Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Family, a Community Devastated an eightyearold boy has died in a car crash in northeast philadelphia and the driver took off. But the story does not epidemic there. Thank you for joining us at 11 00. Im lucy noland. Police say witnesses followed that drive and so tonight police have him in custody. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live at Philadelphia Police headquarters with how others dave stepped in to help, too. Reporter no doubt stepping up here tonight. Heartbring story five days before christmas. Police tell us tonight the driver is in custody. He was speeding and weaving through traffic at the time of this fatal crash. A High Ranking Police source tells me he had a suspended license and more than 50 prior tickets. I was trying to talk to the little boy. I was telling him to hold on. Reporter jeanette was upset as she described her efforts to comfort an eightyearold boy after a horrific crash wednesday afternoon tha
Horrific crash wednesday afternoon that ended up costing the young boy his life. Very sad and sad. Five days more its christmas. Accident investigators say the crash occurred just after 2 00 as the little boy and his father were driving down whitaker street as they turned, the car was broad sided by a late model hahn day odyssey van that just kept on going. The van i think it was came and just hit the side where the little boy was actually at report roar police tell fox 293 people in a second car stopped, two got out to assist the victims, while the driver followed the fleeing vehicle and called police. The fleeing drive was stopped by police at van kirk and front knack where he was taken into custody. That corner is real bad. I dont like it at all. Always when they turn. Reporter back at the scene Police Credit add the woman and a soldier home on leave for trying to help the eightyearold and his father until the medic arrived. She learn the child died minutes later at the hospital. Im
So already in the world of travel. Getting busy. Quiet over here. Yeah. But as you said it is off to a chilly start. It is first day of winter. We expect that. We are catching sunshine today storm scan view is very quiet and will stay that way through the day with sunshine as well, and there is a chill in the air to go with this too. Currently storm scan nice and quiet and will stay that way through the day. If you will recall this same time yesterday we were not only well in the 40s but there were a number of places in the lower 50s, this same hour, so youre 24 hour temperature departure is substantial. It is way colder. Luckily not too breezy outside but it is still chill i. You will to have bundle up adequately. Many are sitting in the 20s right now and we have a few hours before that sunrisees, but we will even up were 44. It is pretty much exactly where we should within sunshine as well and we will mark solstice officially at 11 28 this morning. Coming up we will mention that poss
Extra fee. There may be an up charge. You never know. We have to get one of those agreed, he looks good but where is love for the morning we drink more coffee then they do at night. Amen. Speaking of needing a warm drink right now, it is, very, very cool outside, right now our temperatures are generally in the 20s or 30s at best and that is quite the change from yesterday at this same time, it is totally clear so storm scan as we get there first is very quiet but we have got a few high cloud trying to work their way through and it is just clear sky and that has allowed temperature to drop off, readily 20s and 30s at best and this goes in the just outlying terrain but in the urban corridor near the shore look at Atlantic City but we are taking that observation inland at airport, we are still only at 25 degrees there it is cold beginning to the day and rahel back to you as well through north and western suburbs outside of philadelphia so mount holly hit for example 24 at this hour where
7 19 on these last couple of hours every autumn. So, the temperatures are in the 20s, just about everywhere. Some went chills in the teens this morning. And were going get to high of only about 43 degrees with mostly sunny skies, indeed chilly afternoon, and your sunset time is 4 39. And right after sunset, bob kelly, you are headed out to enjoy those christmas light on the fox 29 news. You know it, very Kelly Christmas tonight. Were going to mayfair northeast philadelphia, ill show you the spot next time around. Ticktock 501, actually, still closed here on the eastbound schuylkill expressway. This part of the overnight construction, eastbound, closed at the vine, so you can use either 30th street around the station, or cross town on the vine expressway. Here is a live look at the hot mess we had yesterday on 95. This is that Construction Zone, right up near 413 in bristol, all of the lanes are open. No signs of any crane mishaps this morning. So thats good news. But a left over from y