Which flipped on a guardrail and erupted in flames. He had a dash camera rolling the entire time. It felt like i was starting to burn my arm and i my leg, justnbeing as close as i was. Reporter kevin howard can still feel the intense heat from the flames. The truck driver from michigan was on the new jersey turnpike wednesday afternoon when he first spot advance carrying several mattresses. I saw a mattress up ahead. It l ked like it scattered out into the lane. Reporter watch as cars swerve, including a tanker truck. Truck. It was trying to avoid a small white suv in front. It tried to maneuver around the suv and flipped over the guardrail. The truck instant burst into flames. I wanted to get the guy out. But being a tanker and as a big as the explosion was, i mean, you could see where i got was as close as you could get. The heat. Reporter the awful crash unfolded in kearny in the northbound lanes of the turnpike by exit 5w. The billowing smoke could be seen for miles. On the road, t
Reporter police say the couple was driving on the highway on East Patchogue monday night. They saw a minivan swerving in front of them. The couple flashed their brits ghts and thats when things got ugly. Both drivers provoked each other, flashing their lights, yelling at each other out the window. Then things got dangerous. The victim did admit to slamming on her brakes behind them. All this with a baby in the backseat. Someone in the minivan fired two shots. The mother in the passenger seat was hit in the finger and leg. The bullets narrowly missed the baby. Dangerously close. Dangerously close. Reporter the victim, nicole mcdowell, declined to speak to us on camera. But she wrote, right now i am in so much pain as i try to recover. My daughter is okay and was not hit. The minivan had two or three young men inside. The message there is you should not clearly engage in reporter i asked the chief if the boyfriend who was behind the wheel could face criminal charges. He said at this poin
Turnpike leading up toward that eastern spur talking over four miles of bumper to bumper traffic. Extra heavy on the eastern spur as well. And as you travel southbound, western spur looking at it now. Thats open. A matching fourmile plus backup approaching 16w down to the scene. Plan accordingly. No word on how long it will take to have all lanes open here on the new jersey turnpike. Reporting live in chopper 4, dennis protsko. Back to you in the studio. A mess out there. Thank you. We want to turn now to news 4 with details on how this unfolded. Ray . Reporter shiba, we look at that traffic backup firsthand. Take a look. It goes on for miles. Lets go to video of what caused this. Ill explain how this all happened. It started at 3 15. A small suv crashed into a tanker truck and then that fire ensued and that fire could be seen for miles. At this point one of the drivers is still unaccounted for. The driver of the truck. Meanwhile, the person that was driving that small suv is okay. But
Shape with numerous injuries. He is at the hospital, as you said. His vehicle, it was just removed by the nypd from madison avenue. But we have video of it. According to investigators, the victim happened to be outside of his car, standing by the trunk. It looked like he was removing something when he was struck by a vehicle. The driver who hit him took off. It happened about 1 20 this morning. The victim, a 60yearold man, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital. Either the victim or witnesses gave the nypd a description of the suspects vehicle, and quite quickly cops tracked down and spotted that damaged car you see there on the Upper West Side in the 70s and west end avenue. There were two men who were in that car. They were taken into custody and were waiting to find out what charges they face. Michael, police are not yet releasing the names of those two men or the victim. Again, the victim in the hospital right now. Were told he will survive from these injuries and will recover. Again, hes
Rightcenter field. That ball is gone. Do you think about the song . Not usually. When they feel good about their mechanics and what they are doing the game slows down a bit and ive said before theres plenty of time when the game was not slow for me personally so i think when you get in there and you are comfortable and you feel good the game is slowing down for you. Report the today chance to talk to tomorrow night started for the matz harvey. I asked him what he thinks is going to be like when he takes the mound tomorrow night in game one. I dont think its really sudden breath yet which in our minds i think we still realize its a baseball game and for me this is another start. Obviously its a start on a different level. Reporter its also an opportunity to have fun with the starred and add some nonbaseball five questions. I know you guys talk to talk Hair Products . To be honest we dont. We go back and forth on who has the better hair. Reporter do you have any hair tips . I dont. Repor