Police: Car fleeing Philly robbery scene jumps curb, killing 3 kids; mom in critical condition

October 4th, 2009 Car slides under trailer on I-95 in Philly; 4 deadPHILADELPHIA — State police in Philadelphia say a car has gone out of control and has slid under a tractor-trailer on a major highway, killing four people. Police say the car was speeding and changing lanes while heading south on Interstate 95, one of the nation's longest highways.

September 30th, 2009 Police shoot CA man accused of killing son's momANAHEIM, Calif. — Police say they have shot a man accused of abducting his 5-year-old son after he allegedly killed the boy's mother and her boyfriend at her home in Southern California.

September 3rd, 2009 Philly basketball court shooting kills 1, wounds 1PHILADELPHIA — Police say a shooting during a pickup basketball game at a Philadelphia recreation center has left a 23-year-old man dead and his 19-year-old brother wounded. About 30 people were on and around the Shepard Recreation Center court Thursday afternoon when two men approached, fired three shots and fled.

August 9th, 2009 Car fleeing Calif. police hits truck, killing 7FRESNO, Calif.

July 18th, 2009 Young Pa. lemonade sellers have brush with lawHAVERFORD, Pa. — Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit — selling lemonade, that is.

June 26th, 2009 4 remain hospitalized after Philly taxi crashPHILADELPHIA — Four people remain hospitalized after a taxi jumped a curb outside a downtown Philadelphia concert hall. The accident happened around 10 p.m.

June 25th, 2009 Cab jumps curb in Philly; 2 in critical conditionPHILADELPHIA — Police say a taxi jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd in front of Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, striking a bicyclist and a pedestrian, who are in critical condition. Police say the accident occurred around 10 p.m.

June 19th, 2009 6 businesses robbed with Uzi, Philly police sayPHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia are on the lookout for a man robbing businesses with an Uzi submachine gun. Police say the gunman has hit at least six businesses in West Philadelphia in less than a week.

June 17th, 2009 Father suspected of killing 2 children in HoustonHOUSTON — A father was suspected of shooting and killing his two children on Tuesday and then turning the gun on himself in an apparent attempted suicide, police said. Police had been looking for the 8-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother after their mother reported to authorities that "her estranged husband had called saying he had picked the kids up from the school and planned to drive them to an unknown location and kill them," spokesman John Cannon said.

June 12th, 2009 Police: 2 charged with murder for Philly crashPHILADELPHIA — Police say the Philadelphia district attorney's office has approved charging two robbery suspects with four counts of murder for a traffic crash that killed a woman and three young children. The latest charges against 18-year-old Donta Cradock and 20-year-old Ivan Rodriguez were announced Thursday afternoon.

June 11th, 2009 Car hits Philly crowd, killing 3 kids, womanPHILADELPHIA — A woman who was struck by a car fleeing a robbery scene died Thursday, a day after the vehicle jumped a curb, smashed into a crowd and killed three young children. Latoya Smith, 22, died Thursday morning, Albert Einstein Medical Center spokeswoman Judy Horwitz said.

June 11th, 2009 Men who caused Philly crash had long rap sheetsPHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia say two men with lengthy criminal records were fleeing police when they caused an accident in which a car jumped a curb, slammed into a crowd, and killed four people, including an infant two days short of her first birthday. Philadelphia police say 18-year-old Donta Cradock and 20-year-old Ivan Rodriguez have been charged in the theft of a motorcycle that prompted the chase.

June 11th, 2009 Car hits pedestrians in Philly, killing 3 kidsPHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's police commissioner says three children are dead from a crash in which a car jumped a curb. A woman is gravely injured.

June 11th, 2009 Fleeing car hits Philly crowd, killing 3 childrenPHILADELPHIA — A car fleeing a robbery scene and being chased by police Wednesday night jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd, killing three young children in front of their home and gravely injuring a woman, authorities said. "It's a tragedy," police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said.

June 11th, 2009 Police: We weren't chasing car before Philly crashPHILADELPHIA — A car that jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd, killing a woman and three young children, was fleeing a police officer who had tried unsuccessfully to stop the driver but who got stuck in traffic and couldn't give chase, the police commissioner said Thursday. "Did a pursuit take place? The answer is no," police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said during a news conference at police headquarters, pointing to the mug shot of one of two suspects.