2 Killed at SXSW When Car Plows Into Crowd

Two people were killed and twenty-three injured when a car plowed through a crowd at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

The accident occurred shortly after midnight Thursday morning.

Witnesses say that the driver appeared to be drunk.

After plowing through the crowd and striking two other vehicles, he attempted to escape the scene, but was brought down by a police officer's stun gun.

SXSW is the South by Southwest music and film festival, this was it's twenty-seventh year.

Tanker Crash Damages Train Service in New Jersey

A tanker crash and explosion damaged train tracks nearby, early Thursday morning, in Newark, New Jersey.

A car collided with the gas tanker, causing a fire and then an explosion of about eighty-five hundred gallons of gas.

Amazingly no one was injured in the incident.

It happened on McCarter Highway, right next to Amtrak train lines.

Damage to signals, wires, and tracks was being repaired as quickly as possible.

Service delays are to be expected throughout the rest of Thursday, but Amtrak hopes to have everything back to normal for Friday.

An investigation of the crash is underway.

Death Toll in New York City Rises to 7, 9 Still Missing

Rescue workers continue to comb through the rubble of two apartment buildings in New York City.

The buildings collapsed after a gas explosion, Wednesday morning.

Over night, crews pulled four more bodies from the rubble, bringing the death toll up to seven.

Nine people are still missing and at least sixty were injured.