They will never get to experience their senior years, three Montgomery County High Schoolers died in a crash in damascus this morning. News 4s Kristin Wright is live at Clarksburg High School where graduation is happening today. Kristin. Reporter well, a moment of silence was held at the very start of the ceremony to remember these three boys who were with us this time yesterday and now theyre gone. Clarksburg High School Class of 2016 starts a new chapter as the lives of Three Friends comes to a sudden end. Evidence of the violent crash still visible on burnt hill road in damascus. So young. Theyre not even seniors yet. Reporter the pickup truck was left mangled and twisted. Police say 17yearold jacob dennis was driving and somehow slammed into a tree near kingsstead road at 11 30 last night. Jacob and his friends cari green, 17, and patrick 18, were killed. They had so much life ahead of them. And so many opportunities, but just things happen so fast. Can never take life for granted
Led to the accident. 3 a late night fire left two elderly people homeless. It happened just before 7 30 near the intersection of Redwood Court and carlton drive. Thats just off of highway 277. The fire crew says when they got there, flames took over the house. The couple was rescued d d taken to the hospital as a precaution. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused this fire. Fire crews say the house is a total loss. 3 3 3 a hearing in winnsboro over the possibility of a granite mine will continue this morning at dhec headquarters in columbia. A heated 10 houring hearing beteen winnsboro residents and dhec took place yesterday. News 19 Janae Frazier shows us what happened 3 day two of an appeal hearing appealing dhecs mine permit allowing Winnsboro Crushed Stone to build a quarry in the middlesix area. The petitioners presented sworn staments from four different people along testimony from scholar and mining expert francis green. Nats o owitness he company should have done th
That was a sad day in america, and a tough time for the president and to sit there and put him down in front of my say to that. There were no words. The current commander in chief is currently speaking out against donald trump. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president , and the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the america people. Despite the critics trump finished first in the New Hampshire primary and second in iowa and has a strong lead heading in therimary. Donald trump will be campaigning in South Carolina leading up to saturdays primary. Tonights visit in tum ter starts at 7 00. The latest from the rally. From jennifer ready, abc columbia news. One gop candidate hoping voters go nuts for him is dr. Ben carson. He spoke to potential voters, at a local shop famous for the to overcome low numbers in the polls and turn South Carolina voters his way. And i blew it. Always there to help. And jeb bush letting it slip when former First Lady Barbara Bush will be join
Book that his father wrote. I thought that was interesting and members of the crowd are asking jeb why he attacks trump on the debate stage. He responds by saying hes not a conservative. Hes hijacked our party. And he says who is going to take him on if i dont . Very interesting. It is very loud there. We cannot take her live. Shell have a complete report coming up at 6 00 tonight. We can take a live picture and show you if you want to see the crowd that is out there at this time if we have thatvideo. Yeah, were going to listen to exactly what hes saying because from what we understand, hes speaking right now. Lets take a listen. Tip oneill was a liberal democrat. Ronald reagan was a conservrvive republican. They didnt ascribe bad motives to one another. And they word together and built a team to save Social Security t what we have today. And it was done for more than a generation of time. It just requires a leader saying its a high priority and this, and reforming and obamacare, all t
Eric weisfeld. And im 33 rochelle dean. Were live from main and gervais. The times now 5 00. Its a chillier start to your thursday. But for this time of the morning its still not too bad. Yeah. A little cooler than previous days this week but that could change 33 soon. Lets turn things over to meteorologist jonathan of the day. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. Well be sure to keep an eye on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. Its chance for have their questions answered. Republican president ial candidates donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will all be in columbia tonight. Taking part in a town hall hosted by cnn. Thats at eight tonight. At the university of South Carolina school of law auditorium. Ahead of to