Tonight. Temperatures right now are not all that frigid. Philadelphia 44. But look at williamsport, in the 30s. 20s in upstate new york. You can even see in toronto, canada, 18 so that cold air, that arctic bite is coming our way. Now you can see on ultimate doppler we do have a few showers passing through south jersey and its cold enough hyped it to see snow showers. I dont think theyll be making night the Delaware Valley, but it certainly is going to be something to keep an eye on. Overnight tonight look at the numbers. Only 22 in philadelphia. 19 in allentown and ten in the poconos. It will feel like its below zero in some spots tomorrow morning. More on the blustery wind and those biting wind chills coming up when i join you inside for the seven day. For now well zen it back inside to you. All right, kathy. Thank you. Take live look at i76 in gladwyne, montgomery county. Kathy will have more on that arctic blast coming up before you go of course wake up with good day tomorrow morni
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Family, a Community Devastated an eightyearold boy has died in a car crash in northeast philadelphia and the driver took off. But the story does not epidemic there. Thank you for joining us at 11 00. Im lucy noland. Police say witnesses followed that drive and so tonight police have him in custody. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live at Philadelphia Police headquarters with how others dave stepped in to help, too. Reporter no doubt stepping up here tonight. Heartbring story five days before christmas. Police tell us tonight the driver is in custody. He was speeding and weaving through traffic at the time of this fatal crash. A High Ranking Police source tells me he had a suspended license and more than 50 prior tickets. I was trying to talk to the little boy. I was telling him to hold on. Reporter jeanette was upset as she described her efforts to comfort an eightyearold boy after a horrific crash wednesday afternoon tha
Horrific crash wednesday afternoon that ended up costing the young boy his life. Very sad and sad. Five days more its christmas. Accident investigators say the crash occurred just after 2 00 as the little boy and his father were driving down whitaker street as they turned, the car was broad sided by a late model hahn day odyssey van that just kept on going. The van i think it was came and just hit the side where the little boy was actually at report roar police tell fox 293 people in a second car stopped, two got out to assist the victims, while the driver followed the fleeing vehicle and called police. The fleeing drive was stopped by police at van kirk and front knack where he was taken into custody. That corner is real bad. I dont like it at all. Always when they turn. Reporter back at the scene Police Credit add the woman and a soldier home on leave for trying to help the eightyearold and his father until the medic arrived. She learn the child died minutes later at the hospital. Im
And satire hit full strut bundled up or shirt less. Wasnt time of year to go out and have fun. Cold, rape, snow, we do it. Two street stoppers we fire up and bring the crowd. Reporter the crowd wore layers as the mummers warmed by their favorite beverages welcomed the new year. Jerry fox lost her son live long mummer in 2017. So at 81, she took his place. It was a little scary in the building by the time we got to the judges i was whoo whoo here i am. It was juggling and acrobatics and the poke in the eye to jailed city pauls the mummers have become famous for. I didnt have enough room on my son for john purchase sell and rick mariano. Why is the mayor at the top. Giving him a little warning saying, hey, you guys got to get in line witness frogs. Join the frogs and be a jailhouse frog. Reporter one family sheltered from the cold at a bus stop. Were enjoying ourselves. We cant ask for nothing better. Great new years. So were just out here having fun. Trying to stay warm. Reporter mayor
Is and how many massive it is. It had multiple centers and now a concentrated center so our computer models are getting a better grip and coming to a better consensus of the track of this storm. Look at this snow inland i just got a report from charleston, south carolina. 6inches of snow. So if charleston gets 6inches, you know that we can we could be in for it the storm will accelerate, intensify as it moves up and off the eastern seaboard. It will bomb out over new england and that means rapidlily intensify. There is a blizzard warning for our shore counties and also sussex county, delaware. A winter storm warning where you see the pink for philadelphia, south jersey and our adjacent suburbs and Winter Weather advisory as you go north and west further await from the storm but everybody sees the snow. Snow rates of one to 2inches an hour in that rapidly intensifying storm especially of course in that blizzard warning down the shore. Down the shore winds gusting to 50 miles an hour and