avenue. >> reporter: the latest is the 19-year-old mother is released from the hospital and it's believed that she is with her son at saint christopher's hospital with significant injuries to his neck and head. it happened just shy of where i'm standing it took a turn at masher and went southbound at lehigh. the victim and her son were rundown just yards from her family home at the 2700 block of masher. today family members gathered at the red painted house and they declined requests to identify the little boy or her mother and instead asked for privacy, this neighbor told our broadcast partner univision she knew the woman, a visibly distraught woman, says let me tell my grandson. >> they recovered a piece of

broken headlight and said it was light in color but they could not say if it's a man or woman. >> we are hoping to get surveillance tape, if we get some, we'll make sure the media gets it. >> in an effort to gain attention, the city announced a reward for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the driver that left a toddler with critical head injuries. >> when it comes to young victims like this, we get lots of tips now on that case mayor nutter offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for that person that left the scene. >> the captain says that the police is hoping for the public's help in this case and that $10,000 will generate leads that investigators can follow. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

police are searching for the driver behind a deadly hit and run in southwest philadelphia at the same time, a 4-year-old boy that darted into the street was struck and killed. the incident was caught on video and police have an idea of the car they are looking for in this case and a $25 hundred reward is offered. a live report tonight at 6:00. two suspects bank robbers are in custody in lumberton new jersey, it happened at the susquehanna bank at the mount holly bypass police searched the area after the robbery and made quick arrests. area schools were put on brief lockdown and the suspects are not yet identified . police are looking for to suspects after a morning shooting in north philadelphia shots rang out on susquehanna avenue and police found a man shot in the leg and he was get

ougt of his car when two men started firing at him and his friends, the man was take and to the hospital and has since been released. gray skies and rain showers how we started off the work week, here is a live look at sky 6 hd at philadelphia international airport a nice sight and things will greatly improve. cecily tynan joins us with the latest from accuweather. the sun will come out tomorrow. >> just like annie bet your bottom dollar but today we are dealing with clouds and showers, and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing what we saw yesterday, showers south of philadelphia and areas to the north just the lingering clouds and we are live on sky 6 hd taking a look at the scene in atlantic city where the clouds are in place, look at the boardwalk it's glistening with the rain and the rain is still falling and temperatures are in the 50s, it feels a little bit cool but temperatures are not

really unusual for this time of year but compared to yesterday at 75 degrees it feels on the cool side. a wider picture showing the low pressure is near southern west virginia and this is not moving to the north and this is moving due east and that means the rain has ended for philadelphia. temperatures show where the winds are west of roanoke and philadelphia 67 degrees and temperatures to the west also in the 60s and the sunshine returns tomorrow it should be a pretty nice day, this is what to expect tonight. showers linger south of philadelphia, around philadelphia areas to the north and the rain is over, the showers will be ending by late evening and clouds are breaking in the overnight hours by dawn and its a chilly night and temperatures falling down into the 40s, we'll talk about the sunshine returning tomorrow, and

the next chance of rain coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> we'll check back in later and stay ahead in the changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com/weather and can you find storm trager 6 radar. now the story of an amazing medical process unfolding tonight it's the nation's longest kidney transplant chain ever involving 24 kidneys sent through different hospitals. several of the donors and recipients and hospitals are here in our area and registered nurse and health reporter ali gorman is at the big board with more. >> if someone need a kidney and a friend or family member wants to donate and is not a match then that donor will be paired with a recipient they do match with the understanding that their friend will find a match this chain played out three

months from san diego all the way up to boston and one local recipient lives in newark, delaware rosalie corbett is feeling good and back to her daily exercise after three months of receiving a kidney the nation's largest kidney swap. >> corbett has a genetic kidney disease and many in her family did not survive past 50 at age 61 her kidneys deteriorated and she need aid transplant. her long time friend susan carlson wanted to donate but was not a match so she joined what is called a paired donor network she would donate a kidney she does match nationwide and the network would find corbett a don'ter, the chain grew and overall it led to 34 kidneys swapped between 26 hospitals nationwide.

christiana was in the middle of the chain and dr. swanson called the coordination of the effort and the lives saved a miracle. >> it's the best we hope for our patients and the more we expand that situation adds significantly to the donor pool. she calls her friend susan an angel on earth. >> she gave me new possibilities my mother never saw my child being born and most of my family is gone and now i am around for my daughter husband and my friends. >> it does take an incredible amount of planning and coordinating to pull something like this off, the donors and coordinators are true heroes and there is more on this story tonight on night line here on abc after jimmy kimmel live. >> thank you. time for a check of our "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> not so perfect over there with matt pellman. nothing personal.

>> i like the tie. >> my goodness, it's never so perfect for the tuesday trip home on the roads. this is 422 westbound side, very crowded you can see from this point at 23 on out to 29 the good news is the doesn't we are talking about westbound at 29 has just cleared. but if are you using ridge pike instead look for a wreck out there at penn and airport roads by the moore's furniture and limerick motors and in willis town, paoli pike remains blocked because of a crash near malvern prep and use king street and king road instead of paoli pike, this is the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill and it's westbound that will close at midnight because of the bridge construction project and it lasts five hours eastbound scheduled to stay open from the vine to vineland 47 to delsy drive and the one at walnut road

involving three vehicles and it did injure people so it sounds serious. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, hillary clinton is officially on the stump today in iowa fresh off florida senator marco rubio announcement to run for the white house. and meteorologist, cecily tynan, is back with the full forecast from ac warm. when "action news" at 5:00 continues in just a moment.

that's a hard question. (laughing) we are the fay family from chesapeake, virginia. williamsburg is just beautiful. because we have thrill seekers and not such thrill seekers, i try to find something that everybody likes. this is a very good spot to do that. the most exhilarating part about this vacation was being with the whole family. it was amazing.

jurors in the trial for dzhokhar tsarnaev were warned to stay away from this year's marathon, while they wait for the penalty phase of this week, and they cannot attend any events for tomorrow's anniversary for the 2013 attack. dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted of all charges again him. and the jury will decide if he gets life or death. the official 2015 presidential field is growing with florida senator, marco

rubio in the race and hillary clinton hits the campaign trail in iowa, and sticking to her plan of holding small scale events. karen strafrs joins us with more. >> reporter: good evening, hillary clinton told teachers and students today in an iowa community college that one of the main reasons she is running for president is her new granddaughter, she wants charlotte and every child to have every opportunity possible and that is why she couldn't stay on the sidelines. >> it was a low key start for hillary clinton. >> drink my way across the country, maybe a glass of water too. >> her first appearance in iowa came at a small town coffee shop. >> i think she has my vote. >> later she met with a small group of teachers at a small iowa community college, i want to stand up and fight for people so they cannot just get by and they can get ahead and stay

ahead. >> it's part of her campaign strategy to make her more engaging and accessible, this time around she takes no vote for granted. >> senator marco rubio is back to work after launching his campaign tonight. he to share the spotlight for clinton, but used it to his advantage. >> i want to be that champion. >> her ideas to help every day americans will not help every day americans. >> jeb bush is not officially in the race yet but is he looming large over the republican field especially rubio, who considers the florida governor his mentor. >> hillary clinton is back at it again, touring a small business outside of des moines iowa. this is what it looks like, low key until she starts throwing the traditional rallies sometime

next month. >> thank you karen. >> there is much more for the race for the white house coming up in david muir next on channel 6 after "action news" at 6:00. virgin airlines is number one in the u.s. for the fifth straight year, hawaiian airlines came in number two moving up a notch and delta was ranked third moving up a spot from the previous year and jetblue fourth. the shrinking space on airlines is uncomfortable for passengers they are looking into whether the lack of leg room may be dangerous to the health and safety to the people on board one concern is the lack of space could lead to evacuations. health officials say that about 100 people on two cruise ships came down with the highly

contagious norovirus. the celebrity ship arrived in san diego yesterday and the royal caribbean arrived at the same dock today. they are trying to determine what cause the the outbreak and the cruise ships are being disinfected. in health check spending on prescription drugs soared 13%, part of the increase is due to the millions of people that are newly insured through the afordable care act and the driving force is break through medications with eye popping cases, for instance it can cure hepatitis c 80% of the time but costs $80,000 for a course of treatment. a long standing medical practice is in for a change instead of keeping patients recovering from strokes and other brain injuries in their hospital beds, the sooner they

get up the faster they recover, they were less likely to need a rehab facility and had fewer clickations.

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there say fast foot breakfast war between mcdonald's and taco bell and it's benefiting you in pennsylvania, mcdonalds are offering an egg mcmuffin in exchange for a taco bell breakfast receipt. and anti-hunger advocated gathered in south jersey to bring attention to what they say is a rising hunger crisis they spoke out about the farm bill passed by congress that it cuts food assist ants for hundreds of thousands in new jersey. it's it's first of its kind to raise support for the snap program. and newcastle county got more high tech this is the county's knew fugs center a wall made up of 18000 displays and sources can be viewed at one

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this is national volunteer week and peco were doing their part here in philadelphia. they helped to renovate a family home in hazel street in philadelphia they planted plants in the front yard and a fresh coat of paint here. this will be used for a new start for a needy family. >> very nice, what is not very nice was the accuweather forecast today it was chilly and dreary. >> but the april showers will bring may flowers so the flours that were planted got a nice drink of water stormtracker 6

live double scan, showing that we have this pretty clear line with philadelphia areas north and a few peeks of sunshine and south of philadelphia we still have a pretty steady rain and most of it is on the light side and pushes to the east in the evening hours than puts an end to the rain, how much rain depends on your location and allentown has light locations .001 of an inch and atlantic city more than a .3 inch of rain and dover a half inch and millville reporting about .40 inch. and it's still raining there. temperatures are where they should be in philadelphia for this time of year, you can see where it's raining is where the

temperatures are cooler 55 in millville and sea isle city 56 and allentown where it's dry 63 and reading 62 degrees, so seasonable but it feels cold compared to yesterday it's 11 degrees colder in philadelphia than this time yesterday 13 degrees colder in lancaster and millville a whopping 23 degrees colder in dover than 24 hours ago and the rain really have been a big impact on temperatures, future tracker showing by 9:00 cloud cover and still some rain generally from dover to millville, atlantic city, but the rain should be pushing off the coast at midnight and then gradually seeing the clouds break from the northwest to the southeast in the overnight hours so far tonight showers south clearing late and overnight low 48 degrees and 41 in allentown and 48 in millville and 47 in wilmington and 46 in trenton, future tracker showing as we head through the day tomorrow a good amount of sunshine and by 1:30, feeling pretty nice and 68

in philadelphia temperatures 5 degrees warmer than today and feeling bedder with the sunshine. tomorrow it's sunny and breezy and mild with a high of 68 degrees, and thursday is still pretty nice and bright skies and seasonable and 64 degrees, friday mostly cloudy and the possibility of a few scattered showers and 64 and this point saturday is looking better than it was looking yesterday some breaks of sunshine and 74 degrees and perhaps an evening shower with a cold front behind the front and temperatures back down to seasonable levels and 64 degrees, it looks like we won't have another beautiful monday though and adam will talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> as long as the weekend is nice. >> more to come in our next half hour a sheriff's department turned himself in to face manslaughter charges and chris christie pushes his plans for social security and medicare reform, does this mean he is

running for president. he tells you what he has to say. >> and rita wilson makes a stunning retchlation about her health. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, monica malpass and rick williams. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. time is ticking away for people to file their 2015 income taxes nydia han has last minute tips and scams that filers need to watch out for. >> and a boat runs into trouble not once but twice in the waters off ocean city, new jersey. >> now the details time is running out for folks to file their 2014 state and federal taxes, april 15th at midnight is the deadline to file or request an extension this year filers must face new tax questions as well as scams that are making the rounds nydia han is at the "action news" big board with more. >> as if this time of year was

not stressful enough taxpayers have another reason to stress out, while waiting to file your taxes you may open yourself up to potential fraud. >> the stolen refund scam, more than 100,000 victims filed complaints about it last year, thieves are stealing social security numbers and filing false tax returns and having the returns sent to them. >> most people find out they are victimized when they file their actual return and the irs says we already have a return in your name. >> what follows could be a red tape nightmare. the first thing you have to do is notify the irs and then make a police report and it will take 120 extra days before you get your refund and even if you already filed your return, you may not be immune to con artists, they threaten them with

going to court or immigrants that they will deport them if they don't give money. >> the irs never, never never telephones you or sends you email either? if you are in a rush be careful who you entrust your taxes to. >> there is no education requirement to report yourself and hang outs a sign and said i do taxes and i'm good at it. >> look for promisings ises like refun guarantees and make sure you can reach your tax preparer well after april 15th if you have questions. >> to avoid these scams and others go to 6abc.com. monica back to you. a crash involving an suv and a car in fairmount park ended in a police chase and arrest today, it happened at 4:00 p.m. at ford

road and neshaminy drive, the reports were that the cars collided and one ran on foot, he ran through and was arrested near the schuylkill expressway it's unclear why he ran and two others were injured in the crash and they were treated for none life threat being injuries. swestd detectives were looking for the man that skipped out at a taxi fare and shot at the driver in overbrook this is from the good times bar at the 1500 block of landsdowne avenue on february 1st. this was on the requested stop of the suspect and was taken to 55th and lancaster, he asked for money and he got out and pointed a gun and shot at the cab, the drive of was not hurt. remember within you see breaking news or severe weather, we want you to join the action email your photos and videos to

jointheaction@6abc.com or use #6abcaction on social media its how you can be a part of "action news." federal prosecutors are casting a wide net for potential jurors in the delaware courthouse shooting trial. it's a story our delaware newsroom is following for you they are recommending that notices be sent to 500 potential jurors in the stalking trial of thomas matusiewicz it was back in february of 2013 when he allegedly shot and killed his former daughter-in-law christ even belford and another woman before taking his own life and now his widow and his daughter and belford's ex-husband, david matusiewicz is charged with stalking, they allegedly started a three year smear campaign. the off duty sheriff is

charged with man slautd after shooting an unarmed black man, thomas bates is accused of shooting suspect eric harris after he tried to sell drugs and a gun to an undercover officer, bates thought he pulled out his taser but pulled out his gun killing harris. >> we'll defend this in the court of law he will have an opportunity to speak he will do so. >> batd-s back in court next week. authorities in north carolina are investigating a deadly shooting yesterday at a community college as a possible hate crime police arrested the suspect last night saying walked into the campus print shop and killed his former supervisor, ron lane, he was dismissed from the program because of too many absences.

>> president obama will remove cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism. this after the president is signing a compromise with congress on his nuclear deal with iran. the amended deal gives congress the right to reject any deal with iran. the plan is set to be finalized by the end of june. >> the investigation is underway after a baggage handler fell asleep on the job forced a flight to turn around turns owe a baggage handler fell asleep on the job and he was in the same compartment used to hold pets so it was pressurized and temperature controlled. world news tonight will have

more on the airline worker as well as the investigation into the tulsa shooting death can you watch that at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. walking will soon be safer in delaware thanks to state police troopers are targeting high frequency areas where there was fatalities and injuries they are urging people not to walk unless they are at a crosswalk and not to driven and walk and they are stopping aggressive drivers in those areas meantime a 35 foot sailboat is having trouble staying in deep water off ocean city new jersey this vessel came ashore on ninth street beach, but ocean city police got a call that the same boat had run aground again at the 20th street bridge the captain is still on the boat and it's unclear what the trouble is. it's time to see if its

smooth sailing on the highways tonight. >> we would like to ship out some of these delays that is for sure but they remain on the vine street expressway, it's westbound side is slowing down aproefrping the schuylkill as it does so much afternoons. i want to remind you tonight they close the westbound side of 676 between broad street and this point at the schuylkill starting at midnight because of the new bridge construction project, the 95 and schuylkill expressways can take the volume and local city streets will be used. in willistown township paoli pike is still closed. and a couple in the horsham area and one near welsh in norristown and chester county a car fire on the southbound new jersey

turnpike and gloucester county at glassboro road there is an accident. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" tonight, a robot sent fukushima plant in japan breaking down before the mis. we'll have the details. and he sang one of the most memorable love songs in the last century, percy sledge. and the cloud cover, the southern half seeing heavy rain and low pressure near the virginias, and we'll let you know when the rain and clouds move out. >> the phillies are trying to bounce back against the mets when "action news" comes right back. >> okay.

a robot sent into the fukushima nuclear plant in japan caught disturbing data after being shut down, it set out to collect radiation levels and survey damage in 18 locations robot recorded radiation levels at such dangerous levels they could kill a person in an hour.

the plant suffered a massive melt down off a earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the airbus 320 in japan slid off the runway and was coming from south korea no word on what caused the accident but there are reports that part of the plane touched the runway during landing but nobody was seriously hurt. new jersey governor chris christie christie, is out lying his plan to -- social security and medicaid and wants to cut benefits for retirees making $200,000 or more a year, that approach would cut deficits by $1 trillion over a decade. he is still weighing a

presidential run and will make a decision in may or june and when asked about it he told reporters he was not ready but now he is. >> turning to sports tonight, phillies are trying to bounce back against the mets today. jaime apody is here in the sports center with more on that. it's never fun to be shut out like the phillies were against the mets. it's nice to know you can come back like matt harvey the next night. the mets slow harvey he has a 1.08 era and aloud only one run to the phillies in a 20 inning span but the first time at city field after tommy john surgery cost him all of last season. harvey hasn't allowed a home run in 60 and third. and it could be a long night for

chase utley in a slump of epic proportions 2 for 22 and batting .091, ryan sandberg plains the time he missed from spring training the phillies are averaging only 2.3 runs per game. the flyers miserable season has come to a close and gm ron hextall is set to talk to the media tomorrow and the coach is on the hot seat after the team underperformed this season especially on the road and failed to make the playoffs. many wonder whether this team needs more prominent voices in the dressing room, berube knows there needed to be leadership in the rocker room. >> one guy could have a big voice but it takes a lot of guys in the room leadership wise, like i said it wasn't good

enough and has to get better, there are guys pulling in that leadership role. >> the philadelphia union is hoping to get their season turned around and they finally got that first win over the weekend and they look to make it two straight after all they are playing the first team they just beat, they play york thursday night. >> there say familiarity and you know them pretty well and you just reviewed for a week building up to them so it's a little strange. >> sixers wrap up their season against miami tomorrow they have 18 wins, the third lowest in the league and they welcomed michael carter williams back to town after the big trade and his teammates wonder again why the sixers got rid of him. he led the bucks with 30 points and the sixers lost 107-97 and

coming up at 7:00 a story that will inspire you. you see soccer star, jay only one leg is why she is only recently forced to relearn the game she loved so much. this kid's toughness will make you smile that is tonight on "action news" at 6:00. we have more news when "action news" at 5:30 returns.

the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. it is not known if this risk is increased in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, or high blood pressure.

tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, prostate or bladder problems, or problems passing urine as anoro may make these problems worse. call your doctor right away if you have worsened breathing chest pain, swelling of your mouth or tongue, problems urinating or eye problems including vision changes or eye pain while taking anoro. nothing can reverse copd. the world is filled with air and anoro is helping people with copd breath air better. get your first prescription free at anoro.com.

new jersey's own john bon voefy is teaching up to help super storm sandy victims? >> the new project is the beat sender irk the site in toms river is a one stop sent toward get food assistance and job training and houses another community restaurant just like the one that bon jovi runs in red bank. we have the clouds and what next? >> it's a good thing here. we are dealing with rain in southern areas and double scan live radar south of wilding ton and surf city, to the north we have rain early on and overall it's a cloudy day up in the lehigh valley as well as the north western suburbs of philadelphia, we are dealing with sprinkles around coatesville and chadds ford and

just to the edge of media and medford lakes this is not working to the north and not staying stationary now and over the next few hours it will slip to the south and elmer and hammonton along the atlantic city expressway as we head to the south, heading to the tip of cape may and heavy rain that is energizing from cape may and wildwood reads beach as you head inland from the shore and sea isle city on the verge of seeing the moderate rain lifting to the north in ocean city new jersey. temperature-wise, perfect for this time of year, 63 degrees and the high temperature today the normal record 91 degrees set back in 1941, a warm start this morning, 56 degrees with the normal being 44 the winds switch from the north-northeast and trenton and allentown we are drier longer and we are dealing with the rain all afternoon from

wilmington to millville and sea isle city, 55 to at degrees, the cold front slipped through earlier this morning in philadelphia, it has stalled east of washington and between richmond and low pressure developing near roanoke and this rips the rain in southern areas and its not going to be until after midnight we see the rain off the shore push off the coast. showers and steadier rain in southern areas and clouds break rain from the north to the south with temperatures from 41 to 48 by tomorrow morning, and then high pressure a muscle maker here in northern parts of the great lakes and it's on the windy side and mild at 68 degrees and that high continues its journey to the south and east and that switches the wind from the easterly direction and southeasterly direction on thursday, much cooler at the shore only 50s with the inland locations and locations at 64

the exclusive accuweather forecast, a couple of nice day as head with temperatures just above average both days and again on thursday with the winds wrapping around the high, only mid-50s at the shore and low 60s inland and more clouds build on friday and maybe a scattered shower with a front passing through at 64 and behind that it's looking better. and breaks of sun in the afternoon, mild and 74 degrees, we are back to normal here on sunday and sun and clouds and 64 the last two mondays we have 72 and sunshine, and kind of damp dreary 50 starting next week. >> we can handle that. >> as always stay ahead of the changes by going to 6abc.com/weather. you can find live storm tracker 6 radar and the seven-day forecast and get the lake-effect from the team of meteorologist. actress rita wilson is

recovering after getting a double mastectomy, the initial biopsy found no cancer and got a second opinion any way wilson is expected to make a full recovery and she stars on the broadway play, fish in the dark, wilson returns to the stage next month. ♪♪ ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪ >> oh the sweet sounds friends, family and fans are remembering r&b singer percy sledge the voice behind the number one hit "when a man loves a woman" he passed away in louisiana this morning. he was battling cancer.

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mayor michael nutter, and superintendant william hite came together to launch a program called students speak a video and essay writing campaign for students to express their voices. mayor nutter says their voices could make a difference. now jim gardner is standing by with these stories. a reward is posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a woman that hit a 4-year-old and drove off. and a campus police department in new jersey the first to quip with body cameras. now for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams "action news" at 6:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and a solution to revels power problem as arrives in atlantic city and two teens are hurt in a crash on their way to school. but the big story is the ongoing search for a hit and run killer a driver struck and killed a 4-year-old boy who had darted out into the street and it happened early last night at 6:30 at 57th and litchfield in southwest philadelphia and tonight the mayor's office posted a reward. lets go live to "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, at the scene of the crash. >> reporter: jim that is right

the mayor's office is putting up a $20,000 reward for the information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the woman that hit and killed the 4-year-old boy at this intersection there is a small but growing memorial at the spot where the child was hit and killed accident investigators say without a doubt the suv caught on surveillance hitting and killing a 4-year-old boy in southwest philadelphia second quarter a 2011-2014 black ford edge with custom chrome detailing just like this one. >> has an all chrome front and one inch of chrome from the front to the back, some kind of custom-made vehicle. >> last night at 6:30, the child darted out from litchfield on to 37th the suv hit the boy and he flew 15 feet and then the suv