And dozens more are in the hospital. Joyce mary moloney reports on the investigation into the cause. Mary a tree split a school bus almost in half. The bus carrying 35 kids on its side, partially crushed. Multiple children lost their lives today in this tragic incident. Mary the children on the bus all from an elementary school. The oldest in fifth grade. The youngest in kindergarten. Taking care of the children that are injured is our number one priority. Mary police say the bus driver cooperating with investigators. Certainly speed is being investigated very, very strongly as a factor in this crash. Mary the bus has a box that collects data and records video. Police hope that information will help to shed light on the circumstances of the crash. This has been a great tragedy for us. We have suffered a great loss today. Everyone in our community, this has been one of the worst days weve had in hamilton county. Mary many in the community trying to help in any way they hours after the c
Throughout the day and a little snow edging out of eastern iowa. Almost all of this is going to evaporate, however a stray sprinkle in the west counties as we helicopter to warm. A sloppy mix edging into iowa and minnesota. Most of this nasty weather is headed to the north. Right now 23 waukesha. 28 degrees at forecast for today, becoming mostly cloudy. The rain is holding off until later tonight. A stray sprinkle in the western counties mid to late morning. Tomorrow off and on rain. Mid 40s tomorrow. Mid 40s on thanksgiving day. We high light the travel around wisconsin and the midwest coming up in a moment. Thank you, sal. Melinda when youre on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Melinda new this morning, the driver in a Fatal School Bus crash is now under arrest and facing charges. At least five children were killed in the crash yesterday in chattanooga, tennessee. Wisn 12 news tim elliott has the details. Tim. Tim 35 Elementary S
Wednesday looks wet. Tempered on thanksgiving. But a few flurries or a patchy snow mix on friday morning. Now to matt on the way to news chopper 12. Matt. They got rid of the zipper merge overnight. There was a full closure and now reopened. Pay attention this morning making your way through there. Right now it is reopened and the we are just looking at 5 minutes northbound 894 from the hail up to the zoo. All right, thank you. Melinda new this morning, the driver in a Fatal School Bus crash is now under arrest and facing charges. At least five children were killed in the crash yesterday in chattanooga, tennessee. Wisn 12 news tim elliott has the details. Tim. Tim 35 Elementary Students were the 24yearold driver was go too fast. The bug rolled and crashed into a tree. At least five children were killed. Around 20 were taken to hospitals. Now police are working to get the buss black box so they can learn more about what happened. Ben wisn 12 news time is 5 32. Millions of americans are
North woods. Think about leaving today to avoid driving in the snow to the north. At the airport 29. Winds are light and north. Today mostly cloudy and highs that reach up to the low 40s. Matt . The eastbound lanes reconfigured overnight and the zipper merge is you have to go south on 894 here. Go up to 84th if you want to go east bound. Things are moving smoothly in the area. If you are leaving soon, it is just ten minutes eastbound into downtown. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Bars this morning and charged in the crash that killed six students on his bus. Tim . Investigators say that the bus driver was likely driving too fast and lost control, rolled and crashed. This was a mile away from the school and left the road and crashed into the trees and flipped over on the side. 23 students were september to the hospital. They range from kindergarten through 5th grade. The walker is facing a long list of charges this morning, including reckless driving a
Kathy a riverwest businessman triggers controversy after offering to sell tasers to protect against street crime. Joyce 12 news Investigative Reporter colleen hen l concerns. Youll send the attacker running just off that loud crackling noise. Antonio rocha says neighbors in his riverwest community are increasingly concerned about crime, so he and his brother saw a marketing opportunity. They started taser bros, a selfdefense products business. We see a lot of muggings, a lot of people being followed. Some of these people arent carrying firearms, and its because they dont want to carry firearms. But rocha says this ad he posted on facebook triggered racial slurs and accusations people seem to think its just illegal all around. And so thats the controversy. , in fact, Wisconsin Law regulates stun guns much like firearms. You can buy them, but you need a concealed carry permit if you take them outside your home. Rocha has his ccw. The racist comments have disappeared from facebook. Other