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In this frame from video, emergency personnel work at the scene where police say a driver of a taxi struck a group of pedestrians, injuring several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of "operator error" in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. (NBC Boston via AP)

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Emergency personnel work at the scene where a taxi driver struck a group of pedestrians, injuring several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of "operator error" in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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An official photographs the scene where police say a taxi driver struck a group of pedestrians, injuring several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of "operator error" in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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In this frame from video, emergency personnel work at the scene where police say a driver of a taxi struck a group of pedestrians, injuring several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of "operator error" in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. (NBC Boston via AP)

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Emergency crews attend to injured pedestrians on Monday, July 3, 2017, in East Boston. A 56-year-old cab driver's vehicle plowed into the group near Logan Airport. (CNN screenshot)

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Crews put a derailed Amtrak locomotive back on the tracks Monday, July 3, 2017, in Steilacoom next to the bridge over Chambers Creek, Wash. There were only minor injuries when the locomotive and baggage car of the Amtrak Cascades train carrying 267 passengers derailed on Sunday. (Peter Haley/The News Tribune via AP)

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Police experts work on the burned out shell of the travel bus at the place of the accident on the motorway A9. near Muenchberg, Germany, Monday, July 3, 2017. Several people are feared dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP)

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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment near Chambers Bay on Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Tacoma, Wash. There appear to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment of the Amtrak Cascades train near the town of Steilacoom, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. The train runs between Vancouver, Canada, and Eugene-Springfield, Oregon. (Joshua Bessex/The News Tribune via AP)

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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment near Chambers Bay on Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Tacoma, Wash. There appear to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment of the Amtrak Cascades train near the town of Steilacoom, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. The train runs between Vancouver, Canada, and Eugene-Springfield, Oregon. (Joshua Bessex/The News Tribune via AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2016, file photo, hurricane specialist branch chief James Franklin, left, talks with administrative officer Jannette Perez at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Franklin, a retiring chief of the hurricane specialist unit at the National Hurricane Center in Miami says further cuts to tropical weather research threaten to undermine recent improvements in hurricane intensity forecasts. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2012, file photo, Dr. Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, right, checks on the status of Tropical Storm Isaac as James Franklin, chief hurricane specialist, looks on at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Franklin, a retiring chief of the hurricane specialist unit at the National Hurricane Center in Miami says further cuts to tropical weather research threaten to undermine recent improvements in hurricane intensity forecasts. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, James Franklin, Branch Chief of Hurricane Forecast Operations, gestures as he talks to a reporter at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Franklin, a retiring chief of the hurricane specialist unit at the National Hurricane Center in Miami says further cuts to tropical weather research threaten to undermine recent improvements in hurricane intensity forecasts. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2010, file photo, Chief hurricane forecaster James Franklin prepares for a live update on Hurricane Earl at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Franklin, a retiring chief of the hurricane specialist unit at the National Hurricane Center in Miami says further cuts to tropical weather research threaten to undermine recent improvements in hurricane intensity forecasts. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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In this image made from a video provided by WAOW debris covers the road on Sunday, July, 2, 2017, near Phillips, Wis., after several people were killed in an airplane crash on Saturday. The Price County Sheriff's Office says the plane had left from Chicago and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip. (Courtesy WAOW via AP)

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In this May 18, 2017 photo, Milwaukee prosecutor Jeremy Arn, left, talks with Fayez Shanaa, who owns a corner store on the city's north side. Arn, who is stationed with officers in Police District 5, told Shanaa last year to install a window so people could see if he needed help and use better lighting outside to improve safety. Shanaa followed his advice. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)

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Houston Astros relief pitcher Will Harris reacts after being pulled from the baseball game against the New York Yankees during the sixth inning Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Houston. Harris gave up a grand slam to Didi Gregorius in the inning. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017, file photo, smoke billows from a wildfire locally called Goodwin Fire, near Prescott, Ariz. Gene Alan Carpenter, 54, who is accused of flying a drone over a major Arizona wildfire has been arrested, with authorities saying he interrupted firefighting efforts on a blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Saturday, July 1, 2017, that Carpenter of Prescott Valley was in custody on charges of endangerment and unlawful operation of an unmanned aircraft. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier via AP, File)

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In this photo released by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows suspect Gene Alan Carpenter, 54, in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Carpenter who is accused of flying a drone over a major Arizona wildfire has been arrested, with authorities saying he interrupted firefighting efforts on a blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Saturday, July 1, 2017, that Carpenter of Prescott Valley, was in custody on charges of endangerment and unlawful operation of an unmanned aircraft. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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A home was completely destroyed by the wildfire at Brian Head on Friday, June 30, 2017. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP)

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The charred remains of cabin is shown Friday, June 30, 2017, in Brian Head, Utah. Hundreds of people forced from their southern Utah homes near the country's largest active wildfire headed home Friday and prepared for a subdued Fourth of July celebration after nearly two weeks of fear and uncertainty. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)