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WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 October 26, 2015

As you can imagine, it was a loud crash that had people running over to try to help. I dialed 911 and as i came out, thats when i saw the van was on its side. And adrenaline just pumped in and trying to push the van over. Heard the screaming and the kids crying and everything. Of course, this Police Investigate is still ongoing. They have not released the names of anyone involved in this accident. They were all taken to local hospitals to be treated. Coming up at 5 00 though, we will talk to some local residents about the problems at there intersection. For now, were live here in plainfield, tony yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. A big break this afternoon, in the case of murdered nypd officer randolph holder. Investigators now say that the gun pulled from the harlem river is the weapon used to kill officer holder. Investigator say the ballistics testing ties the weapon to suspect tyrone howard, accused of shooting the officer in the head in east harlem tuesday night. A short time ago, the team from the harbor unit talked about finding the weapon by feeling around the bottom of the river early sunday morning. There was a black firearm that detectives asked us to find so i recovered that weapon. And brought it up for the crime scene guys. The detective stresses it was a total team effort, finding that weapon. Also today, mourners paying tribute to officer holder with flowers and a memorial that continues to grow. Begin tomorrow morning. A wild afternoon in a park in new jersey. A bear is now on the way back to the woods after spending a leisurely day in morristown. A black bear wandered into the park, downtown, around 9 30 this morning. And social media posted, a lot of folks posted these photos of the incident. And the bear is casually strolling along the grass and just hanging out by a tree. And police cleared the park in hopes that the animal would leave voluntarily. About an hour ago, wildlife officers tranquilized the bear to move him to a less populated area. Well, now to the mets. And right now, getting ready for game one of the world series. They are in kansas city, missouri, where tomorrow, they will face off with American League champs, the kansas city royals. And many mets fans hope our teams pitching continues to get the job done. From the ground to that young gunnink named thor. Tomorrow night, the dark knight of gotham, pitcher matt harvey will start. He is expected to speak in just moments from the kaufman studio. You can see right now manager Terry Collins speaking out in. We are at kaufman stadium in kansas city. But we will be gin with joe tores in queens where mets fans are rallying this afternoon. Are you having a good time . This is unbelievable. So easy to spot the long term mets fans here at this rally. Because some of them, they reached way back in the closet to pull out jerseys, hats, scarves, sweatshirts that they first purchased during the mets last championship run in 1986. A little weathered to say the least. Are you looking at it. This is the pep rally from the mets home burough here in queens. For so many fans young and old, work today, school today, and all that is secondary. Jacob degrom is here. Matt harvey made an appearance. Captain david wright showed up as well. Sort of. Lets go mets . Just 4 1 2 miles from citi field diehard mets fans broke out the hat, jerseys and anything else blue and orange. For a Late Afternoon pep rally on the steps of queens boy hall. All of them sure they will take a bite out of the kansas city royals. I havent slept in 2 1 2 weeks. Heart. The adrenaline going through my body is the highest peak it has been since 1986. I still cant believe this is happening. You know. A long time suffering. Mets fans are sky high. Because trips to the fall classic just dont happen every or every year. Thats why they are loving this postseason run that should end with the teams third world championship. Tell me about this bat you are holding. This is my baby bat, wilson, dave kingman, john stein. 1982. 1982. Going back. We are going back. Just so you understand it, that inflatable toy was 33 years old. Diamonds dont last that long. This rally started at 3 00. It goes until 5 00. We are still waiting for the highlight, the matt legends, john franco and garno alfonso. They will be here to really fire up the crowd. Thats the latest from kew gardens. Lets go mets. Im joe tores, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Pace yourself, joe. You got to get to the world series. All right. Pace yourself. [ laughter ] thank you, joe. Long time met fan right there. Lets look at how the crowd is impacting traffic in the area. We have more in news chopper 7. It doesnt take much to jam up that area, right, shannon . It really doesnt. Blue and orange spilling down the steps of Queensboro Hill and queens boulevard itself. Street. Police have decided to shut down queens boulevard itself on southbound, traffic is still getting through but there is rubber necking and people just looking on at that sea of mets fans. But here is your closure on that northbound side. Avenue. Look at the volume as you get through this area. If you can take it over to kew gardens road, you will get around it without a problem. Sitting through this will take a lot of patience. Reporting live, over kew gardens, shannon stone, channel 7 Eyewitness News. But it is so worth it. And now, to the mets fans who traveled west. And are already staking claim to kaufman stadium in kansas city. And Eyewitness News reporter marcus solis is there and continues our coverage. Marcus. Reporter and liz through the first two rounds of the playoffs, in los angeles, in chicago, we saw plenty of mets fans in the stands. The world series, a little bit of a harder ticket. But have no fear. There are mets fans here. We touched down in kansas city to find lots of royal blue. As in royals royal blue. It didnt take long to spot them in the crowd. Mets fans wearing orange and blue with pride. John dolan lives in arizona now but was born in queens. When i was a lot younger, i went to the world series and saw them play the red sox, game two lost, but kind of nice to see that they are back, and all these young arms. So whatever curse here, they got some future to look forward to. So no fear about wearing this here in Enemy Territory . No. No, sir. Fans have waited 15 long years to see the mets in a world series. The first two games are on the road and diehards will make the trip to the midwest. We asked the fans new yorkers . Mets fans expect a loud stadium for sure, if theyre man enough to go into the stadium. Not to worry, mets fans. Fully expecting the amazings hot streak to continue into the fall classic. Mets are going to do well. Pitching is too good. The mets in five. Thats my prediction. That sounds good. Like that prediction. Here at the stadium, there are some fans as wem. Here at 5 30, we will introduce you to one lucky fan, he got to meet some of the mets. Thats coming up, later on. For now, live in kansas city, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Marcus, thank you. We have several important anchors, including mark powers covering game one of the world series in kansas city. Much more coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00 and everything you need to know about the world series at the special section on our web site abc 7ny. Com mets. In other news we are following right now, the woman killed in an Early Morning fire in new jersey has been identified this afternoon. Firefighters found 44yearold lisa hook unconscious, on the floor of her condo in bridgewater. They performed cpr but she died at the hospital a short time later. One firefighter suffered smoke inhalation and eight other condos were damaged. At this point, it is unclear when residents will be allowed to return. Firefighters rescued a woman whose car went through a fence and plunged 30 feet down into a construction pit in younkers. News chopper 7 w5s over the scene in yongers. An elderly woman lost control of her car and plowed into a fence on the road, and landed on its roof in the construction pit, on wald burton avenue. The woman was rescued from the car. She suffered a head injury. Was taken to the hospital for evaluation. No word on her condition. And no word yet on what caused her to lose control. International agencies are preparing to respond to a northern afghanistan and pakistan today. More than 250 people were killed in the quake. And that number is expected to rise. And rescue workers, as rescue workers searched through debris. Most of the fatalities from the 7. 5 magnitude quake have been in pakistan. Government officials in that country say they will not be asking for international relief. The effects of the quake were felt as far away as india. One person remains missing after a fatal whale watching tragedy. A sightseeing boat, sinking off the coast of western canada. Five people were killed in the accident yesterday afternoon. 21 people rescued. The whale watching boat capsized about 8 miles off the coast of vancouver island. Authorities say the seas were calm at the time. And it is unclear what caused it to sink. The owner of the boat Company Released a statement saying he is devastated by the incident. And is cooperating with investigators. Stocks on wall street losing ground on the first day of the trading week today. Investors were discouraged reported an unexpected drop in new home sales. That pushed home stocks down. A look at the big board right now. The dow fell 23 points to finish at 17,623. On new charges for the woman accused of plowing into a crowd of paradegoers and killing several people in oklahoma, and we will tell you what the judge wants to know now that she has appeared in court. And plus, technology, that puts the power of the helicopter into police cars, in realtime. Nassau county has it. We will take you inside and show you how it works. And im meteorologist lee goldberg. A nice late october day. And unfortunately not going to stay that way. Big soaking rain to tell you about. I will tell you when. First of all, here is your signal traveling out and about tonight, nice to have a dry commute. Classic fall feeling. You still need the jacket tonight. Meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. Like, 300 meg. More tv shows and movies on demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. Call now. 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We want to take you back live to kew gardens in queens where mets fans have been gathering to show their pride. But as a result, that rally is tying up some traffic in the area. Lets check back in with shannon stone in news chopper 7. What is the latest . Reporter here is the problem. The northbound side of queens boulevard, police is directing traffic. They shut it down at hoover avenue to allow for that huge rally. This is what happens when you close down queens boulevard. Lots and lots of traffic here on this northbound side. It goes back to the kew gardens interchange. The ramp on the lefthand side of the picture, that is the kew gardens. And on the southbound side, there is no closure in place, Everyone Wants to see the sea of blue and orange. And that is backing you up towards jewel avenue. Reporting live over kew gardens, shannon stone, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Cant blame them for that. Shannon, thank you. Well, the driver who plowed into a crowd of spectators at the Oklahoma State homecoming parade and killed four people, including a 2yearold child, appeared in court today. Adacia chambers was initially charged with dui. Now, she is also facing several counts of seconddegree murder. Abcs lin azac has details. Reporter family members of adacia chambers came to her defense. This is not her character. We dont have answers either. Reporter here is what is known. Around 10 30 on saturday morning, a crowd of Oklahoma State homecoming fans were watching the parade, when 25 yearold chambers allegedly drove her gray car into the screaming crowd. The impact too graphic to show. It hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. As people were flying. 47 injured. And four people lost their lives. And 65yearold marvin stone. 23yearold student Nikita Mccall and 2yearold nash lucas whose father says was a symbol of love and joy. Words of comfort to the victimses and their families came from chambers father. Trust in god. Love those who have been who also said she appeared fine just the night before. But had previously suffered from mental illness. She was very good about hiding her problems. Because she didnt want the family to worry about her. Investigators believe she was driving under the influence, her boyfriend says that is impossible. I have said that the blood tests would come back negative. Because i know that she there is no way she was drunk or impaired. No drugs whatsoever. She just wasnt that type of person. Reporter chambers has been charged with four counts of murder in the second degree. Those may change as a fifth victim is reportedly in grave condition. In washington, lana zac, channel 7 Eyewitness News. The aftermath of Hurricane Patricia is wreaking havoc across the southern united states. Texas got recordbreaking rainfall over the weekend. Leading to widespread flooding. And the need for several rescues. The flood waters were so powerful, they derailed train cars. Further south, in galveston, 50 mileanhour winds, and 10foot waves caused an empty tanker to run aground. A milestone today in the recovery from superstorm sandy. The final two bellmar families forced from their homes because of the storm have returned just short of sandys third anniversary. This is part of a Fundraising Campaign called home by summer, even though the families did not return until the fall. They are grateful to be back. The best feeling so far about being home, besides being back in the community, is that my babies now have a place in their safe haven. We all do. A local clergy and dignitaries including the mayor welcomed the families back home. 240,000 were raised to repair the homes. The donations came from people all over imagine all of this time. Three years out of your home. And your community. I cant believe it. The wear and tear on your family. That is very difficult. Yes. Good to see that they are back. Yes. And it also good to know as we approach this third anniversary, we dont have anything on the radar like that. What a difference. But we certainly have a connection to patricia, as we see rains coming in this wednesday. Nothing to worry about in terms of storm surge or anything like that. But we have to worry about some flooding down pours that we will have on wednesday. It is amazing to see three years later. Still people just getting back to their lives. All right, lets go ahead and take a look outside. It is absolutely beautiful. Starting to see some nice color on the treetops in central park. Great foliage. We welcome your pictures to share on Eyewitness News. Hash tag abc 7ny. 57 degrees. Humid 39 . Light north wind. Really feels great in the sun and the shade. A little coolish, but the wind is not that bad. The high today in the upper 50s. 57 in smithtown and brook haven and across the sound and 55 in norwalk and 57 in danbury. We will drop in the 30s in northern suburbs. 544 in monticello. And 61 in newark. And mid to upper 50s on the shore. Early tonight. High clouds will increase, as we go toward morning. If you want the sunshine, it will be filtered Early Morning but dry. Clouds thickening during the afternoon hours as temperatures once again top out in the upper as. You can see on the satellite and radar. There is a deck of high clouds to the south. But thankfully High Pressure over lake ontario, keeping us on a mostly sunny note. After that high moves away, that will open the gate for that low, and thats the remnants of patricia. Right now, a fire hose on the gulf coast, and mississippi, alabama, and georgia. And that is headed to the north. And we will swing some rain our way. The big ticket item day is wednesday for the soaking rains. Tomorrow, clouds are increasing. With a high in the upper 50s. That sun fading through the day. It is a dry day. For your wednesday morning commute, i anticipate already some raindrops falling but the steadier rain coming in later in the morning and last through early evening and thats a good soaking. Maybe an inch or two of rainfall. 66 degrees, it is windy as well. And it is mild. But it is a soaking day. Just want to show you the future cast out of kansas city. 56 degrees tomorrow in the afternoon hours. There are some showers in the area. But most of them will be shifting off to the east. That will allow us to dry out. First pitch time, i would say it is in the mid50s. Forecasting temperatures right around 56 degrees. Maybe a 20 to 30 chance of a passing shower. But they are going to play no problem. And there wont be any issues with game two. Tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies. 30s in the chillier suburbs. And about 45 in the city. For tomorrow, it a high of 59. But sun gives way to clouds. And overall, the afternoon hours will be perceived as a gray cool afternoon. Plenty of clouds turning breezy tomorrow night. Not all that chilly. Down to about 53. Coming up at 44 30, we will get more particular 4 30, we will get more specific with the rain timing and the potential amounts as well. A long range outlook at the halloween forecast and the

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