likes coming to work. Hes got a great attitude. This father of eights heartwarming reaction. And his inspiring accomplishment that earns his family recognition in the guiness book of world records. Youre watching 9 on your side nine on your sides surprise patrol is certainly living up to its name. Tristate folks are shocked when we hand them onehundred or fivehundred dollar gifts. Gifts. And today our julie oneill found a tristate father. Who had to do extra work, thanks to todays weather. Ok so im standing here with cory huber, one of Kenton Countys finest. Youve guys are out there in the cold in the snow getting it done for us. Theres one guy out there you think could use a surprise from the surprise patrol who is it . Derek thomas. Hes just a great worker. He likes coming to work hes happy all the time hes got a great attitude. Tell me about your morning. Well we got a little bit of snow a little bit of sleet. Hes got 8 boys hes raising. Everyone one of them has successfully completed the eagle Scouts Program theyre going to put them into the guiness book of world records. Id like to give you a 100 to corey says you deserve it. Take it. muffled thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the work you do. Weather summary the area is still expecting 13 of snow in general. Light to moderate snow continues to fall as you wake up this morning. Youll notice the greatest impact to the roads rural roads and neighborhood streets. A secondary front will bring even colder air into the tristate late tuesday into wednesday with theyre ranked fourth in one national poll. Theres a lot of excitement around the xavier musketeers these days. And there should be. The musketeers have already won 21 games. Their talent is deeptheyre the kind of team that brings a crowd to its feet. In fact. It seems like the only person unimpressed by what the musketeers are doing is chris macks son braydenbut theyve taken their winning into february. And coaches in the big east are showing a lot of respect. Another thing that xavier is doing well is sharing the stepped up to contribute big moments so far this season. Against marquette last weekend it was sophomore jp macura. Who hit some pressure packed shots. Also tonight, uc is at central florida, kentucky at georgia, dayton at duquesne and miami at western michigan. The uc bearcats will play seven games next football season at nippert stadium. The schedule was released today. Houston is the defending league champion. And theyll be here on a thursday night in spetember. Theyre saying tens of thousands of fans were in downtown denver today. I dont think they really know. But they were lined up and down the main streets and many more were perched on balconies and rooftops. They were celebrating the broncos third super bowl championship. The crowds gathered early, and cheered each member of the team that questions surrounding what the broncos will do in the off season. But today they were there to congratulate the team. And many said to saw farewell to peyton manning. Back in charlotte. The panthers cleaned out their lockers. They won 16 times this season and only lost twice. Cam newton said his emotions got the best of him after the wsuper bowl on sunday. But he wasnt really apoloziging for anything and you might recall that it was just about one year ago that mat latos was critizing the reds for their lack of leadership and and their inadequate training staff. It worth noting that latos by that time was with the marlins. They he was traded to the dodgers. Then the angels. Today he signed with the white sox. Four teams in less than a year. And now heres julie dolan with nine on your side at a crane tips over at a downtown construction site. Coming up at 7. A look at what it takes to get it back on the ground. 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