Michael Praats, wsoctv.com

Michael Praats, wsoctv.com

Investigative Producer

Michael is an investigative producer for Channel 9.

Latest Headlines by Michael Praats

Crossing guards face life-threatening dangers on the job

An investigation by The Associated Press and Cox Media Group Television Stations found that over the past 10 years, hundreds of school crossing guards — many of them of retirement age or older -- have suffered injuries on the job after being hit by a vehicle, and dozens of them have died.

By The Associated Press, Ted Daniel, Boston 25 News, Jodie Fleischer, Josh Wade, Tina Terry, wsoctv.com, Michael Praats, wsoctv.com, Michele Newell, WSB-TV Cobb County Bureau Chief, Mitchell Lierman, John Bedell, Shannon Butler, WFTV.com, Deja Mayfield, Action News Jax, Amy Hudak, WPXI-TV, Alex Popichak, and Brooke Griffin, KIRO Seattle