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Saturday, 6 October 2012

Passengers injured when bus overturns in Wayne

Eyewitness NewsWAYNE (WABC) -- A bus carrying about 60 people overturned Saturday morning on an Interstate 80 exit ramp in Wayne, New Jersey.

The accident happened at about 7:45 a.m. when the bus overturned on a highway exit ramp and slid down an embankment.

Police believe the driver was travelling at a high rate of speed, and was unable to negotiate the curve coming off the exit ramp.

Some windows burst during the collision and the frames pinned three people, but they were quickly freed and taken to hospitals with the other victims.

The bus was chartered by Cynthia Tours based in Toronto. The passengers were a mix - some were part of a church group, others were coming down to visit family. There were also drop off locations in both Manhattan and Flatbush. The bus was attempting to come over through that overpass when it skidded into a muddy ditch.

"I just felt a big boom, people started flying," said passenger John Anthony.

Anthony was the first to climb out of the broken front windshield of the Canadian Tour Bus and call for help. He took pictures of the frantic rescue.

All 56 people on board left Toronto at 6 p.m. on Friday evening. They passengers had plans to spend their three-day Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend in New York. The bus then lost control and flipped over near Exit 53 on I-80 East in Wayne around 7:40 Saturday morning.

That is when passengers sprang into action. Warren Lawrence helped 15 people out of a rooftop hatch.

"The bus was lying on its side - people want to get out," Lawrence said.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The 51-year-old driver is Neville Larmond, who is in the hospital suffrering from a gashed arm. As a matter of routine, investigators will look into whether drugs and alcohol were involved.

The accident backed up traffic in the area for hours while law enforcement officials and emergency services vehicles attended to the scene.

Several highways connect there, and the area is known locally as the "spaghetti bowl".

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Saturday, 22 September 2012

Man injured after jumping in tiger den at Bronx Zoo

Web produced by Jennifer Matarese, Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- A man is in critical but stable condition after apparently jumping from a monorail into the tiger den at the Bronx Zoo.

Bronx Zoo officials expressed relief that the 400-pound tiger spared the man's life.

"I think it's safe to say if he wanted to do harm he would have," said Jim Breheny, Bronx Zoo Director.

The 11-year-old Siberian tiger they call "Bachuta" did bite 25-year-old David Villalobos several times.

It left him with multiple puncture wounds on his arms, legs, shoulders and back and he also sustained a broken ankle and arm.

"He made a deliberate attempt to get over the fence, this wasn't an accident," Breheny said.

At about 3 p.m. Friday, officials say Villalobos was on the zoo's Wild Asia monorail in the last car by himself.

Then at the tiger exhibit, he jumped 17 feet and cleared the fences.

For 10 minutes, the 25-year-old was on the ground in the pen with the tiger until zoo emergency teams and the NYPD could get to the exhibit and with a fire extinguisher distract the tiger.

While officials know what happened they are still trying to determine why it happened.

Why did Villalobos do it? Was it a suicide attempt?

At his family's home in Mahopac his sister refused to go on camera and neighbors are grasping for answers as well.

The tiger is expected to be back in the exhibit perhaps as early as Saturday.

Villalobos will remain hospitalized at Jacobi Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition.

Zoo officials say the outcome come could have been dramatically different.

"We did not have to use deadly force but we were prepared to if we had to," Breheny said.

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Friday, 7 September 2012

Grandfather struck by lightning killed, 9 injured

Matt Kozar, Eyewitness NewsDEMAREST (WABC) -- A 71-year-old man was struck by lightning at Northern Valley Regional High School on Friday afternoon, according to Demarest Fire Department.

It was supposed to an enjoyable Friday afternoon for a grandfather who'd come to watch his granddaughter play soccer.

Instead, around 4:15 p.m. he was struck by lightning and he died at Hackensack Medical Center.

It came out of the sky, through the clouds with a vengeance, stripping the bark off a tree and impaling debris into the neatly trimmed playing fields at Demarest High School.

It was a deadly bolt of lightning that killed a 71-year-old man from Haworth who'd come to watch his granddaughter, a freshman, play soccer.

He was airlifted to Hackensack Medical Center after getting struck, but police tell Eyewitness News the helicopter had to land several miles away because it wasn't safe on school grounds.

"There were a hundred plus students who were evacuated into the south gym for safety purposes," said Chief James Powderly, Demarest Police Department.

"We did see the lightning. We saw it come down from the sky. It was a huge bolt. It was all over the place. So it not only had gotten here, but there was also lightning on the football field. That's why we ran upstairs because we didn't want to be in the line of fire," said Eli Nachmany, a student.

Nine students complained of tingling sensations and first responders rushed them to area hospitals to be evaluated.

This is the third lightning related death this summer.

In July, a 48-year-old woman was killed at a beach in Monmouth County when a line of fast moving storms blew through the area.

In August, a 41-year-old died after getting struck by lightning while fishing with his son in Long Branch.

Back at Demarest High School, the first week back from summer recess has been marked by death and tragedy, particularly for those students who watched it unfold.

"We made sure that our crisis team is here to assess the situation," said Christopher Nagy, Superintendent.

Investigators have not yet released the name of the man who died.

The police chief told Eyewitness News he was on the grounds when this storm was overhead.

He says it was so loud he thought something exploded.

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Thursday, 17 May 2012

Stamford cop critically injured in fall during chase

Eyewitness NewsSTAMFORD -- A Stamford police officer was critically injured in a fall that occurred while he was chasing a robbery suspect on foot.

Assistant Police Chief Jim Matheny says the 36-year-old officer, identified as Troy Strauser, fell about 20 feet from a bridge abutment over Interstate 95 in Norwalk early Thursday morning, and was undergoing surgery at Norwalk Hospital.

Police arrested 30-year-old Frank Douglas after the chase. He faces numerous charges including robbery, assaulting a police officer and cruelty to animals. Police say he choked a police dog during the struggle to apprehend him.

Police say the chase began shortly after 1 a.m. when a witness reported that a man was being beaten and robbed in Stamford. Police chased the suspect's car from Stamford into Norwalk, where it crashed.

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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Blood drive to be held Friday for injured firefighter

Margie Mohtashemi, Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- There is a need for blood donors to help a badly burned New York City firefighter.

The New York Blood Center says the immediate need for O-negative blood for Robert Wiedmann has been met.

However, more may be needed for his upcoming surgeries.

Wiedmann was burned over 50% of his body while battling a fire in Crown Heights last week.

He remains in critical condition.

A special blood drive will be held in his honor on Friday at the Baldwin Fire Department.

Firefighter James Gersbeck also was injured but less severely.

The blood drive on Friday will be held from 2-8:30 p.m. at the Baldwin Fire Headquarters, 2386 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY.

For more information on giving blood, please visit: http://www.nybloodcenter.org/

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Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Suspect critically injured in shootout with police

Adam Stephan, Eyewitness NewsNEWARK (WABC) -- A suspect was injured during a police involved shooting in Newark.

It happened Monday just before 10 p.m. near the intersection of 18th Avenue and Livingston Street.

NJ State Police troopers and Newark Police officers were both pursuing the suspect apparently, according to police scanners, for his involvement in a carjacking.

The chase ended in a crash and shots were exchanged between the cops and the suspect.

The suspect was shot multiple times and is being transported to University Hospital in critical condition.

Multiple crime scenes have been established in the area as a result of the pursuit.

No police officers were shot.

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Friday, 23 December 2011

2 dead, 1 injured in deadly shooting in Brentwood

Eyewitness NewsBRENTWOOD, L.I. (WABC) -- Police on Long Island are investigating a deadly shooting.

Officers responded to reports of shots fired in an intersection in Brentwood at around 2:50 this morning.

Upon arrival police found three people had been shot.

Two of the victims were pronounced dead and the third was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition.

Police do not know the cause of the shooting at this time and have closed several roads due an ongoing investigation.

The street closures include Lincoln Avenue between White Street and Hewes Street and Stockton Street between Lincoln Avenue and Madison Avenue.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Long Island police department.

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Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Model injured by small plane propeller

Web produced by Jennifer Matarese, Eyewitness NewsPLANO, Texas (WABC) -- A model and fashion writer was severely injured when she accidentally walked into the small propeller of a plane.

She loved fashion, she wrote it, talked about it, and even started a magazine about it called "Lolo".

Monday night, 23-year-old Lauren Scruggs is in a Texas hospital fighting for her future after a freak plane accident.

The young fashionista from Plano, Texas was flying around in a small propeller plane Saturday night to look at Christmas lights.

What began as a holiday treat, ended up costing the young model and fashion editor her hand.

Officials believe when the plane landed at a small private airport in McKinney, Scruggs got off and in a bizarre accident walked right into the propeller, which sliced at her like a giant blender.

She was rushed to the hospital where doctors removed what remained of her left hand.

It is reported she has also suffered brain, face and shoulder injuries.

Her family, devout Christians, say she was not drinking at the time.

"We have a strong faith in Jesus Christ as does our daughter; she's going to be on a tough road. It's going to be a long way back," said Jeff Scruggs, Lauren's father.

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Mom injured, daughter fatally shot in Queens

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Gunfire has killed a daughter and wounded a mother inside an apartment building in the Astoria section of Queens.

Guerino Annarumma left the 114th precinct in handcuffs, sources say, to help police find the gun that was used to shoot his estranged wife and to kill her daughter.

He is the lone suspect and police and neighbors say he has a history of violence and threats against his wife.

"We saw him drive, I ignored him," a neighbor said.

But the courts did not.

"This as the order of protection I have," said Helene Sherman, Olga Annarumma's divorce attorney.

Helene Sherman is Olga's divorce attorney.

There were two orders of protection issued against Guerino Annarumma regarding his wife.

. "She wanted nothing, she would just say 'he's crazy,'" Sherman said.

A neighbor threw a Piece of cardboard over the bloodstains left after 57-year-old Olga Borodina Annarumma, Guerino's estranged wife, and her daughter 25-year-old Valeria Kuzmina Lowery were shot at their home Monday morning.

Neighbors say Guerino Annarumma had a violent and contentious relationship with the two.

Guerino didn't hide his contempt or his intentions.

In several blogs, he ranted about the two: "God will make you pay," he wrote in one.

And in another, "Remember one thing. Whatever goes around comes around. One day it will come to you and your mother, I don't have nothing to lose," he wrote, "You are going to pay for whatever you did. I don't play no games," he wrote cryptically, "Good luck. Bye bye."

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Saturday, 9 July 2011

Woman injured in Midtown hit and run

Eyewitness NewsMIDTOWN (WABC) -- The search is on for the driver who hit a woman in Midtown and drove away.

Police say the 23-year old woman may have known the person who struck her.

Investigators say she was standing on 46th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue when she was hit by a green Honda Pilot around 3:00 Saturday morning.

The driver sped off, witness said.

The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.

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Wednesday, 18 May 2011

More than a dozen injured in Chelsea elevator drop

Eyewitness NewsCHELSEA (WABC) -- An elevator suddenly dropped three floors in a Chelsea building Wednesday morning, injuring more than a dozen people inside.

The elevator fell inside a building on West 19th Street just after 7 a.m.

The freight elevator dropped three floors, landing in the basement.

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