Woman who died was on the platform and not in the train itself. Meantime, up to a hundred people are injured with many of those critical. A look at the aftermath as the commuter train slammed into a new jersey terminal at the height of morning rush hour. People running for their lives in the midst of collapsed canopy and twisted metal. Passengers reported the crowded train barreling into the train station at full speed. The train felt like it would never stop. It didnt slow down. It didnt bke nancy hoboken was the last stop scheduled to arrive just after 8 30. There were approximately 250 people on the train this time of day. It was the 8 38 into hoboken. We are still determining the cause of the accident. Im not going to stand here and guess. Nancy instead, people on the train and on the platform scrambled to get to safety. The people in front of me were badly injured. Then we just heard people screaming in the first car. They were trapped. They couldnt get out. Managed to get us off
High tide expected around 9 the this morning with waves expected to be two to four feet higher than usual so preparing for low to moderate flooding here today and that was the case across our area yesterday. In areas luke Broad Channel queens when cars flooded out peoples basements flooding as well. On long island not as bad but quite a bit of ponding and some communities still rebuilding from superstorm sandy. It pushed in and all we could do was watch from the window. We needed help for a long time but it needs to get done as soon as possible. This cant happen every single time theres a major storm. People here on the jersey shore are hoping that what people in queens experienced yesterday wont be the situation for them here today. We are told that this is a high tides are a bit higher than usual. High tide here expected around 8 or 9. People hoping it wont be too bad. Reporting live from sea bright new jersey 4 32. It from there. Lets follow up on that and show you the advisories al
Still very much so an active scene out here. Ill zoom in now that we have a little bit more light out here we can get a better look at the damage that was really done out here this morning. You can see right there that is the car involved in this wreck. Investigators out here on scene tell me the driver from what it appears to be a Nissan Maxima, as i zoom out, rearended the back of the dump truck, that driver of that nissan, the Passenger Car died on the scene. Take you to video i shot when i first got out here on the scene. This happened just before 3 00 this morning, again, the driver of the car was traveling in the northbound of brookshire boulevard here and then rearended that dump truck that you just saw in the video. The police havent released identity of the driver just yet. Right now well toss it over to blocked. Chris chris over in the Traffic Center, what can you tell us . Chris i can tell you if northbound on brookshire up to 485 you can get on the inner loop but youre not
Message we need to repeat day in and day out particularly on a day like this. Authorities say the increased security is not due to a specific threat. But out of an abundance of caution. Back to you. Thank you, maureen. And what if your child was set to board a plane connecting in brussels today . That was the reality this father faced. After the attacks the airport was shutdown and the young mans flight was canceled. More now new at 5 00. Molly they tell me they are lucky the flight was not any earlier in the kay. After hearing about the attacks they were mindful of their surroundings. He had a connecting flight in brussels after hearing about the bombings there he cannot help but think what if the flight was there earlier . To know that that could happen and i could be there when it happened, and we are both his dad joined them as he wayed for three hours for another flight to open up. Liberia. His family is lucky they did not have to live out a nightmare. We were thankful that he was
Officials say a state Department Employee is still missing am two friends from huntersville are safe after a bomb went off in front of them at the Brussels Airport this morning. 23yearold were preparing to board their first leg of their return trip to charlotte when it happened. They were returning to the queen city after a 10 day european vacation. Her son and schaffer were not hurt. After the explosion, they and other passengers were taken to a secure building at the airport waiting for busses to take them out. Authorities are stepping up security measures at transit hubs across the u. S. In light of the attacks in belgium. Officers are patrolling airport and subway systems and train stations. This is video of added security at penn station in new york. We are working to find out if there are changes to charlottemecklenburg. International airport. A canceled 48, the company is offering refunds to customers through a travel policy, part of the Statement Released by the airline says Am