1 teen dead, 1 critically hurt after subway surfing on Williamsburg Bridge
One teenager is dead and another was critically hurt after subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday.
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One teenager is dead and another was critically hurt after subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday.
The NYPD is investigating a deadly subway surfing incident on the Williamsburg Bridge. Officials are once again pleading with teens to stop taking part in these deadly stunts. CBS News New York's Mahsa Saeidi reports.
A New York City man pleaded guilty to creating explosives, storing them on apartment building rooftops and throwing at least one onto the subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge.
Michael Gann, who allegedly built explosive devices and hid them on rooftops around New York City, pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
Michael Gann is accused of making at least seven explosives in NYC, and throwing some off the Williamsburg Bridge into the East River.
Investigators say he made at least seven devices, storing them on Manhattan rooftops. He is even accused of throwing one onto subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge. CBS News New York's Alice Gainer reports.
Federal prosecutors say one of those explosives was thrown onto the subway tracks from the Williamsburg Bridge. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook.
Michael Gann is accused of making at least seven explosives and throwing some off the Williamsburg Bridge, the FDR Drive and the East River. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook has the details.
A New York man faces charges after he allegedly made several explosive devices and threw some of them off the Williamsburg Bridge, prosecutors said Friday.
A New York man faces charges after he allegedly made several explosive devices and threw some of them off the Williamsburg Bridge, prosecutors said Friday.
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A teenager is dead after surfing the subway on the Williamsburg Bridge on Thursday.
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It was sentencing day Wednesday in a horrific drunken driving crash on the Williamsburg Bridge.
It happened just after 3:30 a.m. Thursday on the bridge's outbound outer roadway.
Police say the car was traveling from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the bridge around 3:15 a.m. Thursday when it crashed into a barrier.
The discovery led to eastbound traffic on the outer roadway of the bridge into Brooklyn being shut down as police investigated.
A disabled train on the Williamsburg Bridge and other problems led to delays and reroutes on multiple subway lines late Thursday afternoon, as New Yorkers prepared for New Year's Eve celebrations.
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