SC: iPhone alert leads to fatal crash response

iPhone crash detection alerts authorities to fatal South Carolina wreck

AT 645 IS YOUR TIME. IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE’VE GOT A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH FORMER LAWYER ALEC MURDOCH BEING GRANTED A NEW MURDER TRIAL. THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED HIS CONVICTIONS FOR THE 2021 MURDERS OF HIS WIFE, MAGGIE, AND SON PAUL. MURDOCH’S LAWYERS GAVE ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR HIS APPEAL IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, SAYING THE CLERK OF COURT TAMPERED WITH THE JURY AND THE JUDGE MISTAKENLY ALLOWED MURDOCH’S FINANCIAL CRIMES TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE TRIAL. YESTERDAY, THE STATE SUPREME COURT GRANTED THAT APPEAL THIS MORNING ON THE TODAY SHOW, THE MURDOCH LEGAL TEAM WILL BE LIVE IN STUDIO ONE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG MELVIN. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DICK HARPOOTLIAN AND JIM GRIFFIN WILL TALK ABOUT THE RULING AND WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THEIR CLIENT. YOU CAN SEE THAT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW THIS MORNING ON TODAY RIGHT HERE ON WYFF 4. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN READ AND WATCH OUR EXTENSIVE COVERAGE ON TODAY’S STATE SUPREME COURT RULING AND WHAT LED UP TO THE DECISION. JUST CLICK ON THIS STORY ON WYFF 4 DOT COM. AND IT’S ALSO ON THE WYFF 4 MOBILE APP. WITH 11 CASES OF HANTAVIRUS REPORTED QUARANTINE AND CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY WORLDWIDE, NINE OF THOSE CASES ARE LAB CONFIRMED. AND NOW THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS WE SHOULD EXPECT MORE POSITIVE CASES IN THE COMING WEEKS. IN THE U.S., 14 STATES ARE MONITORING RESIDENTS WHO ARE EITHER ON THE SHIP AT ONE POINT OR WERE EXPOSED TO A PASSENGER CONFIRMED TO HAVE HANTAVIRUS. THERE’S NO MANDATORY QUARANTINE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. ON MONDAY, TWO PASSENGERS FROM THE MV CRUISE SHIP MADE THEIR WAY TO EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY. IF YOU WEREN’T ON THE CRUISE SHIP THAT HAS THE OUTBREAK, YOUR RISK FOR…

Source