Came from. Eyewitness News Reporter joe holden live at Crozer Chester Medical Center in upland where the injured driver was air lifted for treatment. Joe, good afternoon. Reporter rahel, jim, good afternoon, there are so many questions surrounding this incident. New Jersey State Police are actively investigating our assignment desk just spoke with them few moments ago, and they are still trying to find out and piece together how all of this did come together. Now, here is what we know. Take a look at the smashed out win shield of the black suv on the streets. Trooper say the driver lost control new jersey turnpike, came to rest crashing into those wooded areas there, after police say a dumbbell smashed right through the win shield. Were told the driver, 757 year old man, was hit by the dumbbell, 50 pounds in weight, and was seriously hurt. A female passenger was in the suv at the time and was not injured. The incident happened in old man township salem county around mile marker 6. 6 in
Car. All we all know thats been done before. There is an overpass by the scene but vest gathers have not said whether someone deliberately dropped the dumb bell or if it fell off moving vehicle. What is clear how close the impact was to the driver. He was taken to awaiting chopper that airlifted him from the scene near mile marker six. The elderly man now being treated at Crozer Chester medical center. Crazy. I would think theres probably some somewhere around that has cameras that would pick it up. Theyll fix it out. Reporter drivers say it makes them think about the road ray dangers they have faced. Pebbles coming from mack trucks cracking the wimped shield. Following like that. Reporter makes you wonder when you drive under an overpa overpass. Well tell you in this case moments ago the new Jersey State Police sent out a tweet requesting anyone who was in the area around 7 30 when this happened to give them call if they have any information. Lucy. All right, thank you very much, dave
From the 1950s ruptured. More than 60 of phillys 2800 miles of water mains are cast iron. Water Department Spokesman John Diguilio says its a good material but rigid broken to cracking in the winter months. The water were pulling into the system treating at our plant and putting into the Distribution System is at about the same temperatures as the river. So reporter nearly freezing. Nearly freezing. Reporter thats putting the pressure on these pipes . Correct. Reporter replace many pipes on boston street and elsewhere in the city made of duct al iron. Far more flexible able to withstand ice cold winter water. As for repairs on this block and more important restoration of water and gas service homeowners are asked to be patient. You miss those things when you dont have them. Reporter you dont realize how much you depend. Absolutely. Absolutely. Reporter yeah, back out here live, the good news is that while some folks do have their service back, those who lost Water Service yesterday, th
This very closely. Reporting live here in that port richmond, Christie Ileto channel6 action news. Jim. Christie, thank you. This was a record tying day in philadelphia. We hit a high of 74 degrees on this 24th day of february and if that doesnt sound terrific, well, we saw a lot of smiles on the faces of people taking advantage of this extraordinary spell of weather. In fact in parts of our area, it was the warmest february day ever, ever but not everybody is jumping for joy as well hear from bob brooks in a moment. But first lets check in with meteorologist cecily tynan with the facts and figures from accuweather. Cecily. Reporter jim, it was warmer here today than san diego, it was warmer than phoenix arizona. Take a look at these numbers. These numbers we typically see in the middle of may, not the end of february. Philadelphia again tying that record high of 74, allentown 77, that is the highest february temperature ever recorded. Reading tying the february record of 77, trenton 7
Sunday, sky 6 overlookingcommod. Clear skies overhead when we were dealing with clouds, its chilly but still clear skies, with the sunshine the numbers will respond nicely. Sitting at 42 in philadelphia, 40 in trenton, 33 in the poke, allentown 37. 34 for lancaster. 45 in cape may and 42 down there in dover. Wind speeds out of the northwest about five to ten Miles Per Hour but this is better than what we saw yesterday when we had gusts around 20, 25 Miles Per Hour, throughout the day still will be a bit breezy but with the sunshine, shining down brightly, it will help warm things six. Again clearing everything out. Forecast, down at the jersey shore, well say sunny and nice for the high of 57. City of philadelphia, sunny, a bit breezy and a high of 62, and for the poconos, milder with some sun mostly cloudy up there, a high of 50. In the short term, the weather pattern looks quiet, as we go a little bit farther out here to the west, this is texas oklahoma, kansas and nebraska, lots of