The game. Owner niall gunn watched it all happen in front of him. He hit the gas. Crazy. It sounded like a huge thunder, like a huge clap of thunder. Reporter the driver, a man in his 50s, mistaken the gas for the brake and plowed in front of the bar. Amazingly no one was sitting at the window at the time. His car seemed pretty good when it got pulled out, very little damage to it. By the luck of the irish, i dont know. Tough day at the office here. In fact a pretty lucky day after all because no one inside this restaurant suffered even a scratch and the driver of the car had only minor injuries. You can follow the tire tracks back here to the street. Its not entirely clear what the driver was trying to do when he lost control. Police here in Rockville Centre trying to get to the bottom of that. The driver released here at the scene. Live in Rockville Centre, josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Other breaking news story, former basketball player lamar odom tonight reportedly fight
Why do you have lamars number . To keep up on him. I want to make sure hes okay. Cant i do that . Reporter and tonight so many people are hoping to hear hes okay. Of course well have more details on Good Morning America tomorrow. Thanks for watching abc news. As always were online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and on abc. Com. A scramble for safety when a car slams in to a restaurant packed with mets fans. Tonight witnesses tell us why it could have been so much worse. Good evening at 11 00. Im liz cho. Sade is off tonight. Im bill ritter. Three stories break ing right now. First that car slamming in to a restaurant in Rockville Centre on long island. Josh einiger with breaking details. Let me show you right now. A car came barreling in to monahans restaurant at the height of the dinnertime rush. People who might otherwise be hanging out by the window instead crowded around tvs inside the restaurant watching the mets and none of them were hurt. Reporter it happened in the blink o
Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Mean while at the wake for officer holder, a sea of blue. Hundreds of fellow officers paying their respects all day today really, a steady stream of people have been filing in to the queens church. The wake is about to end in less than an hour. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett is outside the church in jamaica. The greater allen ame cathedral, a scene of such profound sadness where mourners waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks. A solemn tribute to a man and a noble profession he chose to follow. Reporter for the officers family and his fianci, the loss is unbearable. Some relatives were so overcome with grief, they needed to be carried in to the sanctuary. He was a very outgoing person, very giving, very caring. Hes a very loving person. Guard escorted the gleaming white hearst bearing officer randolph holders coffin, merrick boulevard went silent. His former officers stood at attention and saluted, respect mixed with sadness fo
The pope. Providing music for his arrival, the High School Jazz ban playing new york, new york. This pope is scheduled arrive any minute now and after a brief meeting here, he will fly on the helicopters beyond the stairs to manhattan where he will begin his official greeting and his whirlwind tour of new york. I want to mention the crowd had to assemble so early because of security issues. What did they do with the hour plus time they had out here in the baking sun . They have been praying and skinning, preparing their hearts to meet the pontiff. Live at j. F. K. Airport, lucy yang for channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you, lucy. The pope may be in the air but his ride is here. A popemobile and other vehicles arrived at the town house on 72nd street. Thats where the pope is staying. That is an open air popemobile and actually touch folks who are along the parade route. The residence of the nun see ya is where the popes nuncio is where the popes representative lives. Pope francis first
His grandmother, who raised him, and a son, to win two nba titles with the lakers. He hasnt played in two years, his divorce headlines. We dont want people to recognize him as things hes going through. We know the good things hes about. And the Sheriffs Office is expected to hold a press conference in two hours with more information on this investigation. Also this afternoon Magic Johnson tweeting that lamar odom is a better person than he is player. Reporting live in South Ozone Park queens, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. Mean while among those reacting to odoms critical head coach of the knicks, derek odoms with the l. A. Lakers. He was always willing to sacrifice his own opportunities, his own minutes, shots, and at times sacrificing other things in life to do for everyone else. Coach fisher also saying, quickly adding hes not judging odom for his lifestyle choices. Officials in holding an update at 7 00 our investigation. Well alert you you can see that N