the southbound lane. they say both vehicles collided. the impact so great, they actually rotated in the highway. investigators want to know where chen was drinking and they want to know, whether or not she was under the influence of drugs. the crash happened around 3:00 this morning. police say chen was driving this hondacy minivan. there were two child seats in the back. fortunately they were empty. chen was driving the chevy cavalier. it happened so quickly, no one had time to brake. >> if there was braking, it was minimal. two cars travelling and they hit head on on the interstate. it would be a spectacular crash. >> court documents say, chen admitted to police, she had 4-5 would not be driving. >> your alcohol level is.0028. and they also suspected drug abuse. jose arenas just left here, in the cintas park, and he was described as a hard worker who would go the extra mile. >> a lot of the partners worked with jose and came in and had no idea this had happened. it really -- it's like losing a family member. >> police say they want to know where terrence chen had been drinking. they also want to know, where she got, and there would be no traffic lights. traffic lights would be reverse. those are things that you would >> police say, that's where the impairment came to play. and knows the, knows how to get on the interstate the right way. also, some security cameras from businesses as well as 911 calls just to see if she had gotten into the interstate. local 12 news, back to you. >> i can't imagine, going on, at 3:00 in the morning, as busy as the exit is and making it all the way to the freeway. >> right, arenas, apparently, worked in the pleasant ridge. had not been on the ridge. to figure out why she gotten on. due to the impairment, they believe that's what made her, get on the interstate the wrong way. >> karen chen is charged with and vehicular homicide. she will face the judge in the morning. jose arenas wife also works with the company. perils of winterery is on the rise. if you think you could avoid the aches and pains, your best defense is with the flu. >> 30s, 40s and 50s by the weekend. i'm meteorologist, forecast coming up. and these are live pictures from the scene of the deadly >> big jump reported in some cases in the tri-state. they reported a 37 percent increase in the past week. doctors say as a result, hospitalizations and emergency room visits have gone up due to complications from the flu. you could still get a flu shot because it does appear we have a pretty good match against the flu strains this year. see your doctors, protocols have changed. you may need treatment. more than 500 homicides have been solved because of tips to crimestoppers. unsolved crimes, wanted criminals, 35 years ago. greater cincinnati crimestoppers is considered one of the strongest in the nation. what you may not know. and crimestoppers hot line is here at the cincinnati police criminal and investigation. >> when you saw it on channel 12, did they say what days it occurred. >> media broadcast, for crimestoppers every day. tipsters also call what's happening in their neighborhood, such as the tip that led covington police to daily on rice, after six hours search. he was wanted for stabbing his mother and shooting a police dog. and someone in avondale knew who fired from a moving car last july, accidentally shooting a 4-year-old. that's how darnell hicks was arrested. some callers don't want the reward. >> some people want the drug house that's on the street shut they want to identify drug dealers. this is their name. this is their card. this is their information. >> tips comes in. gambler heard brown bragging in aurora gas station. . >> we have helped solved 16 thousand major crimes in the major cincinnati area >> all volunteer crimestoppers approved rewards and raises the money for them >> we've had to collect and raise money to pay out over 2 million in rewards. >> paid out to tipsters identified by code number. >> having the money paid out is a pretty serious process. someone from the board goes to a public place with envelopes full of money. with code numbers on the outside. tip sisters know or when. >> and some of the tips. the freighter cincinnati crime stopper is vibrant because of the area. >> people care about the area a lot. they don't want bad people around. the next child they can hurt could be you. >> debra dixon, local 12 news. >> you could help crimestoppers by going to the fish fry on brooks, on february 26th. bill brooks donates money raised to crimestoppers and really deb dixon, she deserves a lot of the credit for the success of crimestoppers all these years. >> she does. >> >> we continue to follow the local breaking news alert for you. live pictures from the scene of the deadly officer-involved shooting in harrison avenue near budeneau. at this point, we don't have many details. we have crews on the scene. as soon as we get more information, we will pass it to you. you could check on it on twitter. and it could be a tall order. brad johansson, introduces us to a local father who took matters under his own hands. >> he produces successful movies. he hit a book. he says he won't sell out to do it and he plans to do a lot of good in the process. >> you're in junior high and script and you get to tell him what he thinks about the new action. >> you were excited. >> we read the book before anyone else did. >> and making it sound like it's pretty cool is brian's plan. he's not your typical author >> in jesus' name. >> to pastor, fighting child exploitation in asia to movie producer. >> always felt like i seen somewhere we needed to get to. other than getting there to risk, i couldn't, there's no way. >> and he produced 15 movies. he didn't like what his family entertainment choices, so he made his own. >> instead of railing what you don't like, it's more productive >> and if he sat down in the computer, he could create something kids may love. >> harry potter or twilight, virginia, and if we are going to play long-term, we have to develop content for elementary kids, that's books. >> and league in the lantern, abraham lincoln lace history, action adventure with honor and heart. >> if you rate the book, what did you tell them. >> did you grade it? >> would 5 out of 5. >> yes it would be a very, very good >> yeah. >> visual. >> you could picture this in a >> steven spielberg's company wants the rights. amazon, takes 55 percent off the top >> what i am most passionate, buy one and -- we're going to give a woppy away have a child. controlling the release, from book design and animation. >> most of my clients, it's nice to meet with someone local that i could meet up with and talk about what it is they are looking for. >> there's something about a kid being able to hold their own copy, hard cover. they will open it up, write their name and put it on the shelf. that's most. >> the day i am out there somewhere, day see a boy reading it --. >> that would be pretty cool. >> he's exchanged gifts. monday. 100 percent may put the book >> brad, thanks very much. check out brian's process on kick starter. check on the news section and debt -- kind of gloopy day ahead. >> this time of year, when you go from extremely cold to warm or extremely warm to cold. you usually introduce a lot of we'll see 40s tomorrow. we'll see fustedties, . and until we get to sunday. so it looks very calm when you look at the sky other than cloud cover there right now we will see a gradual warming trend, certainly in the next three days. it will be chilly tonight. and then we'll top tomorrow in the 40s. then again the 50s and the 60s saturday. cloud cover out there right now. and that's because we've got a lot of low level moisture sort of trapped. i think it will be. >> out of the area, as we get to tomorrow afternoon. certainly, saturday looks nicer dew point, at 20-25. heading out this evening, it will be mostly chilly. 32 and 31. it's 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tonight. everybody pretty much in the same boat. columbus has 34. everybody has 35. and notice this in the southwest, it warms up. and pad duck ca. if the wind the start. we're about where we were yesterday as far as temperatures are concerned. the warm-up begins. after we go through the chilly night tonight. nothing on live precision doppler hd. i think we'll stay quiet. again, low level moisture, will be very difficult to get rid of. i think that's what the model will show us. still some low level moisture in the way of cloud cover across the area. come tomorrow morning. starts to break things up a little bit. come tomorrow afternoon. that's because we will introduce more and more wind to mix the atmosphere. not only tomorrow night, but it will be windy on friday as well. temperatures in the 50s and finally into the 60s by the time we get to saturday. midnight tonight, drop down to 28 degrees. the temperature will fall which friday, 58. saturday, 61. when i say windy here, i mean it. we can see winds, saturday, not as wind even. look for rain showers on sunday. 58 and cooler as we get to next week. on tuesday, and then 41 degrees, by the time we get to wednesday. 61 on saturday. a good chance of rain on under with a high temperature of 58 degrees. >> thanks very much. >> it may not be march but the madness is under way. huge college basketball match-ups across the nation this week. right here at home as well. tonight, 8th ranked musketeers began. and providence sits off center. that's where ali cohen is standing by. >> we talked about it last week. one of the toughest play. i'm not just saying that. and it's the third toughest not just good news for prove tense. in the fou losses, he -- >> to make sure the progress won't be getting out. it may just be me. the last time the two teams matched up january 26th, xavier put out the win. and then. and six of those losses, coming in the big east. she truce to tell us. >> yes, providence. in my eyes, that's the big easy, as a whole. conference. providence is one of the teams that has great college players and chris dunn. they are a handful, but you they are going to get our best and it should be a good game >> tonight's match-up is the sixth this season. in the first five match-ups, xavier is 4-1. winds include providence, cincinnati when they were 23rd ranked team. last season, we were 6-4 against top 25 teams, the rankings and records, is a -- these games owen the fatal shooting skeep along harrison avenue. police officer fired a fatal shot >> we have two scenes. in westwood, there's a pick up truck smashed into a pole that police are going over. little further west on harrison avenue, there appears to be a body in the street. police tell us they have recovered a gun. neighbors tell us, they heard it all go down; right?. >> that's right. rob. we are closer to where the body that you referenced, taking a look behind me. heavy police presence. this is going on for a little over an hour now. we've seen members of the cincinnati police department command staff, higher ups, assistant chiefs. we've seen members of the homicide unit. they have been active all afternoon. as you said, obviously neighbors want to know what is going on. this is an area that's residential but it also has a lot of businesses. we were speaking with some of of course they heard the gunshots, several gunshots. they look at their windows to see what's going on. they see the police activity. they immediately come out to try to figure out what's going on together. one of the neighbors talked to us a little while ago. this is what she had to say. >> and we were up in my house. cleaning with the kids and everything, trying to get them dinner. next thing, started -- next thing you know. cops everywhere. and then you -- we see all the -- >> is it surreal for you? >> yes it's usually quiet. this is like, wow. like, it's mind blowing. >> when you heard the gunfire, you question what you heard? >> no, we heard it. it was like, pow, pow, pow. you know the difference between gunshots and firecrackers. >> another live look here on harrison avenue and north ben road. interestingly enough, there was a day care not too far from here. we spoke to a woman who worked at the day care. she didn't hear the gunshot. eventually heard from the manager where her -- making sure at humana, we know when you have your health... ...great things are ahead of you like seeing old friends learning some moves or showing off your skills and being free to keep on ex ploring. choose a humana medicare plan for the care you need... to h elp you have better health for everything that's ahead.

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