siff is live off the expresswit >> reporter: stefan, within the last few minutes, 81-year-old isadore adelson succumbed to his injuries, the fifth victim of this horrifying accident. we also learned tonight that the family in that lead car that went flying across the median, they were just taking their 10-year-old to splish splash to celebrate his birthday. they died just miles from their destination. was airborne. carmelo and his 10-year-old son, christopher, killed. his sister, patricia, also killed. >> heartbroken. we're very sad. >> reporter: emotional relatives spoke tonight about their pain. piniellas' girlfriend was in the car in front of theirs. >> all i saw was the car he flew to the other side, the other side of the that's when i stopped to see if everyone was okay. >> reporter: doctors say the wreckage was so shocking even the paramedics were shaken. >> many described it as the worst accident they ever saw. >> reporter: the eastbound car sped out of control near exit 68 then flew into the path of other cars, a honda whose driver was 29-year-old scott martella, suffolk county direct

island expressway has claimed a sixth life. 71-year-old helen adelson passed away today at stony brook hospital. her husband, 81-year-old isador died yesterday. the west hampton couple is among the 11 people who were killed or injured in a three-car the others who died include three members of the pinales family and a former aid to governor cuomo, scott martella. investigators are still trying to figure out why carmelo pinales lost control of his subaru outback and hit two other vehicles. >>> a military veteran needs your house tonight. his service dog is missing, snatched from outside a grocery store. stefan holt is in the wakefield section with video of the dog a trip to the grocery store to pick up dog food. it has turned into a desperate search for a service animal, stolen in broad daylight. >> i just want my dog back. i can't sleep without him. i don't feel good. >> reporter: john can't understand why someone would ever want to take his beloved service dog, chulo. 4:30 p.m., surveillance cameras captured john tying chulo's leash to a try. john walked inside, headed for capture a man in a gray t-shirt and shorts who grabs

adelson died today. she was fighting for her life since yesterday's crash in husband isador. they're investigating whether the driver was speeding when he went over a median. his car striking two cars heading in the other direction. pinales died along with his sister and son. also killed, scott martela, a former aide to governor cuomo. >> he was a very special person. big smile and a big heart. >> this was a really, really he just loved public service. >> the whole crash just so tragic, at least three people remain hospitalized tonight including a 3-year-old. >>> the scene of an alleged assault. two women say instead of getting x-rays they were sexually assaulted by an x-ray technician at kings county hospital in east flatbush. here's eyewitness news reporter jim dolan with new details. >> reporter: the victims were who were there for x-rays of their legs. both were allegedly sexually assaulted while they were alone with the x-ray technician who has worked at the kings county since 2003. >> he probably did it for a long time over and over again. >> think there could be other