Until sometime between 7 00 or 8 00. Police have arrested an mta bus driver for a fatal accident in brooklyn. Paul roper is accused of leaving the scene of an accident. Surveillance video shows the bus hit a 70yearold woman, carolyn bell, using her walker to cross the street. The bus went straight for her. The driver paused briefly after hitting her and then drove off. She was reported dead at the scene. Roper says hes been driving a bus for 15 years. Elected representatives blasted the mta today for what they call a sneaky budget cut removed from the capital plan. Its already the beleagured subway, breaking a promise to resume work. Andrew siff is live with details. Andrew . Reporter the mta insists it is just as committed to building the east harlem phase of the subway as ever. But as you indicated, there are major new questions about a billion dollars slashed from the budget, and folks who work around here just want that train to hurry up and get here. You think you can keep your fa
Looks like well above normal temperatures. Weve got some cloud cover out there. Generally high to midlevel clouds will filter out the sun from time to time today. Its going to be a mild one. By noon its 64. Expecting a high of 66 degrees. Thats only the beginning of these mild temperatures. Well talk more about that straight ahead. First check on the monday morning commute. Good morning, everyone. No major problems out there on the roads. We have a disabled vehicle on long island. On the l. I. E. Eastbound by the Northern State parkway. Watch out for that. Something els to take note of this morning, the south ferry station entrance is going to be closed from today through august 2016. Rotheyre making repairs. You can still use the white hall street or Staten Island Ferry Terminal entrances. We will have more weather and traffic coming up. Lauren, thank you. New this morning, were making calls to get more information about an nypd officer hurt in a krar on crash on i87. He was driving n
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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
That lady, she was crossing the street. And she got an accident with a guy. And that baby was in the middle. Reporter and this accident happened less than two hours ago here in the neighborhood. I have been in touch with both the Police Department and the fdny. Their investigators are still gathering information right now. So far theres no word of any possible criminality in this case, were live in dyker heights, sheldon dutes, news 4 new york. Thank you. Obviously encouraging to hear the child appeared to be conscious there. Well keep you posted. Also in brooklyn right now, two disturbing attacks, both victims are jewish men. The attacks happened two locations and hours apart from each other. An attacker beat a man heading to synagogue. The other attack, an ems worker stabbed on Eastern Parkway. News 4s Tracie Strahan has more, tracie. Reporter police say the ep tes that were hurled during that attack early this morning made that unmistake bli a hate crime. But they wont be sure if wh