To stabilize him, package him, and carry him off the bus and transport him to the hospital. My knee is banged up. My face is banged up too. And my phone went flying. Thank god i didnt go flying. I was tilting but i was okay. Could have been a lot worse. One of the passengers onboard the bus thought the bus was actually going just a bit too fast as it came around what is a curve as you come off that exit on to the service road. Police have not determined what is the cause of this accident at this point. The driver was injured but not seriously. Certainly theyll be talking to him, trying to find out what actually happened as this bus accident unfolded. Tim fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Now to that funeral home mixup, putting the wrong body in the casket. Amazing it wasnt discovered some family members of the dead woman, val Jean Mcdonald said in the casket. But they went on with the funeral anyway. Who was in the casket . Michelle charlesworth in the woodlawn section of the bronx with this very disturbing story. About tonight. The grandchildren, 6 and 10 her. The adults were so embarrassed that they didnt know until cremation. They admit the woman they kissed in the casket looked a lot like their mother. Plus she was wearing her clothing and jewelry and she had been terribly sick for a long time. And they, to be honest, could barely see from crying. Horrible to hear that that woman is not your mother. But she had a proper burial. But it wasnt our mother. Thats the problem. Leroy are two of her sons. At 81, their dear mother died of christmas. The body they said goodbye to and kissed and had cremated was not their mother. The funeral home called to tell them of the mistake. She has your mothers clothes on and jewelry, right . Eyes full of tears. When we walked in there before you even step up to the i started screaming. Reporter mccalls bronxwood investigation. We asked for a comment and received the following statement. Weve expressed to the affected families our acute distress and sorrow over this occurrence and we are reimbursing the mcdonalds for all costs. That reimbursement was news to the family when we called them back, and also something they never even asked for. Their brother, who was returning to australia, was the first to see their actual mother. He went by there and he seen my mother laying out on a slab under the sheet. He said yep, this is mom. So the lady that we had had our mother. What was your reaction . Reporter all the time from the moment they saw her, the grandchildren knew the truth. They insisted that was not her. Listen to what a 10yearold said. He came up and said, that dont look like grandma. Theyre not holding back. We didnt really truly say goodbye to our mom like we wanted to. She didnt deserve that. It was five days after the funeral that the family says the funeral home reached out to them to say please come here and see to say please come here and see if this is your mother and told them about the mixup. What about the other family, the spokesperson for the funeral home will only tell us they have not been identified, wont be, and they were never charged any money for this mixup. And so therefore will not be reimbursed. So sad. Michelle charlesworth, channel 7 Eyewitness News. So many Unanswered Questions found dead in a parking lot in new jersey. The man was discovered outside the old amboy cinemas. This was in sayreville. They say he suffered gunshot wounds that they know but no word on the circumstances that led to this shooting. The nations two largest Fantasy Sports websites tonight agreeing to stop taking paid bets in new york, at least for draftkings and fanduel have stopped trying to overturn the order from the new York State Attorney general to stop taking wages. The ag argues the sites let people gamble and therefore are illegal. Fireworks during the second day of president obamas historic visit to cuba. The president began a joint press conference with raul castro. The men sparred over human rights and the u. S. Economic embargo. Castro became defensive when the topic of Political Prisoners came up. Abc news has learned 304 people few days for criticizing the cuban government. Give me a list of the Political Prisoners and i will release them immediately. Just mention the list. What Political Prisoners . Give me a name or names or when after this meeting is over, you can give me a list of Political Prisoners. And if we have those Political Prisoners, they will be released before tonight ends. Tonight the president will attend a state dinner. Tomorrow hell address the cuban people in a nationally televised speech. Mr. Obama will also watch an exhibition baseball game between the Cuban National team and the Tampa Bay Rays. Abcs david muir anchors world news tonight from havana at the end of this broadcast. Hell have an exclusive interview with president obama coming up at 6 30. Security of israel front and center in the race for the white house. Hillary clinton this afternoon influential proisrael lobbying group that Donald Trumps position on peace in the middle east is a moving and vacillating object. Mr. Trump countering that. Hes about to speak to the group. Dave evans is here with the latest. The frontrunners for the democrats and republicans today looked ahead to the fall election. Donald trump predicting hell surpass the required number of republican delegates needed, 1237, so he said there wont be any need for a brokered convention this summer. Then he took aim at Hillary Clinton after she blasted him for violence at his rallies and what hes said about dealing with israel. Reporter in todays speech before a proisrael committee, Hillary Clinton never mentioned him by name but she blasted donald trump for once saying hed like to be neutral on israelipalestinian negotiations. Yes, we need steady hands, not a president who says hes neutral on monday, proisrael on tuesday, and who knows what on wednesday because everything is negotiable. Back at clinton, saying she doesnt know what shes talking about. Her policies obviously doesnt work. All you have to do is look at libya. Reporter trump was in dc today for a private meeting with several republicans, including former House Speaker newt gingrich. Many Party Members are disturbed by violent confrontations like this one in tucson over the weekend at a trump rally. Today trump was making no apologies. These are professional agitators. They block the road. They use foul language. They put up signs using the fbomb and all sorts of words that are horrible. These are not good people. Reporter that demonstrator who was attacked in tucson said trump is trying to divide the country. I think donald trump is trying to create a million little americas. All of us fighting each other. I dont want that. I like america as one big crazy melting pot place. Reporter tonight after trump, ted cruz will speak and clinton in her speech today was already looking ahead to the fall election against donald trump. If you see bigotry, oppose it. If you see violence, condemn it. If you see a bully, stand up to him. The next primaries are out west tomorrow. Idaho, utah, and arizona. Trump is expected to do well in arizona but marco rubio is campaigning hard for cruz in utah. Bernie sanders who is the only jewish candidate is the only president ial copied not president ial candidate not speaking to apec. He is out campaigning. A wild fight at the mall involving a dad and wait for it an easter bunny. An easter bunny. Did i say that . Wait till you hear why. And the home in our area that once belonged to yankee great lou gehri and the price can be just right for any buyer. Spring snow pretty much melted across the area. Some of the higher totals over Suffolk County over port jeff. Nassau with over 3 inches. Windy, plenty of sunshine. 46. Feels like upper 30s. Well tell you about a nice warmup in the middle of the charges have been filed against a man working as an fight with a parent at a mall in new jersey. See a man in the bunny suit. The top half was off, his mask was off but Everything Else was on fighting im assuming a parent. Thats the video right there. Shocked spectators took this video of a man dressed as the bunny and the father of a 1yearold girl fighting in the Newport Center mall in jersey city yesterday. It started when the girl accidentally slipped off the bunnys lap while taking an easter photo. Both men are charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. Ironically the man who dressed as the bunny also has a warrant for fare hopping. No pun intended. The house were about to take you in to is not your everyday abode. Not by a long shot. It is the house in new rochelle once bought by yankee legend lou gehrig. And talk about a bargain. Its well below market value. A very special one. Heres Eyewitness News reporter joe torres. It needs a lot of work. Needs about 40 windows. You have some electrical problems. Reporter jimmy doesnt have the money needed to fix up his new rochelle home. Its not just any home. The fourbedroom, twoandahalfbath house once belonged to yankee hall of famer lou gehrig. Its now up for sale for 400,000. Thats 80,000 less than what he paid for it in 2008. He hopes some yankee fan will come to his rescue. If youd pay like 100,000 for a jersey, wouldnt somebody go to buy this house and restore it . Reporter the legendary 1st baseman, nicknamed the iron horse for a 14year streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, died in 1941 of als, which later became known as lou gehrigs disease. His former house sits on the street named in his honor. Parents in 1928. Over the years, father time and Mother Nature have taken the toll on the 116yearold dutch colonial. But bob and Leslie Dowling of scarsdale see a unique opportunity. They plan to put in an offer. You take out these trees and you redo this house and it to redo this house. Reporter he told us his cousins once found baseball bats buried in the backyard. Perhaps they belonged to the yankee slugger. The new owners will undoubtedly make some renovations. The history here will never change. In new rochelle, im joe torres, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thats amazing. Lou gehrig slept here and owned it. It would be a blast. Just ahead on Eyewitness News, lee finally with a great its gorgeous out there ton this price cant be right. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list of cant be rights. Seriously . At stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. My stop shop. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation like in rochester, with worldclass botox. And in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow everything natures promise is so wholesome. And it doesnt take the whole paycheck. Stop shops exclusive natures promise. Eat well for less. The day is ending so much better than it started. Its always about how you finish. Im going to write that down. Its about how you finish. I made it up. Outside we go with a beautiful time lapse, some of the patchy clouds. March 21st. Note it. [ laughter ] beautiful sunny skies, chop on the harbor and whitecaps. A little chilly. I went outside and recorded some of the snowfall this morning. A. M. Two hours later there was no evidence of the snow. Thats how i spend my mornings. We have snow on the cherry blossoms. Nassau county. Its gusty. Per hour. Park. 46, the high today 50 degrees. So pretty close to average. Snowfall. As we headed to the break. Heres some new jersey snowfall. Highest in monmouth and ocean county. Once you get to west orange or ridgewood, less than an inch of snowfall. Danbury and excuse me. 3 inches. And new canen coming in under 3 inches. Wilton, connecticut at 2 inches. Weve got a cold night ahead. Wind chills in the 20s. A shot at 70 midweek. And then we have a soggy start to friday. The weekend is looking dry. Heres the long range outlook. Sunshine on saturday. About 52. And 58 on Easter Sunday. Not all that bad. Our numbers right now are generally in the 40s. Only in the 30s in monticello. Couple flurries in the catskills. Wind gusts are over 30 miles per hour. Winds will stay up over the early evening hours. Breeze is with us through tomorrow. Sunshine, temperatures getting in to the mid 50s by the end of the day. Mid 40s at noon. There are the clouds rolling in to the catskills. Great lakes on the gusty northwest wind. Theres our snowstorm overnight. Hard to call it that. A minor storm, but a big storm over eastern canada. And were wedged between that storm and a high off to the south. Thats why our breezes are a little gusty. Warm front over the upper midwest. That comes through tomorrow night in to wednesday. I think we have a shot at that wednesday and thursday. Temperatures are chilly tonight. Our coldest night of the week. Were recovering in the mid 50s after a cold start tomorrow afternoon. That warm front will probably deliver us some clouds in the afternoon. Worst case is we get a shower tomorrow night and northern suburbs. Brisk and chilly. Heres your accuweather forecast. 34 in the city after the cold start, 54. Partly sunny. And breezy. 54 degrees. Tomorrow night, 46 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Not as chilly. Might be a shower north. Then your 7day accuweather forecast. 67 on wednesday. Clouds break for sun but only 50s at the coast. 68 on thursday. 70s inland. Morning rain. Thats our big rain of the week. Quarter inch to half inch of starts off soggy but we end the day sunday. Its not how you start, its how you finish. Near normal on saturday and Easter Sunday from here looks pretty good. Upper 50s with showers next week. About how you finish. She was running all over the studio getting that water for you. Very frantic. Rob powers easy to find. Hes up next with sports. Lets play ball. Baseball in cuba gets a shot in the arm. Some of the biggest names in the game ready to see it firsthand. President obama is in havana for the game. Baseball royalty is there as well to watch. Plus, pushing and shoving their way to the end of the nhls ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for shady brook farms. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. No growthpromoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. Hey, have you heard . Heard what . Before School Starts in september, all kids going into 7th and 12th grade have to get the meningococcal vaccine. It protects against diseases like meningitis. That can be serious, even deadly. Yeah, thats why they cant start School Without it. Something to share . giggling talk to your health care provider. Even kids whove had one shot may still need a booster. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a fewawards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. First monday of spring. Why not talk about spring training baseball . We dont have much longer to go till the games count. Less than two weeks from now. Mets moving full steam ahead toward baseballs regular season. Jacob degrom against the marlins tuning up for the games in just a couple weeks. Degrom goes today. Consistently in the low 90s. Degrom said he was happy with his day. Scoring came late. Miamis Robert Andino scores 3rd base. Kevin plaweckis throw flies. Mets fall 21. David wright 03 with a strike. Degroms e. R. A. This spring,. 90. The big exhibition game on the schedule tomorrow is in havana, cuba. The Tampa Bay Rays play the Cuban National game. First game there for an American Team since the orioles visited in 1999. Rays in cuba at the stadium today. Timing is not a coincidence here. President obamas visit there. I think between the countries, whether its location, language, political views. But the one thing that is a Common Thread is we speak the same language of baseball. I may not understand the language but the one thing i did understand was the language of baseball which i feel is like a religion here in cuba. So hows your bracket . The ncaa mens basketball tournament rolls on later this week with the sweet 16 after that heck of a weekend. We wont recap everything but some of the finishes were really something. Wisconsin and xavier, badgers sharp shooter bronson hit not one but two 3pointers in the closing seconds. Wisconsin edged xavier 6663 to advance. The other biggy was texas a m out lasting Northern Iowa in double overtime. Aggies were losing by 10 points with less than 30 seconds to play in regulation. Came back to force overtime. Then double overtime. Then they won the game. 9288 to cap off the wild weekend. Hockey. The islanders at home against the flyers. The rangers take on the panthers in a game that has huge playoff implications. Laura behnke looks ahead at todays big faceoff. Reporter 10 games to go, the rangers are officially in the stretch run with less than three weeks to go to solidify their postseason standing. Some teams are fighting for their lives and were one of those teams. Like i said, were trying to establish ourselves in a good position to make the playoffs. Weve had flashes of it where we look like the team we know we can be. I think weve got to find consistency. Reporter the rangers are tied with the penguins for second in the metropolitan division, 3 points ahead of the islanders. Were in good shape. Weve got our destiny in our own hands as far as getting in to the playoffs, as far as home ice advantage. Its a matter of us going out and executing. The rangers have been a far more successful home team this season so the good news for the blue shirts, seven of these last garden. We obviously love playing in front of our own fans. Its one of those things, weve got to be good doing it at the end. Its always exciting when you get to get back on your home ice in front of your crowd. That should put a lot of energy in ourselves and hopefully our game. Laura behnke, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Exciting time of year for baseball just starting and hockey playoffs. Football soon enough. Every day theres news. Its the nfl way. Lets take a look at the stories were working on for Eyewitness News at 11 00. Sade is here for that. Parents of a 5yearold now angry and planning to sue because of something they said happened to their autistic son in a Staten Island classroom. But the question tonight, did someone at the school try to cover it up . Plus, preventing the flu. Could it be as easy as a flu trap . Well tell you how it works tonight at 11 00. It would be nice if it were that easy. Thats it for us for now. Thanks for watching. Im bill ritter. Im liz cho. World news tonight with david for all of us here, have a great night. Tonight, a special edition of world news tonight from cuba. The president making history here, proclaiming the United States and cuba are no longer enemies. Standing side by side with raul castro. The extraordinary moment. Castro taking questions from reporters. Pressed on human rights. And the uncomfortable moment with president obama. And right after, my exclusive interview with the president. We asked, what was said inside that room with raul castro. You were in that trust president castro . Do you believe that he truly wants change here . We also asked the president about criticism back home and the arrest of disdepartments right here in cuba, even as he arrived, as he now prepares for his historic speech to the
comparemela.com © 2020. All Rights Reserved.