Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome awesome. Right now a coincidence that saved a quadriplegic man. Cops say he was left to die in the woods. His own mom charged with abandoning him with just a blanket an bible. Alone for days before a hospital worker just happened to walk right past him. The victims mother now charged with itemed murder. Good evening im iain page. Im lucy noland. Brad sattin spoke to that Good Samaritan who saved the young man. Brad he almost did not see him. Reporter lucy ill tell was. So much could have gone wrong here. The good news is this 21yearold man is recovering here at chop at least he is still alive. Thanks to that Good Samaritan who had an acted on a nagging feeling. I see everything. I do all kind of work. Reporter youve never seen anything like this. Never in my life. Reporter anderson has been a custodian at Mercy Hospital for 19 years and never could have guessed hed end up saving a life after work on friday night. It was
Important clues. New at 11 00 oclock tonight, we are learning that police are making significant progress tonight as they search for two wanted drivers. Good evening im chris may. Im jessica dean. Tonight the call for justice in these two hit and runs is growing louder from Law Enforcement and those who live in the neighborhoods where they happened. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live in southwest philadelphia with late breaking new information. David . Reporter jessica i just spoke to a Police Source and that source tells me that detectives have made contact with the attorney of a person of interest. They are looking at in this southwest philadelphia hitandrun. Now behind me this is vigil people have been coming here all night to mourn and remember the life of feryearold abdul wilson as a twoyearold in kensington is still on live support. Candles and stuffed animals sit a few feet away from where fouryearold abdul wilson was hit and killed. Neighbors stopped and said a prayer
New information. David . Reporter jessica i just spoke to a Police Source and that source tells me that detectives have made contact with the attorney of a person of interest. They are looking at in this southwest philadelphia hitandrun. Now behind me this is vigil people have been coming here all night to mourn and remember the life of feryearold abdul wilson as a twoyearold in kensington is still on live support. Candles and stuffed animals sit a few feet away from where fouryearold abdul wilson was hit and killed. Neighbors stopped and said a prayer to honor the little boy who died monday night after a woman driving his black suv ran over him and kept on going. Its like you dont have no remorse for yourself. How could you sleep at night . Knowing you hit somebodys child. Nutter lives in the neighborhood and brought her kids to the scene of the crime to pray for the family. Other neighbors were just as upset. Hes a little boy four years old. He didnt get to live live. He gone. For wh
Bringing in that rain but we are going toe any cloud break for sunshine so off to a dark start but once sun comes up it will be bright and sunny most of the the day. Ukee, back to you. Breaking news in the ogontz section of the philadelphia this morning. Police have one person in custody suspect of starting a a fire that left a man in Critical Condition. The the Fire Department responded just before 2 00 a. M. To the 1600 block of west nedrow avenue where fire started in the back of the home. There is no word on the identity of the us peck or why Police Believe the person started the fire. Victim is a man in his 50s and being treated for smoke inhalation. Major new developments in the search for a two hit and run drivers. Police recovered one of the vehicles and they believe they may have a person of interest. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao joins us from southwest philadelphia where a memorial is set up for one of the young victims. Jan, good morning. Reporter erika and ukee, goo
With sun glare and rush hour things will change. Stay with us. We have got developing news, a break for Philadelphia Police investigating two hit and runs. They say they may have a person of interest, and one of the vehicles. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao joins us at a memorial for a victim in southwest philadelphia jan. Reporter ukee and erika, sources tell Eyewitness News they have recovered that dark suv wanted in this deadly hit and run case and an attorney for a person of interest in this case is now speaking with police, that the driver of that dark colored suv could possibly turn herself in later today. This is as southwest philadelphia a community continues to mourn the death of a child. This memorial has been growing since four yearold abdul wilson was struck and killed by a hit and run driver monday evening. The accident happened here on the 1600 block of south 57th street, right in front of the surveillance camera. Now, police had urged a feast mail driver of this dar