I95 in south philadelphia. Definitely building as we get closer and closer to this Holiday Weekend. The delaware beaches will be a popular destination this weekend. Lets check in with nbc 10s Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong. Have you noticed more drivers on the roads . Reporter i have. [ no audio ] this is when you know its holiday time. Everyone comes out. Reporter its a threeday Holiday Weekend starting a day early for many people. The trip advisor survey says 36 of philly area residents plan to travel for the holiday, 24 plan to take extra time and some of those are leaving today. Looks like many already have. It started to pick up a lot more than it was. Despite the rain and the overcast its been steady so far. Reporter in delaware almost 70,000 drivers will pass through the tolls on state route 1, the main road to the beaches. That number is up from last year. Why . Cheaper gas could be one answer. Aaa says the statewide average is 2. 67 per gallon the lowest since 2010 and a
I95 in south philadelphia. Definitely building as we get closer and closer to this Holiday Weekend. The delaware beaches will be a popular destination this weekend. Lets check in with nbc 10s Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong. Have you noticed more drivers on the roads . Reporter i have. [ no audio ] this is when you know its holiday time. Everyone comes out. Reporter its a threeday Holiday Weekend starting a day early for many people. The trip advisor survey says 36 of philly area residents plan to travel for the holiday, 24 plan to take extra time and some of those are leaving today. Looks like many already have. It started to pick up a lot more than it was. Despite the rain and the overcast its been steady so far. Reporter in delaware almost 70,000 drivers will pass through the tolls on state route 1, the main road to the beaches. That number is up from last year. Why . Cheaper gas could be one answer. Aaa says the statewide average is 2. 67 per gallon the lowest since 2010 and a
24th and market and police tried to pull him over and instead of stopping he led them on a wild chase. On philadelphia parkway. Its officers attempted to stop him and the suspect would not stop and crashed in the area of philadelphia pike and washington street extension and the suspect fled the vehicle and fled on food. And suspects chased the suspect and atemmed to apprehend them and a confrontation ensues resulting in the shooting of the suspect. Pow pow. You dont put it together until you see everything out here. We dont know if the suspect was armed and people were taken to the hospital for val yags. The vehicle was towed away but its sanktive scene and a portion of that road is blocked off and we are monitoring the situation throughout the evening. Thank you. New here at 5 00 Philadelphia Police want your help tracking down the man that attacks an 81yearold woman in broad daylight trying to take her purse. Sara bloomquist is live at northwest detectives this evening. You have the
It for the long haul. At the roberts avenue yard in tioga nices town. They were blocking the Employee Entrance to the Regional Rails running on schedule but septa warns the pickets could disrupt service through the evening rush. At midnight the Union Workers hit the picket lines here and across the city. Am here since 94, this is the first time i can remember this part of the gate being shut off. At the fern rock transportation center, striking workers give us a long list of issues they hope they can resolve with the transit authority. Pay, pension and health care but however there is still work rules. For me the priority is the pens, for me its do or die. Many prepared saved money some how knowing the strike would come and some open to get back to work soon. There is anxiety. Are they talking making progress . How long will we be out here. But we are out here for the duration however long it takes. We are hopeful, we dont want to stay out any longer than anyone wants taos be out. They
Right now at 11 00, a gruesome crime. Rocked a northeast philadelphia neighborhood. A mother killed by a cross bow. Her new husband accused of the crime. Tonight, what the victims family is telling Eyewitness News. And a major recall involving millions of dressers from ikea. Its not the first warning about these pieces of furniture. What triggered this latest safety concern. But first heros homecoming. Folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman defies the odds and leaves a hospital just three days after being shot seven times in the line of duty. The surprise guest who greeted him outside the hospital. Tonight we are also hearing from officer dorman. Good evening im ukee washington. Im natasha brown. Jessica is off tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is live in folcroft with more on what the officer plans to do now that hes back home. Trang . Reporter natasha he is very eager to get back to work. In the meantime hundreds of people lined the streets from philadelphia to here at t