reporting live over midtown, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> shannon sohn is going to keep us posted on all that as well. you can see that. darla miles is on the scene. do you hear us? >> i'm right here, bill. can you hear me? show you exactly what the scene is here on 31st street. you can see there's an nypd patrol car here. i want to show you the two officers standing in the middle of the street where this is believed to have happened. in fact they're standing, we're told, my sources here, that they're guarding the spot where there may be fluid here on the street. i spoke with one witness who said around 3:40 they saw one ambulance and lots of police cars. they responded very quickly to the scene. we know around 3:40 this call came in about a stabbing here on 5th avenue and west 31st street. we're told that the person has been transported to the hospital. no condition on them yet. but we'll tell you we're seeing lots of police activity in this area, not just here on 31st and 5th but also on the surrounding streets which suggest there may be some type of search for the pot

shannon sohn showing us the mess on the l.i.e. westbound between exits 49 and 48. we do have all lanes closed down. and as shannon pointed out, they're making some progress here. the bulldozers are there and there's that truck that was overturn. so the service road is completely jammed, the main road, the main line of the l.i.e. is also jam packed. so let's go over to our webs and i will show you a great alternate. this is the northern state parkway. northern state parkway, this is right near wolf hill road. you can see just as you go around that bend over here traffic is starting to back up. however, if you are a noncommercial vehicle, you can go on the northern state parkway. now, let's take another look here and show you what's going on as you travel onto route 80. now this, is 80 right near the garden state parkway. we do have an accident reported right near the area of exit 57. street cleaning rules are in effect, and we also have mass transit doing very well. lori and ken, over to you >> heather, thank you. >>> it's 6:20. still ahead on eyewitness news this mo

shannon sohn. >>reporter: you're looking at kennedy boulevard. 3:00, this afternoon, a work truck was traveling and hit into a parked car. fortunately there was a person trying to get in the car at the time that the truck passed. sheers off the door of that car and killed a 33-year-old man trying to get in. that work truck continued north on kennedy boulevard where it lost control at west 32nd street slamming into several parked cars. that one person that was trying to get in the car was killed at the scene. unclear if there's other injuries. you can see what a horrific crash this is. police are trying to figure out what caused this work truck to go out of control killing that driver. all of this happened in front of the dr. robertson school. we have closures on kennedy 30th and west 33rd street between avenue a and avenue c. it's going to be a rough commute this afternoon. live, shan finance sohn, eyewitness -- shannon sohn, reporting. >>> anthony, what can you tell us? >>reporter: police putting

shannon sohn, news chopper 7. look at the fire cooking there. >> reporter: this is a huge fire that started in new jersey, a few minutes ago. the fire department is on the scene, this is a row house, 124 west 26th. between avenue a and kennedy boulevard. the blaze is far from being under control. 2.5 story structure , the fire is contained to that top floor, they have two tower ladders up and in operation, see that the fire department has made entry in to the building as well. the fire pouring through the roof of the structure as well as the thick smoke. the houses are so close together. they are worried about the houses on either side. we have got west 26th street shutdown between avenue k and kennedy boulevard as they try to get the upper hand on the second alarm blaze. eyewitness news. >>> up, new, the oscar pistorius drama not over. >>> a family in new jersey which is being held fo there are a lot of ways to pack your breakfast with protein. but the most delicious way is to just add milk. new nature valley cer

reporting live over the hudson river in inglewood cliffs, shannon sohn, eyewitness news. >> thanks shannon. >>> still to come, a real life drama during the nfl draft. a prospect takes a tumble >>> yes, potential top pick went up later because embarrassing images were released on his social media account all happening right before the draft. rob powers in the newsroom with more on this story. >> reporter: social media accounts hacked with embarrassing images released costing him millions of potential earnings. there was a social media cautionary tale as we saw it play out last night. >> reporter: a game changer for one star player during last night's nba pick. team after tame overlooking offensive tackle. touted as one of the best players in college football. but after this. this video showing him smoking out of a bong posted to the twitter page just minutes before the draft began. >> somebody hacked in my sometimes somebody got photos and hacked my twitter account. >> reporter: the video and the twitter account quickly deleted. but the hack attack continues on his instagram page as he was

shannon sohn? >> reporter: yes, you can see what a mess this is. the car slammed into the barbershop at about 4:50 this afternoon. you can clearly see the damage to the brick work and the glass work in the front of the store. what we know at this point is that three people were injured. unknown of the extent of the injuries. just a few minutes ago we see someone going into the awaiting ambulance as they were conscious and alert and all of this is happening in the strip mall off jackson avenue right road. of course, police are investigating to see what caused that car to cream out of control. reporting live shannon sohn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> okay, shannon, thank you. >>> stocks ending the week trading was quiet. investors looking ahead to oil. dow fell 28 points. nasdaq composite and s&p 500 both declining slightly today. >>> frightening scene on the new jersey turnpike. who rushed to the rescue when a military humvee flipped in the middle of the highway. what did he do to help the soldiers trapped inside. >>> plus, a former assembly speaker

reporting live over north brunswick, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, shannon, thank you. trump carrying new york by a wide margin, and that's exactly what happened. trump secured 60% of the vote, more than john kasich and ted cruz combined. and that adds another 89 delegates to the frontrunner's bank. eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live now outside of trump tower. diana. >>reporter: lori, good morning. donald trump swept every county in the state last night with the exception of his own here in manhattan. he celebrated here for about two hours, but today he is once again looking to the future and heading to indiana. >> so we don't have much of a race anymore. senator cruz is just about math mathematically eliminated -- mathematically eliminated. [ applause ] >> and we've won another state. >>reporter: new york voters gave donald trump the big win he was looking for in his home state. trump took nearly all of the him the only republican with a chance of clinching the nomination before the convention. governor john kasich came in a distant second in last

we've got shannon sohn above it all in newscopter7. fill us in. >> strange accident here. it happened at about 4:00 this afternoon on old country road. you can see this car in the middle of the street. the driver of the vehicle was killed on the scene. we're going to pull the shot out to give you an idea. we've got tape up all over the roadway. old country road is going to be completely shut down between east cherry lane as police do an ongoing investigation. that's your intersection there with cherry boulevard. you can expect that this is going to be shut down for quite some time, taking it over to westbury avenue gets you around this without a problem but the details around the accident are shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> keep us updated. >>> new at 5:00, a school board member in new jersey now admits to his role in bilking the district out of $137,000. former mount olive township school board member robert mania pled guilty today to wire fraud. prosecutors say he schemed with others to increase commissions paid by the district's health insurance carrier. par

shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> now to the death of prince, an artist who defined genre. right now the cause of his death still has not been released. sheriff's deputies say they elevator after they were called to his compound in suburban minneapolis. first responders attempted cpr but they could not revive him. prince was 57 years old. fans gathered outside of his paisley park studio after hearing the news, emotional. and then shortly thereafter, three of his albums, including purple rain quickly rose to the top of the itunes chart. at the famed apollo theater in harlem, a marquee now honors prince, this as fans gathered below the marquee and played and danced to his songs this afternoon. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson is there tonight. >> good evening. whether it's purple rain or when doves cry or little red corvette or raspberry beret or i would die for you, pick one hit by prince and trust me, as you can see behind me they've been singing to it and dancing to it for hours. folks here in new york and across the country and the world coming to terms with this loss

reporting live shannon sohn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. tonight, we are learning new details about the sudden and shocking death of the icon musician, prince. to update their investigation as this is what we know right now. an autopsy on prince has been completed and his body has been released to his family. there are no obvious signs of trauma and it is not a suicide. it will likely take weeks took his life. abc adrienne bankert has more. >> reporter: the flow of friends has been non-stop since the news of prince's passing. the midwest medical examiner has confirmed that his body has been released to his family. mourning the death of the icon. by celebrating the music that was his life. prince's fans paying tribute. >> this morning we played purple rain. >> as they discuss what caused the 57-year-old to lose consciousness in an elevator in his home near minneapolis yesterday. >> cpr was initially started, but unsuccessful. he was pronounced deceased at 10:07. >> reporter: his sudden death will follow a scare last week after this concert i

let's go to shannon sohn. what happened? >> >>reporter: this happened inside the covered roadway. what we can tell you for sure and we can't tell you how bad the accident is. the left lane is shut down and that's a big problem if you're coming out of the holland tunnel. you have one lane getting through in that entire cover roadway. look how far back that accident is, and look at the delays. they start inside the holland tunnel at this point. if you can take it over to the turnpike, it's going to treat you better or take you -- reporting live over the holland tunnel, shan knowledge stone. >> shannon, thank you. >>> a special group of ladies prepared for their new arrivals today with the help with baseball wives. baby showers were held for military mom is in manhattan. amber, and jessica gardener and casey were among the wives of yankees players delivering those gifts. babies r us and operation shower. organized event. provide the ladies with essentials like bottles, bedding and toys. >> i think our producers created the perfect segway when you said showers. >> it got dark out ther

. >> i'm shannon sohn. we're in for another round of snow. >> a mix of rain and snow and call it a spring slushy. meteorologist lee goldberg tracking it all. >> you can feel how cold it is out here. gates here with some breaks. the temperatures are at 46 degrees, feeling like the upper 30s. i will not be surprised to see them extend about 100 county, warren county or mercer with the accumulating snow. we have had a couple of ice pellets mixed in. by dawn tomorrow it shouldn't be doing much in the area. just some rain in southern new jersey that will allow those temperatures to warm a little bit. and from late morning into early evening. depends on where that band is as they will determine where that accumulating snow is and where they have been to the

reporting live over bedford hills, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got more breaking news. a man getting in to his suv in bayonne was hit and killed by a passing pickup truck. new information tonight about how students from seeing the horror. johnson live at the scene for us. >>> let's tell you exactly what happened. the students were outside of the walter f. robinson school. there had been a fire drill a little bit earlier this afternoon. they were going back inside the school at the time. the horrific accident happened right out here on west 31st and jfk boulevard. the principal made the decision to go ahead and put a human chain with all the adults around the school so the students would not see the accident happening outside of their school. we understand the patient had just left out of a doctor's office here on the corner of west 31st and jfk boulevard. he had walked out of the doctor's office. apparently he was getting ready to get inside his vehicle at the time. that's when the 43-year-old man was struck by a pickup truck that was heading northbound here in ba