Baseball bat sunday. He says he was walking home from Flushing Meadows Corona Park after playing soccer when six to eight men jumped him, beat him and took his phone. [ speaking in spanish ] he told our sister station, telemundo 47, he did not get a good look at the attackers. He also suffered two broken ribs and bruises all over his body. In new jersey tonight, a mother and her two young daughters are fighting for their lives after being pulled from their burning home. A fastmoving fire started at their home in bergen street in newark overnight and quickly spread to several buildings. From newark. Reporter the smoke and flames shot through the roof and windows of this Apartment Building on bergen street just after 3 30 a. M. Smoke. It was like wires burning. Reporter the fire spread to neighboring homes on the block. Firefighters had to move quickly to save a family on the third floor. Multiple rescues. A child was pulled out of the building via ladders, front window. Other people wer
Brynn gingras. One of them a tourist who liked to take pictures of american Yellow School busses. So he was snapping away when he caught the images of that tractor Trailer Crash and the family jumped in to save the life of one of the drivers. This video captured feet from where the truck rolled over and burst into flames on the new jersey turnpike. Explosions could be heard on the recording and then at one point you see people running toward the truck driver, his pant leg on fire. When you are the first person there and you see a man running up the road on fire you have to help. Maybe its the aussie in us, but australians have always done that. If someone needs help everyone jumps in and helps and none of us thought for a second. Just, you have to help a man on fire. The three australian family member, Jackie Wilson, her husband anthony and brother simon were driving back from washington, d. C. , when they saw the two trucks collide and then burst into flames. Within ten seconds the wh
It was so big and so hot, the heat. And it was so close to us. It was like diehard. Seriously. The bruce willis movie. And then just flames. It was like something out of a movie. Reporter but it turned very real once they saw the truck driver running, flames shooting up his pant leg. The australian family rushed to help. As they could hear small explosions coming from the scene. He was holding my hands and he was obviously in shock. And he was just saying, i had nowhere to go. Reporter the 61yearold driver escaped with nonlifethreatening burns, in part thanks to these Good Samaritan tourists, who stopped and helped. And now have a big story to tell back home to their kids. Theyve been messaging us, saying, what are you doing, mom and dad . Youre supposed to be safe. Come home reporter certainly a story there. Well, that driver is alive, but sadly he is in bad shape. He told me that he has a number of surgeries ahead of him. Hes not sure how many and he also says he doubts he will ever
I dont think i can be able to go see him because of the business i have here. Im going to try to be open. Reporter hes not sure how big a crowd to expect or if any foot traffic will come his way that weekend. Its uncertain if he will cash in on mass transit videos to the city with closed roads, no parking rules and parishioners guided on a straight and narrow pilgrimage to the bridge to see the pope. Are you nervous about the potential loss of business that weekend . Its going to be. But you know, its only once in life. Well see what happens. Reporter some are considering a different marketing recipe. This man will post signs out front and advertise on facebook and if crowds dont reach him, he will get to them somehow. I want to try to have a couple, two, three people doing delivery to them, see if we can try to get there. I know it will be a lot of security around. Im going to do my best. Reporter meantime, from baird boulevard to the bridge, businesses like this citgo station say the
These are pictures from chopper 4 over the eastbound side of route 80. 28 and rox bury, new jersey where you can see theres been a dump truck. The rear portion of which is now sitting on the steel girders that pass over the t cks in this area. Now, no word on any injuries just yet. Only one lane is open in the east brand direction. Traffic eastbound, the westbound rubber necking delays are very heavy as well. We will continue to keep you up to date. In chopper 4, back over to you. This accident is causing problems on new Jersey Transit since those are the tracks involved here. Service is suspected between mt. Lington and hacketts town in both directions. In new jersey, some residents got quite a surprise wakeup this morning. A small earthquake shoot the central part of the state. And while it may seem like a rare occurrence, its not as rare as you might think. The quake hit around bernardsville and summerset county and thats where we find new jersey reporter brian thompson. Brian. Yeah