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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Cathy Romano.

Wednesday, May 10th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. A mother and her three children were struck and injured in a hit-and-run crash near City Hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. Police say the four victims were struck on Broad and

Arch Street at approximately 1015 in the evening. Officials say the mother was transported to Jefferson

Hospital where she is fighting for her life. She is suffering from a head trauma and is listed in

very critical condition. Her three children, ages 9-11 and 15, were also taken to the hospital.

They are listed in stable condition.

A dark green or gray Jeep Cherokee with front-end damage and no lights fled the scene

heading westbound on Arch Street, according to police.

The car was last seen driving at a high rate of speed.

Before the accident, the car was seen driving along JFK in the wrong direction with his headlights off. If you have seen this vehicle or know of his whereabouts, police urge you to call them immediately. A manhunt is underway still in Philadelphia after two inmates, including an alleged killer escaped from a correctional center on Sunday night. The escape happened at 8.30 in the evening when the inmates were seen on surveillance footage,

cutting a hole in a fence at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center located at 8301 State Road.

The union representing Philadelphia Correctional Officers said that armed guards were not manning the exterior of the building where the inmates escaped and that that position had been eliminated due to budget cuts. 18-year-old Amin Hurst was being held on several murder charges and 24-year-old Nassir. Grant was being held on narcotics and gun violations. This is weird, Kathy, because our sister station, Ben, just added a show called Escapie and the Felon. And I'm wondering. Do you think it's those guys? It seems kind of weird, doesn't it, out of the blue? Let's not get out in front of ourselves. There were three headcounts which took place, one at 11 p.m. on Sunday, one at 3 a.m. on Monday, and then one at 7 a.m. Monday morning before learning of the escape.

It's still unclear how the missing inmates went under the radar.

It's funny because there's a big article in the paper about all the different, you know, laying out the schematics of the prison and so on and so forth.

And there's just a lot of things that had to not go right for them to be able to do this.

Well, I mean, at this point, people are pointing fingers at the staffing shortage.

And there just wasn't, they cut the position.

There wasn't guards outside.

Outside, yes.

And really.

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