Coach to rally the troops, you know, now might be the time. Theres still a lot to play for and thats whats exciting about the rest of this season. Were still playing for that opportunity to hopefully be in that game and nick has played a ton of football and you never want it to be under these circumstances but at the same time, you know, my confidence is extremely high in nick. Reporter yeah, its that time of year so bring on saint nick. Lets not forget hes done this before. The last time the eagles played the playoffs in 2015 it was nick foles who led them there. He had 27 touchdowns to just two interceptions that season. As for carson wentz a rehab for a torn acl is six to nine months. The preseason begins about eight months from now for 2018. Lets hope hes healed by then. It will be tight. Live from the novacare complex jaime apody. Chad pradelli has been talking to local fans. Hes live at the linc. Chad, this is a really tough development in what has been a story book season. Repor
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
Here and it will expand and blossom and sink toward chicago and pivot through here tomorrow night to at least coat the ground and well chat about the timing of that to follow the cold coming up in the full accuweather forecast. All right thank you. Stay ahead of the weather by visiting 6abc. Com our downloading the 6 abc app. Find the hour by hour forecast and the seven day as well as stormtracker 6 live double scan. A packed septa train slammed into a car and drag tropical disturbance down the tracks today in montgomery county. And the driver was able to get out before the impact all thanks to the help of bystanders. John rawlins is live now near the Railroad Crossing in glen side where the collision happened during the morning rush. Reporter you look at the facts here. It could have ended differently. Crossing accidents often do not go well. 7 00 a. M. This morning on ricers mill road. A busy septa line. A confused driver made a wrong turn and put him into the path of a crowded commu
Teens in the afternoon and light snow wednesday night. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. Be sure to wake up for the Action News Morning Team for the latest on the roads and in the skies. Join matt tam david and karen tomorrow at 4 30 a. M. And visit 6abc. Com there you can see an hour by hour forecast and the seven day as well as stormtracker 6 live double scan live radar. A live confrontation between two men at a philadelphia gas station ended in fire late last night. And now they are determining where it started and who is to blame. Sara bloomquist is live now with the latest tonight. Monica and rick Philadelphia Police are looking to identify a mannection with the shooting outside of a sunoco gas station in the 1500 block of north broad street, the 31yearold victim iswn to hand in that area near broad and lynnly. Tonight police are not sure if that has anything to do with the confrontation and the gun fire. Jim sells produce outside of the sunoco where a