Oxygen. He dumped the body in cooper river park after smothering him with a pillow. He called 911 to report his son missing. 911 what is your emergency . A mistrial was declared in may when jurors failed to reach an anonymous verdict. Prosecutors alleged he killed his son because he was interfering in his relationship with a 17yearold. The girlfriend did not want to speak to reporters about the plea. The second trial was set to begin next month instead he will be sentenced to manslaughter. Neither the prosecutor or defense attorney would speak on camera. But the next step is sentencing expected to take place on september 29th, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison but eligible for parole in just 8. 5 years. Reporting live channel 6 action news. Thank you. Investigators from the ntsb are working at the site of the collision between two septa trains in upper darby and we are now getting word of the first lawsuit from one of the injured passengers. Action News Reporter annie mccomic has the story. Good evening. Reporter good evening, there were more than two dozen victims involved in the crash. Today is the first one to be filed on behalf of one victim and the attorneys expect more people to come forward and more lawsuits to come forward as well. He woke up and found himself on the ground and found himself gasping for air and he was in pain. Lawyer tom klein is describing injuries his client Derrell Robson a West Philadelphia resident suffered from tuesday mornings train crash. He hit his head and knocked unconscious and recalls losing consciousness and recalls regaining consciousness. Some moments after the collision. Robson was a passenger on the norristown high speed line train 155 and picked it up near Rosemont College where he works. 32 people were injured and also a train operator. It was just after midnight the train was approaching the 69th Street Transportation Center and crashed into an empty stationary train. Its unclear if it was operate error or mechanical malfunction. He witnesses the septa engineer rushing and overshot two stops before the crash and the lawsuit is seeking minimum of 50,000 in damages and he believes that the train is speeding. Attorneys for both firm are familiar with highprofile lawsuits. Including the 188 derailment. And tackling overall safety issues with Public Transportation the need to install positive train control on all tracks. If we take the amtrak derailment. If there war automatic train control, it would have slowed it down but not prevented it from smashing into a stationary railroad car on the track. Positive train control would have done that and automatic train control would not have done that. Septa says they installed positive train control on the Regional Rail line. They have no comment on ongoing legal matters. Channel 6 action news. Back to you. We now know what caused the sudden death of new jersey state senator, jim wayland, he suffered a heart attack where he served three terms as mayor. Doctors successful removed kansas from his kidneys. It sent shock waves and sadness through the mythical world in new jersey. I am heart broken over it. Words are really, really describe my emotions now like losing a friend like that. He was a gentle giant and his heart was even bigger. Its going be a lot different not having him there in the state house anymore. Waylan was just 68 years old and they are planning a Memorial Service in his honor. In Chester County the search is on for the vandals that painted these antisemitic and hate graffiti. They are investigating this as a hate crime. Vernon odom is live now with the latest. Reporter good evening monica, tonight Police Sources indicate they are hot on the trail of the person or persons responsible for this slew of hate crimes that shocked valley township and coatesville earlier yesterday. In coatesville west end reads woke up to find nazi and various other White Nationalist messages including graffiti on private property. A garage and home and vehicle. Not frightening. No because they did it at nighttime. They are not trying to be seen. They are not going to do anything. Police in both jurisdictions are on the case working together to pinch the suspects. That it was all done during a spree in the wee hours of wednesday morning. We have good leads we are currently following up on and we hope its an isolate the incident. The number 2316 appears that is an indicator that is a specific position of the alphabet. Being w number 23 alphabet and translates to white power. They have video they hope will prove helpful. They are not releasing them yet. The local folks are demanding swift justice. Everything going on with the politics and trump. And all the bombings, you know this world is bad today it really is. Reporter monica, tonight police in the two jurisdictions we have named say they could use tip calls from the public to help make arrests in this case they want this kind of vandalism shut down very quickly. Almost immediately they say. Live in Police Headquarters in coatesville, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Some homeowners are dealing with powerful damage from overnight storms. The foundation of this gloucester township home collapsed in the midst of a downpour. It brought down a large section of the basement wall a few feet from where the resident was sleeping. No injuries at that home on beverly drive. A business has been robbed at gun point twice in two weeks. One on august 3rd. A man walked in green deli and then three men came in the store and they took the mans gun. On a happier note the chance to win 700 Million Dollars has the chance to win. Just 2. They were selling 8300 power ball tickets today as of midday. Despite the long odds local reads are dreaming big. I would just be gone, i would travel and disney world. If we won, well lets see the education would be covered for the dead kids and that is probably the most important thing maybe a beach house who knows. Or a few good luck. Coming up on action news tonight. The thunder over the boardwalk is back in Atlantic City. How the spectacle in the skies boosting the towns bottom line. And we take you inside of the Brand New School building that has families excited in camden. Are you excite Fire Department you like cooler temperatures as we move forward in the accuweather forecast. And temperatures drop from 80 at 7 00 back to near 70 at midnight and well talk about the long stretch coming up. A high flying spectacle above the boardwalk for the 15 and annual air show. It featured the u. S. Air force thunderbirds. They are incredible. They show skill and patriotism, it attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators from all ages across the country. The show is cool, every day you dont get to see giant helicopters and people parachuting everywhere. This shows the unity of america and the people here in america. The resilience of americans. Our own Matt Odonnell and matt pellman was there as well. It provides a boost to the local economy. It is expected to bring in 26 million to Atlantic City. In glassboro, and partners at Rowan University celebrated progress of a project, the apartments and retail space and classrooms. Steve sweeney congregated the city on this major milestone. After 50 years penn state brandywine has a place to live. The first residence all and student center. It can house 400 of the 1300 students. It has a book store and offices. And new tonight at 6 00 exciting year nor camden children thanks to a bran new building that opened for the first time today. They explain that the kids and their families condition wait to get started. The first day of school at the new Mastery School in camden. Students have a lot of goals to tackle this year. Good grades as always and a nice year. The brand new 40 million 80,000 square foot facility for 750 kindergarten through eighth graders sits through river and state avenue. It floods Natural Light into crass rooms and this comes with a view and Natural Resources and outside a playground and soccer field is in the works. They were so excited and woke up early in the morning. And mom i want to go to school and here they are. Everything is new, sure why not. Action news was there last october when parents and students and officials including its mayor and superintendant signed a steel beam that was raised in position. The school built in partnership with Camden City School district bring together two former schools operated by mastery, north camden and cramer hill. Part of what we can do for kids rebuild the facilities. A lot of fas itses in the city are crumbling and deteriorating. A new building and school year and the possibilities for these kids feels endless. We are ready. Its amazing. In camden, katherine scott, channel 6 action news. Ducis is here with sports and time to talk injuries with the sixers. Things are looking up and that should make fans happy. Ben simmons and his injured foot is cleared for all basketball activities of the 2016 first round pick is cleared for a while. That is one. Joel embiid is not fully cleared yet but an official maintains he remains on track and ready for Training Camp that begins in september. And the center is working his way back from a knee injury. The eagles, third preseason game is on tap. The birds split their first two preseason games. In fact the unit down right struggles and the regular season is 18 days away and carson wentz knows what the offense needs to do and it starts with the little things. Be efficient on first and second down and penalties killed us last game. 14 penalties is not winning games. You have to be disciplined and positive plays on second and third. And third and long is hard in this league. Soul versus a storm. Who you got . Philadelphia soul find themselves back in the arena bowl. Saturday night they look for another crown. Jeff skversky has the preview. From the moment the soul won last years arena bowl they are talking about a repeat. Just days away from defending their title it comes saturday at the wells fargo center. It would be nice for the city and fans that never seen our game hopefully this will be a mark to come out and watch us, our brand of football is exciting. The high scoring soul has the highest winning percentage since any team in philadelphia since 2004. And making their fifth appearance on the big stage. You see the bags under my eyes that is why you play you work all year for this moment. Excitement and butterflies starting to wake up. Im nervous but excited. Nervous about what . You dominated at home and dominated tampa bay. We cant compare this game to the last games. They want back to back titles and why not . They have Home Field Advantage and they dominated tampa bay winning all three matchups. I expect to win the game. This is a Good Football Team and know how to win. We won 17 straight games at home. The soul is undefeated at home since last april. One big one is left to win. Jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. Brian dawkins will be the coin tosser, catch at arena bowl on 6 abc saturday night at 7 00. The phillies and marlins meet at 7 00. The phils hit eight home runs despite losing the game. Its great to see in this park its conducive for hitting the long ball. I hope it continues and stanton comes in and everybody is waiting for him to hit one and blanco hit two. And the union are up north to face the best team in mls. Toronto. And they need all the help they can. Goalie andre blake is back after missing eight games with a hand injury. That is sports. Thanks meteorologist, adam joseph with the forecast next. Meteorologist, adam joseph in for cecily a stunning day as you predicted. The action cam showing a beautiful shot here mixing the blues and whites and greens and the flowers are starting to burst out there. A few cirrus clouds, what was a gorgeous day compared to yesterday. Sky 6 hd right now indicates the sun getting lower on the horizon and brightening up sky 6 hd here. Just a few clouds out there and this is an alert. I dont tell you about often but a car wash alert. If you want to get that car washed and not worry about rain ruining that shiny job, you dont have to worry about it until the beginning of next week basically a 0 chance. And a rip of energy comes through and 90 of us staying dry for almost a week starting right now. As we look at the temperatures, 81 in philadelphia, millville and wilmington and 84 in philadelphia for a high today and upper 70s for the north and west and 68 degrees in the poconos right now temperatures drop into the 50s for most of the suburbs tonight. A lot of sunshine out there, still hanging on to cloud cover at the shore and a couple of light showers in southern parts of delaware and Cape May County and skirting southern parts of Atlantic County as the boundary that brought the Severe Weather is just to the south and still seeing a bit of precipitation rippling along it. So again, showers still from Sea Isle City from cape may and Atlantic City towards brigantine. These will be out of here. If you want to hit a boardwalk here in evening. Looking good. Mostly clear and cool and comfy, 56 allentown and lancaster. Open up the windows to the north and west. And 65 philadelphia and 65 dover and 67 in cape may. Tomorrow just a few high clouds and sunshine and low humidity for the most part. 69 at 8 00 in the morning, right around 80 at 2 00, should top off at 82 for a high tomorrow. 4 00, 5 00 in the afternoon and going back into the 70s during the evening showers. Its all compliments of a strong High Pressure coming in from canada bringing a taste of fall for the next five days, lots of sunshine in the area, pleasant days and cool nights and low humidity. Down the shore 79 surf city tomorrow and 80 beach haven and 80 in ocean city with the fine, light northeasterly wind and a warm ocean. And as we head to Cape May County upper 70s and Bethany Beach 82 degrees perfect day to park yourself on the sand. As you look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, kind of repeating myself here thursday through next tuesday. Sunshine and cumulous clouds each day, and kind of a preview of what fall feels like here in the upper 70s. Really no humidity whatsoever. And then the only change that comes is a week from now and clouds increase and a shower in the afternoon with High Temperature of 80 degrees so have this kind of weather for that long this time of year is exceptional. We love it. And abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. And action news continues on phl 17 with brian, sharrie and ducis at 10 00. And for adam joseph, jim gardner and the entire action news team. Im Monica Malpass hope you have a good night. Tonight, President Trump on the attack. In front of thousands defending his response to White Supremacists in charlottesville. Outside, protesters clashing with police. Then another speech today, a sudden change in tone. Whats behind it . Also breaking tonight, the hurricane watch right now. The track that has it coming toward the u. S. Harvey gaining strength over the gulf. Evacuations start first thing in the morning. The mystery growing tonight. U. S. Officials rushed out of cuba after that sonic attack. Now tonight, the state department is asked about a report. Did any of them suffer traumatic brain injury . How they responded. The School Year Just under way, and the attack in the classroom. It is disturbing. A student taking aim at a teacher. What authorities are now saying tonight. And the second largest