You can see metal and mattresses scattered across the highway. The driver of a box truck carrying the mattresses somehow crossed from the northbound lanes into southbound traffic, colliding with a tractortrailer and other vehicles. The box truck driver and its passenger died. Other people suffered minor injuries. And now to the latest on a powerful explosion at john f. Kennedy high school inmileanhour bell hill. Investigators say a lit match caused the explosion that injured three people. Ida siegal is at the scene with new details. Reporter and sibilia, the worker who lit that match is now in the hospital in critical condition, suffering from severe burns. An entire portion of the sixth floor is now in rubble, and officials are telling us it will not be repaired in time for the first day of school. It was intended to be a science lab with all the bells and whistles. Now the site of rubble and debris. According to the fire department, workers were in the process of installing tabletop
Critical police report. The das office questioned the conduct of a former trial prosecutor who left in june after a personal dispute with the da himself, kent thompson. The prosecutor denied any wrongdoing in an exclusive interview with me. I turned over every single document i had. Be clear, sarah. I handled this case the same way ive handled every case in 29 years. The mistakes are major. It is showing that someone else actually did this c than me. Reporter and martin has always maintained his innocence. He will be back here in court on september 7th. It is possible that the District Attorneys Office could decide to retry him, but highly unlikely under the circumstances. Live from downtown brooklyn, sarah wallace. News 4 new york. Thank you, sarah. President obama is cutting more than 200 sentences short for federal inmates. It is the largest batch of 214 prisoners, including 8 from our area, will serve less time. Some of those prisoners had been sentenced to life. The white house sa
Just feet from where these friends gather about every day in the summer. It is foul. Im smelling it today and it is not good. Reporter conservationist tells me this fish kill is larger than most. Though not an unusual occurrence this time of year. Extreme heat chokes the oxygen supply, turning the situation into a fatal one for small fish. Weve had a couple of weeks that has to play into this. The temperatures here have been sweltering. You can imagine what it is like in a smaller water body. Reporter no negative longterm effects, but no threat to the public save for the smell. These sun worshippers are sticking with the ways and tolerating the stink. Hundreds of thousands of fish. For real . Yeah. Thats terrible. There goes my day in the water. Along the creek where you see those thousands of fish, some still hanging out at least for a while. They wont be here for too much longer. It is expected that they will wash away in the next cycle or two. Thats about the next day or so. When th
Critical condition after a scaffolding co lapse it happened around 3 30eve s afternoon on tracy place. Seimven men fell 45 feet. They wero taken to hackensack univer ty medical center. There is no word on what caused the collapse. A sentencing hearing. Almost everybody, including the judge wlt sorry they hhd to send a man to jail for murder. The man was sentenced for killing his onetime boy scout leader who he accused of repeatedly sexually abusing him when he was a child. Brian thompson was in the courtroom to see it all. Brian . Reporter he says he already spent three and a half years in jail, chuck, accused of the murder and even after pleading shilty last summer, awaiting sentencing of the former sheriffs officer. He will be in prison for life because of the sexual abuse he suffered. He not only stole my lived my whole life. Reporter his family in tears behind him. He learned he will spend at least one more y r in prison for killing a former sheriff officer, boy scout leader and ra
Subway riders are alarmed about the attack. Do you think youll do anything differently now . I have a bad habit of keeping my headphones on. I need to keep an eye out for who is doing what. Reporter a lot of folks thinking about that tonight. Police believe the victim may have been homeless. They are looking to catch up with the victim to get a better suspect description. When we get it, we will pass it on to you. I police are looking for a man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman. It happened just before 10 30 this morning. The suspect made off with the victims cell phone after the attack. She is being treated at mount sinai hospital. The father of the young man killed in a devastating blast in new jersey is sharing personal details about his son, who was his pride and joy. D his family. Brian thompson is at the scene for us. Reporter the sadness is overwhelming when you talk to this father. He had so much pride in his 24yearold son who was working and studying so hard. Even wors