police say the suspect richard rohas has a history of driving under the influence. >> some students from philadelphia and new york city today witnessed the crash. and our alexandria hof has the story. alex. >> uk eerks jessica, the two buses returned to the school 9:30 tonight met by many relieved parents. >> a shocking scene that has shaken students from st. st. cecilia school in northeast philadelphia to the core. >> i started running and was crying making sure my friends were okay. >> the group of 8th graders were on a field trip to see a broadway play in new york time square when before noon a speeding car came barreling the wrong way down 7th avenue to the busy intersection of 42 street. >> he ak celebrated he was not stopping. ran on the favorment and hit quite a few people. i saw people flying in the air like dolls. >> at that point. it ameka spalding rushed at man'sy children as she could into the nearby saphora store. 18-year-old woman was killed and 22 others injured. all students and staff in the st. cecilia group of merely 100 was unharmed. >> it was a mess and we saw a car s

police say the driver richard rohas was driving wrong way on seventh avenue yesterday when he jumped arly two dozen pedestrians. moments after crashing rohas tried to take off but was quickly taken into custody and there are people, body guard who ran over, held him down until police could get them there one man who works in times square but lives in philadelphia said people were afraid of what might happen next. >> people were on edge. when they saw something else will happen can we stay here or leave? it was a chaotic scene. >> we saw people running from the scene. we went running back. we saw people laying on the sidewalk. >> teenager who died is 18, her name is alyssa elseman of portage michigan. she was in new york city visiting with her family,er her sister standing by her side when she got hit died almost instantly. that looks like the back end of the car. what he is driving down with police behind him driving southbound on seventh avenue and it goes southbound to the left on forty-second and then took the left on the other fork of seventh avenue and headed opposite way against

. >> reporter: police say security cameras captured richard rohas traveling at a high rate of speed as he medicine down pedestrians. eighteen year-old alyssa else man was killed. >> it is on the ground and clearly dead just... >> reporter: emergency calls flooded 911 as people rushed to help the injured. >> we have multiple people, run over. multiple ambulances. >> reporter: witnesses say ro has tried to runaway as police closed in but some passerby jumped in to action. >> traffic, said get him. he got away from three and i tackled him. >> reporter: streets in this area have reopened, they say r ohas did pass a field sobriety test but tests show marijuana in his system. >> at this point as the mayor said there is no indication that this incident was terrorism-related. >> reporter: rohas two prior drunk driving arrests in new york. meg oliver for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> wikileaks founder jewel january assange is celebrating a legal victory. assange posted a smiling picture of himself on twitter after swedish officials dropped long standing rape investigation against him. for pennsy

richard rohas is alive...and under arrest. 18-year old alyssa elsman...vacationing with her family fromhigan...was killed. 22 other people were hurt. rojas is a former member of the u-s navy...and has had two prior d-u-i arrests. witnesses say he drove onto the sidewalk...for at least three blocks... mowing down pedestrians. "we all feel deeply right now for those who were injured and for their families. and particularly for the family of the young woman who was lost. our prayers are with her family and with all those who right now are suffering because of this horrible incident." (grant) police say rojas was arrested last week after he pointed a knife at a notary and accused the notary of stealing his identity. (steve) a homeless housing proposal in san francisco just blocks away from at&t park has fired up homeowners in the area.tonight they held a meeting to tell city officials they do not want the complex up in their neighborhood. kron 4's ella sogomonian was there she joins us live from mission bay. ella why are they against this project? mission bay homeowners are upset saying the

. >>> new york city judge has denied bail for richard rohas, man who plowed his car into pedestrianstimes square yesterday. one, 18 year-old woman was killed, 22 others were injured >>> disgracedded former congressman anthony weiner pleaded guilty to federal child sexting charges. he admitted in a new york courtroom he exchanged obscene communication was a 15 year-old girl, weiner faces years behind bars and will have to register as a sex offender. his wife, huma aberdeen filed for divorce hours after today 's hearing. >>> also tonight, president trump head overseas leaving behind a political storm, at home. good evening, everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. deputy attorney general briefed law makers in a classified hearing today. as a special prosecutor takes the rains in the investigation into russia's interference in the election. deputy attorney general rod reese evenstein arrived on capitol hill to brief house members on the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey. >> he add least implied that the memo, was part of the decision making processor the d

. >> police say the driver, he is 26 year-old, richard rohas was going the wrong way on seventh avenue, at noon time when he jumped the sidewalk, hit nearly two dozen pedestrians. moments after crashing, this guy rohas tried to take off, and he was taken down. i mean taken down. teenager who died has been identified as 18 year-old alyssa elseman, a tourist from michigan, simply walking through times square. one man who works in the area, but lives in philadelphia, says that people were afraid of what might happened next. >> people were on edge because when they first saw, it is like something else will happen, can we stay here, can we leave. it was a chaotic scene. >> we saw people running from the scene. we went running back, and we saw, people laying on the sidewalk. >> so again, this 18 year-old girl she's from portage, michigan, simply in town walking through times square, visiting, with her family. they saw this happen to her. so many people with cell phones now, of course, that you are able to capture the car, going airborne. >> look at that. >> somebody pulled out their phone, m

richard rohas a 26 year-old navy veteran from the bronx was silent and emotionally as police led himrning he faces second degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated vehicular homicide. last night police removed 2009 honda accord he was driving. >> there is no indication that this was an act of terrorism. >> reporter: just before noon rohas was driving south on seventh avenue, and then as he approached fourth second street he pulled a sudden u turn and sped north on western sidewalk, plowing into 23 people. >> he proceed on that west side, sidewalk for three and a half blocks where he hits a road. >> reporter: eighteen year-old tourist from michigan alyssa was killed, 22 others including her 13 year-old sister were hurt. this is a haunting picture of rohas just moments after he medicine down his victims. police officers and civilians carol him to be taken in custody, the scene was pure chaos. >> we went running back and we saw people laying on the sidewalk on the other block, with people around them trying to help them. >> when we heard the crash as we turned around, pedestrians w

the driver, a 26-year-old male identified as richard rohas, a resident of the bronx, was taken into custody. preliminary investigation reveals that rohas has a few arrests and two of them are for a dwi. detectives are currently refusing any other criminal history for the subject. further investigation is ongoing at this point as the mayor said, there is no indication that this incident was terrorism related. commissioner nigro will talk about the injuries. >> i'll talk about the injuries in general terms. we're not going to talk about names or specific injuries. we did have one person who was pronounced at the scene. there were four critical patients removed, two to bellevue, two to roosevelt with traumatic injuries including open fractures, including multiple traumas. none of those at this point, thanks to the fact that they were quickly transported to the hospital, is likely. but it doesn't mean they are cleared. none of those four are right now likely to parish. conditions can change. we're very hopeful the fact they were treated quickly and removed quickly that they will survive. three