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Minutes later. It was metal, it was block. It was part of the roofing. You can see whats over there. Its wood, its metal, its blocks and all came down and he was under it. Reporter cherry hill fire director says three workers were on the job when the wall came down. One man was operating a backhoe next to the wall. He was rushed to the hospital shaken but okay. The other worker was not hurt. Investigators do not know what caused the collapse. Its being investigated. Theyre going to have to talk to the people, the contractor, the people working there, thats what the Prosecutors Office and osha are here to do. Reporter rescuers dug the victims body without hours. The lot is being conclude cleared for a super wawa this is the first accident they know of on sites. They had all their permits and they were licensed to do the work. You can look. I mean, nine 9 of that building is down. Youve got that one little spot just so happened today that that whats happened. Reporter osha confirms its vet guesting mancuso contractors on site here. We check into their history. They do have violations with osha dating back to 1999 and 2000 sand and in those cases they were safety violations but fines were paid and those cases are closed. This is a still a developing story. Much more at 6 00. Dawn. Thank you, sabina. Now to developing story that we have been following all day for you. One person is dead following a violent accident along the Atlantic City expressway. Several more people are rushed to area hospitals. The crash shutting down part of the highway for more than five hours. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live outside Cooper University hospital and, dave, how are the victims doing right now. Well, dawn, all of those victims by the way are from philadelphia including two of them who are in Critical Condition here at cooper tonig tonight. The new Jersey State Police Fatal Accident Team is now investigating the cause of this crash. State police say it was just after 7 00 a. M. When this white pickup truck struck the guardrail in the westbound lanes of the Atlantic City expressway and flipped over. Sending the six people inside flying on to the roadway. One man was killed. Five others injured. We did get a call that came in describing that vehicle that did turn over that it was driving in an erratic manner. Three helicopters landed on the highway to evacuate the injured. State police say 3584 old passenger james dennis faster three from philadelphia was pronounced dead at the scene. The others were taken by ambulance to the Atlantic Care Regional Medical Center in ac or air lived to cooper hospital in camden with serious injuries. This vehicle occupied six passengers. Three of which were in the bed of the pickup truck. Reporter the crash shut down the westbound lanes of the expressway for five hours. While rescue crews tended to the injured. New Jersey State Police Fatal Accident Team was on seen to investigate. Being that all sick passengers were eject the from the vehicle its safe to say they were not wearing their safety their safety belts. Reporter state police said the driver 45 year old rosslyn, was red med cooked to cupeler along with a just juvenile in the rear bed of the truck. Both were Critical Condition. 19 year old Brian Gregory and 18 year oldish nick what abrams of philadelphia were taken to atlantic care in Critical Condition along with a four year old. The child was in the middle position of the cab who was not in a child safety seat. Reporter now the new Jersey State Police tonight say several of the victims are still in surgery. Until those victims can be interviewed, they cannot rule on the cause of the crash. Coming up at 6 00 what other factors may have played a role in this crash. Iain . Dave, thank you. Well see you again at 6 00. Nearly two weeks after a crash that seriously injured tray see morgan the comedian is headed to rehab facility. Morgan suffered a broken leg and broken ribs in a crash on the new jersey turnpike. Another man was killed in the accident. A spokesperson for morgan says the actor is improving but has a long road to a full recovery. The weather is picture perfect today. All across the region. Lets check your fox 29 Weather Authority and man and his best friend out enjoying the day at penn treaty park in fishtown. Although its been a very nice day on this last day of spring, the clouds are increasing and people are gearing up for the media five miler tonight. So scott the question is, will the weather hold out . Absolutely. We are talking about beautiful conditions on this friday evening. Look at the satellite and radar. You can see philadelphia not a cloud really in the sky. No rain showing up oh and radar. Media right now, delaware county, beautiful conditions. So as we take look. Expanding the view south jersey, quiet conditions. Mild, low relative humidity values. So just comfortable. Maybe youre headed to media for that five miler. Lets look at the temperatures. 77 degrees by 7 00 oclock. The start of the race. By 9 00 were looking at partly cloudy skies. Winds out of the north five to 10 miles per hour, dry and great weather for that run. Otherwise, you can see this is the cold front that dropped our temperatures yesterday to our south. Quiet conditions. Well watch the system off to the west for a part of your weekend. Well have that forecast coming and but otherwise, 81 degrees right now but look at the humidity. Only at 26 . All right. Scott, thank you. Happening now, travel woes for some drivers. Friday night already means rush hour gridlock but its about to get worse for commuters in montgomery county. Yet another bridge is closed after failing inspection. It connects graterford road to perkiomen and skippack townshi townships. It closed yesterday evening. Fox 29s thalia perez is live in collegeville, montgomery county. Commuters arent the only ones experiencing headaches up there. Reporter thats right, iain. Well, Officials Say its all about safety and this bridge is closed indefinitely. But everyone in this area that we spoke to tonight is upset, because they say the closure will impact everything from Small Businesses to traffic. Im actually very angrier over this, because its really affecting business and if this isnt a Strong Economy right now to lose any kind of business. Reporter its the first full day since the graterford road bridge over the Perkiomen Creek has been shut down, and john a local Business Owner is worried that its already impacting business. Its affecting our pockets. I mean its friday here. Quarter of 1 00 and usually we used to have every seat filled in who are and now with the traffic being rerouted, its, you know, its just non existent. Reporter the 60 year old bridge connects drivers with gravel pike and Perkiomen Creek road. Officials shut it down last night after they say it failed an inspection. Youre looking at a large fall area with the row bar showing and you see severe rusting of the rebars. Reporter lee from penndot points to cracks and exposed beams also making it structurally unsafe. And this hole that he says is 2 feet deep. Probably end up replacing the whole bridge. Right now theres no timetable. I cant give you a definite time on when that bridge will be replaced. Reporter with no definite timetable ahead, and with the alternate the arcola road bridge also shut down, drivers say theyre bracing for more congestion getting around in schwenksville and collegeville. As you probably seen how many cars are trying to get up here, theres a million workers up here at graterford, and how are they going to get back and forth . The other two roads down each way traffic is going tonight mayor. Reporter again, there is no timetable for this and Officials Say the price tag for bridge replacement will fall in the eight to 11 million range. Dawn . All right. Thank you thalia. Work to repair the bridge on i495 in delaware continues this week. Deldot says it is making progress as crews work around the clock seven days a week. Officials say they are hopeful they can reopen part of the bridge by labor day. And hazmat crews respond to an envelope with a suspicious powder inside at fox chase cancer center. Police say the envelope was found at the rye man building on the hospitals campus. Hazmat crews took the envelope for further investigating. Theres no word on who found it or whether the envelope was addressed to anyone. Only on fox, new fraud charges to night against a bucks county contractor already accused of ripping off homeowners. Our bruce gordon has been following this story for more than a year and a half and hes live in the newsroom with the latest chapter. Bruce. Reporter weve been reporting on the allegations of see deceptive Business Practices against john is you chi since november of 1212. Weve talked to him by phone, knocked on his door but never got a chance to question him face to face until today. Mr. Sue chi, any comment about these allegations, the man says you took his money and never finish the work . Nothing to say . John sue chi was tight lipped after making bail and pleading not guilty to these latest charges. Prosecutors say the yardley based contractor accepted more than 34,000 for a roof replacement on this tullytown commercial building late last fall. But they say succi did only part of the job and left the roof exposed. When snow and ice hit that open building, 200,000 worth of personal and tenants property inside was destroyed. Second contractor had to be called in to complete the job. Prosecutors say succi never replied for nor received permits to do the work. His lawyer blames old man wint winter. Mr. Succi did take money. Had a signed contract and he was to do work. Did he work. And then i think the inclement weather came in and really caused a major fiasco at the project. Reporter back in february, succi was charged with cheating eight other customers out of 11. 6 million for jobs in yes prosecutors claim he took money and failed to the work. We told you the story of the cindy ross of levittown. She says she paid him 86,000 bucks but claims he worked without permits, gutted her home, then abandoned the proje project. My house is destroyed. My house is destroyed. Reporter Court Documents from that february case describe his bank records showing quote large and frequent purchases at Atlantic City casinos and Jewelry Stores and atm withdrawals at gentlemens clu clubs. The paper work suggests you were living high on the log while these people werent getting their work done. If hes a will couple of bad cases it has to be resolved it doesnt appear to be a pattern. If hes done this for 32 years, i dont think you want to throw a bus under the bus for 10 bad cases. Reporter this new case against him came about when the alleged victims saw our coverage of the february arrest and charges and notified authoriti authorities. If there are still other cases out there other alleged victims prosecutors want to know about them. Dawn . All right. Thank you. Starring next Week Starbucks is raising prices. Still ahead just how much more youre going to have to pay for your favorite drink. Plus this video is amazing. A man on motorcycle slams into a car and flips off the bike into the air and then gets up and walks away. I had to brace for impact i knew there was no way of dodging. Theres no laying down the bike. 91 of that. What he said he was thinking while he was mid air. Its a face seen by millions of the ladies are loving it. This man is not model. Hes convicted felon and now hes an internet sensation. What some people are say People Living in this Camden County Community Wake up to an Early Morning fire. Flames breaking ought around 4 00 this morning at fact four on the 1400 block of for row avenue. Fortunately no injuries reported. Officials are investigating the cause. 43 year old joseph meal chow ski behind bars in connection for seven bank robberies. Police say his spree started five years ago in greenville, delaware, and ended in 2011. A joint investigation between police there and in pennsylvania led to the arrest after detectives got a tip. Two men are behind bars charged in connection with a wild shoot out inside a bensalem hotel. 30 year old Vincent Jackson and 19 year old a don tis fountain both charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. Police say they engaged in a shootout inside the roosevelt motor inn along the rows vessel boulevard. It happened early in the morning of march 31st. No one was hur and investigators say the gunfire apparently stemmed from a prior dispute. A search is underway for missing 30 year old woman from willingboro. Rasheeda green disappeared thursday from the 1100 block of empire avenue. Police say she was last seen with William Brooks who is also missing. They were together in the area of haddon and cane avenues in willingboro. Give police a call if you know where they are. Pennsylvanias attorney general said she plans to release a report into how police and prosecutors handled the Jerry Sandusky case. Kathleen cane vowed to look into the child molestation case while running for office in 2012. She suggested that then attorney general and now governor tom corbett had political motivation to slow the investigation while he ran for governor. Corbett has denied those claims. Sandusky, of course, convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse. Canes report is expected on monday. Pennsylvania is over hauling the rules governing gender and High School Sports in the commonwealth. The pennsylvania inter so lat tick Athletic Association approve the change thursday under the new rules boys are allowed to play on girls teams if the sport they want to play isnt offered for boys but the principal will make that determination. Girls have been allowed to play on boys teams since a Commonwealth Court decision in the 70s. The special Olympic Games are coming to a close. After a week of competition and inspirational stories closing ceremonies are just hours away. Taking place from 7 00 until 9 00 at the sun National Bang center in trenton and fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in trenton for tonights events and shawnette, everyone involved in these games certainly has memories that will last a lifetime. Reporter no doubt about that. So much excitement already can be felt here at the sun center. The closing ceremonies starts at 7 00 oclock tonight. Take look behind me. Weve been watching them set up for quite sometime now really exciting. A marching band on the floor of the center right now. We have lights up, balloons around the olympic torch there and earlier we even got to hear rehearsals for the national anthem. Someone playing that by trumpet so again the ceremony starts at 7 00 oclock. Energy already being felt here in the center. Lets take look at video from earlier this week. Were talking about a huge event 3500 athletes competed and everything you can think of aquatics, basketball, gymnastics, soccer you name it they did it and tonight were going to get the smiles and children adults faces after an awesome week theyve trained for all year long. This is of course about fitness as you know but also the joy of sharing their gifts in front of everyone including their families. The other big thing weve been hearing a lot of people talk about dawn mentioned it the friend ships formed through Special Olympics speaking of the theme of the closing ceremony tonight in inclusion and friendship. So again back here live, closing ceremonies set to start at 7 00 oclock tonight. Were talking about entertainment, positives messages we hear that lauren elena from american model is set to perform and this marching band me getting geared up. Well hear from one of the families of the athlete who competed a first hand account how this week has been awesome for them. Back to you in the studio. Shawnette see you at 6 00. Our Special Olympics coverage continues online. For a look at some of the athletes that we have profiled you can click on the Special Olympics heading under our home page at myfoxphilly. Com. Turning now to your Weather Authority. Hey, its the first dip of the season. Kids and aduicking off the 2014 pool system season at Cruz Recreation Center in kensington. All city pools will be open by july 1st and theyll be open seven days a week. And the pool was good for today but chief meteorologist scott scott will with jumps letmeteo. The weather will cooperate as well. The countdown to summer. Summer officially begins tomorrow morning at 6 51. Its going to be the longest day and the shortest night of the year. All in all, once again it looks like the weather is going to be nice. Speaking of nice, 81 degrees right now but look at that humidity. Only at 26 . This winds out of the north at 8 miles an hour. The sun will set this evening at, a little after 8 30 so beautiful conditions to get outdoors later on after the broadcast. 76 degrees in Atlantic City right now. 77 in pottstown. 79 in allentown. 80 right now current until wilmington as well as dover. So nice conditions outdoors. Temperatures comfortable. Humidity comfortable. But clouds will increase as we move toward 11 00 oclock and during the overnight. So a nice evening but this is the system that well watch that will head in our direction early on your saturday. But it doesnt look like its going to really cause a lot of problems. You talked about the fire fly Music Festival taking place in dover. So for saturday, 80 degrees. Winds will be light. There could be a spotty shower popping up. Otherwise, you can see sunday, 81. Lots of sunshine beautiful conditions. Coming up well talk about other events taking place this weekend and also well time out the best chances to potentially see some of that rainfall for part of the weekend. All right, scott, thanks. She received a heart transplant 20 years ago but now she needs a new one. Its a second miracle this woman has been praying for. Coming up how her prayers are being answered. Plus, raging flames and clouds of huge black smoke seen for miles. What this fastmoving fire destroyed in just matter of minutes. Flames tear through a private garage in i dont know kearse new york. Check out this video showing the fire destroying the roof. Parts of the building collapsed but there are no reports of any injuries. And we also dont know what started the fire. A shooting at colorados historic Red Rocks Amphitheater leaves three people injured this happened last night in a parking lot there. The amphitheater was packed for a concert featuring rappers naz and schoolboy q. All three people were taken at the hospital. So far no arrests. And dozens of employees at the centers for Disease Control are taking steps after possibly being exposed to anthrax. The cdc says as many as 86 people have been exposed. It started with safety lapse in a special laboratory. Officials say a high level lab failed to completely inn activate anthrax samples sent to less secure labs for further Research Much the problem was discovered last friday and the cdc revealed it yesterday. The cdc says there is no threat to the general public. Lawmakers on capitol hill want to know what happened to thousands of emails sent by former irs official lois lerner. The irs claims two years worth of records were lost in a computer crash and are gone forever. Republicans say there could be evidence in connection with claims the irs targeted conservative groups in the lead up to the 1220 president ial election but democrats say it was nothing more than a computer failure. Theism rs commissioner denies there has been a cover up. Cell phone thefts are at an all time high now california senator is looking at ways to make the device useless if stolen. A bill currently under consideration would force cell phone makers to install a kill switch. Something apple promised to do on its product products in annot yesterday. Socalled kill switch would allow customers to disable lost or stolen device. The idea here is to get into the minds of potential criminals that it is not worth their time, their effort or their risk to rob you of your smart phone because if they do, it will be worthless. Wireless industry says google, samsung and microsoft have also pledged to install uniform anti Theft Technology within a year. Senting intimate Text Messages to your significant other might spice things up in the bedroom but is it hurting your image. Double standard when it comes to sexting. The ladies are loving his face much this man is not a model hes a convicted felon now hes an internet sensation. What some people are saying about this face. And the pope is hey taking on pot speaking out about Recreational Marijuana. What he says making drugs like recreatimale announcer commemorate the war of 1812 bicentennial and join our traveling celebration as the Chesapeake Campaign visits town festivals up and down our shores. Visit starspangled200. Com. Presented by at t. Maryland. 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The crash shutting down part of the highway for more than five hours. And we will have live update for you coming up at 6 00 oclock. Meantime skyfox flying over breaking news in Camden County. A car slams into a house in lindenwold. It happened about 4 00 oclock on the 600 block of fifth avenue. No word on exactly what happen happened. But no injuries have been reported. Still no official word from mayor Michael Nutter about how hell proceed with Philadelphia City councils pot plan. Yesterday a majority of members approved a plan that would reduce the penalty for minor pot possession. If youre caught with 30 grams or less you wont go to jail. Instead youll be slapped with a 25 fine. That measure passed with a 13 to three majority which would make it veto proof. No word if the mayor will try to change anyones position. Pope francis is making his opinion known on the legalization of drugs for Recreational Use. Ly. The leader of the catholic search says the problem of drug use is not solved with drugs. Foxs lauren green explains why the pope says legalization is not the answer. Reporter pope francis making his views known when the come to the legalization of drugs. Let me state this in the clearest terms possible. The problem of drug use is not solved with drugs. Drugs are evil and with evil there cant be retreat. Reporter pontiff speaking to a Drug Enforcement conference in rome putting his moral weight behind a Movement Seeking to counter gains made by pro legalization groups in europe, south america and us. Legalization of socalled recreational drugs is not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint but it fails to produce the desired effects. Reporter pope has a long history of speaking out against drug use spending much of this time as archbishop of ben notice heiress caring for addicts but just last month, argentinas neighbor uruguay cleared the sale for sales of marijuana in pharmacies. In the United States Recreational Use is legal in colorado and washington state. And medical marijuana is now available in 22 states. With new york poised to become the 23rd. Medical marijuana has the capacity to do a lot of good for a lot of people who are in pain and who are suffering. Reporter pope francis says the underlying problems lead to go drug use must be addressed. More legalization isnt the answer. Replace many drugs are not an adequate therapy but instead of failed means of surrendering to the phenomenon. I want to row pete what ive already said on other occasions. No to any type of drug. Report roar oregon is expect to vote or legalizing Recreational Marijuana in november. A ballot was narrowly defeated in 2012. In new york, lauren green fox 29 news. A methodist minister defrocked after officiating at his son month same sex wedding is appealing the churchs decision. Frank schaeffer made his case today to a Church Appeals committee in maryland. He says his defrocking was illegal because it was based on the assumption that he will break church law in the future. Schaeffer is one of hundreds of methodist ministers who have spoken out about the churchs stance on homosexuality. Church allows gay members but it prohibits them from serving as clergy and prohibits ministers from performing same sex marriages. Investigators are logging in a deadly hitandrun crash in bucks county. Police were out on the 700 block of bridge water road in bensalem today. Sources say the Police Activity was tied to a crash last night on the 4100 block of bristol pike. Philadelphia resident vincent erie died in the accident. So far there have been no arrests. Really unbelievable video. A motorcyclist slamming into a car at a florida intersection. The impact flipping him into the air and miraculously he gets right back on to his feet. We first showed you the clip last night and now foxs evan axle ban talks to the man who says hes lucky to be alive. Without the video youd never believe Michael Smiths story. Yeah, yeah, he said he flipped. Wahoo. But now that you can actually see the footage, d a. M. N was he was saying was the truth. I could honestly be dead. May 24th he was headed up belcher at on a motorcycle like this. He says the light was yellow. But alex hall thought it was red and made a left. I had to brace for impact i knew there was no way i was dodging it. Theres no laying down the bike. None of them. Reporter impact and lift off. I felt like more fee yows off from the matrix. You were in the air and what were you thinkingly. I was upside down and i had my shades on. I can land on my feet or my head. Right after i got done thinking that i landed on my feet, rolled and get up. Hes being humble about the landing much after his feet hit he ooh did another flip and walked around the star of the intersection. Everyone else was frozen. Im walking to make sure everything is cool. Im like that was real. You know what it mean . What just happened was real. My bike Lindsay Lohan was down. Lindsay was totaled. The side of the car dented. Everybody just runs out their car like what was that . That could have been the end for mikail. He wasnt wearing a helmet and was cited for not having a motorcycle endorsement. He promises to get one before his court date. Hes just glad he has a court date. You cheated death. I got eight more lives left. Death is nowhere near right now. I used one that day. Evan axle bank. Fox news. Quite a character there. The other driver by the way was cited for making illegal left turn and having a suspended license. She received a heart transplant 20 years ago but she needs a new one to keep living. How one womans prayers for a second miracle are being answered. Plus little boy sets up a free library in his front yard to share his passion for reading with neighbors. But city officials are mak makig him tack it down. Why his family says this fight in over. A family trip to local mall turns into jewelry heist. Police need your help. Where they say two adults and six kids took more than what they paid for. Scott . And iain, right now its dry, its comfortable. Its also sunny but dont get too used to the sunshine. Coming up, the timing of a storm system that will impact a part of the there appears to be double standard when it comes to sexing and girls. Survey appearing in the journal of children and media, less than quarter of 12 to 18 year old girls admit to sexting. While nearly half the boys say they received them. Boys thought girls who sent them were promiscuous. They felt young women who did not participate were prudes. No label for boys that admit to sexting. Topping your health news, new concussion tests for helmets manufacturers may have to meet new standards for certain concussion causing forces. The organization that sets the standards is proposing new criteria for testing. Now its all part of a movement to try to make Contact Sports safer as concern about concussions grows. The new standard would add an additional test of helmet performance when an impact also makes a players head suddenly spin. The hope is that that standard might eventually spur safer helmet designs. What started as thoughtful mothers day present turned into a nine year olds first run in with the legal system. Spencer collins of leeward kansas set up a free library to honor his mom an elementary schoolteacher and fellow book lover. He invited people to swap out their own used books and pick up a new one. After week of display, the city ordered the family to take it down because of an ordinance that for bids structures outside of Single Family homes. It applies to any structure. So we arent targeting the little library. You couldnt put a book case out there. Or, you couldnt put a couch out there. Or any items like that. I think its unfair because its really good to the community. Ah. Spencer plans to address city council in the next meetin meet. Hell work with his dad to figure out what he wants to say. Starting next week, starbucks is going to raise prices. Still ahead just how much youre going to have to pay for your favorite drink now. And he may give new meaning to the words most wanted. A convicted criminal gaining National Attention because of his looks. Some women say hes so hot they want to post his bail. And dawn, speaking of hot ryan howard and the red hot phillies win four games of first place in the National League east and tonight trying to do something they havent done since 2012. Something they havent done since 2012. That story coming up in but the food justne to greecefits so much better, with my philosophy put it on a pizza. Get our new authentic greek pizza. A large for only 12 dollars. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Papa johns. Lets call it the mug shot seen around the world. Theft year old jeremy meeks arrested wednesday on multiple felony charges but his mug shot went viral with tens of thousands of people commenting on his high cheek bones, chiseled face and his striking blue eyes. Theres even a go fund me site to help meeks raise his nip hundred thousand dollars in bail money and people across the country have been take to go social media to talk about the photo youre looking at right now. Heres a sampling of some of the comments on twitter that were seeing right now. Jordan alex says im permly not attracted to him but he actually is really pretty. He could be a model. And siena says this thing is simultaneously cracking me up and making me ashamed of my interest in it. And finally, britain says im amused and also a little sad. Iain. All right. Dawn, thanks. Taking a look at your money tonight, you might be shelling out little more for your tall grande and vendy. Starbucks is raising the prices on some of its drinks by five to 20 cents and youll pay little more at the supermarket for the packaged coffee that will go up a buck. Increase kicks in tuesday and varies depending on the region. The good news drinks like tall brood coffees and frappuccinos wont see higher prices in most places. Well about 2,000 americans undergo a heart transplant each year, and while their new hearts can buy them years, many will need another transplant down the road. Foxs beth galvin followed a young georgia woman waiting for her second miracle and was there when her prayers were answered. Reporter goo buys are hardest part after two years of struggling with failing heart, doctors have finally found 23 year old kayla monteal a new one. Shocked. Many different mixed emotions. Happiness. Relief. Nervousness. Emotional right now. Trying to keep my head going. Reporter for the past 37 days, kayla has been here at Emery University hospitals icu. A 1a so critically ill she was placed at the very top of the transplant waiting list. She was just a toddler the first she received a donor heart. Doctors thought that would last five to 10 years. Its been 22. It lasted me all throughout school. Through high school. Everything. It just gave me second chan at life. And now im lucky enough to get third. This time around kayla doesnt need a new heart she needs a kidney, too. But already it feels like a door is opening. Not only finally getting out of this bed but finally starting my life. I know she has purpose or she wouldnt be given this chance. And im not going to lie, every night i cry. Today more tears. I love you. As her family and boyfriend head out to begin their wait, she is headed to the operating room. Cardiothoracic surgeon dr. Jeffrey miller who knows kayla and has operated on her heart once before will be her surgeon again and he is bracing for a long night. Shes had three open heart surgeries so this will be her fourth. So getting in, getting back into this chest will be a challenge. But weve done it before and i think it will go just fine. Its dark by the time the donor heart finally arrives. Given anonymously by another family in another hospital letting go of hope. My biggest thing is for the donor right now actually. I have no words. I dont even think thank you is enough. In the or shes placed on a heart lung bypass allowing the team to removed her stiffened heart an taj the new one. There is a risk of bleeding or that her new heart may not work. But she pulls through and this is just the beginning. Kayla keeps me going. Shes my hero. Shes my strongest shes my strongest after a few hours of rest round two. The kidney transplant. Kaylas new kidney is also from her heart donor. Her kidneys were damaged by years of taking anti rejection drugs so she needs this to start feeling better. Doing great. Three days later in cardia cardiackism cu better feels far off. Kayla is in pain and has a sore throat for being intubated. She does think everyone else out there in her voice is kind of small right now. When shes stronger kayla monteal hopes to one day say her own thank you to the family whos gift gave her this chance. That was beth galvin reportinreporting. Kayla license carefully monford for signs of rejection and infection. Shes had to put off college because of her heart problems. She hopes to begin studying to become a nurse when shes done recovering. Final for your fox 29 Weather Authority. It was a fantastic friday, scott. You know, today was a 10. There are a few hiccup in the upcoming weekend forecast but all in all not looking too bad. Dry and pleasant for your friday evening out. Beautiful. Low humidity. The sun sets a little after 8 30. Lets talk about the that saturday forecast. Summer officially arrives tomorrow morning at 6 51. Cloud cover will be moving in. There could also ab spotty shower during the day on saturday. Then sunday, sunshine returns. Seasonable temperatures both days. The high testimony cher today, low 80s. 82 degrees. The normal this time of year is 84 but the record 98 set back in 1931. That is safe. Lets talk about those temperatures area wide right n now. Pretty uniform. Upper 70s. Low 80s right now. 82 in millville. We have 80 in dover. A lot of folks down that for the fire fly Music Festival. 79 in reading. Allentown checking in at 79 degrees. The satellite and radar showing beautiful conditions right now across our area. But heres the system that will watch wee as we move into the upcoming weekend especially the first part on saturday. So as we look at the clock tonight, some cloud cover starts to increase north and west. So as we move into your saturday morning were looking at mostly cloudy skies across the area. So saturday were looking at a lot of clouds. And once again there could be a spot city shower across the area better chances once you move into sections of delaware. So there could be a is the tee shower popping up for the Music Festival there. Otherwise, well keep some slight chances. Really throughout the day tomorrow with those mostly cloudy skies across the area. A lot of events taking place outdoors. What about manayunk. Take you to the Arts Festival the 25th anniversary. This coming weekend. Were looking at clouds on saturday. 79 degrees. Winds will be light. Sunday were seeing more sunshine in the forecast. Low 80s. So all in all comfortable temperatures both days. There could be a spotty shower, though, tomorrow. Down the shore, saturday well keep those clouds around. There could be a spotty shower. 74 degrees. Sunshine on sunday, 76. Water temperatures right now around 70 degrees. For the poconos, dry conditions on saturday. Well call it partly sunny and then more sunshine as we move into your sunday with temperatures there in the upper 70s. 50s and low 60s for tonight with increasing clouds but staying dry. And then for tomorrow, upper 70s and there could be a spotty shower around. So dont be surprised and also were looking at mostly cloudy conditions for your saturday. More sunshine, though, on sund sunday. Sunday low 80s well give that a 10. And then mostly sunny for monday, nice seasonable day. 84 for the high. And as we move into your tuesday, partly cloudy, mid 80s. Mid to upper 80s by the middle of the week. The humidity comes back and also the threat for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms for the middle and latter part of next week. All right. Weekend looking pretty good. Weekend looks good. A few clouds around maybe is the tee shower tomorrow. All right. Growing weather, right . laughter . Only one thing hot now is the phillies. We were counting out the death march a week ago and here we go guys. Phillies won four straight and even though theyre still five games below 500, they are now just four games out of first place behind washington in the National League east. Believe it or not a win tonight would give them their first five game winning streak are you ready since 2012. Den even happen last year. One piece of business before nights toes game witness cardinals they placed reid brignac on the 15 day disable list with a ankle sprain. Activated codey ash she. Ryan howard homer left field last night his third homer in four games. The phillies four game winning streak how about these numbers. Ryan howard batting over. 400. Has scored five runs. Phillies scored 25 runs in the four game stretch. Ryan how war has driven in nine of them. And the hits keep oncoming for howard. Ryan of course is from the st. Louis area and obviously looking at these numbers he loves going home. 27 career games at bush stadium in st. Louis. Ryan howard batting. 374. 10 homeruns, 38 rbis. Phillies and cardinals at 8 00 oclock in st. Louis. 29th annual carpenter cup baseball tournament wrapping up this morning at Citizens Bank park. It is Burlington County it is jersey shore. Ninth inning, jersey shore dan gets the strikeout. Dont you love the lack of emotion. Just won the tournament. Give eight little something, would you . Jersey shore wins the championship game two to zero. Their third title. For the eagles time off a little r and r eagles off for five week until Training Camp starts at the novacare complex in the late july. Lots of new faces during the otas camp. Wide receiver Jordan Matthews eagles second round draft become out of vanderbilt. He impressed lost folks. By the end of camp he was getting reps with the eagles first unit. Trust me when this is all said and done some eagles fans may be saying desean who . As he heads out this is anything but a vacation. Seeing folks on little things. You know, to say im going to go out and work hard gone work out, i mean, thats understood. Makes sure you put in that extra effort to get better so im definitely going to do that i want to focus on the little things, too. Mack sure im getting enough rest, sleep, hydrat hydrating ap my nutrition i come back healthy as ever. The game makes sense to him, first off. So he knows where to line up want to do. Hes learning how we do things which is important. And then he catches the footba football. And hes a great finisher. Hell catch the ball and run through the fence with it. Hes just hes got all the things youre looking for. Pat matthews i asked dave spadaro what was the one thing thatted to out to him from this avenue off season of workouts. Everyone has really bought into what chip is doing. Those who were here last year understand theres a method to the madness and theres success rate there. And for the new players, they understand very quickly that you come in and youre expected to be up to speed right away. Players like Jordan Matthews and josh huff have done so. Theyve seen their reps, elevated in practice and marcus smith working hard, learning the linebacker position, working his way from the bottom of the depth chart up. Sounds good. All they got to do is within some football games. Exactly. You win some games and youre finely. Hopefully we will. Thanks, tom. Weve got another half hour full of news ahead for you. Were following breaking developments in a deadly crash on the Atlantic City expressway. And police are tracking down this man. Hes wanted for home invasion. How police say he made his way inside one womans know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. A new investing and Banking Experience with personalized guidance and online tools. Visit a branch, call or go online today. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. Breaking news right now from the olney section of philadelphia. Police swarm the scene avenue shooting at tenth and ruscomb streets. Skyfox live over scene right now. This happened about 5 30. Medics rushing one person to the hospital. Still no word on how it all started or whether police have made any arrests. Well of course stay on top of this and bring you more information as soon as it comes in. Also tonight breaking news in a deadly crash on the Atlantic City expressway. We now know a four year old injured in that crash has died. A pickup truck carrying six people flipped over on the expressway this morning. Everyone was thrown from the vehicle. One person was killed instantly. Im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Several other people were rushed to Emergency Rooms in the area. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live outside Cooper University hospital with the latest. Dave . Reporter dawn, that second person who passed away is a four year old child who was a front seat passenger in that pickup truck. According to the state police, that child was not in a child safety seat. All of the victims in this case were ejected from the

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