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live in harlem, i'm kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> awful story. kristen, thank you. >>> new jersey state police say a child died in a multi-vehicle accident yesterday morning. i told you about this accident yesterday during the show. investigators say a pickup truck rear ended a sedan on the in bay bayonne. a 5-year-old little boy was in a car seat but did not survive the crash. another child and the driver were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. three other cars were involved in this, and two other people were hurt. >>> now stiffer penalties for assaulting workers at subway, train and bus stations in new york. if a worker is injured, the attack could be classified as a felony, and lead to 7 years in prison. new york governor andrew cuomo those workers have increasingly become targets of aggression. >>> also, new york city taxi drivers no longer have to pass their test in english. drivers tests will be available in several languages. according to a report, the move brings the city in line with app based services that do not h

kristin thorne has more. >> reporter: liz, police say 53- year-old was driving westbound on east main street when he behind me parked here. this happened outside the mill pond tavern here in center port. the man that lives in certain port was charged with dwi. this happened during a birthday party going on in the tavern last night around 9:00. we stopped by the auto body shop where a lot of these nine cars are being held right now. the owner of the auto body shop tells me he believes the damages are between 150 and $200,000 total. we spoke to partygoers they heard the loud noise from inside. they say it sounded like he backed up and hit more cars, reversed then hit them again. the birthday girl said everyone ran out to see what was going on. >> he must have been drunk. we walked outside. there was a whole bunch of pieces of cars. everybody's car was basically totaled on the outside. he basically hit every car on the outside of the lot. from inside the restaurant ran out and tackled him inside his car and held him until police arrived. he is being held on $15,000 bail. live in center p

here's long island reporter kristin thorne. >> reporter: it wasn't a fun end to the night for dozens of teenagers at the snoop dogg concert at jones beach. at least 10 of them had to be transported to the hospital last poisoning. emergency responders had to help approximately 40 teens both inside and outside the venue suffering from drug alcohol-related issues. >> with severe alcohol poisoning, it can alter your mental status, lead to coma, inhibit your breathing, and that can lead to death. >> reporter: this evening three teens remain in the icu at nassau university medical center. an 18-year-old is in serious while he was intoxicated. >> reporter: villar is with the new york state police pba. he says there were more than 10,000 people at the concert and only 16 officers on duty. >> they need to hire more police officers. we are running at around 50% of our authorized strength and that's just unacceptable. >> reporter: those with state parks told eyewitness news law enforcement h tolerance policy for underaged drinking in new york state and our state parks. people who jeopardize pub

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live in college point this morning, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> kristin, thank you. >>> now an eyewitness news exclusive. a tractor trailer on a wild and deadly ride, losing control and man with 55 arrests, and he smashed into parked cars on newark avenue and then a building. the driver, 57-year-old daddy withen. >> he has over eight felony convictions and the most recent, judge was in 2012. is charged with killing jeffrey oakly. >>> at least two people were killed in the flooding in ellicott city, but there were 120 water rescues reported. massive rain fall on saturday is being called the one in 1,000 year event. the storm dumped 6.5 inches of rain on the city, most of it in just 90 minutes. two restaurant customer die oned main street. the owner of the re glad that most everyone got out, really, and you know taxer building. it's material. it's the people who matter. >> reporter: senator barbara mckulskey toured the town and said they need federal funding to restore the town. here's jeff smith. >> reporter: it's been an unsettled pattern, and we have had quite a bit

when the party came to a screeching holt -- >> kristin thorn live in center port with the details. kristin. >>reporter: joe, and liz, police say 53-year old mark zully was driving westbound on east main street when he crashed into nine cars parked right here right outside the mill pond restaurant in center port. he's being charged with dwi. there was a birthday party going on last night when this happened around 9:00. we spoke with an owner of auto body shop. he estimates the damage at 150 and -- they heard the loud boom and it sounded as if hit more cars, reverse and hit them again. the birthday girl says everyone ran out to see what was going on. >> oh my god. it was crazy. we were having dinner at my 30th birthday. it was 9:00 at night and all of a sudden there was smash and screeching. >> danielle says that two men from inside the restaurant ran kemon inside his car and held him until police arrived. he's being held on $15,000 bail. i'm kristin thorn. >>> a lesbian is suing a catholic school that fired her after marrying another woman. kate lawsuit can move forward. a request by

kristin thorne, channel 7 this, time in brooklyn. investigators say 7 tractor trailers went up in flames in east new york, apart. five of those trucks owned by tts trucking company, based in new jersey. truck operators tell us 20 trucks have been destroyed over the past few months, so far, no injuries have been reported in any of the cases. >>> a police officer in connecticut is recovering after atta hayek is accused of punching and kicking pooler. pooler saw him pacing in a parking hot and thought he needed help. he hit pooler several times in the head and body. pooler was able to get back to the car and call for help. >>> a pilot in a hot air balloon crash killed 16 people, it is the worst hot air balloon accident in u.s. history. the crash raising questions oversee the popular past time. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. officials in texas are now confirming what the eye witnesses told us they saw and heard. the balloon hit the power lines and literally fell from the sky. the final journey for the 16 people on this hot air ballo

kristin thorn has the details. she's in west hampton beach where some of the victims live. kristin. >>reporter: liz, helen and isade his wife helen is in critical condition at the hospital. we spoke with those at the synagogue and they say they were married 30 years wanted to be involved in programs. always wanted to make sure that people were provided for. isador known as itchy to the synagogue -- governor cuomo was set to be married in april. the addisons were on a way to a weathering in new jersey. they were suppose today go with their friend bernie, she's distraught today. >> isador and helen as supposed to come with us and at the late minute they changed and i ended upbringing a different couple with and we made it and they did not. >> we know that at least three other people are still recovering a 3-year old girl. investigators are trying to figt if the little girl's uncle was speeding. kristin thorn, eyewitness news. >>> three major fire in new york half. destroyed. 35 people injured and nearly 100 displaced. and all of the fires had one thing in common. they were started by

kristin thorn posted on twitter, it belongs to the long island railroad. she's live in levelling ton with the story. >>reporter: this is the 2-mile stretch. behind me, you can see there's homes that back up to this town of lovette town and the town of homestead said they've been asking the irr to clean up this property for years and nothing gets done. people who live along this stretch say because of this unkept area, their backyards are filled with rodents and insects. this property was -- used to be railroad tracks from 1871 into the 1930s. hempstead said they're unable to cle belong to them. they say it's the irr property. once in a blue moon, crews come and clean. they don't come that often and they can't go into their backyards. >> mosquitos, there's rats. we get so bad over here, it's incredible. i found three dead rats. have dropped it off. >> in a statement to eyewitness news, the lirr says we trend this decommission stretch of railroad just last month and we'll continue to do so and we'll continue to stay in contact with elected officials as we ha

in shirley, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> chaos at a concert in jersey. coming up, video captures the moment a rail collapses at a concert in camden, hurting more than 40 p number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news at 5:00 with joe torres, sandra bookman and meteorologist jeff smith. now eyewitness news continues. >> here is a look at tonight's top stories. mourners gather for the funeral of a woman killed while out for a jog in queens. no arrests have been made in the death of the 30-year-old. her father found her lifeless home from a run tuesday night in howard beach. >>> police arrested the mother of a 15 month old girl found dead inside a mount vernon apartment. the mother will is expected to be charged in connection with the death. >>> police are looking for a man who hit a woman in the head with a stick at the brooklyn subway stags. it happened at the l stop in brownsville. good evening again, i'm sandra joe torres. not the kind of excitement that music fans wanted. a railing collapsed during a concert in camden. the. >> entire scene was caught on

kristin thorne tweeting pictures of the damage to four of the five trucks used by the business. she's live in islip with the work flow of anderson's tree service here. they can't do anything for their clients now. here's one of the trucks that was set on fire. another one right over here. this truck, the owner just had custom made. >> we have five trucks and four of them were set on fire. completely destroyed. >> reporter: causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. it happened early this morning at anderson's tree service in islip. company's office building, melting the siding. it's unclear if more than one person was involved. the owner of the company tells eyewitness news that at least one culprit was caught on surveillance cameras. he can even be seen accidentally lighting his arm on fire as he doused one of the trucks in gasoline. suffolk police seized the video as part of their investigation. in the meantime, the question remains why would someone do this? >> it's devastating. this is a family company, 45 and to come in to find this? it's heartbreaking. >> the owne

we're live in wantagh, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> they are green refuge sites for new yorkers but tonight disturb ing news about crimes in city parks. 6:00 starts right now. >>> new at 6:00, a same-sex couple in our area denied medical coverage for invitro fertilization to have a new york city murdered while walking. we're learning horrific details about the crime. good evening at 6:00. i'm bill ritter. liz is off tonight. the victim, vanessa marcotte, an employee with google here in new york city. her body found reportedly naked and burned in princeton, massachusetts about 40 miles west of boston. eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman at ms. marcotte's office in chelsea with our lead stor earlier today the da that's in charge of the case told reporters that a preliminary review of the victim's body led them to conclude this was indeed a homicide. that new information we're learning tonight also seems to suggest the same preliminary review indicated just how gruesome that young woman's death may have been. >> her body was found about one half mile from her mother

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kristin thorne is in huntington with the exclusive story. >> andrew weis lived here on the north shore of long island. he has relatives in the huntington area. they tell us weis grew up on the water. he knew everything about it. they absolutely believe that foul play was involved in his by another vessel. absolutely convinced. >> reporter: it's not just bud clarke. police say they also believe someone may have hit andrew weis' boat. >> there are hundreds of thousands of eyeballs out there. my objective is to say someone had to have seen something happening. >> reporter: it was early saturday evening when the 48-year-old father of three small children set out from gilgo beach in to the great destination. his severely damaged boat washed up in lindenhurst sunday morning. his body was recovered yesterday from copiague harbor. his relative says the whole thing doesn't make sense. he was an experienced swimmer. >> when i say experienced, i'm talking 40 years experienced. not 40 days, 40 months. 40 years experienced. >> reporter: clarke says weis distress situation, which makes him think wei

we're live in west hampton beach, i'm kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> an x-ray technician now facing charges of sexually assaulting two women. it happened inside kings county hospital. the alleged assaults happened on 57-year-old woman and 83-year-old woman were in the hospital to receive x-rays when they were assaulted. the technician, a 65-year-old man named larry jones. he was arraigned yesterday. the hospital released a statement tonight saying, quoting now, we're committed to the safety of our patients, have zero tolerance for such behavior and consider this a very serious allegation. continuing, our hospital police acted swiftly in response to the patient's complaint and we immediately terminated the individual. end quote. > today indicting a college janitor for first degree murder in the fatal shootings of an imam and his associate in queens. 35-year-old oscar morel continues to be held without bail. both victims shot in the head as they walked home from a mosque. happened august 13th in ozone park. prosecutors haven't given any possible motive. morel does not face

kristin thorne is in center port. kristin? >> police a mark duly was driving westbound here on east main street when he crashed into nine parked cars. they were parked right here he has been charged with dwi. there was a birthday party going on when this happened around 9:00 last night. they said they heard the loud boom and then it sounded as if he backed up, hit more cars, reversed, then hit them again. police aren't yet saying whether this entire thing was intentional or just an what was going on. >> oh, my gosh it was crazy. we were having dinner. it was my birthday. ill after a sudden -- all of a sudden it was a bunch of smashing and screeching. >> reporter: danielle tells us two men from inside of the tavern came out and tackled him inside of his car and held him until police arrived. >>> rht is on his way to new orleans to see the flooding and damage there. he faced backlash from republicans for not sifting sooner. marci gonzalez joins us now from baton rouge. marcy? >> reporter: hi, joel and shirleen. this is what the

we are live in college point this morning, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> kristin, thank you. >>> 6:35. a burglary suspect was shot by police in a queens home. a neighbor caught the whole thing on his cell phone. caught felix perez on her nanny camera. felix perez started to struggle with the officers, and the officer shot perez in the groin. >> i thought did that come from my house? is everybody okay? the next thing i thought was about my neighbors. >> perez ran from the house, but he was quickly arrested. he had just been released from prison in june for serving time for burglary. charges he be facing for credit's incident. >>> a judge has thrown out the charges against jose ramos in the case of etan patz. pedro hernandez was charged in 2012 for patz's murder. a jury deadlocked on the first trial, and he will have another trial this fall. ramos remains in prison for an unrelated case. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather a live look to lower manhattan right now. cloudy skies in the city. shower and thunderstorm activity having a difficult time maki

live in howard beach, kristin thorne, eyewitness news. >> newscopter 7 is live over howard beach right now where investigators continue to search for clues. we will let you know about any new developments right here and have the latest on the search for the killer starting on eyewitness news first at 4:00. queens. a 61-year-old was found lying on a bed covered in a blanket inside a basement apartment on monday. we've learned she had cuts to her face and hands. officials say she may have been dead for some time. >>> new at noon, a close call for a man who was feeding his pets in new jersey when he came face to face with a bear. it happened this morning. reporter toni yates is live at the scene. much like bear startles human startles bear. the police chief up here is very adamant. he says this is not, not considered a bear attack. that is where it happened this morning. fish and wildlife experts are in the woods. the woods are also surrounded by acres of crops. they are looking everywhere for that bear. the police chief says they want to find it because it possibly right now. the police

kristin thorn has the details. >>reporter: liz, four out of the five trucks here at anderson tree service have been destroyed. one of them is right here. the other one right here. this is a truck that the owner had custom made a short time ago. you can imagine how much that cost. anderson tree service, family owned for 45 years. he owner says he can't to his company. it happened early this morning at the company on sunrise company off islip. it's unclear if more than one person was involved. the owner says he believes the suspect or suspects poured gasoline over the trucks and lit them on fire. the fire extended to their office building as well. >> this is the height of our season and we have to postpone work and try to reschedule. it morning. >> the owner of anderson's tree service chris anderson tells me he's so thankful to all his other friends in the business who have offered to let his workers use their trucks for the next few days at least until he figures out what he's going to do with all these damaged truc

. >> reporter kristin thorn live with details all new at 4:00. >>reporter: dave and sandra, the dog was found in this gated area of 5 town's animal hospital. we can't show you the pictures of the dog because they are just far too upsetting. what we can show you is this surveillance video which shows what is most owner abandoning this dog severely emash ated. it happened around 3:00 in the afternoon. the female terrier pit bull mix was transported to a specialty vet in farmingdale, but she died from regional and kidney failure. those at the hand mall hospital said she could do little. >> we could put cold water in her mouth to keep her hydrated, only thing -- the only movement she -- the only movement she made was switching her eye. >> there's a 5,000 reward for anyone who can lead them to the suspect and if that results in an arrest and conviction. live in endwood, i'm kristin thornton. >>> charges pending against a man who police say hit someone with a car and fired several shots and drove to westchester he was taken to harrison. police say a gu

eyewitness news reporter kristin thorne is live on the scene with what we know at this moment. >> we just saw about 10 detectives emerge from the marshlands here around 161st avenue. still a number of detectives here on the scene. they say they found the body of a 30-year-old woman in the marshes of spring creek park. her family members say she went for a jog around 5:00 yesterday called police when she didn't return home by about 7:00. the family members took to the marshes to try to find her as well as police. her body was discovered just before midnight. her cell phone also recovered along a bike path. we spoke to a man who knows the victim's father. >> my son came home and said block. i've got two daughters. it's really a shock. really a shock. i feel bad for the parents. >> police are not releasing the woman nfs -- the woman's identity at >> especially considering the gj?]gltime of the year. we do have locally developing fog. just be careful, give yourself : little bit of extra time if you're heading in from that direction. if weoy>t: during the next several hours,y: temperature

kristin wright, thank you. it's 5:15. the city of fairfax will swear in its interim mayor. he will take over the top job at 10:30 this morning. the former councilman replaces scott silver thornrrest in a sex for drugs bust. some acknowledged the work that silver thorn did and others focused on the embarrassment he's caused. >> worked hard for the city. he's still a -- if he needs to reach out, i'm available. i'm knot afraid of him. >> how do i explain to my 13-year-old daughter the specifics an the details of the mayor's arrest. that's a reality. >>> this morning, the swearing-in ceremony takes place at the council chamber. a special election to pick a new mayor is scheduled for february 7th. >>> this just in. sprint says 911 service is fully restored after an outage. calls to emergency lines yesterday. the phone carrier said the issue was connected to a power outage at a switch site. sprint is not saying whether it was this transformer fire we talked about yesterday morning. power is still out in -- road closures and detours are still set up. pepco says repairs should be completed by 3:00 today. >>> today, you can find out what alexandria is doing to fight and prevent mosqu