Fox 5 | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Fox 5 | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 New York City wind turbine topples, crushing parked car https://www.insideojodu.com/new-york-city-wind-turbine-topples-crushing-parked-car/ https://www.insideojodu.com/new-york-city-wind-turbine-topples-crushing-parked-car/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:38:24 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=9780 The wind — of all things — toppled a New York City wind turbine…

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The wind — of all things — toppled a New York City wind turbine which then crushed an unoccupied parked car, according to reports.

The incident Monday afternoon in the Bronx had elected officials who represent the area shaking their heads.

“A wind turbine should not be able to be taken down by the wind,” the New York Post quoted Jamaal Bailey, who serves in the New York State Senate, as saying.

What went wrong? On the first windy day, a wind turbine came crashing down on a busy intersection in the Bronx. City leaders say it was “put up in the middle of the night” https://abc7ny.com/billboard-crashes-down-on-bronx-shopping-center-parking-lot/5799270/@ABC7NY …

The wind turbine was erected recently atop a six-story parking garage, according to reports. No injuries were reported, according to Fox 5 New York.

A WABC-TV investigative reporter tweeted dramatic footage of the accident.

The station reported the wind turbine went up only two weeks ago.

On the way down, the wind turbine also struck an electronic billboard that has been the subject of lawsuits involving the billboard’s owner and the New York City Buildings Department, according to the station.

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5 dead, including three boys under 10, after shooting at San Diego home https://www.insideojodu.com/5-dead-including-three-boys-under-10-after-shooting-at-san-diego-home/ https://www.insideojodu.com/5-dead-including-three-boys-under-10-after-shooting-at-san-diego-home/#respond Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:02:31 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=8776 Five people, including three boys under the age of 10, were killed Saturday in…

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Five people, including three boys under the age of 10, were killed Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego, police said.

Lt. Matt Dobbs told reporters that officers responded to a 911 call during which dispatchers heard the sound of arguing in the background. Soon after, a relative who lived next door called 911 and reported hearing arguing and what sounded like a nail gun being fired.

The victims include a 31-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman, a 9-year-old boy, a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy. An 11-year-old boy was also taken to the hospital to undergo surgery.

The 31-year-old man is believed to have shot his wife and four children in the domestic dispute. Dobbs said the man’s wife obtained a restraining order against her husband, from whom she’d been separated from for some time, yesterday but it was unclear whether that restraining order had been served or whether the suspect was aware of it.

Dobbs added that officers responded to the same address on Nov. 1 over a property dispute. The husband had asked for some tools from the wife and the matter had escalated to a domestic disturbance. At that time, police gave the wife with information as to how to retain a restraining order against her husband.

“I heard some gunshots,” said Sanya Gordon, who lives nearby, told Fox 5 San Diego on Saturday. “I saw a bunch of police cars. I saw them taking the bodies out of the house. I felt sick to my stomach.”

Gordon said she hadn’t known the children personally, but saw them playing with the other neighborhood kids outside and riding their bicycles frequently.

Dobbs said the mother and four children lived in a unit next to a main house occupied by other family members.

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Restaurant owner sues DoorDash after delivery driver allegedly stabs him https://www.insideojodu.com/restaurant-owner-sues-doordash-after-delivery-driver-allegedly-stabs-him/ https://www.insideojodu.com/restaurant-owner-sues-doordash-after-delivery-driver-allegedly-stabs-him/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2019 22:21:54 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=7382 A Las Vegas restaurant owner sued DoorDash, claiming a loophole in the food delivery…

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A Las Vegas restaurant owner sued DoorDash, claiming a loophole in the food delivery service’s background check process nearly resulted in his death after a delivery driver with a history of violence and mental illness stabbed him.

Fabio Coppola, the owner of Roma Deli & Restaurant in Las Vegas, was stabbed last October — allegedly by Mackie Lee Allen, 32, after the DoorDash driver came to pick up an order at his establishment.

Allen was arrested and charged last November with attempted murder, battery with use of a deadly weapon, battery with intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon, Fox 5 reported.

Coppola said he went up to Allen’s driver’s side window to let him know the food was ready for his delivery run when Allen allegedly became hostile. The lawsuit stated that Allen became aggressive and started screaming obscenities at Coppola once inside the restaurant.

The owner then tried to escort Allen out when the driver pulled out a pocketknife and sliced Coppola before chasing him around the parking lot, the lawsuit continued. Allen also allegedly stabbed Coppola in the ribs and back.

Ultimately, Allen was said to have delivered the customer’s order.

An attorney for Coppola said Allen passed DoorDash’s background check process, a service called Checkr — which reviewed seven years of his criminal history — even though Allen had prior felony convictions for forgery and robbery, and even though a judge had required him to “obtain further mental health evaluation.” Allen had been serving a prison sentence during the background-check window.

“DoorDash’s flawed background check policy almost cost Mr. Coppola his life,” Coppola’s attorney, Richard Schonfeld, said. “This case raises important questions in terms of the minimum standards that should be required to protect both consumers and restaurant workers.”

The lawsuit claimed DoorDash made a decision to look the other way when hiring or supervising drivers.

“At DoorDash, we take the safety of our community extremely seriously. We sincerely regret that this incident fell short of the experience we strive to give our customers every day,” the company announced in a statement. “While we can’t comment on active litigation, we have taken appropriate actions including deactivating the Dasher from our platform for failing to follow and maintain our code of conduct.”

A representative at DoorDash said the company dismissed Allen for failing to follow and maintain its code of conduct.

Coppola was seeking $50,000 in damages.

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