Into the christmas season. Can we pan over to city avenue. The roads are clear. Crews have done a wonderful job. Traffic is moving along fine on city avenue. With that said you want to take your time, every now and then you want to run into a slick spot maybe an icy patch or Something Like that. The big concern, most of the second dear roads are completely snow covered sidewalks and parking lots snow covered. Cold temperatures this morning, as well, we have some locations in the low to mid 20s and bitter windchills. There are several areas where the present windchill reading is in the single digits. You need to bundle up. Its 128 presently in millville 18 in millville. 23 in allentown. Philadelphia, 25. Trenton, 22. 16 for the poconos. You factor in the winds it feels like 2 above in the poconos. 18 in lancaster. 18 in millville. 14 in philadelphia. Feels like 16 degrees in trenton. Those winds will be picking up as the morning wears on, especially as we get into the afternoon hours. W
He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
Make it. Trish lives at the corner and saw it happen. They had the music going and candles. And i didnt even get on the porch and take my coat off and i heard the shooting. He was an innocent bystander and samuel was shot in the head. He likes to bring things together. Keenan was out going and toughy says he was looking foreto celebrating more file stones like here his high school graduation. I see him being a host of some type of maybe Radio Station or maybe host of a tv show. Now the family is looking to the commune for help in figuring out who did this. Pleading with the community to step up and help solve this murder. Reporter as you can hear pretty much samuel is begging for anyone to step forward and give information about this. If you know anything call the Wilmington Police department well have the phone number on our website at 6abc. Com. Reporting live bob brooks, channel 6 action news. All right thank you bob. Police are searching for the driver that hit an 83yearold man on
Passed the tax bill and President Trump held a celebration at the white house. Sharrie williams is joining us tonight. And we are following the developing detailed out of washington on what is the largest change to tax policy in more than three decades. The 1. 5 trillion dollars overhaul was made official after a procedural hiccup after forcing the vote this afternoon. It has President Trump and local leaders promising jobs and the president called the plan a historic victory for americans and democrats are looking at this bill as something that only benefits the rich. 3. 2 trillion dollars think of it in tax cuts for American Families including doubling the standard deduction and doubling the child tax credit. 83 per of the tax advantage goes to the top 1 . 13 million americans may Lose Health Insurance as their premiums go up under elimination of the individual mandate. Action News Reporter john rawlins talking with people today about the change to our taxes. And john most people you
We begin with breaking news at this hour. A teenager has been shot and rushed to the hospital in delaware county. It happened at 9 00 in the city of chester. And Police Believe it may have been an accident. Jeff jericho is live now where the wounded teenager is now being treated. Reporter hi rick, that 15 or 16yearold victim was shot in or near the chest but is expected to survive. Chopper 6 hd as over the hospital this morning shortly after the teen arrived. We were told that he was alert and talking. Now, the shooting happened on the 2100 block of west 9th street near engel street. A city official tells action news that the group of teens were in the backyard of a home and were either displaying or playing with a gun when it went off injuring one. At this point it appears to have been accidental. Now police are questioning witnesses to figure out what happens. Here at the hospital there is no official word on the victims condition but we are told he is expected to survive. The headli