Theyre done for thec day. Its dry for the rest of the area. That drying breeze will continue into this afternoon. 70 degrees right now in the Lehigh Valley. Delaware is at 71. Well see the suburbs cool into the 60s this morning. Right now, 74 degrees in philadelphia. We will see lots of sunshine, too, just a few scattered clouds this morning. Look at the bright sunshine at 9 00. 79 degrees. It will be a warm summer day. We should get close to the 90 degree mark this afternoon. 89 degrees, just shy of 90 for the suburbs, upper 80s for new jersey except at the shore where it will be 84 degrees with mostly sunny skies and the Lehigh Valley and delaware, upper 80s this afternoon. Ill go through these forecast hour by hour when i come back to show you how quickly it will warm up during the day today. First, Jessica Boyington has a look at your friday morning commute. Were starting off on the vine street expressway. Construction just clearing around the broad street exit within the last few
Day. Like yesterday, we will see temperatures get close to the 90 degree mark. Upper 80s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. For philadelphia, and the suburbs, partly sunny skies and youll see sunshine and a few clouds this afternoon. And interior sections of new jersey could see an isolated shower this afternoon with some of those clouds. Most the day and most of new jersey will be dry and dry at the shore, too. Mostly sunny skies, 84 degrees. All for a pretty goodlooking friday. A peek at the weekend forecast when im back in just a few c minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Jessie . We are starting off in delaware this morning. A heads up if you head out in New Castle County, glasgow, there is a tractortrailerinvolved crash, closing part of pulaski highway and South College avenue, right around this area as you can see on our map system, not seeing major delays around the scene. Theres not a lot of traffic on the roads. Its early, considering its only in the 5 00
In fact, an entire area will see enough sunshine to warm into the upper 80s with one exception. At the shore, 84 degrees with mostly sunny skies. There will be a few clouds inland popping up this afternoon in new jersey. Most of the day, dry and sunny, too. Changes is head for the weekend. You may need your umbrella for part of the weekend. Ill go through it in a couple of minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has an update from the first alert traffic center. Were watching this accident scene in New Castle County out in delaware. You will see delays. We are starting to see some of that in glasgow, delaware. A tractortrailer involved. Theres pretty much a debris spill in the middle of the road. You can see it, if you look over here into the center of the intersection. Some of that sparkling on the road. That needs to be cleaned up. Several Police Officers stationed around different parts of the intersection. Pulaski highway and South College avenue. With this being in place, well start to
Count two victims living in his home as sex slaves being held there as prisoners. Action News Reporter vernon odom is live in roxborough tonight with the full story. Reporter vern. Reporter bruce steele detectives say had a huge arsenal of weapons that he kept here including an ak47 Assault Rifle allegedly kept here because he always had a huge amount of cash at hand. He was forcing them to go out and perform sex for money and in return he would keep them addicted because he was buying heroin for them. Reporter prosecutors talking about this man bruce steele aged 44 in jail tonight facing nearly three dozen charges of trafficking of individuals, prostitution and involuntary servitude. Law arrested here in his apartment in this roxborough complex where detectives also found two of his alleged victims. Steele whose nickname is cash was allegedly pimping at least seven heroin addicted women who he recruitd from philadelphia jails and off the mainstream he allegedly had them working out of
Pradelli, channel6 action news. This is viewer video of a car that caught fire this morning in glasgow delaware with a sixyearold boy still inside. Police say a tractortrailer went across route 896 and hit a pickup truck which burst into flames two adults managed to get out but a sixyearold boy got trapped in the back seat. State police and a passerby jumped in to get him out. Hes in Critical Condition with burns and a head injury. A philadelphia man is accused of forcing drug addict women to work as prostitutes. An investigators say they rescued two victims from his home. 44yearold bruce still is facing almost three dozen felony counts. Prosecutors say he ran a Human Trafficking and prostitution ring through five counties in our area. They say he targeted women who were drug addicts and had no resources then threatened them with violence and withheld drugs. Vernon odom is following this investigation. Hell have a live report coming up at 5 00. U. S. Health officials are warning pregna