A test text warning of an armed shooter on Rutgers' College Avenue campus in New Brunswick Thursday morning alarmed dozens of students, at least one of whom tweeted the message "gave me a heart attack." 

At 9:42 a.m., students received a text that said, "RU ALERT: Armed suspect in area of alexander library. Seek a safe space and shield/secure your location. TEST TEST." 

Nine minutes later, another text went out: "RU ALERT: End training scenario ... End training scenario alexander library." 

Five minutes after that, another message: "RU ALERT: Earlier message was sent during a planned exercise of the RU's emergency management system there is no threat to the Campus." 

A campus-wide email was sent out Wednesday night to let students know about the planned test of the school's emergency notification system, but some students apparently didn't see the message and thought the threat was real. 

"We recognize that the wording of the initial message caused some concern and alarm amongst recipients; however the message was sent only to test the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS)," Michael Rein, deputy chief of University police, said in a statement. "University Public Safety will be making necessary changes to protocols for future training exercises."

The test of the emergency response system comes less than a week after a gunman opened fire in an Orlando nightclub, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others. 

Some students were disturbed by the training scenario given the current climate. Others pointed out they would have anticipated the messages had they checked their email the day before. 

A newly released recording of a call placed to 911 when a woman drove her car off a New Jersey bridge and began sinking under water shows how close she came to drowning in the Passaic River before a bystander dove in and rescued her.

The caller named Ricky tells the dispatcher he sees a car in the water just off the bridge connecting Nutley and Lyndhurst, then realizes there is someone in the car.

"I'm pulling up to it right now to see if anybody is inside that car but it's inside the river right now," he says in the harrowing call released by Nutley police Thursday. 

Then, as he spots someone in the car, he says, "Yes, yes! There is somebody in the car!" 

"Holy s---. Tell them to get here quick. I can't swim or I would jump in there," he says. 

He addresses someone else at the scene, telling them, "They're inside the car, I'm looking at them right now, they're trying to keep the face above the water."

The next part of the recording narrates the rescue made by Jason Moss, who was leaving the gym when he saw what was happening and jumped into the river. 

"Come on, hold on," Ricky says to himself, then he shouts to Moss: "They're right there, you see? She's going under! Open that! There you go. Can you reach inside?" 

"Be careful, bro! Be careful," he shouts. 

The dispatcher asks Ricky if someone had gone into the water.

"Yes," Ricky tells her. "There is a gentleman in the water helping them now. He's trying to -- he just got the door open." 

The 30-year-old Moss told NBC 4 New York Tuesday he briefly panicked in the water when the door momentarily jammed.

"I think the scariest moment, I turned around at one point to see if there were any rescuers coming because I couldn't get the door open," he said. 

Police commended Moss earlier in the week, saying the woman would have drowned if he didn't jump into action. 

They were investigating what caused the 50-year-old Cranford woman to jump a small curb on Dock Street and plunge into 10 feet of water just north of the DeJessa Bridge.

Emergency responders treated the woman and her rescuer on the scene, and transported the woman to a local hospital. She's expected to be OK. 

Moss, who's from Secaucus, refused a transport to the hospital, and went to an urgent care facility himself to get a tetanus shot, police said.

Moss was humble when he spoke to NBC 4 and said he wouldn't think twice about doing it again.

"It was more about doing the right thing," he said. 

A birthday celebration ended with a hit-and-run crash that left two teens hospitalized, said Philadelphia Police.

A red Lexus struck a pair of teens riding one bicycle, the force of the wreck caused the front wheel to break off and wind up half a block away. The boys, both 16, and three other teens were riding along N Broad Street near Wallace Street in the city’s Spring Garden section around 2 a.m. Friday when the car rammed the bike, said police.

The wreck left one boy in critical condition, the other in stable condition with a broken leg at Hahnemann Hospital, said investigators.

Thanks to witnesses, police caught up to the suspected driver on nearby Ridge Avenue.

"The vehicle, not only was it positively identified by witnesses but it did have some front-end damage and it was missing some parts that we found on the accident scene," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.

Police suspected the driver -- whose female passenger told investigators was out celebrating her birthday -- was possibly drunk at the time of the wreck.

No charges were immediately filed.

Police reopened Broad Street after about four hours of investigation.

Atlantic City's casino workers say they'll go on strike against five of the city's eight casinos on July 1 if a contract isn't reached by then.

Members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union voted Thursday to authorize a strike against Bally's, Caesars, Harrah's and the Tropicana. The union had already authorized a strike against the Trump Taj Mahal.

A spokesman said Thursday several thousand workers cast ballots, which were 96 percent in favor of a strike.

The remaining three casinos— Borgata, Golden Nugget and Resorts — have been given an indefinite extension by the union, which says talks with them have been making progress.

The union says workers made painful sacrifices that need to be reversed now that Atlantic City's casinos are regaining their financial footing.

"To me the most insulting thing is that in 2011 this union gave up part of its package to help the casinos when they were struggling," union president Bob McDevitt said.

The vote comes at a precarious point for Atlantic City as it begins to stabilize from the loss of four of its 12 casinos in 2014, grapples with a $100 million budget shortfall and tries to fight off a state takeover and the prospect of in-state competition from two proposed casinos in the northern part of the state.

"These five employers clearly are not in touch with what their employees are feeling," McDevitt said. "What is happening at the table is an insult. The day before a strike vote, Tropicana offered a five-year wage freeze. The day before!"

Tony Rodio, president of Tropicana Entertainment, which runs the Tropicana and the Taj Mahal, said the company has invested $160 million at the Tropicana since 2011.

"Our employees have benefited from increased hours, increased gratuities and job security while 33 percent of the market's 12 casinos have been forced to close and thousands have lost their jobs," he said. "It should also be noted that since emerging from bankruptcy in 2010, current ownership has not withdrawn one penny of investment from Tropicana Atlantic City while continuing to risk millions in an uncertain market."

Kevin Ortzman, president of Caesars and Bally's, said parent company Caesars Entertainment's "goal remains to negotiate a fair resolution to keep our employees at work for their sake and to continue supporting Atlantic City's revitalization, which has our full commitment."

Irma Dominguez, a housekeeper at Harrah's for 24 years, said she's ready to walk out if necessary.

"Since 2004, I've only gained 80 cents an hour on my salary," she said. "In 2011, we gave them back a week of vacation to help keep them in business. Now that they're making money, we want that back. We deserve it."

Elaine Malloy, a cocktail server at Bally's, called the casinos' current offer "horrendous."

"They're not willing to give anything back that they needed from us in 2011, when we agreed to help them," she said.

Remaining on the job under current conditions would be almost as financially difficult as going out on strike, she said.

Amateur rowers will take to the Schuylkill River Saturday bringing a road closure to adjacent Kelly Drive.

The Kelly Drive through Fairmount Park will be detoured for the 2016 Schuylkill River Regatta Saturday. A 1-1/2 mile stretch of Kelly Drive from Strawberry Mansion Drive to Fountain Green Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., said Philadelphia Police. 

Entrance to the regatta zone is by permit only so all other traffic will be detoured onto other routes including Strawberry Mansion, Fountain Green and Reservoir drives.

Click here to track the latest traffic on NBC10.com. 

The Navy Regatta is the oldest amateur regatta in the United States, dating back to 1858.

Hundreds of friends and fans stood in line and thousands more were expected Friday at a memorial service for "The Voice" singer Christina Grimmie. 

The 22-year-old was shot to death last week as she signed autographs after a show in Orlando, Florida. Her assailant fatally shot himself. 

Among those offering their condolences to Grimmie's family were Alissa and Joseph Canto. The husband and wife from outside Rochester, New York, said they drove 7 hours to come to the services at Fellowship Alliance Chapel. 

The couple, both 24, said they've been fans since Grimmie launched her YouTube channel as a high school student.

"We have been fans for years but we didn't know how much we appreciated her until she passed," Alissa Canto said. 

A public memorial service was scheduled for later Friday night. 

Authorities said Grimmie was gunned down by Kevin Loibl the night of June 10 as she signed autographs after the Orlando show. A motive for the shooting has not been determined. Authorities said she had no personal connection to Loibl, who fatally shot himself after being tackled by her brother.

Grimmie was a YouTube star who was widely known from her appearances on NBC's "The Voice" two years ago. She lived in Evesham, a small community about 20 miles from Philadelphia, before moving to Los Angeles in 2012. 

Pop star Adam Levine, who mentored Grimmie when she finished third on "The Voice," offered on Monday to pay for the funeral expenses.

Grimmie was buried in a private ceremony Thursday. 

Inside the church on Friday, a large picture of her was displayed on an easel and her music was playing as people filed past to pay their respects. 

Grimmie often cited her mother's ongoing battle with breast cancer as her inspiration, including during her first appearance on "The Voice" in 2014, where her mother sobbed in the wings at her rendition of Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball." 

Her killing was the first of three tragedies for Orlando in the last week. Early Sunday, a massacre at gay nightclub Pulse left 49 dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. On Tuesday, a 2-year-old Nebraska boy was attacked by an alligator and killed at Walt Disney World.

Four houses in Jenkintown were struck by "cat burglars" in the early hours of Friday morning, Abington police said.

The burglars successfully stole electronic valuables from three homes in the 1000 block of Huntingdon Road, apparently after they were scared away earlier in the morning from a home in the 300 block of Thorpe Road, according to a police press release.

What scared them away appears to have been a resident who yelled from her bedroom at her cats, police said. The resident "heard noises coming from the downstairs of her home," police wrote in the release.

"She thought it was her cats and she got up and yelled at them," the release said. "She then investigated further and found a downstairs window which had been closed now standing open with the window screen removed."

Police believe the burglars may have been scared off by the resident's yells. During their preliminary investigation of the Thorpe Road attempt, detectives also found another failed burglary in the same block

Burglars did hit three homes about two miles from Thorpe Road, and were seen about 5 a.m. running to a parked car with a large, rectangular object. That is believed to be a 55-inch television stolen from one of the homes, police said.

Other stolen property includes video game systems, laptop computers, cameras, other electronics, and some cash.

Anyone with information about the five incidents are asked to call Abington police at (267) 536-1100, #3.

Lil Dicky, a controversial rapper and Cheltenham native known for satirical songs like “White Dude” and "Classic Male Pregame" appeared on this year’s XXL Magazine Hip-hop Freshmen List.

His inclusion on the list in the magazine published Monday sparked outrage from many hip-hop fans who take issue with Dicky's brand of comedy.

Lil Dicky, whose real name is David Burd, worked at a San Francisco advertising agency before breaking into the scene in 2013 with his first music video "Ex-Boyfriend". The self-funded video tallied one million views the first day it was posted. After steadily releasing more music and videos, Dicky raised over $100K through a Kickstarter campaign and relocated to Los Angeles to tour and rap full-time.

He released his first album Professional Rapper in July 2015, which featured appearances from big names like Snoop Dogg and Fetty Wap, as well as its share of viral music videos. The video for "Save Dat Money", which follows Lil Dicky as he shoots a lavish music video without spending a cent, has amassed over 44 million views. Most recently, the rapper performed at Penn's Landing earlier this month for the 9th annual Roots Picnic. This week he became one of two Philadelphia natives featured on the XXL Magazine cover, along with trap rapper Lil Uzi Vert of North Philly.

Lil Dicky's proudly suburban, middle-class "white dude" persona has simultaneously endeared him to his fans - known as "Dickheads"- and has fueled his detractors, many of whom found his presence on the XXL Magazine cover photo insulting and took to social media to express their frustration.

Despite the continuing controversy, Lil Dicky has shown no sign of slowing down his rapid ascent as a major viral rap sensation.

A truck carrying deli meat collided with another truck carrying bread on a New Jersey highway Friday morning, causing a sandwich-like spill on the busy roadway.

The trucks collided on Interstate 287's southbound lanes in Piscataway shortly before 6 a.m., causing backups that stretched several exits. 

Chopper 4 footage from over the scene shows first responders cleaning up spilled bread and meats. The trailer portion of one of the trucks appears to be destroyed, and its contents are spewed about the roadway.

By about 7:30 a.m., most of the cleanup had been completed.

There weren't any reports of injuries.

Backups on the roadway stretched several miles as all but one lane on the roadway's southbound lanes were closed.

Twelve girls, ranging in age from six months to 18 years old, were found Thursday inside the home of a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man, who has been charged with sexually assaulting one of the girls from 2012 to 2015, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Lower Southampton Police Department.

One of the alleged victims, now 18, told police she is the mother of two of the girls in the house and that the suspect, Lee Kaplan, fathered both, including the six-month-old, the complaint said.

Police are also investigating an allegation that the teenage mother was sold by her parents to Kaplan. The parents, who live in Lancaster County, are in custody, police said.

"This child gave birth to two other children through an inappropriate relationship," Lower Southampton Lt. John Krimmel said.

Kaplan, 51, lives in the 400 block of Old Street Road in Feasterville, where he and the children were found, according to the complaint. He bought the home, which was built in 1926, back in 1988 according to county real estate records.

Kaplan remains jailed on $1 million bail. It is unclear if he has an attorney.

Neighbor Jen Bets said she made the tip call to authorities, bringing them to the home.

"It's never the wrong time to do the right thing," Bets told NBC10's Christian Cazares. "There were signs."

"(She was) too young to be the wife, too old to be holding his hand," Bets said. She would often see Kaplan walking down the street with girls, holding hands with one of them. 

"It took too long," Bets said of response to the home, which she said she had spoken with neighbors and police in the past about. "I just want them to get help and get back and be happy. They're so sad and fearful everytime I see them. That's what made me call."

NBC10.com is not identifying the parents, who also are in custody and being held on $1 million bail, to maintain the alleged victim of a sexual assault's anonymity.

Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said the parents, who live in Lancaster County, claim all of the children are theirs.

"They purport to be the parents of all the children, but I don't know if we believe them," Heckler said.

He said he could not say how long the children had been at Kaplan's house.

"It will be until into next week before I can stand in front of cameras and say X, Y, Z happened," Heckler said. "We have miles to go."

The police complaint said Kaplan "had told other neighbors that no children live there."

But one nearby resident, Denise Horst, said she saw the girls often.

"I've ridden by this house (and) I've seen young girls, various ages of children, dressed mostly in Amish clothing," Horst said. "Often afraid, like they would once he'd come out of the house, the male would come out, they'd go running into the house."

She said she also saw one of the young girls pregnant.

"I was wondering what was going on," Horst said. "It looked like these girls were scared."

Lower Southampton police said that police did not find any identifying documents for any of the girls.

"We are still investigating that. Bucks County is investigating that along with other agencies to help identify their genealogy and who their parents actually are," Krimmel said, adding that all are now in protective custody.

Kaplan and the girl's parents are due in court on June 28th.

In light of the Orlando tragedy, Uber is offering free rides to and from eight historically-important LGBT destinations in Philadelphia this weekend.

The destinations are  William Way Community Center, Boxers PHL, Attic Youth Center, iCandy, Tabu, John C Anderson Apartments, Tavern on Camac, andUbar.

The offer is limited to two rides per person, up to 20$ per ride, and began at noon, Friday. The free rides will be available through 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

“Like people across the world, we were deeply shocked and saddened by the recent murders at a gay nightclub in Orlando. The world is a brighter and better place when we are all free to be ourselves. And we want to bring people together, no matter who you are or where you’re from,” Marketing Manager Lindsey Kling posted on the company’s website.

An NBC 10 Investigation has revealed a basic safety device called a shunt missing at the site of Amtrak’s most recent deadly accident on the Northeast corridor.
 
Amtrak 89 was traveling 106 miles per hour when it collided with a maintenance crew in Chester, PA on April 3, 2016.
 
The accident killed two maintenance workers.
 
The NBC 10 Investigators found Amtrak dispatch records show other railroads notified of the maintenance work.  Dispatch logs show the track in Chester was occupied or ‘fouled’ between Friday April 1 and Monday April 4.

“Unfortunately, you’re always going to have some kind of human error and nobody’s life should be one step away,” Jedd Dodd, the General Chairman of the union representing Amtrak maintenance workers said.
 
Dodd, who worked on Amtrak maintenance crews for seven years, said a simple electrical cable put on the track called a shunt would have turned the oncoming railroad traffic signal red – telling trains to stop.
 
“There were no shunting devices and Amtrak had routinely stopped using shunting devices out on the track from what we can see,” Dodd said.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that there was no shunt on that track,” Railroad engineer and professor at the University of Delaware Allan Zarembski said.
 
Zarembski demonstrated how a shunt mimics a train on the tracks.  An electrical cable connects the two tracks to complete an electrical circuit and show oncoming trains the track is occupied.
 
The NBC 10 investigation found Amtrak changed its training manual in 2015 omitting a section dedicated to the “use of a supplemental shunting device.”
 
The manual’s 2000 version reads in part, “This instruction requires the employee in charge of covered fouling activities to apply an approved supplemental shunting device to the tracks…”
 
That section is removed in the latest version.

"I do know the shunting devices would have prevented it," Dodd said of the train 89 accident. “If Amtrak had properly trained and qualified their employees the shunting device would have been there.”

Amtrak officials would not say why the supplemental shunting device section was removed from its current training manual.  The NBC 10 investigators did find it would have been redundant.  The North American Railroad Operating rules, which govern all railroads, do include the shunting device section.
 
“I really can’t talk about that because that whole thing with the maintenance workers because it involves the NTSB,” Amtrak vice president of operations Chris Jagodzinski said at a public event in May when asked about how the railroad protects and trains maintenance workers.
 
The Amtrak 89 accident is the railroads’ second deadly accident in the Philadelphia area since May 2015.  Amtrak 188 killed eight passengers when it derailed in Philadelphia.  The NTSB determined the engineer lost situational awareness and didn’t realize the train was traveling too fast for the track.  The federal investigation also concluded that a train safety system called positive train control would have slowed Amtrak 188 and prevented the accident.  The NBC 10 Investigators first reported that safety system missing on the section of track where train 188 derailed.