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
See the newborn in the onesie, so its kind of hard. Police tell me the babys mother 21yearold rasheeda center. The dad and four other family members were in the Apartment Building around 4 this morning. The 102nd precinct. Officers manned the door outside this Apartment Building, another remainder of what happened. The sentiment in this neighborhood, people are in disbelief. Theyre even disgusted. Neighbors wonder how with six people inside this home no one could have stopped what happened. Were live in queens, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. We have new information on a wrongway crash on the sawmill parkway. One of the drivers have been charged with dwi. Police say the 22yearold woman was drunk when she drove her car head on into traffic hitting another vehicle in chappaqua. The driver of that other vehicle is in critical condition. At this hour. The unidentified woman who was charged was not seriously hurt. The accident closed the lanes near grant avenue for several hours. New i
His 21yearold mother taken to Jamaica Medical Center for observation. There were three other adults in the apartment at the time who are still being questioned by police. And while taylor resa heard the aftermath, his brother overhead noises minutes before the infant was tossed. We live right below them, so he heard like a huge tantrum of a kid crying and like just running up and down. Thats all he heard. Reporter now, this is a live look at the Apartment Building where this child was tossed from. You can see theres still an nypd officer guarding the front entrance of this building. We are told by sources they are still serving a search warrant on that apartment and those family members are still being questioned at the 102nd precinct but no charges have been filed in this incident. Reporting live in richmond hill, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. New information about a disturbing discovery in rockland county, a fetus found in a sewer grate, the county now tel
The person who called 911 was also taken into custody. The officers injuries are not life threatening. A mother and child are in Critical Condition after a ferocious fire in newark. The fire began early this morning on the third floor of a home on bergen street. Flames quickly spread, several people were injured and dozens of families faced the weekend without a home. Today residents returning to their charred homes searching for whatever was not destroyed but grateful that no lives were lost. Three of them, boys, and they are too young. How did you get them out . Thats why i have to leave everything, i have to just bring them outside. And they are okay . They are okay. We thank god. The calls to the the cause of the fire is under investigation. New york senior senator Chuck Schumer fending off a lot of criticism right after deciding not to back president obamas deal with iraq. Schumer is in line to lead the senate, a major Party Fundraiser and while advertise decision wont likely dera
The family, the mother and the two children, they are still in the hospital, two firefighters were also injured, rescuing that family. One was cut on the wrist, the other one had problems with his knee after that rescue. Of course at this point still no cause on how this fire started. For now we are live, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Police in queens are questioning a mother after her infant son was apparently thrown out of a fourth floor window. The baby was found in the concrete courtyard of an Apartment Building in richmond hill. The child, father, two other adults and two children were in the apartment at the time. Sources say they initially denied the baby even lived there. The 21yearold mother was taken to the hospital for observation. A rude wakeup call for some drivers in new jersey. Nearly two dozen people came outside only to discover their tires slashed in the middle of the night. Now police want to track down who was behind the frustrating and costly crime. It all