but first, kristin volk describes how the situation unfolded. >> reporter: chris, i spoke to a guy who works here at crocker park. he was in a parking garage behind me. that garage was next to the explosion. he said it was complete insanity. it was as if he was in a movie and a bomb had just gone off. and others farther away described the same sort of scene. >> there was this huge explosion. >> it was very loud. very loud. caught on so many cameras today. >> it was a dangerous situation. >> reporter: a situation that sent 250 construction workers fleeing from this american greetings building. it caused parts of crocker park and near by health centers to close. >> we shut down for our patients and will reopen tomorrow. >> reporter: crocker road also closed as police, fire, and ambulance took over the area. >> we don't want the patients to come just to not be able to get in so we started calling the rest of our patients. >> reporter: clinics canceled for the rest of the day adding that one patient drove all the way from port clinton, arriving shortly after the explosion to find out she c

live in cleveland, kristin volk, newschannel5. >> thank you kristin. >>> a stark county man is locked up accused of stalking a woman and struggling with police. that confrontation was caught on camera during a traffic stop. the man locked himself inside a car. after officers threatened to police say he struggled with them so two officers stunned him with a taser. the woman who has a no-contact order called police yesterday accusing him of watching and possibly videotaping her. that led to the confrontation with officers. >> he started pulling away and reached into his pocket. fearing for our safety, we tried to pin him against the vehicle and get him into cuffs and ultimately separated and deployed taser on him. >> he is being held on adds 50,000 bond and is charged with menacing by stalk and resisting arrest. >>> four inmates are facing additional charges after everydosing at an akron halfway house. it happened last night at the glenwood campus. staff noticed four men act erratically. they were taken to the hospital for treatment, then to jail. this is not the first time something li

our team coverage continues with kristin volk. so, kristin, how are the businesses dealing with today's explosion? >> reporter: well, chris, it workers here along crocker road until they felt the ground shake and they heard a very loud, unusual noise. they ran outside, fearing something terrible had happened. one of them capturing what you are about to see on his cell phone. >> it was extremely loud. all the construction crews and firefighters started running towards us. >> reporter: this woman could not believe what she was seeing. >> the whole building shook. even dust to the floor. >> reporter: mercer was seeing patients across the street from the explosion. a half mile down the block -- >> it was very loud. >> reporter: workers described the same sort of scene. >> there was this huge, almost like a sonic boom, and the floor was rumbling as well as the ceiling. and we didn't know what it was. >> reporter: crocker road shut down soon after. emergency vehicles flooded the street and dozens of construction workers congregated outsi

kristin volk live in town. the deals are already starting to roll in. >> reporter: starting to roll in. one of those deals getting done today as the two-bedroom can dough downtown here we're told bit difficult to rent. >> reporter: a whopping $33,000 building. $50,000 to rent this eight- heights. that's what some homeowners are asking to rent out their place convention. but local real estate agent jarred zach warns against those high prices. >> reporter: it appears most of the budgets are around $2,000 to $3,000 per bedroom per week. >> reporter: for seven bedrooms she's asking $18,000. but she admits she's flexible. >> we're really happy with anything. it's more for us about being part of the process. no matter what your political leaning it's an exciting time. is probably in the $6,000 to $7,000 range, and that may be condo downtown. >> reporter: location is key. downtown. action. >> reporter: location will likely be lucrative for dan square-foot office space. >> it seems it would be very useful for one of th

i'm kristin volk newschannel 5. >>> ohio plays a crucial role in today's races but not the only coveted prize. we will go to florida where it is do or die for senator marco rubio. >>> at 5:30, we take the crucial rule ohio voters are playing and explain the strategic voting. >>> plus only on newschannel 5, a man who was just three years old when his sheriff deputy father was killed talks about the man convicted of that crime is up for parole. >>> and a major admission from the nfl, a league official now traumatic brain disease. >>> continuing on live team coverage of primary day in ohio. of course it will be a major victory for any party. marcy gonzalez joining live coverage from florida, a crucial battleground state in this primary election. marcy have been saying vote for rubio in florida in an effort to keep donald trump from racking up delegates. what do the polls show in his home state? >> that's the message from the marco rubio campaign. there is an ad airing saying a vote for anyone other than marco rubio is a vote for donald trump. so he is clearly trying to close the very big g

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live in the newsroom, kristin volk, newschannel5. the first uterus transplant right here in the united states has failed. the procedure took place last month at the cleveland clinic. we're learning late breaking developments tonight about the patient. anchor danita harris is at the live desk. >> the recipient, a 26-year-old woman, developed a serious complication on tuesday. i reached out to the cleveland clinic earlier and they would not go into detail about the complication other than to say the operation to remove the transplant. the patient, lindsay, was the first of 10 planned transplants by the cleveland clinic. it is appear experimental program meant to enable women without a uterus to get pregnant and give birth. lindsey was born without a utter the results. she spoke about her struggle earlier this week. >> from that moment on i have prayed that god would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy, and here we are today at the beginning of that journey. >> and today lindsey released a statement that says she's doing we