That the flying w and cancelled that concert for this evening. We did ask the chief of police where any of the band members were affiliated on that aircraft and he could not comment about that at this time as the investigation is unfolding. He assures us he will get back to us. He said it could be days if. Not weeks to determine exactly what went wrong. Well have more coming up on nbc 10 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Live in medford, cydney long, nbc 10 news. This is a picture of the helicopter involved in that crash. We found this picture on the facebook page. B troy gentry was one of the People Killed in that crash. Gentry was onehalf of the duo of the kentuckybased group b Montgomery Gentry. He was known for his song our town. He was the father of two children. Again, gentry on board that. Helicopter that crashed this afternoon in medford, new jersey. The pilot of that chopper is still in that wreckage. Well continue to follow late breaking developments on this story and bring that to you
Shock. Dan higens had just finished lunch. He was excited for the concert and excited for his friend who stayed behind and met band members including gentry. His friend brian called him in a panic. He said youre not going to believe this. Evan is up with the lead singer and the throttle stuck. Hes going to have to come in hard and heavy. Reporter he believes the chopper was a twoseater, bubble style with no doors. He rushed back to the scene praying somehow the two would be able to safely touch down. He said i dont know how it happens, but hes going to be crash landing. He said the paramedics are on the way and fire trucks are on the way. The airport is all on alert. We have to push back behind the building in case it blows up. Reporter tonight people who plan to attend the show were shaken and in tears when stopped by police. He says the pilot taught lessons at the flying w and was very experienced. Evan was a heck of a guy to hang out with. You get a lot of laughs with him. I can gua
Beach front hotels. Everybody is evacuating. Everybody has to go. Reporter are you planning to ride the storm out at the airport. If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cube the bahamas and the u. S. Virgin islands floridians on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety. Lining up outside of shelters. We moved in together away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those evacuees are coming up from the keys which will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. In New Smyrna Beach florida Marci Gonzalez channel6 action news. We continue to monitor the track of irma. We have our own action news crew on the ground in florida. Action news anchor brian taff is there right now leading our Team Coverage and well get to meteorologist ad
Hurricane force winds, a much broader area so that is bad news. You can see the center of the storm right now north of cuba and whats happening, its moving into warmer waters. Waters south of miami is about 90 degrees so that likely will intensify the storm. This is the latest track, we just got this in and this brings it into the central keys of florida near marathon as a cat five hurricane early in the morning on sunday, 160mile maximum sustained winds, that is the strongest category hurricane. It pushes inland near naples marco island and continuing to push it up the spine, west of the spine of the panhandle as a category one hurricane, cal storm near jacksonville and then pushing near atlanta, that will bring some flooding rains, also some storm surge. So, we do have now hurricane warnings across all of south florida from West Palm Beach to naples area to the south. The watches from melbourne to tampa. Part of the problem its a storm surge, its inland flood, iind. This is going to
Will be no safe place on the keys when this storm hits. First of all, its enormous and its actually gotten bigger. The eye wall is now 40 miles across. The maximum sustained winds did weaken a little bit over the past 24 hours due to that eye wall replacement cycle but as it moves north of cuba its moving into warmer waters. That will likely intensify the storm. So, the latest from the National Hurricane center does bring it into the florida keys, Central Florida keys around marathon as a category five hurricane, very early sunday morning, maximum sustained winds 160 miles per hour, gusts more than 200 miles per hour. And continuing to make that turn near naples florida, by sunday morning as a category four hurricane and then pushing it just west of the spine of the florida peninsula by jacksonville a Tropical Storm and then pushing all that heavy rain into georgia as a Tropical Storm. So, we have hurricane warnings in effect for all of south florida, really every place south of fort p