Another major accident on Sunrise Highway on Long Island at the Oakdale Connetquot merge. The vehicle involved with the accident is a tractor trailer, which overturned and knocked down a power line which supplied power to Oakdale and some parts of Bohemia. According to WRAJ Internet Radio, which has been keeping track of major accidents and road closures since 2005, says that this is the worst its seen this year, while reporting 32 accidents this year so far, which a few caused road closures.

This resulted in road closures and power failures. And for the fourth time this year, the eastbound and westbound was closed. The road was reopened sometime after 7pm but was closed again into the late night. At our 1:30am inspection of Sunrise Highway this morning, the highway is still closed from exit 46 to exit 49 eastbound and westbound, according to officials.

Vidgle’s and WRAJ Internet Radio’s offices lost power instantly after the crash at around 3:30pm Thursday. According to Maria O’Connell, WRAJ Internet Radio’s relations director, said that it caused the headquarters of WRAJ and Vidgle to have no power for over 7 hours. “The lightpole that was hit by the tractor trailer is only 10 poles down the street from us,” O’Connell added. The light pole that was hit is the lead pole for cables to cross the 8 lanes of traffic of Sunrise Highway. “The power company and Verizon also had to replace their cable from the lead pole.”

WRAJ Internet Radio also identified of what might be the location of the accident, as seen above. The location is the on-ramp from Pond Road to Sunrise Highway westbound. WRAJ Internet Radio reported similar accidents like this in the past when the light pole was hit in 2006 and 2007.  WRAJ Internet Radio is assuming, by previous similar accidents, that the tractor trailer was on the service road and lost control at the fork of the service road; in which one way leads to a stop sign to Pond Road South so drivers can get back onto Sunrise Highway or to go northbound onto Pond Road leading to Sycamore Avenue.

WRAJ Internet Rado is the sister website of Vidgle, which has been operating since 2002. Satellite image courtesy of Google Earth.

 New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer is stepping down. On Monday, he will be replaced by Lt. Governor David Paterson, who will be the first black and legally blind governor for the state. On Monday, Spitzer was caught in a federal investigation. In the investigation, he has spent $4,300 at a high-class Washington D.C. hotel on February 13; the public evidence that he in the area was that he was on an interview from Washington on the CNBC cable outlet.

According to the investigation, he has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now the public will be ask “who did the money belong too?” For now, it is believed that it is personal assets, but the investigation will continue.

Spitzer is married to his wife and has three teenaged daughters.  

There is a 90-minute delays for Metro North riders going in and out of Grand Central Station. Due to partial building collapse in Harlem, the service had to be suspended by the FDNY so that the building will not collapse by the vibration of the trains. Trains will also need to go at a speed of 15 miles per hour when passing by the building so that building won’t collapse and cause injuries to people on the ground.

The collapsed building had no one inside during the partial collapse and the attached building, which has many violations, was evacuated.

There has been a report of a gunman at Stony Brook University. According to the Stony Brook website, it reports that the school is under lock down as a young male fled from the Student Activity Center who witnesses say he had a handgun.

 The individual was reported to be an African American male, approximately 25 years of age, wearing a black coat and black wool hat. He fled in the direction of Harriman Hall. University Police are searching the area and investigating the report. Remain alert, proceed with caution and notify University Police if you see anyone fitting the description of the individual or anything unusual. You can reach University Police by callling 911 from any campus phone or 632-3333.   

 They reported that no shots has been fired. Students were informed via text messages and the website.

UPDATED 4:20pm:  There has been an all clear given to the students at Stony Brook University after 4:00. There has been no word that police has found anything. 

 FOX steals Jackson away from GREY’S

By Niki Cruz 

This Just In!

Before the tumultuous writer’s strike took place Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek) was set to literally fall into bed with our favorite TV Doctor Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), but because of the strike his multi episode character arc was put on hold indefinitely. The last episode of the hit ABC show that aired was supposed to be the introduction for Jackson’s character, but because of other commitments the story was pulled. Despite the writer’s strike and Jackson’s other commitments creator/writer/producer Shonda Rhimes had clear intentions that she would scoop Jackson up as soon as the strike was over.

Well as you all know the strike has ended, and where is Jackson? Scooped up by another Director! J.J. Abrams (Alias, Felicity, Lost) has written and produced a new series for FOX called Fringe a high voltage sci-fi drama. The first episode, a two-hour premier with a $10 million dollar budget, which stars Jackson is underway in Toronto and Vancouver for all of March. Still, this didn’t stop the hopes of Grey’s fans and Rhimes.

Jackson’s appearance on the show, despite his new flashy commitment looked promising but after back and forth with schedules the seriously! Anticipated guest appearance is a no go. Will the storyline be scrapped all together and will his character be replaced? Who knows!  Updates to come on this developing story. Hopefully Jackson will find better luck with Fringe, but then again, FOX does tend to cancel anything that isn’t American Idol. Stay strong Pacey!