Limo Company Operator Pleads Guilty To Charges In Deadly 2018 Crash In Schoharie
Investigators say the limo's brakes failed on a hill and it reached speeds of more than 100 mph before it crashed.
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Investigators say the limo's brakes failed on a hill and it reached speeds of more than 100 mph before it crashed.
Ida's deluge walloped the North Shore peninsulas of Long Island. Communities suffered severe damage when a possible tornado moved across water, toppling trees onto homes.
As the skies clear and the water recedes Thursday, the storm is blamed for at least one death in the Garden State.
Rain and runoff from the remnants of Hurricane Ida turned the Mamaroneck River from placid to raging.
The officer reportedly radioed in early Thursday morning that his car had been swept away by floodwaters.
When the Elizabeth River crested it sent water about eight to 10 feet high, trapping some people in their ground-floor apartments with nowhere to go.
The explosion leveled the house on River Road and at least three other homes were damaged.
Scott was "disoriented and confused" when police woke him up, the DA said. He reportedly admitted to drinking earlier that night and failed three field sobriety tests.
Gov. Murphy toured the damage left behind by a tornado that ripped through Mullica Hill Wednesday as remnants of Ida tore through the region.
The roads look more like rivers this morning, and the cars will have to be towed away once the water recedes.
The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park.
A flash flood watch is in effect until 2 p.m. Thursday, and the Office of Emergency Management issued a travel advisory into Thursday morning.
Just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced he was declaring a state of emergency in response to the storm.
His wife said the attack, captured on the Uber dashboard camera, left him in pain and depressed.
Police say the man jumped a fence then knocked over a statue in front of St. Michael's Church on Barclay Avenue in Flushing.
