The oneyearold girl was in a stroll that tipped over stroller that tipped over at times square last night. A Good Samaritan reached down and pulled the baby up to safety. The childs injuries are not said to be lifethreatening. A driver slammed into a group of trick or treaters. Three people were killed. The youngest 10years old. Cbs 2s matt kozar is live with what he learned today. Matt . Reporter pain and heart ache at the spot where the crash happened. People saying prayers and leaving candles and flowers on the sidewalk. The driver missed hitting a tree and a pole by inches that would have protected people on the sidewalk instead he barreled into them. Tonight police say they believe they know why he lost control. Reporter investigators believe the 52yearold had a on morris park avenue causing him to crash and hit and kill three people. Police say he takes two medications for seizures. But told police he hasnt had a seizure in 12 years. I wish i could tell you more, yes or no. Repor
Net. Tonight we have new video of a massive geyser on the Upper East Side of manhattan. Water shot into the air for several minutes on Second Avenue at 84th street this afternoon. Investigators say a fitting on a replacement main failed. The water was shut off tow crews could make the necessary repairs. Now to a developing story. Passengers scrambled to safety after their plane caught fire on a runway. This fire broke out on a jetliner at a florida airport. Cbs 2s dick brennan is live in the newsroom with more. What went wrong today, dick . Reporter lots. The fire started on a Dynamic Airways flight. Passengers and crew used emergency slides to scene from the inferno exploding out of one of the planes engines. It was a chaotic scene that unfolded quickly. Flight 405 caught fire as it was taxiing away from the gate at the ft. Lauderdalehollywood international airport. Flames shot out of its left engine. Engine on fire reporter its not clear how it started but the pilot of an aircraft ta
Reporter no Police Officers were hurt during the incident. The Prosecutors Office telling us that one of the suspects has been charged with assault against a Police Officer. Both are facing charges of weapon possession. Reporting from newark, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. Investigators initially thought one of the suspects was injured in the shooting but they confirm no one was hurt. More bad news for mayor de blasio. A new poll gives him his lowest job Approval Rating ever as new yorkers express dismay as what they see as a drop in quality of life. Heres more. Reporter file this under more bad news for mayor de blasio, enough to wipe the smile off his face. New yorkers not only dont like the job hes doing as mayor, his Approval Rating has sunk to the lowest ever but a majority think that the city is headed in the wrong direction, chalk it up to the increasing numbers of the homeless on the street, the the feeling that the mayor doesnt have a handle on crime and the quality of life is d
You will note plenty of clouds and rain showers around and theyre dropping a light rainfall. This is not going to impact plans and the runners report making complaints and that is some good news. The break down of your day. 57 at 9 00 a. M. , cloudy and showers and breaks of sun and 66 and that is looking good for race day. Well have much more coming up. And back to you. And. We have new information on a halloween considerrish that killed three people in the bronx while out trick or treating. And that ran them over. A elfyearold is among those dead. Alain, a gold has more from the scene in morris park. Reporter were standing on morris park 18 where this deadly crash happened and this is the car into 6 either. And we learned a 10yearold of the victims killed. Police are out here investigating how this happened. Reporter the nypd looking for answers on bogart avenues. At 5 00 last night, this outof control car plowed into a group of trick or treaters and landed several feet off of the gr
Random slashings in our city. Tonight two separate incidents in brooklyn. Subway passengers and an emt worker hurt. None knew their attacker. Good evening im kristine johnson. And im maurice debois. We will begin with the story breaking in Brooke Brooklyn and the suspect is still out there. The offduty worker was slashed in the back at 8 30 tonight. Police say he was not wearing his uniform at the time. The victim was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Just hours earlier, two strap hangers were slashed on the manhattanbound c. Train by a man with a box cutter. Dave carlin is live in the where the two men are hospitalized. Dave . Reporter kristine, the police are calling it a random. The men did not know the man in the denim jacket who slashed them for no apparent reason. It could have been anybody. Reporter hospitalized oneal mendez and matthew ruff. The strangers are now nursing similar wounds after they were on the c. Train when a man in his 30s wearing jeans an