To the hospital after being hit by a vehicle. The incident happened about an hour ago at 67th street and 11th avenue in the diker heights section. Were told the victims injuries are very minor and the driver stayed at the scene. No charges are expected. A city bus driver expected in court today to face charges in the list and run crash that hill hit and run crash that killed a woman crossing the street. 48yearold paul roper of brooklyn charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to yield to a pedestrian. Police say roper was driving the b15 bus that struck 70 yearold carol bell as she crossed the street Tuesday Morning in ocean hill, brooklyn with that walker. Authorities say roper stopped the bus briefly but then kept going. New at noon, a truck gets stuck in the bronx and causes some serious issues on the roadways. Newscopter 7 was over the heavily loaded tractortrailer as it was parked on drake street in hunts point, one of the legs began to sink into a gas cap on the
Little after 5 00 a. M. Let ads find out about the commute. Rolling along okay, lauren . Rolling along okay. The roads are slippery. We have road work on tonnelle avenue which shuts it down from county road to manhattan avenue. Thats until 6 00 a. M. Outside at the fdr drive road work has been wrapped up. Things moving along nicely out there. So the fdr drive or the west side highway, take your pick right now. We will have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. New this morning, a hit and run in queens. A car slamming into two people and then into a restaurant. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in Queens Village where this all happened. Tracie. Reporter michael, it seems like all of this happened pretty quickly and really just hours ago. Now this crown Fried Chicken where all of this happened has been boarded up. Police are still looking for the driver behind all of this. Show you video of that white infinity thats sticking out of this restaurant. It
Some 30s showing up. 38 in poughkeepsie. Its again a chilly start in a lot of those distant suburbs north and west. Its a day that will feature nothing but blue sky and sunshine and warming temperatures. 67 by noon. Forecasting a high of 71. Lets get the latest on the commute a little after 5 00 a. M. Heres lauren. Good news. The bqe has finally reopened. Were going to take a live look outside at the eastbound lanes that were shut down for a while. We had this garbage truck fire out there. They got that off the roadway. You can see things moving along again. We still have construction in that area. It still will be a slow ride, but the heavy delays should ease out. Well also take a look at the Grand Central parkway. Heres what it looks like by laguardia. Smooth sailing. Overall the roads are in great shape. We had some delays on the cross bronx expressway. That construction cleared. Things are looking good now for your morning commute. Lauren, thank you. Right now, police in brooklyn a
News right now, were monitoring reports out of us fist istanbul. Were hearing on the eastern side, the entire metro system though is shut down. There are other reports that it might have been a bomb. Some other reports say it was a faulty transformer. Also reports now of injuries. Just coming in to the newsroom, we dont know the extent or the number of the injuries, but we are continuing to watch this story as it develops. Well bring you new information as we get it. Also new at noon, United States announced itll imemploy a essential ops force to iraq to fight isis. Ash carter it willing the House Armed Services committee that a small specialized force will launch raids on isis in syria, with and would quote, put even more pressure on isis. The Defense Department tells nbc news the United States will consult with the Iraqi Government on its strategy against isis. Back here locally, hundreds of kids in queens had to evacuate their school this students were cleared out of ps 295 until Qu
Forecasting a high of 71 degrees. All right. First check on this wednesday morning commute. Heres lauren. Thank you. Good morning. We have some big problems out theren the bqe. Just a little while ago, this garbage truck was completely engulfed in flames. All lanes are shut down eastbound by the brooklyn bridge. This is the bqe. Well take a live look outside at the delays this is causing. You can see its just stop and go getting into the brooklyn bridge. Or youll have to take my word for it. Very heavy delays getting into this area. More weather and traffic coming up. Thank you very much, lauren. 4 31. This morning, the bus driver accused of slamming into an elderly woman and driving off will face a judge. This incident was captured on a nearby camera. Katherine creag is in downtown brooklyn with the charges. Reporter were here right at the courthouse, darlene. Thats where that bus driver will be a little later this morning to face that judge. We want to show you him being escorted out