Major roadways in the tristate look like right now. A good monday morning commute. More weather and traffic ahead. Lauren, thanks so much. New this morning, were trying to find out the condition of an nypd officer who was thrown from a patrol car in a crash on i87. New York State Police say the officer was driving north on the throughway near exit 15 last night when the officer lost control. The cruiser rolled over. The officer was thrown out into the road. One else involved in that crash. Today drivers all around our area may feel theo mpact of president obamas planned visit. Hell be in newark to talk about his push for criminal justice reformno. First hell visit a Halfway House for exconvicts. Then a rutgers round table discussion. This evening the president attends a fundraiser in manhattan. As usual, expect street closures and frozen zones. New this morning, mets fans are now looking towards next year. The teams season ended ed ed early this morning at citi field. Bruce beck talked
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
Legs. We did a lot of hiking in i would definitely hesitate this time of year. Reporter petronino said he tried to hit the bear with a rock hammer. When that didnt work, he put his jacket over his head and curled into a neatal position. Over an hour. He yelled outside of the scouts to get help. Reporter the boy scouts called 911. They tried food to lure the bear out of the cave and then lit a fire. Theyve also started a fire for a smoke signal. Reporter the bear finally came out and was scared away by scouts. Petronino was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. He had his good intentions to take them out there and show them some things that he knew when he was a kid that were fun and adventurous for him. Now setting traps and searching for the bear thats gone back into hiding. Brian webb for cbs2 news. Petronino has known about this case since the 1980s and before. His wife said she wants to commend the three boys who saved her husbands life. At this time, we request privacy
Essentially what this is is an automatic override that will enable the train to stop if necessary. Amtrak officials calling it an added layer of safety along the northeast corridor. Over the weekend, the railroad activated its positive train control system on its route between new york city and philadelphia. The system is an automatic speed control system that will automatically apply brakes when a train goes over the speed limit. Last may eight people were killed and 200 injured when an amtrak train bound for penn station derailed in philadelphia traveling 106 Miles Per Hour, more than double the speed limit. After the derailment Congress Mandated that all have the system in place by the end of this year. Congress ended up extending the commuter railroads complained that logistical challenges would make it difficult to implement the technology quickly. To know where every single train is on every inch of our network, this is as fast as we can go. Metro north and new Jersey Transit exp
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