AIR IS GOING TO HANG AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND. WE’LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP UPDATING BREAKING NEWS NOW FROM 6:00. A CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER IS SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES TONIGHT AFTER OVERTURNING ON I-40 WEST. IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE HARPER ROAD EXIT. STATE TROOPERS SAY THE CEMENT TRUCK WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN A TIRE BLEW, CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO THE MEDIAN AND OVERTURN. THE DRIVER HAS MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS WESTBOUND STRETCH OF I-40 NEAR HARPER ROAD IS STILL CLOSED TONIGHT. THE D.O.T. SAYS IT MAY NOT REOPEN UNTIL 1130. ALSO TONIGHT, A FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS BACK AT HOME RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED ALONG HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH NEAR THE WESTINGHOUSE ROAD EXIT OUTSIDE OF TOBACCOVILLE HIGHWAY PATROL, SAYS DALLAS MOSER SIDESWIPED THE CAR. THE DEPUTY PULLED OVER AND HIT THE DEPUTY IN THE PROCESS. MOSER IS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS DRIVING. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR DRIVERS TO KNOW THAT NORTH CAROLINA HAS A MOVE OVER LAW. IT’S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS NOW. IT PROTECTS BOTH POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE STOPPED ALONG HIGHWAYS, ALONG WITH UTILITY VEHICLES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING WORK. THE LAW REQUIRES DRIVERS IF THEY CAN SAFELY DO SO, TO MOVE ONE LANE AWAY FROM ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY THAT’S ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IF THAT ISN’T POSSIBLE, DRIVERS MUST SLOW DOWN WHILE MAINTAINING A SAFE SPEED. VIOLATORS COULD FACE A $250 FINE, PLUS THOSE COURT FEES. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, A BELOVED FIRE CAPTAIN WITH THE LEXINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE LAID TO REST. RONNIE METCALFE DIED ONE WEEK AGO FROM INJURIES HE SUFFERED WHILE FIGHTING A HOUSE FIRE. TODAY, HIS BODY LAY IN STATE AT HILLSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN THOMASVILLE. FRIENDS, FAMILY AND STRANGERS CAME BY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. METCALFE’S FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT MOUNT ZION WESLEYAN CHURCH. WILL, WHICH WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE CHURCH’S WEBSITE. HE WILL BE LAID TO REST AFTER THAT SERVICE IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY SURROUNDING AGENCIES ARE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. KELLY KENDALL EXPLAINS HOW FIREFIGHTERS WILL SOON COME TOGETHER TO HONOR HIS LIFE. LESS THAN 30 MINUTES FROM LEXINGTON FIRE STATION THREE, ANOTHER ONE OF CAPTAIN RONNIE METCALFE’S JACKETS HANGS AT DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. METCALFE WORKED AT DENTON F.D. FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, FROM 1992 TO 2011, AND LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THIS SMALL TOWN. HE WAS PUT HERE, PUT HERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND HE HE SERVED THAT. THAT ROLE WELL. BRANDON DORSETT IS DENTON’S FIRE CHIEF FROM ENTRY TO SENIOR LEVEL. DORSETT SAYS METCALFE TURNED PEOPLE FROM ROOKIES INTO GREAT FIREFIGHTERS. HE HAD JUST RETURNED BACK TO DENTON F.D. LAST YEAR AS A TRAINING OFFICER. A LOT OF US HAS MADE A CAREER BECAUSE OF RONNIE METCALFE, SOUTH DAVIDSON’S FIRE CHIEF. RONNIE COOK AGREES. HE WANTED TO HELP YOU AND MAKE YOU A BETTER FIREFIGHTER. THAT’S WHAT HIS GOAL WAS IN LIFE AND HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IT. COOK BEGAN HIS CAREER AT THE SAME TIME AS METCALFE, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY SHARED THE SAME NAME, HE DIDN’T KNOW HIM AS RONNIE. I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN HIM BY BOONE. COOK SAYS MOONPIE WAS A CHILDHOOD NICKNAME SYMBOLIZING METCALFE’S LOVE OF THE SWEET SNACK HE SAYS OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS, THE MEMORIES HE HAS OF METCALFE COULD TAKE HIM TO THE MOON AND BACK. JUST BEING AROUND MOONPIE WAS. IT WAS JUST A FUN TIME. HE WAS ALWAYS CUTTING UP AND SOMETIMES HE WAS THE -- OF THE JOKE. SOMETIMES HE WAS CRACKING THE JOKES. HE WAS JUST HE WAS A FUN PERSON TO BE AROUND. OUTSIDE THE DENTON FIRE STATION IS THE FIREMAN’S PRAYER ETCHED ON A PLAQUE. IT SAYS, IF, ACCORDING TO MY FATE, I AM TO LOSE MY LIFE, PLEASE BLESS ME WITH YOUR PROTECTING MY CHILDREN AND MY WIFE. NOW, METCALFE, FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING JUST THAT. IF IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE INVOLVED, RONNIE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE LENDING HIS HAND AND WE’RE WE’RE PAYING IT FORWARD TO RONNIE AND HIS FAMILY. IN DENTON, I’M KELLY KENDALL WXII 12 NEWS. AND COMING UP ON APRIL 27TH, A FUNDRAISER WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LARRY FER CONVENTION CENTER IN DENTON, ALONG WITH BARBECUE AND THE FIXINGS, MOON PIES WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON THE MENU, ALL IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN METCALF. WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE AND MOBILE LAB. A GEORGIA TEEN WILL HOST A NATIONWIDE RUN IN HONOR IN MEMORY RATHER OF CAPTAIN METCALF. THIS WEEKEND. ANDREW COLLINS AND WILL RUN A MILE IN HONOR OF HIM. HE IS PART OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RUNNING FOR HEROES, WHICH STARTED IN FLORIDA. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE GROUP EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THEY RAN FOR GREENSBORO POLICE SERGEANT DALE NICKS. THE RUN FOR CAPTAIN METCALF IS SCHEDULED FOR 5:00 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE NONPROFIT ENCOURAGES YOU TO RUN OR WALK WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. THE MEMORY OF SERGEANT NICKS, WHO WE JUST BRIEFLY MENTIONED WAS ON FULL DISPLAY TONIGHT. HE WAS FATALLY SHOT AT THE SHEETZ GAS STATION IN COLFAX WHILE TRYING TO STOP SHOPLIFTERS BACK ON DECEMBER 30TH. HIS SON PLAYS FOR NORTHWEST GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL’S LACROSSE TEAM, AND ALL PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM RAFFLES AND FOOD TRUCKS. AT TONIGHT’S HONORARY GAME WILL GO TO HIS FAMILY DURING HALFTIME, WHICH YOU SEE THERE. HIS FAMILY WAS PRESENTED WITH A JERSEY AND A LACROSSE HELMET, ALL SIGNED BY ALL OF WILKES WILKES TEAMMATES. LOOKING AHEAD, NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE WHAT HIS OFFICE SAYS IS A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE STATE’S BACKLOG OF UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS. THERE, RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE CRIME LAB IN RALEIGH, IT’S BEEN AN ISSUE FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. AFTER A STATEWIDE AUDIT IN 2019. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THERE WERE MORE THAN 16,000 UNTESTED KITS SITTING ON THE SHELVES OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DURING HIS LAST UPDATE ON THE ISSUE BACK IN JANUARY, STEIN STATED THAT MORE THAN 90% OF THOSE KITS HAVE BEEN TESTED. THOSE RESULTS HAVE LED TO NEARLY 200 ARRESTS, AND HIS UPDATE WILL TAKE PLACE TUESDAY MORNING IN RALEIGH. THE WINSTON-SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS AN ELECTRICAL SPARK CAUSED A BRUSH FIRE THAT SPREAD TO A NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT LEFT 30 PEOPLE DISPLACED. THAT FIRE BROKE OUT ALONG SOUTH STRAFFORD ROAD, AND OFFICIALS SAY GUSTY WINDS CAUSED POWER LINES TO SHIFT, WHICH LED TO THAT SPARK. HIGH WINDS CAUSED THE FIRE TO QUICKLY SPREAD, BURNING 15 ACRES. AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND THREE VEHICLES. IT TOOK 60 FIREFIGHTERS TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL. HAPPENING NOW FEARS OF MORE AFTERSHOCKS IN THE NORTHEAST, SPARKED BY THIS MORNING’S 4.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE IN NEW JERSEY. THIS IS VIDEO OVERLOOKING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. THE MOMENT THINGS STARTED TO SHAKE A BIT. A STRONG AFTERSHOCK DID ROCK THE NEW JERSEY NEW YORK AREA AROUND 6:00 TONIGHT, AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAID IT REGISTERED A MAGNITUDE OF 4.0. AT THIS TIME, NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. AND ACCORDING TO THE USGS, THIS MORNING’S QUAKE IS THE THIRD LARGEST RECORDED IN THE AREA. IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. JENN SULLIVAN IS IN NEW YORK TONIGHT WITH REACTION. REPORTER A RARE EARTHQUAKE RATTLING PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE AROUND THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA RECEIVING THIS ALERT ON THEIR PHONES JUST BEFORE 10:30 A.M., WARNING THEM OF AN EARTHQUAKE AND TO STAY INDOORS. THIS IS A LITTLE UNNERVING. I WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA AND I FELT LIKE THIS. LIKE, ALMOST LIKE ROCKING SENSATION. THIS EARTH CAM CAPTURING THE SKYLINE OF NEW YORK CITY, VIOLENTLY SHAKING. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A 4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. THE EPICENTER NEAR LEBANON, NEW JERSEY, LESS THAN 50 MILES WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. BUT TREMORS COULD BE FELT AS FAR NORTH AS MAINE AND AS FAR SOUTH AS WASHINGTON, D.C. ONCE AN EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS, THE WAVES JUST TRAVEL VERY EFFICIENTLY THROUGH THE CRUST BACK EAST. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS MORE THAN 23 MILLION PEOPLE FELT LIGHT SHAKING. NEARLY 300,000 FELT MODERATE SHAKING AND 9000 FELT STRONG SHAKING. POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MOVE HEAVY FURNITURE. FORTUNATELY, NO SEVERE DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IN NEW YORK CITY. WE ARE PUTTING ON ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS AS FROM THIS POINT ON OVER THE WEEKEND, SO IF REPORTS DO COME IN, WE WILL BE READY TO RESPOND. THE EARTHQUAKE TEMPORARILY HALTING AIR TRAVEL AT NEW YORK’S JFK AIRPORT AND NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW JERSEY, ACCORDING TO THE FAA. NOW, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT AFTERSHOCKS. TYPICALLY, THOSE AFTERSHOCKS ARE SMALLER, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE COULD TRIGGER A LARGER EARTHQUAKE HERE. JENN SULLIVAN, WXII 12 NEWS. A TEN DAYS AFTER A CONTAINER SHIP BROUGHT DOWN BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, A DIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED TONIGHT THEY’VE DISCOVERED THE BODY OF ONE OF THE FOUR STILL MISSING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. HE WAS ONE OF EIGHT WORKERS FILLING POTHOLES ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED BACK ON MARCH 26TH, TWO MEN WERE RESCUED AND THE BODIES OF TWO OTHER MEN WERE RECOVERED THE NEXT DAY, TRAPPED IN A PICKUP TRUCK IN 25FT OF WATER. THREE WORKERS ARE STILL MISSING TONIGHT, AND ARE PRESUMED TO BE DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH AND TRY AND BRING CLOSURE FOR THE VICTIM’S FAMILIES. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TOURED THE SITE OF THAT DISASTER TODAY, BOTH IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND. THE PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED ON 3D SONAR IMAGES OF THE UNDERWATER DAMAGE AND THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF THIS DISASTER. BIDEN ALSO MET WITH A LINE OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN HIS REMARKS, THE PRESIDENT SAID HIS ADMINISTRATI