To the citys vacant property problems for quite some time now. As a matter of fact, for months. Our inquiries have prompted an investigation bit city controllers office. Earlier today the controller released an 18page report for department of licenses and inspections. Among recommendations the controller suggested the city hire between 80 and 100 additional inspectors to check on vacant properties. If that was to happen that could bring the total number of investigators up to 150 investigators. Now, so far the department of licenses and inspections, they have not commented on the controllers report. For the investigators, harry hairston, nbc10 news. Also tonight, septa passengers are relieved after Police Arrested a man following a train station attack. Reginald green is accused of attempted rape and aggravated assault against a woman at jefferson station. Tonight weve learned green was released from jail three days before this attack. Nbc10s Christine Maddela is following todays new d
Did after the crash. Tell us about it. Reporter an 11yearold girl acted quickly and got the kids on the bus out. Take a look at whats happening behind me here. The home is getting temporary repairs. You can see that bus left a gaping hole in the living room where a mother and her daughter had been standing just seconds before the bus came crashing through the wall. It feels good because i know i helped some people. Reporter isabella paid attention during School Bus Safety training. First thing i thought, this cant be happening. This isnt real. I saw some sdaults and i was like help us, please. I saw the latch on the door. Knew i couldnt do the up, emergency exit, so i did that emergency exit and i just opened it got out. I was encouraging the kids come o get out. Come on lets go. Reporter this 11yearold helped usher ten of her classmates out of the back of this bus that crashed into this whitpain house. One of the girls was smart enough, opened the back and told kids, get out, get out.
And i saw the whole thing happen. And i saw it come down the road. And then it slide it slid into our lot and hit the street sign and that flew into the yard and then it crashed into the house. Reporter she had just stepped outside. Her mother and sister were inside their house, standing in the front room. It sounded like an explosion. I literally thought there was a gas leak and something exploded downstairs. Reporter she says she and her daughter left the room seconds before the school bus came smashing through their house. I said i prayer and, thank you, god, my kids were not in that room because we would have been pinned to wall. I dont know what could have happened. I dont want to think about the whatifs. Its too scary. Reporter she got the rest of her family out of the house. This sz an 11yearold girl was ushering her classmates out of the back of the bus. I was kind of encouraging the kids, you have to get out, come o lets go. Reporter with the kids out of the bus and unharmed a
Temperatures have plummeted now in the 20s in philadelphia. And seeing some teens in south jersey, look at millville at 18 degrees. Pottstown, not much warmer at 21. And 20 in delaware. It is clear and dry right now. And cold. But the temperatures climb before the rain moves in. This is why you want to grab an umbrella this morning with showers in virginia. Those are destined for our area and could be here by lunchtime. Before they move in, the temperature warms up. 26 degrees at 6 00. Well be at 32 at 9 00. And then 40s by lunchtime today. At 5 01 we have been following breaking traffic news on interstate 95 northbound at yardley langhorne road. Crews are still on the accident scene of a car and tractortrailer. Earlier both lanes of i95 were closed on the northbound side. Right now it looks like crews are letting some cars by on the lefthand side of the road but watch out for those emergency crews there still on the scene cleaning up the debris in that area. If you take a look at the
Is looking at the forecast. Happy wednesday to you, bill. Checking on the schuylkill expressway, we saw a disabled vehicle here over on the shoulder, butin the past five minutes that moved out of the way. Volume is increasing at the conshohocken curve. So well check on the drive times. We are still getting a lot of green on the schuylkill expressway. Overall, drive times between the blue route and the vine are getting a green light. 12 minutes in each direction. And if you are traveling elsewhere throughout the area getting ready to leave, 95 southbound is still looking pretty good with a normal problem spot. Thats going to anticipate slowing down here. We are also getting a green light. Nine minutes headed on 422 in Montgomery County. Traveling mass transit everything is on or close to schedule. Vai . Thank you, christine. An hour apart and 2,000 miles away from each other. Two Police Officers were killed in the line of duty. Right now in san jose, california authorities are working t