Building collapse can absolutely create injuries that dont kill you at the time, but will kill you in the next two or three days. Reporter that is why she was hospitalized here for five days. But yes, she is now expected to make a full recovery. And here is one of the most amazing things. That tree came down out of a clear night sky with no warning from the neighbors yard. No storm, no wind, nothing. Live in manhattan, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Breaking news about the outbreak of legionnares disease in the bronx. 11 new cases have now been reported. That brings the total to 57. And there has been a third death. Also, a third building has tested positive for the bacteria which has spread through cooling units. The Opera House Hotel on east 149th street began remediation efforts this afternoon. They are hosting a town hall meeting monday to address the concerns of residents. Right now, the nypd is searching for the man who scaled a building, snuck into a womans apartment
Is also tested positive for the bacteria. Marcus solis is outside that building. He has more for us. Marcus . Reporter it was this morning that management at the Opera House Hotel was informed their cooling tower did indeed test positive for legionella. No definitive sources so far of the outbreak. Where is it coming from . These questions need to be answered. How can we contain it . Reporter they are the Unanswered Questions for bronx residents. No definitive answers but the bacteria has been linked to three cooling towers including this one at lincoln hospital. No patients or staffers at the hospital had been sickened but some neighborhood residents have along with a dozen more in three other bronx communities. Im thinking about it now because i just read about it yesterday. Now i wonder what all the symptoms are. Reporter symptomming include fever, cough, chills, muscle aches. The latest numbers, 57 confirmed cases. 42 people hospitalized. 19 treated and discharged. Three cases fata
Police on an update on the truck driver. For now we are live here in linen linden, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Lets get an update from shannon sohn from high above in newscopter 7. Weve done the tour around from the north, south, east, no matter how you try and get around this new jersey turnpike closure its a nice mate nightmare. That is the southbound delay into interstate 10. What you are finding is all of this traffic is backed up getting right into interchange 10 and this is what the problem really is right here, we can show you with sky rider 7 once you get off the 10 you have an option to take to the northbound side, you can get onto the outer roadway, it is just the inner roadway that is closed down but that is where that inner roadway merges in right here and it is causing nightmare traffic. It is a little bit better than it was before but we are going to show you the reason for that. This right here coming into the center of your picture is woodbridge avenue, nice
You could see wires dangling across lanes. Drivers saw five hour delays. We get up from like 10 00 this morning and we just got here. Reporter again, state police within the hour confirming the death of that truck driver. At this point they have not released his identity. For now we are live here in linden, new jersey, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Toni, thank you. What a mess. Another view of all of this from newscopter 7. Shannon sohn above it all and it looks like they are beginning to pull that truck out of there. Reporter yeah, they are finally making a little bit of progress just about half an hour ago, it was still on its side but we showing you with sky rider 7. Look at the damage to the tires there and the front end of this vehicle, burst into flames. We can also show you here exactly how this accident transpired. This is the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike on that outer roadway but you can see the three roadways next to it are all still closed down if you
You were driving and dropping someone off . Yes. Did you see people out that were injured . No. A lot of people get out from the restaurant and a lot of police. A lot of police running out. If there is good news here, is that there are no major injuries. It looks like three people treated for pepper spray and one also had a possible hatchet wound. The Movie Theater and a Shopping Center in a middle class neighborhood, this a copycat of the gunman two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana, cops dont know. That shooter killed two people inside a theater, he later killed himself and of course right now in colorado a jury deciding whether a convicted killer james holmes should get the Death Penalty or life in prison for killing 12 people in a Movie Theater in colorado three years ago. But tonight more gun violence and we are working right now on trying to figure out who this shooter was and any possible motive, we will keep you posted. David. Thanks. We have more breaking news and we may final