Climbing. The normal High Temperature is 87. We pass that at lunchtime. Well into the 90s this afternoon. 96 in new jersey. 96 in philadelphia. 95 degrees in delaware, not much higher in the Lehigh Valley or the suburbs. The shore, up to 92 degrees. Ill break it down hourbyhour and show how temperatures climb and how quickly they move. First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Route 73, over in mt. Laurel, around 295. No problems reported right now. Actually, both directions look good. We are dry, not seeing a ton of delays there. We are watching in a different spot in the new jersey turnpike, approaching route 73 around exit 4. If you are feeling nervous, take 295 or head northbound toward the trenton area. Right now, its blocked off into the shoulder. Watching the p. A. Turnpike, the drive times look good. 21 minutes. Westbound and eastbound from route 1 to valley forge. Stolen cab chaos, a woman takes off in a taxi in what was a bizarre story. She stole a cab from broad
You. I remember watching it the verdict . The bronco, whole scenario, the verdicts, the whole thing. The whole count. I and this is also july 20th, moon landing day, 1969. Oh,. July 20th. Yes, i was alive. And thats your day in history. I can remember it, yes. All right, so, whatever youre doing to commemorate this day, keep your cool. Because now this will be the day when the heatwave becomes official, and we Start Talking about dangerous heat. So now were down to a seven out of ten, and we have an excessive heat warning in effect through friday evening. So, rest of the day today, and the rest of the day tomorrow, not until 8 00 p. M. , that this thing expires, if you will, so this is dangerous heat weve got going on here, bus stop buddy celebrating National Lollipop Day with lolly political in one hands, water bottle in the other, sticky start, a lot of the temperatures, or at least some of them, in the 80s, rogue shower down by the chesapeake bay, those things could pop up at any ti
That del dot can get out here and take apart the tree with the chainsaw that they can take it off the car and reopen barrelly mill road. At this point its closed between 141 and centerville road. The two people inside of that car remarkably walked away from this but they are still in the hospital with minor injuries, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. The rain was off and on but steady and umbrellas and coats came in handy for people walking in center city this afternoon as the hours passed the intensity of the storms picked up and so lets head over to the action news big board for the latest from cecily tynan and double scan radar. Double scan live radar showing the heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain falling up to 4 inches per hour that batch is moving up over new england and new york state. We have clearing behind it. But as we zoom in there is another area of showers kind of rotating in from the western suburbs and another area up from kent county and well see a few more sh
Remembered violent moment when a routine trip home to north jersey board amtrak train 188, suddenly became a fight for survival. I woke up, laying on a pile of rocks, all of my clothes have been ripped off, and i could in the move my legs, i could not see out of my right eye. Reporter his wife and daughter by his side he explained how First Responders found him in the darkness, saving his life. One of them shined this flashlight on my head, and yelled for help and i remember him saying this guy has got to go now, the whole back of his head is coming off. We had a terrible ride, through philadelphia, not knowing what his condition was at all when was dead or alive. Reporter hospitalized in an induced comb, lungs, kidneys permanently damaged he is still in constant pain, and beneath that, there is anger. Outrageous that no one has contacted us to say anything that theyre sorry or they are concerned. I mean this was something that never had to happen. Im angry, and i hold a lot of it in.
Brandon bass tan was traveling at 102 miles an hour at a 50mile an hour curve. He has not said anything publicly since the crash. Following the derailment, members of the congress, called out amtrak for not installing something called positive train control. A Gps Technology that uses computers, to slow down trains when needed. Other parts of the northeast corridor had this technology. The curve in Port Richmond did not. It has since been installed. The investigation is ongoing. Several smaller reports from the National Transportation safety board, were released over the last year but the final ntsb report is scheduled to be released next tuesday. Jessica and ukee that will come in the form of a formal Board Meeting at 9 30 in washington d. C. At ntsb headquarters. That is where board releases their final recommendations as far as safety recommendations. They will talk about probable cause, in this case. Is there a whole separate criminal side to the case which hasnt really come about