One more transit note. After two days of major delays and cancellations on the long island railroad, service is back up and running. Service is running on the l. I. R. R. They repaired all switches and rails after tuesdays Freight Train derailment near hicksville. That is one piece of good news on a rough afternoon. We will keep you posted on all of this. The other story we are following, new reaction to a hard hit in a High School Football game. Cameras caught a student appearing to take the helmet off an opponent then hitting that player over the head with it. Police are investigating the incident. The student was kicked off the team, suspended after the school said the hit was flagrant and dangerous. The boys family has an entirely different take. New jersey reporter Anthony Johnson has all the details from linden. Reporter this story has a whole lot of twists and turns. One thing that we learned, when this game was being played this linden high school, there were a lot of racial ov
Getting in an accident with another vehicle. This all happening near the millwood yorktown border. We are told there are no life threatening injuries in the crash and as we take a live look now at the area, the southbound lanes we are told are closed and only one northbound lane is getting by. You can see traffic is very slow and that scene is still very much there. We will keep you posted on this breaking story. New at noon, we are hearing from the family of a livery cab driver killed on his first night on rafael beras was stabbed just after 1 00 this morning. Now the search is on for his killer. Eyewitness News Reporter rob nelson is in brooklyn with the new details. Rob . Reporter well, dave, as you said, police at this hour are searching for the person that may have stabbed this livery cab driver to death early this morning. We dont have much information at this hour. As you can imagine, his family news. My mother is in shock right now. Reporter the victims brother heartbroken desc
Wrightstown and 61 in belmar to start your day. 87 later on today. Another warm day but changes are coming. Well talk about that in your accuweather weekend forecast. Heathers looking at your commute. Happy friday. Happy friday to you. Lets go to our mass transit chart. Everything is running on or close to schedule. Catch Long Island Railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit trains, 6 trains we had sill problems at morrison avenue. They have been repaired. The 1 trains this weekend starting at 11 30 tonight lasting until monday morning at 5 a. M. , there will be no service and that is for track work. 280 westbound near exit 15 in newark, thats an accident still being cleared away, and then we had this problem over here as you travel south near webster avenue, that Police Activity cleared. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Thank you so much heather. 6 01, we begin with breaking news in the bronx. A cab ride ends with a passenger struck and killed by a city bus. T
Police say this group of five all members of a fraternity played a role in the hazing death of Baruch College freshman michael deng. I wont talk about the facts. We take them seriously. Reporter Police Maintain the group lied to investigators, destroyed and concealed evidence inside the home the poconos two years ago. Thats when deng was allegedly subjected to a brutal hazing ritual which included severe blows called spears. Authorities say the 19yearold while blindfolded and wearing a backpack filled with 30 pounds of sand was beaten so badly he passed out. The cep jects carried evening subjects carried deng back into the house and plotted how to cover things up. Thethey reached out to meng. They recovered deleted text speering. I pray to god he is going to be alive and they cannot know. Entered a plea of not guilty. They were looking forward to court. Does your client receive a phone call from the frat brothers that morning . Not answer. Now 37 members of the frat he wont lead now fa
Likely chance hell meet putin when he comes to new york for the united nations. And a friend of dylan rough has been arrested by the fbi. We dont know the exact charges just yet but he was apparently under investigation for lying to investigators and failing to report a crime. Afterwards, he said he and the shooter had been friends in middle school and that he and rough recently made contact. Nine people were killed at the Emmanuel Church in charleston. Rough faces the death penalty. More than 20 students were suspended thursday for wearing clothingess ess clothes with the confederate flags. Students say the policy is a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech. The ban was put in place to ease racial tensions after several racially motivated fights in 2001 and 2. They need maintain a orderly and safe environment for all students. And just days before pope francis arrives. But before, hes in cuba he had quote geez jesus loves you var ery much. And over at the the emaculat