VPN-1012

JUL 13, 1997
CAR MOUNTS SIDEWALK, STRIKES THREE, KILLING ONE
DRIVER FLED ?
BUSHWICK AVE AND CHAUNCEY ST, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS OVERTURNED CAR, DAYTIME ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, FDNY EMTS AND NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE
-CURIOUS BYSTANDERS WATCH BEHIND POLICE TAPE, COPS TALK TO EYEWITNESSES, COVERED BODY IN STREET
-MEN WAIT AND COMFORT EACH OTHER, WOMAN CRIES AS BODY IS LOADED INTO AMBULANCE
COPS WITH PUSH BROOM
-COPS WRITE REPORT
-STATEMENT BY NYPD CAPTAIN ABOUT ACCIDENT AND VICTIMS, POSSIBLE STOLEN VEHICLE, ELDERLY WOMAN DRAGGED 50 FEET AFTER LEAVING CHURCH, TRAGEDY
-STREET SIGN: BUSHWICK AVE AND CHAUNCEY ST, BROOKLYN

JUL 14, 1997
IRT # 2 TRAIN DERAILS
EASTERN PARKWAY AND NOSTRAND AVE, BROOKLYN
-FDNY AND MTA TRANSIT WORKERS ON SUBWAY TRACKS, RIDERS ARE EVACUATED FROM DERAILED TRAIN AND CLIMB LADDER TO PLATFORM, NEW YORKERS TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE, MAN WITH LUGGAGE
-VICTIM TRANSPORTED ON STRETCHER, CARRIED UPSTAIRS TO STREET AND AMBULANCE, FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS DOING A GREAT JOB, PARAMEDICS
-INTERVIEWS WITH WOMAN ON TRAIN AND MAN ON TRAIN ABOUT EVENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE DID A WONDERFUL JOB
-STREET ENTRANCE TO PRESIDENT ST STATION AT NIGHT

JUL 14, 1997
SCHOOL BUS FIRE
ROCKAWAY AND GUY BREWER BLVDS, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, QUEENS
-MINI YELLOW SCHOOL BUS COMPLETELY GUTTED BY FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD, FAR ROCKAWAY, TOW TRUCK OPERATOR HOOKS UP WRECK, MAN SWEEPS UP STREET
STREET SIGN: 150 ST DRIVE AND 182 ST

JUL 14, 1997
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY **SCENE ONLY**
EAST-BOUND CROSS BRONX AND THIRD AVE
-HIGHWAY AT NIGHT FROM OVERPASS, TRAFFIC BACKED UP ONLY ONE LANE CLOSED, FLARES SET UP, NYPD POLICE CARS, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS
-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, GREEN HGHWAY SIGN FOR THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE

JUL 15, 1997
EXPLOSION CAUSES THREE ALARM FIRE
35-40 101 STREET, CORONA, QUEENS
-FDNY FIREMEN REST ON SIDEWALK, HEAT EXHAUSTION,
FIRE GUTTED BUILDING, MANY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, FIRE MARSHAL, FDNY EMTS WITH VICTIMS, EMERGENYC MEDICAL TECHS
-FANS WITH MISTERS TO COOL OFF FIREFIGHTERS AND COPS, EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS, FIRE HOSES IN ADJACENT BUILDING
-FDNY COMMISSIONER VON ESSEN
-STREET SIGN:101 ST AND 37 AVE

JUL 15, 1997
CAR JUMPS SIDEWALK AND HITS CHILD
NORTHERN BLVD AND 100 ST, ELMHURST, QUEENS
-BLACK TEEN WITH BLOODY FACE (DRIVER), ANOTHER ON THE SIDEWALK DOWN, MOTHER COMFORTS HIM, IS UPSET
FDNY EMTS AND COPS TREAT VICTIM, NEK BRACE AND STRETCHER
-TEEN DRIVER IS ARRESTED ANDLED TO BACK OF POLICE CAR, DAYTIME EVENT WITH MANY PEDESTRIANS WATCHING
CAR CRASHED INTO AUTO PARTS STORE
-AMBUANCES LEAVE SCENE
-STREET SIGN: NORTHERN BLVD AND 100 ST

JUL 16, 1997
DARK SIDE OF QUEENS
ROCKAWAY BLVD NEAR LINDEN BLVD, QUEENS
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, EMERGENYC SERVICES TRUCKS, ONE TOWS AWAY LIGHTS
-NYD POLICE HELIOPTER OVERHEAD WITH SEARCHLIGHT
-COP SETS UP LIGHTS
-MAP OF 106 PRECINCT, SOUTH OZONE PARK
-TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT, BLACK OUT, ELECTRICAL OUTAGES

JUL 17, 1997
NEAR FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
EAST-BOUND BELT NEAR 130 ST, OZONE PARK, QUEENS
-NYPD POLICE CARS AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY, FIRE GUTTED MOTORCYCLE WRECK, HELMET READS "GOOD KID, GONE BAD", FARES IN ROAD, CAR WIT FRONT END DAMAGE AGAINST ROAD DIVIDER

JUL 17, 1997
SOUTH JAMAICA HOUSE FIRE
145-04 SOUTH ROAD, JAMAICA, QUEENS
FDNY FIRE TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, FLAMES SHOT OUT OF ROOF OF HOUSE, FIREMEN IN REFLECTIVE JACKETS, LADDER NUMBER 126
-WET AND SWEATY FIREMEN

JUL 17,1997
BLACK OUT INSIDE THE WEBSTER HOUSES
3071 PARK AVE AND EAST 157 ST, MORRISANIA, BRONX
-LIGHTS OUT AT THE PROJECTS, PUBLIC HOUSING, NYCHA HOUSING AUTHORITY TRUCKS ON SCENE, HOUSING COPS,
-ROWDY KIDS LAUGHING OFF CAMERA
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCKS WITH LIGHTS
BUILDING ENTRANCES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
-STATEMENT BY MARVIN ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH CONSTRUCTIONS, ELEVATORS OUT AND FLOODING
-CHAIRMAN OF THE NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE OUTAGES
-NYPD DEPUTY INSECTOR, DENNIS BLACKMAN, MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE DOOR TO DOOR SEARCH TO THE 200 FAMILIES

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