Medicine to get an idea about this kind of injury and what it can be done to remedy it. We can see this is the acl in the middle of the knee. Reporter the acl is a small piece of connective tissue inside the knee. Using a model and sketches dr. Brian senate walked us through what might have gone wrong inside of Carson Wentzs left knee. A tear can occur as an athlete plants a foot and pivots. The foot is planted the body rotates and thats when the acl tears. Reporter the good news it can be repaired. A trip of tend can become a graph. Holes are drilled above and below the knee. The graft is threaded through the holes anchored by screws and in time senate says the replacement acl will actually be stronger than the original. This is an injury where it will require surgery and it will require a rehabilitation but you expect him to be back on the Playing Field next year and that he will make a full recovery from this. Reporter within days maybe even just hours of the surgery, wentz will be
Good afternoon in the news. A National Senate race takes place in alabama today. A little more than a month since one of the candidates was accused of molestic teenage girls in his 30s. And first, hundreds of people were evacuated from a septa train in Montgomery County this morning. After the train hit an unoccupied car on the tracks. No injuries were reported and the crash caused major delays for septa riders during the morning commute. Bob brooks is joining us from glen side with more. Reporter the big question mark is how did this car come to be on the tracks and what is what investigators are trying to get to the bottom of right now. From chopper 6 hd you knew the impact was bad but an up close look how fortunate it was no one was inside of the car. At 7 15 a. M. The septa train collided with the car between the stations. It was about 7 15 something around there i heard something and i didnt think much of it. This time of day with the commuter traffic its busy. That is mike he wor
Reporter well hear from foles, he has done this before. Led the team to the playoffs and the birds open that he can help them win with a couple of games when they get there. The super bowl dreams ride on the arm of the backup quarterback who showed flashes of brillians before and it was foles who got them to the playoffs. A just 2 minute ception season but is he back with Doug Peterson the eagles quarterbacks coach when they drafted him and wentz is on the sideline every step of the way. Went with es putting his suppot with foles. Nick will step up and its the next man up mentality. Than will continue and nick will do an amazing job and lead this team now and ill be there to support and help any way i can. Going forward i will come back stronger than ever and use this as motivation and attacking it this whole process as i recover and this year we have something special. We clinched the nfc east and that was just one goal of the season and we continue on from there. Classy move from the
Boys. Always doing something and always have the basketball courts and everything here and the boys are out playing. One chased the other one and the other one and chased the dog around. A family friend is already raising funds via a go fund me site. I cant imagine losing one child let alone two and knowing you could do everything you could to save them and both parents its difficult, you know, i dont know how you move on and we as a community have to rally around them. Well, raised so far some excess of 60,000. Help the family with the material needs as it grieves the loss of its two little boys. Live in swanksville, john rawlins. Its so devastating thank you. We are following new developments on this story all day long on 6abc. Com. Right now you can get the latest updates from the scene along with video from chopper 6 hd. Now to an accuweather alert today. Its bitter cold out there this afternoon with biting winds and a light round of snow in the overnight forecast. Lets get the det
Moisture in advance of this, but the Actual Center of it is near chicago and that continues dipping to the south and east. And that will bring us a round of generally some light snow. And the National Weather service issued Winter Weather advisories from philadelphia all areas north and west starting at 8 00 tonight and continuing until 10 00 tomorrow morning. A bit of a buffer there. The snow will be out well before 10 00. Here is what to expect tonight. The snow begins at 8 00 and 10 00. And all winding up by day break. Between 4 00 and 7 00 in the morning. Most of our main roads are treated. Untreated surfaces will get slick and cars and sidewalks will get covered. Well talk specifically the amount of snow coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Cecily thank you. Now lets switch over to reporter walter perez along the parkway. This bitter blast a first taste of what is ahead. Reporter that is right rick and monica, something where the sun was up and the wind wasnt whipping it wa