On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
With very heavy bands of rain. Theyve already seen tornado warnings and it likely will continue to rain there through the middle of next week. And if you look at the buoy report you can see wind gusts 68 Miles Per Hour just off the coast of Corpus Christi. So, hurricanes come with a whole package of problems. Youve got flooding rains, the storm surge and really the rain will be the biggest problem. This storm once it makes landfall will basically stall. It will be a lumbering slow moving disaster so were looking at some areas that could get close to 30inches of rain in a period of several days. Thats about a years worth of rain. So, these are the latest facts on Hurricane Harvey. Category three landfall likely tonight on the verge of a cat four. Catastrophic flooding, Power Outages for days and that storm surge could be up to 12 feet. Ill have more details on the storm and also our local weather coming up in the seven day. Jim. Thank you cecily. Were going to go live to center city and
Successfully relocated. Childrens health evacuated their nicu there. In houston americas fourth largest city the governor is recommending residents go north. To give you a perspective harvey is expected to make landfall as a category three hurricane, the last time we had those in the United States they were named wilma and katrina. Reporting from houston, lana zak channel6 action news. All right, lana thank you. As the storm gets closer we are watching and waiting to see if the many Oil Refineries in the gulf will be damaged. Now here in our area aaa midatlantic is keeping a very close eye on what happens there because it could affect our gas prices here. If production pipes were so heavily damaged that our region were to send gasoline to texas to help them recover, that would put the squeeze on our gasoline supply and then our prices may go up. Something to keep in mind. Gas prices are expected to jump up soon regardless of the hurricane. Thats because we are close to the time when ga
Hes really a nice man. Like he helps you out like that, he answers your questions. Hes like there for the neighborhood. Its a very uneasy feeling because we live right across the street and we go in there all the time. Everyone in there is very friendly. Reporter the pharmacy owner was questioned and released and not expected to be charged. As for that okay accomplice hes expected to be charged with homicide within the next hour for the death of the did dd suspect. Live in falls township, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Chad thank you. A little girl remains in Critical Condition after a house fire in northeast philadelphia. Family members say fiveyearold sophia olson was overwhelmed by smoke when the flames broke out on south here ford lane yesterday. Her mom Christina Haines was also injured. She has been where you graded to serious condition. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman will have more on the neighbors who risked their own lives to help coming up at 4 30. Meantime Philadelp
Having work done. Cant trust anyone any more. Its scary. Cant trust no one. Of course older people with a good heart will say okay well you have a child with you, you know, well let you in but people have to be, you know, cautious. Reporter mr. Kill bride says now his fatherinlaw will never be left alone knowing the scammers are still out there. I couldnt sleep. I couldnt put my head on a pillow at night knowing what i did to this man. Reporter now police are looking for two or three men in a bright red into your model pickup truck. If you have any information youre asked to call police. Were live at northeast detectives, trish hartman, channel6 action news. Trish, thank you. Philadelphia detectives are trying to solve a murder of a 54yearold woman tonight killed in her fishtown home. Detectives were called to the 1300 block of earl street this morning by a person concerned about a friend who lived there. When Police Arrived they found kathy wilson dead. She had been severely beaten. I