Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. Still developing tonight, a neighborhood told it is too dangerous to go home. Forced from their houses hours ago. Schools even locked down. Montgomery county neighborhood is on alert of course right now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. This is all because of whats happening inside one home. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in franconia township where shawnette this started think afternoon . Reporter yeah, lucy and iain, it has been more than seven and a half hours since police were called here to this home. Take look behind me. You can see the road that leads to that home which were told is actually on a culdesac at the end of the street. This road is still closed off as negotiators continue to try to make contact with the man. You have all these Police Activity shutting down the neighborhood it was kind of concerning. Reporter neighbors watch well into the night from their porch as surrounding streets remain
Extended through tomorrow afternoon. It will feel like its about 100 to 105 degrees. This evening temperatures not falling all that much staying basically in the 80s right through the 11 00 oclock hour. So coming up well talk more about the heat wave record heat in the forecast and potential for some weekend rain. We need it. My garden is scorched. Unfortunately i dont think well see a lot of it. Well talk more about that coming up later in the broadca broadcast. You and me both kathy. This extreme heat is behind some school troubles. Many schools are letting kids out earl ball its too hot. Fox 29s karen hepp is live in mayfair tonight. Early dismissal something students dont mind too much, karen. Reporter gosh, theyre cheering. Theyre so excited. We already saw with the trenton schools they had half day. Reading schools the same problems. Now it is phillys turn so the kids of course couldnt be happier. The parents sort of on the fence m say ive got scramble and get the kids. Others sa
Rush hour train crash. They are still having a hard time get to go all the mangled wreckage tonight were learning more about the engineer behind the controls when that train crashed. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The engineer is 29 year new Jersey Transit veteran. Hes out of the hospital tonight and talking with investigators and we now know 34yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon was the woman who died while she was waiting for the train. More than 100 others are injured though many of them are out of the hospital tonight. The train did not have positive train control. In fact, no nj transit trains have it. The Transit Agency has until december of 218 to install it on all of its trains. The investigation into the deadly tragedy is only just beginning. Ntsb says theres work to do before its investigators can get a close look at the crash scene. Chris oconnell is live in hoboken, new jersey torque night. Chris . Reporter iain, lucy, federal investigators have arrived on scene he
Philadelphia only 63 degrees. As we look at the temperatures north and west, upper 50s. 64 right now in atlantic city. So the bottom line if youre stepping outdoors, grab a jacket and also keep the umbrella handy. Temperatures will be in the low 60s and we also have the cloud cover and cool temperatures. First pitch is going to be kind of damp and dreary with that mist and temperatures in the low 60s. Well time out more rain for the weekend coming up. All right, scott, thank you. You can stay one step ahead of Mother Nature with fox 29 weather app. You can get the extended forecast and live radar sent right to your phone. New details tonight about the Police Involved killing of a man in cobbs creek. Tonight questions about the Police Response when they went after a dangerous suspect. Police fired more than a hundred shots at one man and this Evening Commission are in richard ross is addressing the issue after questions from fox 29. Our Dave Schratwieser joining us live now from Police
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. New questions about safety tonight after two deadly crashes in one day on the same road less than mile apart. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. When it comes to getting drivers to slow down, police say their hands are tied. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live along route 1 in upper darby tonight. This is clearly a dangerous situation. Chris . Reporter lucy one of the most heavily traveled roads in delaware county, but lately, township line road has become one of the deadliest. Two fatal crashes in less than 24 hours has local police here begging for help. It looks and sounds more like a race track. Its constant. Um and down. People do fief tearing 60. Reporter from night to day its all the same along township line road in upper darby. Car after car they speed by the speedway gas station where you still see the evidence where motorcyclist was killed yesterday. Its almost like the blue route. Reporter Dave Oconnell