We begin this morning with a tragedy in westchester. An argument between two teenagers turns violent and then deadly. A 17yearold boy stabbed, a 16yearold arrested. Weve been tracking this story. Still unclear what sparked this fight in the first place. Friends stopped by a makeshift memorial where he lost his life. Michael george is in sleepy hold he with details. Reporter in a small park in the village of Sleepy Hollow, dozens of teens lit candles and came together to mourn the loss of a friend murdered a the age of 17. No one deserves to die at such a young age. Reporter known to friends as telly, stabbed in this park friday night. Police arrested another teen just seven hours after the murder. Investigators havent said what led up to the stabbing, but friends tell us it was a fight. Yeah, it was just a fight that, like, went to something else. Reporter telely had ly had moved away but was back visiting friends for homecoming. He was popular with friends and faculty at the school. S
That milder feel by noon, about 51. Forecasting a high today of 54. Just only the beginning. Another stranger has returned this morning. Its lauren scala. Good morning. We have just a couple problems on the roads already. On long island, an accident on the Southern State parkway eastbound by exit 39. Then heading down to toms river, we have a closure. This is leftover from an accident yesterday. A utility pole in the road. Route 9 shut down in both directions. Lauren, thank you. Happening now, were waiting for charges to be filed against a woman who police say intentionally ran down pedestrians on the vegas strip. Police say the woman had her 3yearold child in the car during the crash last night. Witnesses say the car drove on and off the sidewalk in front of the paris hotel, hitting dozens of people. At least one person was killed and 37 were hurt. Six are in critical condition. They dont even pay attention. People were running behind the car, chasing the car, and they were not Police
Well get rid of that to a milder feel by noon. Forecasting a high today of 54. Thats just the beginning of a very mild week. Lauren scala back on the traffic this morning. Good morning. Not a bad morning for the commute. We have a closure in the toms river area. Route 9 still shut down in both directions by clayton avenue. Theres some cleanup because of an accident with a downed pole. Much better news at the George Washington bridge. Things are free and clear there. No road work getting in your way. And well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. All right, lauren. Thank you. 5 01 right now. Now to that bear attack in new jersey. A boy scout leader is in the hospital but lucky to be fflive. Its all thanks to three young members of his troupe. Today in new yorks jen maxfield is at the morris Town Medical Center where that scout leader is being treated. Reporter good morning. Thats right. He is being treated here for injuries, for scratches and bite marks to his leg and head.
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Biting him. He tried fighting it off. He struck the bear with a hammer but the animal wouldnt let up. Emergency radio calls went out shortly thereafter. We have a gentleman in the cave with a bear. The three children ages 10 to 12 stayed calm outside the cage and called 911. They location. They put their skills to use. They have started a fire possibly for a smoke signal. The scouts put food near the cave to lure the bear out, but that didnt work. The bear stayed in the cave for a substantial amount of time and eventually ran off. Emergency crews finally reached the group an hour and a half after that 911 call went out because of the rocky and steep terrain. They airlifted him to morristown medical center. His injuries are not significant. Thank goodness, especially this time of the year you dont want anything bad to happen. Reporter such a scary situation. Investigators say the bear was trying to protect his hibernation spot. Was right by that cave just two bear. Were live this aftern