The ground and rosemary, you were inside when all of this happened. We were, pam. We were here for a separate Court Hearing. As soon as we got off the elevators to come outside and finish an interview, thats when the fire alarm went off and they told everybody to get out. As you can see, Philadelphia Police and fire are still on the scene here, investigating. They will most likely be here for the rest of the morning, into the afternoon. Meantime, anybody who was inside the criminal Justice Center, the cjc, is now evacuated outside. Take a look. Theyre waiting here on third and broad street. Theyre waiting for the allclear. I just spoke to the sheriff a short time ago who told me an elevator did fall. The details are unclear. We dont know how many floors that elevator fell. But we know one woman was inside. We have video of that woman being taken out on a stretcher, being loaded on to an ambulance to be taken to the hospital. She appeared to be okay. We spoke to her briefly about what s
The blue route looks okay also. Checking in with the drive times, 14 minutes at the most in either direction. This is light southbound from the schuylkill to 95. Speeds into the high 60s as well. Tonight, the whole world will be watching. Were just hours away from the start of the 2016 summer olympics in rio. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in our Digital Operations Center this morning. The olympics are all about the big moments and the legendary u. S. Olympian who became a symbol of the olympic spirit was in our area this week. Kerri strug became a household name 20 years ago, helping the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team win gold. Remember this moment, strug performing that vault with an injured ankle. We talked with her while speaking to workers in delaware county. Kerri has two kids and will be watching with her son, who is 4 years old. It will be the first Olympic Games he will see. Long since retired from gymnastics, kerri works with the Justice Department focusing on kids but she often
5 12 and fenwick at 5 13. A cluster of 80s along route 301 in middletown and also between newark at around 5 07 this will be in Stave Landing in 5 25 it will be pressing into canton. Well be tracking the moisture throughout the rest t evening hours. What to expect . A broken line of storms on the way tonight. Tropical downpours as well. Locally strong gusts and possible penny size or nickel size hail. Well take a closer look in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Melissa, thank you. With more thunderstorms possible this evening, count on 6abc. Com weather for the hourly forecast. And storm tracker6 live radar, your eye in the sky for whats coming and be sure to follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for updates as well. In other News Philadelphia Police are searching for the suspect who has been assaulting women in the city. They say over the weekend the violence escalated and one assault in kensington turned deadly. Action News Reporter chad pradelli has the detail
Several broken bones in his back. Reporter beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital, giving reporters a thumbs up and waving. She suffered only minor injuries in this mornings alarming elevator malfunction at the criminal Justice Center that some at first mistakenly thought was caused by an explosion. No one told us anything, but we were on another floor and we heard a loud commotion, a loud boom. Very loud, like a reporter investigators explained the bizarre chain of events this way. Sergeant owens was in the car on the left and it breached the shafts concrete ceiling. A heavy structure that is part of the elevators machine room. Heavy debris rained down on to the righthand elevator in which court clerk smith was riding forcing that car down. The question is, what triggered the event . The operation or the malfunction of the elevator is something that were not clear, so were calling for the experts to look into it. Reporter the incident caused widespread chaos at p
In todays freak mechanical accident. Thursday night, jim is off. Im monica malpass. And the big story on action news tonight is the investigation into exactly what went wrong. It was so violent. Witnesses thought that something had exploded. Action News Reporter dann cuellar live in Hahnemann University hospital. Dann, youre learning more about that sheriffs deputy whos laying in a hospital bed right now, arent you . Reporter thats right, monica. The Sheriffs Department sergeant remains in critical hes in very bad shape. He had been in surgery for most of the evening. And a court clerk had since been treated and released. Meanwhile, investigators say one of the two elevators involved in the mishap did something it was not supposed to do and they want to know why. This is 48yearold sheriff Sergeant Paul owens. He was the one who took the brunt of the injuries. Hes in pretty bad shape. Several broken bones in his back. Reporter beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital