and that vigil is set to get underway any minute now, police tell me that a 15-year-old is charged with involuntarily manslaughter and allegedly found the gun in a house a few doors down and shot his friend. >> they are like you know -- oh my god, he got shot, he got shot. >> tia reed said the fear in her son's face was one she had never seen. her son and several friends were playing basketball in the backyard like they often do and they ened up in a vacant home next door. >> they found a gun and passed it around from kid to kid and unfortunately the 15-year-old pointed it and fired it one time and struck and killed the 13-year-old. >> you heard the loud pop, and i'm like what is that? i see them running from the back and i'm running from the kitchen -- >> a source says that

13-year-old chris macke was shot once in the head and died in the decrepit building. and he ran home and told his parents what happened and they took him to the homicide unit. >> reed call it's a tragic lesson, you have to make the right decision all the time. she grieves for macke's family and those that witnessed the tragedy. >> this will shape their life for the good or for the bad. >> and as you can see friends of macke's beginning to arrive here at german town avenue, you see pamphlets here on the table being provided by cease fire about the dangers of guns. as for the 15-year-old that has been charged with manslaughter is not released because he is a juvenile. >> chad thank you. meantime a teen driver is facing charges tonight in a deadly crash earlier this year

in mercer county, back on april 19 and dr. steven mayer superintendant for robbinsville schools and his dog were hit and killed. the girl behind the wheel now 1 years old was charged with death by auto and leaving the scene of the accidents. police say she was talking on her cell phone before the crash. a convicted kidnapper is headed to jail for three decades for snatching a woman off the street and taking her to maryland. and it was all caught on video. john rawlins is live from center city with the story. >> reporter: hi brian, the defendant spoke first in court saying he accepted responsibility for the crime and then began to cry, if he is truly remorseful he'll have plenty of time to think about it with a sentence of 420 months. the victim has completed her schooling but also diagnosed

with ptsd and has flashbacks at times and is not the independent person she was once. >> she is a remarkable young woman who was courageous from the moment she was abducted. >> the assistant u.s. attorney in the case describes the victim who was violently kidnapped by a strapger and dragged into his car and for three agonizing day the family tried to find the 22-year-old, and then word came, authorities using a gps tracked the car and the victim was found alive in maryland. later in court delvin barnes admitted to sexually exploiting his captive and said he originally wanted to rob the victim. >> he had zip ties in his car and forced her into the trunk, that was his explanation into how this started. the result was a violent forceable abduction of a young

woman off the street. >> barnes accepted a plea deal of 35 years in prison means he will be well into his 70s when released. the victim will not have to testify in court. >> she convinced him to use an amount tm where there would be cameras. >> she basically made him care about her. >> the victim in court said she was satisfied with the plea deal that requires barnes admit guilt to the rape of a virginia 1-year-old and the judge okayed a deal today and seemed reluctant in doing it saying barnes has a long history of violence, that he was convicted nine times prior to the november 2014 kidnapping here in philadelphia. live at the u.s. courthouse john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

drivers in new jersey will not be paying more at the pump at least for now. today the state senate decided not to vote on the assembly backed tax plan, it would have raised the gas tax 23 cents a gallon and also cut the sales tax. governor chris christie supports the proposal and the senate did not say when they would vote on a new version of the plan. atlantic city casinos are not facing a strike. tropicana reached an agreement. caesars bailey's and harrahs came to terms today. and the casino union was set to strike tomorrow and over the weekend talks are continuing tonight with the taj mahal. now, to the race for the white house tonight an increasing talk that new jersey governor, chris christie, could be a vice presidential candidate come next month. christie is vetted now as a possible number two on donald

trump's ticket. the governor is tapped to lead the transition team should trump win. we'll have more from washington for today's developments in the presidential race coming up at 5:30. meanwhile, katie mcginty joins area labor leaders to call out senator pat toomey, asking him to reverse course on trade deals that ship jobs overseas. >> not often that you find someone that is more out of trump than donald trump on important issues, but pat toomey certainly is. >> mcginty is challenging toomey in the fall and a spokesperson from toomey cents us this response. it read quote, pat toomey has consistently supported trade policies that create pennsylvania jobs and opening foreign markets for manufacturers and opposing bad trade practices. after two years of controversy at the oscars, the

academy of motion picture arts and sciences making good on a promise to push for diversity. a new class of 700 people heavily favors women and people of color. tina fay, ice cube and sia are just a few asked to join. >> monica, here is the full list of actors in that new member class, hollywood watchers. >> reporter: surprised by how many big names were not already in the academy but they say better late than never. >> it's a star studded and diverse new list of members joining the academy. >> idris elba missed out on an oscar nomination but one of 700 new actors film makers and executives invited to make up the most diverse class of new members. >> is hollywood racist?

you're dam right. >> they received backlash for not nominating any actors of color for a sec year in a row. >> i will not be at the hollywood awards. >> oscars so white went viral allergen. it's up 3% from last year. >> whether the academy was shame into it or not it's still great that the movement has begun. >> and chad wick bossman and creed's michael b. jordan. >> and more females like see have a mendez. who can't wait to vote. >> movie goers are applauding. >> it's good they are casting a wider net. >> they vowed to double the amount of minorities and women by 2020. the president says that the new class is reflective of the

extraordinary talent working in film today. kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it's time now to get a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> autumn marisa in for matt. >> one of our busiest roadways got busier, here is 202 northbound making waterway to the schuylkill expressway it's involving one of the moving advertising trucks and several other vehicles, the roadway is blocked by the fire truck and we saw the ambulance pull away, if you are lucky enough to get off before this point jump past the flares and go up to the schuylkill expressway or detour around to get on the schuylkill. looking at the big picture, slow going in the westbound lanes even oh the accidents are in the eastbound lanes, for some reason the westbound lanes have gaper delays going on taking you 35 minutes from the vine street expressway to the blue route.

we'll have an update in the next half hour. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, the pentagon drops another ban for those wanting to enlist in the military. the plan to bring transgender individuals into the military. and a weight loss procedure without going under the knife. how a balloon is helping people shed dozens of pounds. >> after a beautiful day we are tracking more tropical humidity and the pesky pop-ups for friday. we'll give you the pocono, shore and city forecast.

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13 people with suspected ties to icy are detained in turkey. according to officialed the evidence they have suggest that attack was the work of icy but the group has yet to claim responsibility. officials know that the suicide bombers were from nearby russia, uk uzbekistan and 44 people have died now and more than 200 others were hurt. the pentagon has now ended its ban on transgender people in the military. the whole process will take about a year to complete. transgender troops will be able

to change their identity in the personnel system. they can enlist given that they meet the standard requirements. there is a weight loss procedure on the market and several versions got the okay and several more are waiting in the wings. what makes this difference is there is no cutting. ali gorman is here with more. >> maya a family physician has lost 26 pounds in four months, here is her before and current picture. she has never been thin but over the past 10 years kept gaining weight and had to go on medication to lower her blood pressure. >> i'm telling my patients to be healthy and i'm not doing any of the things i'm telling them to do. >> she started dating and exercising and was losing weight but to speed things up she decided to have a recently fda

procedure, the reshape dual balloon system. the doctor explains the balloons mimic the feeling of fullness and patients eat less and are less hungry, most weight loss surgeries involve cutting the skin this is different. >> we go through the mouth and food pipe into the stomach and place the balloon without cutting anything. >> i'm not really changing anything on my body but it's extra help. >> the balloons stay for 6 months, and are removed but the program lasts a year. she meets with a nutritionist regularly and her weight is sent daily to the office. he tracks her along with her activity and the goal it to teach patients to control their eating. they know that the longer a person keeps certain habits the chances that the habited will become permanent.

and a year is a good amount of time to be able to achieve that. >> so far it has helped her get off her blood pressure medication and has dropped three dress sizes. >> i feel healthy and that is the most important thing. >> that is the most important thing, this is best for people looking to lose 30 to 70 pounds, so far it shows people that have the procedure have kept the weight or for three to four years. one other balloon system is available now and more are expected to be approved soon. we have more information on 6abc.com. brian and monica back to you. >> fascinating innovation "action news"s kins after this. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask

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folks in kensington have a new fire truck to fight fires in their neighborhood tonight. they celebrated the arrival of the new spartan pumper today and there was a ceremony and mayor kenney and fire commissioner adam teal were there. the pipes and drums played at the event. folks have a lovely historic

property to enjoy tonight. they acquired the little manor that belonged to president lincoln's secretary. it's preserved as open space in darby bureau and will become the newest park and hub for the darby creek trail. it was a party of gigantic proportions, it was a party for kong. the 20 foot tall 4400 pound gorilla themed amusement ride is celebrating its birthday. it made its return to the wildwood boards last summer. incredible lego creations will live on in newcastle county's libraries, the indicate models will be introduced to the public this week.

it started at the claymont library, the swayze collection was donated by swayze's parents from claiborne, pennsylvania. still to come on "action news" the check of the accuweather forecast. >> and a live look outside sky 6 hd over the platt bridge. i dare you to try to find clouds. meteorologist, adam joseph, with the accuweather forecast. if you have medicare

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time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. meteorologist, adam joseph is in for cecily tynan. it's about to get dicey? >> it is, it's beautiful now and that will change tomorrow as the storms are back in the forecast for now with the sunshine ain few clouds and low humidity, 82 in the lehigh valley and 82 in philadelphia and 82 in millville and 70s at shore with a strong win coming in off the atlantic. we look at satellite and radar moisture is beginning to gather in parts of the carolinas and cloud cover, this is where the humidity is spiking and that slowly lifts to the north and in addition you see clouds moving in from the ohio valley and a cold front rushing in and meeting the tropical air friday

afternoon. tonight patchy clouds are around and dry, turning muggy and 63 in the lehigh valley and 68 to wilmington and 69 in dover and upper 60s for the shore. again, the dew points are a measure of how much moisture is in the air and how you feel when you step out the door, you say it's dry when dew points are in the 50s. 2:00 a.m. 63 and jumping to 68 at 8:00 tomorrow morning and then surging into the 70s, that means the atmosphere has a lot of weight and water molecules sitting there waiting to be rung out. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the warm front passes through and you can see it's sparking the downpours and thunderstorms south of philadelphia and as we get into 1:0 tomorrow afternoon. it's not a washout and not everyone gets hit with a downpour or thunderstorm but they pop wherever they would like and even at 6:30 tomorrow evening you see a couple of lines trying to pass through and gusty rains and vivid lightning

and the cold front arrives for the beginning of the weekend. for the shore 76 tomorrow and hazy and clouds with storms and the city 84 degrees and humid with pop-up at times and numerous downpours in the poconos at 74 degrees, into the weekend our chances drop to 0 saturday and sunday and starts to come back up on monday and tuesday especially looks to be the most unsettled day after tomorrow. your five-day at 5:00, humid tomorrow and pop-ups any time but picture perfect and humidity drops way down saturday and sun and temperatures in the middle 80s and clouds show up for the 4th but rain should hold off for the late even and overnight hours into tuesday and storms around at 83 degrees. melissa magee is live in ventnor for down at the shore. you are crashing a party and food in your hand and i know you

are not cooking. i saw a long line otherwise there would not be a long line. >> oh my gosh that is such a dig, they are having so much fun at the beach side barbecue in ventnor. hello people! we have got the grill going just in time for the 4th of july holiday weekend, i have ava and her twin sister, olivia. here is your burger. we have acro yoga performers and we have ashley and jason, hang on tight guys. i think i can do this too. i always wanted to do this. we'll have more on the accuweather forecast and the shore forecast when "action news" comes right back. hold that pose! i got it! amazing balance i'm impressed. more "action news" when we come right back.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again rick is off tonight and i'm brian taff. here is what is happening on "action news" right now. delaware state police revealed how the cigarette lighter led to

a man's death and a phillies prospect has a bad accident and how he lost an eye. and how a popular septa station is getting a new name. we have learned that governor, chris christie, is among those being considered for donald trump's vice presidential pick. this comes after democrats go on defense after hillary clinton's husband had a meeting with the attorney general. megan hughes is live with more. >> this is described as a casual meeting on the tarmac but raising real questions at a critical time. former president, bill clinton, and loretta lynch both in phoenix earlier this week it led to a private meeting on board the plane. >> it was a great deal about his grandchildren and primarily social. and no discussion of hillary clinton's state department

emails or benghazi. regardless senator chris couns tells cnn it sent the real signal. and i know you have a real hivry of fighting crime but now is not the time. >> the president's expectations that this is an investigation. >> her ethics are above reproach. >> donald trump on the radio show, it's a sneak, i think it's so horrible and terrible. one the big stories of this week, this month and this year. >> meanwhile, trump has a slew of problems of his own. in the ad wars hillary clinton and her allies outspending trump 12-1 in june and a new weapon. president obama stumps with hillary clinton. trump needs more gop support. >> he has to figure out a way to get another or more people

involved in this against hillary clinton. >> reporter: we have learned that the white house will deliver a one-two punch, and vice president, joe biden is expected to campaign with hillary clinton next friday in pennsylvania. megan hughes, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir will have more on the campaign trail, you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. from our delaware newsroom tonight, we are getting new details about a police involved shooting in fredericka, hudson was shot and killed monday night after a police chase. this is the picture of the gun shaped cigarette lighter that hudson was seen waiving around at the time. police thought it was a real gun. the officer that shot hudson is on administrative leave. and police have arrested a man accused of raping a woman.

lakwan rodriguez confessed to the crime and the victim says that he approached her with a weapon and forced her into a secluded area. a septa station has a new name to highlight the historical sites riders can see when they get off the subway. the subway on the market frankford line drops riders at 5th and market and near the liberty bell and constitution center and other historic sites. it's time again to see what is going on down the shore this holiday weekend. melissa magee is live in ventnor, new jersey. >> reporter: hi there monica, hi brian. we are having so much fun not only is it a beach side barbecue here in ventnor as we get ready to kick off the 4th of july weekend we have vendors, she is

doing henna tattoosing. this is a real sea shell, an earring made of sea glass and skateboards and necklaces and lots of people too. say hello people. we are live on television! and not only that we have a barbecue as well. if you are not done on ventnor you are missing out on a lot of fun for the holiday weekend. add boom to your boardwalk beach and fun as we celebrate the 4th of july. lets start in atlantic city, fireworks light up the boardwalk and marina beginning at 9:30 p.m. and it wouldn't be the 4th of july without a barbecue, in ventnor you can fire up the grill right on the beach during

the holiday weekend. no need for a permit just grab your ribs and hot dogs and head to the beach on saturday, sunday and monday. no open fire pits allowed only grills. beach badges are required. join the party during the independence day bike parade in ocean city. this is the seventh year they have put on this family friendly event. don your fivity patriotic costumes and the parade starts at 40th street in asbury and ends at the 50th street playground. watch the fireworks and be safe and happy 4 and of july down at the shore. >> reporter: all right we are grilling live here once again, we have rich manning the grill and the ladies as well. say hello ladies. >> hello!

>> there is a lot going on down at the shore for the 4th of july. we posted it on our website at website. go there and check out what is going on, we have a huge crew behind me, live music and live vendors and free food. and this happens every wednesday night from may to september. they have a free concert at the beach. if you are not here this weekend, into next week they'll do it once again and we are having so much fun, i wish you were here. we'll try again the acro yoga. i'm on my way now. >> pep in her step right there. melissa you are awesome. a local church collected donations for a new store, the life worth living church in wilmington opens its doors from 11:00 until 1:00, there are clothes and shoes and more for people of all shapes and sizes. the church's pasters say he is

overwhelmed by the generosity of all the people that contributed. lets see how the traffic is rolling. >> why not. autumn marisa is in for matt with a last check of the traffic. >> if are you sitting on the schuylkill, look at this off the vine street expressway, taking you 55 minutes now this is really really long for this time of day. the blue route 30 minutes, almost double in the westbound lanes right now. an accident to report to you on the eastbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike past willow grove. that is causing major delays rights now and get started on the holiday weekend early the traffic is building up on the eastbound lanes of the 42 freeway at creek road. you start to see it pick up at the atlantic city expressway. moving along and showing you what the vine street expressway is looking like we are at a stand still towards 95 and

expect to tap the brakes in the westbound lanes once you hit the long line of cars making their way on to the schuylkill expressway. back to you brian and monica. >> are you one of the millions of people planning on traveling. millions of american are doing it find out the best time to leave so you don't get stuck on what you saw from autumn. and philadelphia honored the greatest fighter of all time. muhammad ali. and could chocolate maker hershey be moving their headquarters, the possible take over bid from the company that makes oreos. >> today beautiful and all good things must come to an end. the tropical humidity and chance of storms i crease up the eastern seaboard. we'll let you know what that means. plus, jaime apody with more on the sixers and phillies win in sports.

we have breaking news out of

bucks county chopper 6 hd live over an accident in lower makefield township. this happened just after 5:00 tonight. just north of i-95, a couple of cars are involved. at least one person was injured here and a medical helicopter is dispatched to the scene. no word on the condition of anyone involved or the cause of that crash. of course we'll continue to monitor the developments in this breaking news tonight. >> the lowest gas prices in a decade are fueling folks to hit the road this weekend. nearly 43 million people will be traveling and if you are one of the folks heading out you should not try to leave work early tomorrow. the worst traffic is between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m., drive on saturday before 3:00 p.m. and people will celebrate with fireworks but the consumer product commission wants to decrease the accidents in

fireworks. and they released a new service announcement with jason pierre paul. he lit a professional grade fire work and it went off in his hand. they show a reenactment of that accidents and the damage to his hand. >> i got up and looked at my hand and i was like i have to get to a hospital right away. jason is recovering he lost an index finger and severely injured the rest of his hand. jaime apody is here now with the sixers, wheeling and dealing. brett brown cannot wait for the clock to strike midnight that is when the free agency begins and the sixers expect to be a player, they have the money and top draft pick and the facility under construction and enough to lure a sec tier type player like harrison barnes. and espn is reporting that the raptors are interested in

nerlins noel. and neither okafor or both will be dealt in the coming days or week. they need a point guard and a scorer and have too many talents big men. >> we don't have to fix the world's problems tomorrow, we see the growth of the program and how we grow this in a responsible none reckless lens. we don't have to fix everything now. but we recognize that at some point we need a more positionally balanced team. a horrifying story out of the minor league system for the phillies. doctors removed his right eye, the phillies 2014 second round pick was doing a strength exercise in clearwater when the metal base that was anchored to the wall struck him in the face.

>> the 22-year-old said in his post he is lucky it wasn't worse and adding i am going to persevere and it takes more than this to bring me down. >> fresh off a sweep of the diamondbacks. they are home to welcome back the kansas city royals. they are back to hitting the ball and winning too. they won five of their last seven? >> batting .400 with six doubles and today happens to be his 26th birthday. >> we love to win and you get a taste of it and exciting wins like that and it builds to the next day and the next day. we are excited about this one. >> and he hit the biggest shot in villanova history and she is the lady behind it chris jenkins called her mom and everyone else calls her coach. she taught chris how to shoot as

soon as she could walk. the greatest moment came in the stands when her son won it all. >> did you take credit immediately? >> it doesn't even cross my mind. >> who takes credit for that game winning shot you or her? >> i give it to her. i have not worked on the shooting as long as she has. i know her discipline and toughness, she taught him the technique and i know she made it work at it. >> jenkins starts a new job as basketball coach in swedesboro, new jersey. the full story at 6:00. how lucky chris had a mom that taught him how to shoot. thank you. the greatest fighter of all time was honored by city council. they honored muhammad ali as the greatest, his nickname. one of his daughters was presented with the honor today. ali died earlier this month

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two of the world's largest snack and coffee makers are not going to be merging. hershey's board unanimously

refused a bid by the maker of oreos, their plan was to protect jobs and rename the new company hershey and relocate their headquarters to hershey, pennsylvania. >> two companies responsible for my time in the gym over the years. but an unsettled day is coming together tomorrow. >> one day tomorrow and then we kick it out in time for your saturday and sunday. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have anything going on a few clouds here and there and really a perfect day from start to finish. right now 85 degrees in philadelphia. 82 in the lehigh valley and 80 in dover, so pretty seasonable. if not a degree or two below average in inland locations and right along the shore, so temperatures there in the upper 70s thanks to a sea breeze, clouded developing in south carolina and georgia, this is where the humidity is increasing and this is all increasing to the north with a warm front late

tonight and early tomorrow morning and a cold front approaching chicago that comes through here tomorrow afternoon. for tonight a few patchy clouds around and turning muggy overnight especially after midnight. 69 for center city and 63 for the suburbs, we could ignite some downpours or thunderstorms in certain locations tomorrow morning. this is one of those days, much like a couple of days ago when you'll have storms popping here and there, it's not a washout. 2:30 in the afternoon, you see some of these downpours and thunderstorms around and then even through 8:00 at night we are still awaiting the cold front to come through and we'll have the scattered downpours and thunderstorms so really just unsettled from start to finish on friday, by 4:30 on saturday morning, that front is off the coast taking even the clouds with it as the sky quickly clears, what to expect here on your friday, the storms are pop-up in nature, they will

contain torrential rain and a few thunderstorms will have gusty winds and vivid dangerous lightning to watch tomorrow. at the shore from you there for your friday, humid and hazy and a scattered thunderstorm at times but not raining the entire day, 76 degrees and low risk rip currents and the ocean temperature of 73 and it improves big time into saturday and sunday. melissa magee is down the shore in convenientner life right now to give you the better part of the forecast as we get into saturday sunday and the 4 and. what a beautiful day there. >> it's beautiful and we have atlantic city and the casinos behind me. et cetera spectacular as we head into the holiday weekend. nice on saturday bright sunshine with a high temperature of 80 degrees not bad on sunday either, it's pretty much perfect with the high temperature of 80,

as high pressure stays in control and things change a little bit as we get into monday, the clouds start to roll on in and they increase as well with the high temperature coming in at 78 degrees the ocean temperature right now is in the lower 70s, something to keep in mind there is a low risk for rip currents, a lot of families and children are out at the beach and at the ocean over the weekend a good idea to stay where lifeguards are on duty or present if you have to venture out into the ocean this upcoming weekend, it's spectacular and nice into the holiday weekend, adam i wish you were down here with me, we'll have more fun -- i know i'm saving a burger for you. >> they ran away from their bucketed make yourself a big sand castle. >> i started over here -- >> where? >> it's a work in progress. >> that is pathetic.

>> i just started! >> if are you heading to the poconos high temperatured own in the low 70s saturday and sunday and refreshing and comfortable and sunday 76 with sunshine and clouds. humid and pop-ups any time during the day tomorrow. unsettled and 84 and picture perfect and 86 and then on the 4th of july, sun giving way to clouds and the snapshot showing 4:00 in the afternoon we'll watch the rain to the west we'll see how fast that rain wants to rush in but at this point it looks to hold off until at least monday night or tuesday of next week it's really unsettled once again and it turns hot again with temperatures of upper 80s to near 90. i want to see a big sculpture. >> like a turtle or something. >> it's a drip one where you

drip the wet sand.

community service is tops on the agenda today for the cadets from the youth academy they are learning how to be police officers during a two week training program. they were at the mistoday to help sort donated good. >> very nice. now jim gardner is standing by with these stories. a teenage driver faces charges for the hit and run of a new jersey superintendant. there is no hike in the gas tax yet. i'm nora muchanic at the state house where legislators are trying to work this out. that is coming up next. we'll look at the democratic convention in philadelphia. >> for cecily tynan, adam joseph, brian taff i'm monica malpass have a good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> thursday night the trump campaign vetted governor, chris christie for vice president and four atlantic city casinos reach a deal with workers to avert a strike. but the big story on "action news" is the charging of an 18-year-old female in the hit and run death of a school superintendant. it was back on april 19 and when robbinsville school chief robert mayer was killed while jogging before the start of school.

today the mercy county prosecutor charged the driver with a serious host of crimes. trish hartman is live in robbinsville with the full story. >> reporter: the name of that 18-year-old driver is being withheld because she was a juvenile at the time of crash, but today she was charged with death by auto and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and during and around the time of the death, she was talking on her cell phone. authorities say 52-year-old dr. steven mayer, superintendant of robbinsville schools was jogging with his dog dutch on april 19th. now police say that a 17-year-old student was talking on her cell phone on the morning where she struck and killed mayer and his dog amile from the high school. she was headed to the school early for a class trip and police say she fled the scene after the crash. >> he