At least 15 people died and 40 were injured when a bus crashed in the Brazilian resort town of Paraty

People help the injured passengers of a bus after it crashed in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil on September 6, 2015 (AFP Photo/Carlos Valim)


Sao Paulo (AFP) - At least 15 people died and 40 were injured when a bus crashed in the Brazilian resort town of Paraty, state officials said.

The accident happened on a highway linking Paraty, in Rio de Janeiro state, with the coastal area of Trinidade, a fire department spokesman said. Rescue workers and crash investigators were at the scene.

Local media reported the crash took place on a winding road on a descent known in Portuguese as "God Help Me Hill."

Brazilians were enjoying a long holiday weekend for Independence Day which is Monday. That meant more people were on the roads to take advantage of a three-day getaway to the beach.

Paraty, a Portuguese colonial-era town with a population of around 40,000, is famous for its charming architecture and idyllic environment.

It sits on the border of Brazil's two most populous states, Rio and Sao Paulo. It also is popular with foreign visitors.

About 43,000 people die each year on Brazil's roads. Before the country's economic boom cooled, accidents surged by 24 percent between 2002-2012 and about 10,000 new cars took to the roads each day.

In March, 54 people were killed when a bus taking them to a religious event plunged off a cliff in the southern state of Santa Catarina.

FLORIDA THE HORRIBLE: Fiery crash on the Florida Turnpike kills 3, including infant

UPDATED  Sep 06, 2015


HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. —A crash in Lake County claimed three lives and closed part of the Florida Turnpike for hours early Sunday morning.


Officials with the Florida Highway Patrol said James Dameron, 24, of Orlando, was driving south at mile marker 286 near Howey-in-the-Hills when he rear-ended a Nissan Maxima.

Investigators said Dameron's Mercedes and the Maxima both overturned and caught fire.

Two of the occupants of the Maxima died at the scene. A baby in the Maxima was ejected and died at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

Dameron suffered minor injuries and was taken to South Lake Hospital in Clermont for treatment.

FHP said Dameron's license was suspended on Sept. 1, but did not give a reason for the suspension.

Troopers say the crash is under investigation and charges are pending.

The victims' car is registered in Georgia and their names have not been released.

Stay with WESH 2 and WESH.com for updates.

Eight people were injured, four critically, Sunday afternoon in a crash involving two vehicles in the Sawtelle neighborhood of L.A.'s Westside

Posted September 6, 2015
by John A. Moreno and Ellina Abovian


Eight people were injured, four critically, Sunday afternoon in a crash involving two vehicles in the Sawtelle neighborhood of L.A.'s Westside, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

The collision happened in the 11200 block of West Santa Monica Boulevard and left one of the vehicle's occupants trapped inside, the LAFD said in Twitter at 2:17 p.m.

Three of the injured were pedestrians, the agency said.

The eight patients were transported to hospitals. Four were in critical condition, according to the Fire Department: a female pedestrian, 27; a man and woman, both 30; and a 27-year-old man.

Four other victims were in good-to-fair condition, the LAFD said. They were described as a 33-year-old man, 8 year-old girl, and two children of unknown gender, ages 3 and 6.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Northeast Fresno, CA honey oil explosion prompts search for suspects

Updated 1 hr 54 mins ago

 

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- 

 

Authorities are searching for suspects after a honey oil explosion in Northeast Fresno.

Residents spotted smoke coming from an upstairs unit at the Island Lakes Apartments on First Street near Nees Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. 

Firefighters and police found butane lighter fluid and signs of a small explosion. They also discovered droplets of blood, but no one was home.

Investigators checked with all the local hospitals, but they did not have anyone with injuries from the blast.

Injuries reported in Cape May County, NJ multi-vehicle accident near Two-Mile Bridge

Updated 1 hr 6 mins ago

LOWER TWP., N.J. (WPVI) --

A number of people are reported injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Cape May County, New Jersey.

The accident happened around 8:00 p.m. Sunday in the area of Middle Thorofare Bridge, also known as the Two-Mile Bridge, in Lower Township.

There are reports of multiple injuries. The severity of the injuries is unknown at this time.

The Two-Mile Bridge connects Wildwood Crest and Cape May.

Stay with Action News and 6abc.com as more information becomes available.

Motorcyclist killed after he collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee in Winslow Township, NJ

Sunday, September 06, 2015 07:50PM

WINSLOW TWP., N.J. (WPVI) --

A motorcyclist is dead after an accident in Winslow Township, New Jersey.

The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Vernon Court near Sicklerville Road.

Authorities say the motorcycle collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The motorcyclist, identified as 55-year-old Weldon Battle of Sicklerville, NJ, was pinned under the Jeep.

Winslow Township Fire Department worked to free Battle from underneath the vehicle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Jeep was not injured.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

Any witnesses are asked to contact the Winslow Township Police Department.

Boater drowns after falling off sailboat in Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge

Updated 1 hr 33 mins ago

TARRYTOWN (WABC) --

A boater fell off of a sailboat into the Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge on Sunday evening.

Westchester County Police pulled him out of the water and did CPR at the Tarrytown Marina.

The man was taken to hospital where he later died.

He has not yet been identified.

Five homes were damaged as intense heat, two-alarm fire engulfed nearby homes in New Orleans, LA

3 NEW ORLEANS FFs INJURED AT 2 ALARM FIRE

Monday, September 7, 2015 

Five homes were damaged as intense heat two-alarm fire engulfed nearby homes on Friday.

New Orleans crews found a home under renovation at Kentucky and North Rampart Streets fully involved and spreading to an adjacent home when they arrived around 4:20 p.m. The fire quickly spread to an adjacent home and a second alarm was called.

The fire was so intense that it damaged two homes across the street and another structure, New Orleans fire officials said.  The fire was under control within an hour.

One firefighter suffered burns to his elbow and was struck by debris when the original home collapsed. Two other firefighters suffered injuries to their hand and back and all three were taken to Tulane Medical Center.

A total of 29 firefighters responded.

Insured losses from Chinese Tianjin port explosions seen at up to $3.3 bln

Sunday, 06 September 2015 15:33


 Written by AdminSailor




HONG KONG, Sept 4 (Reuters) - 

Explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin last month could generate insurance losses of up to $3.3 billion, reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Company said in a report on Friday, nearly double what some analysts had originally thought. 

Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance unit of Marsh & McLennan Co Inc used high definition satellite images to evaluate how buildings, cargo, containers and property around the port were affected by the blasts, the company said.

The damages are seen between $1.6 billion and $3.3 billion, compared with between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Credit Suisse analysts had estimated days after the blast in August. 

Source : Reuters

UPDATE 6: MASSIVE SLURRY OIL SPILL RESPONSE AFTER TUG BOAT COLLISION NEAR COLUMBUS

U.S. Coast Guard Heartland
4 hrs ·


PADUCAH, Ky. – The unified command in Paducah continues to respond to a spill in the Mississippi River at mile marker 937.

Lightering operations on the damaged barge have begun to remove the remaining clarified slurry oil, and arrangements are being made to move the barge out of the area.

A safety zone remains in effect from mile marker 936 to mile marker 938. Vessel traffic is restricted to one-way traffic and shall coordinate movement through the safety zone with the motor vessel Joe B. Wyatt on Channel 13.

Approximately 80 vessels have transited through the safety zone since it reopened Friday night.

The Columbus boat ramp will remain closed until the safety zone has been removed.

The cause of the incident is under investigation by the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board.

2 injured after a CASA-212-200 plane crashes in Franklin County, NC

A small plane crashed in Franklin County on Sunday afternoon

 

 A similar CASA-212-200 plane to the one that crashed

Updated 49 mins ago

FRANKLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) --

North Carolina Highway Patrol said a small, twin-engine plane crashed Sunday afternoon in Franklin County.



A spokesperson with the FAA said it was a DHC-6 aircraft with three people on board. It crashed around 3:30 p.m. at the North Raleigh Airport near Louisburg.

Two of the three people on board were hurt, but authorities said their injuries are not serious.

A Highway Patrol sergeant named the pilot as 37-year old Michael Vargo. The two passengers with him were Tim Baldwin and John Schroeder.

It was not released which of the three passengers were hurt.

"It was pretty intense," said Lisa Weaver, who was on her way back from the store when she saw the wreckage.

"There were probably about 10 Highway Patrol, three ambulances...there was like three or four fire trucks," said Weaver.

The FAA is investigating.

Date:	06-SEP-2015
Time:	-14:45
Type:	CASA-212-200
Owner/operator:	Rampart Aviation
Registration:	N467CS
C/n / msn:	167
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Location:	North Raleigh Airport (00NC), Franklinton/Louisburg, NC -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	North Raleigh (00NC)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft impacted trees during an aborted takeoff attempt at North Raleigh Airport (00NC), Katesville, between Franklinton and Louisburg, North Carolina. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard received undetermined injuries.
Sources: 
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179331 http://www.durhamlocalnews.com/injuries-reported-in-plane-crash-in-franklin-county/25881
http://wncn.com/2015/09/06/injuries-reported-in-plane-crash-in-franklin-county/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=467CS
http://rampartaviation.com/rampart-services/fleet/
http://rampartaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/N467CS-sm.jpg

PRELIM. INFO.: On July 4, 2015, about 1420 central daylight time, a Champion 7BCM, N10497, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the 16th-tee box of the Northshore Gulf Course located in Portland, Texas, while maneuvering at a low altitude. The pilot and passenger received fatal injuries.

 
NTSB Identification: CEN15FA291

14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, July 04, 2015 in Portland, TX
Aircraft: CHAMPION 7BCM, registration: N10497
Injuries: 2 Fatal.


This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report. 

On July 4, 2015, about 1420 central daylight time, a Champion 7BCM, N10497, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the 16th-tee box of the Northshore Gulf Course located in Portland, Texas, while maneuvering at a low altitude. The pilot and passenger received fatal injuries. The airplane was owned by a private individual and operated by the pilot under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed.The flight's origination and destination are unknown.

Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying at a low altitude before the airplane impacted the terrain in a steep, nose down attitude. The engine compartment, fuselage, wings, and empennage remained intact and there was no post impact ground fire. The propeller and engine compartment were crushed up and aft from the impact. The wings remained attached to the fuselage and exhibited crushing on the underside of the leading edges. The right wing was broken and buckled forward about mid-span; it impacted the edge of the tee box where the terrain dropped down about 3 feet. The ailerons remained attached to the wings. The tail and empennage exhibited forward buckling. There was no impact damage to the horizontal and vertical stabilizers. Flight control cable continuity was confirmed from all flight control surfaces to their respective cockpit controls. The elevator trim continuity was confirmed from the elevator trim to the elevator trim control. Witnesses, who arrived at the accident site before the emergency first responders arrived, reported that they saw fuel leaking from the wings and smelled fuel. The grass was examined about 48-hours after the accident occurred and it exhibited fuel blight.

The examination of the Continental 95-horsepower engine revealed that it had power train continuity when the propeller was turned. Thumb compression and suction were observed. The left and right magnetos fired on all four towers when the magneto shaft was rotated. The spark plugs exhibited a light gray color and the electrodes exhibited normal wear patterns. The carburetor was broken at the air intake attachment. The carburetor bowl did not contain fuel and the carburetor floats were intact.

The examination of the two-bladed wooden Sensinech propeller revealed that one blade was fractured about mid-span. About six to ten inches of the remaining wooden blade was splintered opposite the direction of travel. The other blade remained intact, but it was cracked along the length of the span. The leading edge of the blade had a metal cap on it and it exhibited chordwise scratching.

The 1356 surface weather observation at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (NGP) located about 11 miles to the south the accident site was: wind 150 degrees at 18 knots gusting to 25 knots; 10 miles visibility; few clouds at 2,100 feet; scattered clouds at 4,000 feet; temperature 31 degrees C; dew point 26 degrees C; altimeter 29.99 inches of mercury.

Probable cause of balloon collision in Provo, UT: The failure of the Balloon Works pilot to see and avoid the Balony Balloon during an ascent

NTSB Identification: GAA15CA157A

14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, July 02, 2015 in Provo, UT
Probable Cause Approval Date: 08/12/2015
Aircraft: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY8 - 24, registration: N7148P
Injuries: 1 Minor, 5 Uninjured.



NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.

The pilots of the two balloons involved in a midair collision reported that they both began the takeoff ascent as part of a competition. The Balloon Works balloon pilot, who was lower than the Balony balloon during the ascent, reported that his envelope collided vertically with the basket of the Balony balloon, about 2,000 feet above the ground. The Balony balloon pilot reported that he saw the Balloon Works balloon below him and started to use both of the available burners, but was unable to climb fast enough. After the midair collision, the Balloon Works balloon began to descend about 700 feet per minute and impacted the ground. The pilot of the Balony Balloon reported that he landed without further incident.

Both of the pilots reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with their balloons or burners that would have precluded normal operation.

A postaccident inspection of the Balony balloon revealed no damage to the balloon or the burner. A postaccident inspection of the Balloon Works balloon revealed substantial damage to the envelope.


The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:


The failure of the Balloon Works pilot to see and avoid the Balony Balloon during an ascent, which resulted in the envelope of the Balloon Works balloon colliding vertically with the basket of the Balony balloon.







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Seymour, the piggy bank hot air balloon, crashes at Provo Balloon Fest



 

Grant Hindsley, Daily Herald


The Bank of American Fork piggy bank balloon crash lands near Utah Valley Regional Medical Center during America's Freedom Festival Balloon Fest on Thursday, July 2, 2015. GRANT HINDSLEY, Daily Herald


July 02, 2015 3:10 pm • Janice Peterson & Cathy Allred Daily Herald



Photos: Pig balloon crashes at Provo Balloon Fest



 

For many county residents, a favorite event of the Provo Freedom Festival weekend is the three-day early morning hot air balloon festival



PROVO — A hot air balloon pilot made an emergency landing during Provo's Balloon Fest Thursday morning, and survived with only minor injuries.

One of two Bank of American Fork-sponsored hot air balloons flying as part of the annual Freedom Festival’s popular balloon race, the well-known piggy bank balloon called Seymour got a hole ripped into its pink hide after the basket of another balloon came in contact above it.

As Seymour began descending, the pilot, Erwin Oertli, was able to land fairly safely with a minor argument with a tree.

“What saved my bacon was that the head of the pig held a lot of hot air and helped the balloon to descend at a safer rate,” Oertli said.

The crash occurred at approximately 7 a.m. after the balloons launched at Fox Field, according to Battalion Chief Kevin Paxton with the Provo Fire Department. Seymour rose up about 300 yards in the air and began traveling south over an area razed for the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center expansion.

“Erwin's skill as a pilot helped him make the best of a very challenging situation,” said Lyle Bingham, a fellow pilot and eyewitness. Oertli trained Bingham as a hot air balloon pilot several years ago. Some would say he trained more than half the pilots in Utah County.

“He worked to control the balloon all the way down,” Bingham said.

Paxton said the pilot fired up the burners to help the balloon descend safely, but the collapsing balloon caused plastic on the balloon envelope ring to melt from heat. The balloon then struck a tree as it continued to descend.

A small amount of the melted plastic dripped on Oertli’s face and caused very minor burns. Medics treated the burns and released him at the scene.

"He was really lucky," Paxton said. "It could have turned out a lot worse."



He will fly another, non-sponsored balloon on Friday, the second day of the competition, Oertli said. The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an investigation.

Bronson Kelly, the son of Balloons West founder Brian Kelly, piloted the other Bank of American Fork-sponsored balloon, called Americana. Bronson is in first place for the first day of the two-day ballooning competition. He will fly again on Friday.

Bank of American Fork began its hot air balloon program in 1984 when it sponsored Kelly and Oertli of Balloons West. The balloons are owned by Balloons West and flown on behalf of the bank.

They are known in the hot air ballooning community as two of the most experienced pilots in Utah.

"I've watched Erwin fly year after year and he usually wins the contest," said Paul Overson, the Balloon Fest sound controller.

At least 10 people died and about eight were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized

 
A capsized boat called Dolgorae, or Dolphin is seen at the sea off the southern island of Jeju, South Korea, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Myeong-sub/News1



September 6, 2015 by Reuters
By Hooyeon Kim

SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) – At least 10 people died and about eight were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast guard official and media reports said on Sunday.

The boat was found capsized earlier this morning, after it lost radio contact late on Saturday, a coast guard official in the southern island of Jeju said by telephone.

The bodies of 10 people were recovered in the waters near the island of Chuja, which lies between the mainland south coast and Jeju, the official said.

Three people were pulled from the water and airlifted to hospitals, the coast guard official said, adding they were expected to survive.

“There were six people without life jackets including the captain hanging onto the capsized boat,” one of the survivors said in an interview with Yonhap. “One by one, those who lost strength slipped away.”

Another survivor was quoted as saying that around five others failed to escape the boat when it turned over. However, the coast guard official said no one was found trapped in the boat during their search for more survivors.

Around 21 people are expected to have been on the boat, a spokesman from the Korea Coast Guard said during a briefing.

Most of those on board were on a fishing expedition to Chuja, a popular fishing area, a second coast guard official said. Some of them were from an online fishing club based in Busan.

President Park Geun-hye has called on the rescue and recovery services to do their utmost in the search for the missing, her office said in a statement.

In April 2014, a passenger ferry, Sewol, sank off the southwest coast killing about 300 people, most of them children on a school outing, triggering a national outrage over what was seen as an ineffective rescue operation. (Editing by Himani Sarkar)

(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015.

Massive TransCanada Pipeline Explosion at the St. Vincent Compressor Station in Kittson County, Minn.

 

Photo of the inferno by Jeff French, Fire Chief in Emerson and also a firefighter/paramedic in Winnipeg.  

Pipeline explosion: ‘You could see it for miles — and hear it’ 


Winnipeg Sun

First posted: Sunday, September 06, 2015

 
The explosion of a natural gas pipeline sent flames stories into the sky and could be seen for several miles on both sides of the border Saturday night.

In a statement issued Sunday, TransCanada said the fire began at 9 p.m. at the St. Vincent Compressor Station in Kittson County, Minn., just across the border from Ridgeville, Manitoba.

“You could see it for miles — and hear it,” said Emerson-Franklin councillor Doug Johnston, who is also an Emerson volunteer firefighter and was near the scene. “It was about 10 miles east of Emerson and a quarter of a mile into the U.S. It blew up in the middle of the a field, which was the best place to blow up.”

Residents from two farms near the explosion on the Canadian side of the border were evacuated, Johnston said.

Although summoned, the Emerson fire department never actually crossed the border.

“We would never have fought that fire,” Johnston said. “It was too big. If you've seen photos of it, it looks like a big mushroom in the sky.”

The Emerson firefighters were there to make sure that the fire did spread back up the pipeline.

"At 1:10 a.m. central time, the fire was completely extinguished,” the TransCanada statement said. “The facility has been shut down and the pipeline has been isolated, ensuring no more gas is flowing into the station. The cause of the fire is not yet known and no injuries have been reported at this time.”

Johnston said the explosion did not affect utilities in the town of Emerson.

This story will be updated.

TransCanada pipelines in Manitoba:

Seven months since Manitoba's last pipeline explosion

An explosion and fire at a TransCanada Pipelines valve site near St. Pierre-Jolys left several thousand people without power Jan. 25.

The explosion happened early that Saturday morning, sending a massive fireball into the dark sky.

The flames were out by Saturday afternoon and there were no reported injuries.

But the supply of natural gas had to be shut off, leaving nearly 4,000 people without heat in -20 C.

TransCanada said it shut down the Emerson Lateral portion of the Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline system due to the explosion and vented the remaining gas. It said trucks containing compressed natural gas were being sent to metering stations to provide gas to some critical services such as personal care homes and hospitals, as well as schools or churches being used as emergency warming centres.

St. Pierre-Jolys is about 70 km northeast of Emerson.

— The Canadian Press 

• The Great Lakes pipeline
• begins at Emerson at the Minnesota border
• runs to the Michigan-Ontario border at St. Clair
• transports over 2.2 billion cubic feet of pipeline quality natural gas per day
• 2,115 miles of dual, high-pressure pipelines
•  connects to natural gas shipped from Alberta
• operational since 1967
• one of 39 pipeline border-crossings between the U.S. and Canada (another 31 transport oil, and 10-15 more are not operational)
• Source: Great Lakes Pipeline

  Pipeline safety

• corporations can be fined $100,000 a day by Canada for violations
• the federal government recently funded a 50% increase in inspections
• natural gas transmission pipelines transport gas at 1000 psi or greater
• compressor stations, like St. Vincent, are placed at select intervals. These compressors are often land-based jet engines, and are typically fuelled by the natural gas within the pipeline itself.
• Source: National Energy Board 

 

 

4 injured after an all-terrain vehicle and a car collided Friday night on Hempstead Turnpike near Hofstra University

Updated September 5, 2015
By CANDICE RUUD candice.ruud@newsday.com




Nassau police investigate an accident between an all-terrain vehicle and a car on the Hempstead Turnpike, near Hofstra Boulevard and California Avenue, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in Hempstead. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

 

Four people were hospitalized after an all-terrain vehicle and a car collided Friday night on Hempstead Turnpike near Hofstra University, Nassau police said.

Police said the collision, involving a Nissan Altima and a Honda ATV, happened near Hofstra Boulevard and California Avenue at 8:54 p.m.

Two people from the Nissan and two from the quad were taken to the hospital, a Nassau detective on the scene said. All four, who were not identified, had non-life-threatening injuries.

The westbound lanes of Hempstead Turnpike in front of Hofstra were closed as of midnight Friday.

Further details were not immediately available.

Shaw University cheerleader hit and killed by car in Raleigh while walking on a dark road

22-year-old Keyona Verdell was hit and killed Sunday morning while walking along New Hope Church Road in Raleigh.






Updated 3 mins ago
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) -- A woman was killed after being hit by a car in Raleigh.

Police said it happened around 6:15 on New Hope Church Road between Bonneville Court and Green Road.

She has been identified as 22-year-old Keyona Verdell, a cheerleader at Shaw University.



Police said a group of people in a car were coming home from the Luc Lounge in Raleigh and got into some sort of altercation. The 22-year-old woman got out even though her friends tried to stop her and keep her inside.

She started walking on a dark part of New Hope Church Road at Green Road when a second vehicle hit and killed her, according to authorities.

Our crew on the scene reported that the driver said he was on the way to work and couldn't see her.

No charges have been filed so far.

The Luc Lounge has been the target of the N.C. ALE and the ABC Commission multiple times. Saturday night, a worker at the Luc Lounge, Randall Rohm, was arrested again for selling alcohol illegally.

In late July, police and ALE officers raided the Luc Lounge for allegedly selling alcohol with a revoked permit and arrested seven people, including Rohm.

Read more about the bust here.

The road was closed while police investigated but has since reopened.

Driver charged with DUI after drunk pedestrian woman struck, killed in Bear, Delaware

Updated 1 hr 54 mins ago

BEAR, Del. (WPVI) --

Delaware State Police say alcohol played a role in a deadly pedestrian crash.

It happened at 10:55 p.m. Saturday on Pulaski Highway (Route 40) in Bear.

Investigators say a woman was crossing the westbound lanes east of Quintilio Drive when she was hit by a 2009 Toyota Camry.

Police say the driver made a U-turn after hitting the woman and stopped in the left lane until they arrived.

Police say the victim was not in a crosswalk when she was struck and appeared to have been drinking.

Her body has been turned over to forensic experts as police work to determine her identity.

Police say the driver, 33-year-old Terry Berry of Newark, Del., was also intoxicated.

He has been charged with DUI and operating an unregistered vehicle.

US Rt. 40 westbound in the area of the crash was closed for approximately three hours as the crash was investigated and cleared.

Firefighter hurt in West Philadelphia house fire when he felt through some collapsing stairs

A Philadelphia firefighter is hospitalized and a mother and her six children out their homes after a fast-moving house fire.

Sunday, September 06, 2015 07:05AM

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --

A Philadelphia firefighter is hospitalized and a mother and her six children out their homes after a fast-moving house fire.

The blaze was reported at 11:45 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1200 block of North 55th Street.

Action News is told flames ripped through the basement and first floor.

A firefighter was hurt when he felt through some collapsing stairs.

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to be okay.

The fire burned for a half hour before crews got the upper hand.

The cause is under investigation.

CAUTION, TRACTOR TRAILERS CAN ROLLOVER LIKE PUPPIES: Tractor trailer overturns into scaffolding in Freeport, NY

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Eyewitness News

Updated 1 hr 6 mins ago

FREEPORT, N.Y. (WABC) --

A tractor trailer overturned in Nassau County Sunday morning, causing quite the mess.

The crash happened just before 7 a.m. in Freeport.

Officials said the truck driver was attempting to turn off Sunrise Highway onto South Main Street, when the truck turned over into scaffolding.

The truck driver was being treated for minor injuries.

Crews worked for hours to get the truck upright and make sure the scaffolding is stable. 

The tractor trailers can easily rollover or flip or crash if the driver is not careful in negotiating a turn or a curve.  Unstable load, speed, bad tires, wet surfaces, evasive maneuver will do the trick. So, please be careful when you drive these big rigs as it does not take much to destroy the truck, cause property damage, delays and lose your life or injure other people.  Trucks can be lethal machines and should be treated as such when you drive them.

Woman killed in hit-and-run crash while crossing street in Sunset Park, NY

Kristin Thorne reports live.

Mike Waterhouse

Updated 1 hr 19 mins ago

SUNSET PARK, N.Y. (WABC) --

Police in Brooklyn are searching for the driver of a minivan after a woman was struck and killed while crossing the street.

It happened at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue in Sunset Park.

Police said 59-year-old Marlene Zotti, was trying to cross Ninth Avenue when she was struck. Police said the driver then made a right turn onto 42nd Street and kept going.

Zotti was taken to the hospital, where she died a short time later. She lived a half block away from the intersection and appeared to be carrying groceries.

Zotti's brother, Robert Medina, told Eyewitness News reporter Kristin Thorne that she had gone grocery shopping Saturday night.

"She's a great girl. She's got a great heart. She never had a break in life," Medina said. "Seeing her cart smashed like that, it's really devastating."

Police are asking for anyone with information about the white minivan to please contact them.

2 people killed, 1 seriously injured after a car failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck in Greenbush, WI

Published On: Sep 05 2015


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TOWN OF GREENBUSH, Wis. -

Sheboygan County authorities said two people have died and a third was seriously injured in a crash in the town of Greenbush.




The sheriff's department said in a statement that investigators believe a car was westbound on County Road C before 10:30 a.m. Saturday and failed to stop at the stop sign at County Road AP. The car collided in the intersection with a pickup truck that was southbound on County Road AP.

Both people in the car died instantly at the scene. The pickup driver was ejected from the truck and was later flown to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.

Names of the victims and the condition of the pickup driver were not immediately released.

35 people rescued from a sinking houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana

Coast Guard rescues 35 in Lake Pontchartrain 

September 6th, 2015 

 

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station New Orleans and good Samaritans rescued 35 people from a sinking houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain, Saturday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a mayday call at 9:26 p.m. from a houseboat that had flooding in the engine room. The houseboat was tied to pilings on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway when a storm hit. Watchstanders at Sector New Orleans directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew from Station New Orleans.

Two boatcrews responded: one crew evacuated the houseboat with the help of a good Samaritan, while the other crew pumped the water out of the boat and towed it to a local marina.

There were no reported injuries.

1 dead, 3 injured after a dingy with five people aboard and another vessel collided near Descanso Bay in California

Coast Guard searching for 1 after vessel collision leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
September 6th, 2015 

 

LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water offshore of Catalina Island after a collision between two vessels left one dead and three injured a quarter-mile northeast of Casino Point Sunday.

At 1:21a.m., Sunday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach Command Center received a report from a good Samaritan that a dingy with five people aboard and another vessel had collided with each other near Descanso Bay. One passenger aboard the dingy is confirmed deceased, three passengers are injured, and one person remains missing.

The Coast Guard launched a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Los Angeles and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles to join four surface assets from Baywatch Isthmus, Baywatch Avalon and Avalon Harbor Patrol to search for the missing person.

A helicopter crew from the Los Angeles County Fire Department medically evacuated the three injured boaters to the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center. Two of the boaters have been reported to have minor injuries, and one is reported to have a head injury.