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
So already in the world of travel. Getting busy. Quiet over here. Yeah. But as you said it is off to a chilly start. It is first day of winter. We expect that. We are catching sunshine today storm scan view is very quiet and will stay that way through the day with sunshine as well, and there is a chill in the air to go with this too. Currently storm scan nice and quiet and will stay that way through the day. If you will recall this same time yesterday we were not only well in the 40s but there were a number of places in the lower 50s, this same hour, so youre 24 hour temperature departure is substantial. It is way colder. Luckily not too breezy outside but it is still chill i. You will to have bundle up adequately. Many are sitting in the 20s right now and we have a few hours before that sunrisees, but we will even up were 44. It is pretty much exactly where we should within sunshine as well and we will mark solstice officially at 11 28 this morning. Coming up we will mention that poss
Extra fee. There may be an up charge. You never know. We have to get one of those agreed, he looks good but where is love for the morning we drink more coffee then they do at night. Amen. Speaking of needing a warm drink right now, it is, very, very cool outside, right now our temperatures are generally in the 20s or 30s at best and that is quite the change from yesterday at this same time, it is totally clear so storm scan as we get there first is very quiet but we have got a few high cloud trying to work their way through and it is just clear sky and that has allowed temperature to drop off, readily 20s and 30s at best and this goes in the just outlying terrain but in the urban corridor near the shore look at Atlantic City but we are taking that observation inland at airport, we are still only at 25 degrees there it is cold beginning to the day and rahel back to you as well through north and western suburbs outside of philadelphia so mount holly hit for example 24 at this hour where
Low 40s for the afternoon. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour to show you how quickly the temperatures will start to warm up this morning when im back in ten minutes but first Jessica Boyington watching your first alert traffic. Our cameras right around Market Street showing the northbound traffic moving up towards where you can actually say from the 42 freeway. If you want to head to the ben franklin bridge were not seeing any big problems there. Approaching an accident on the eastbound side where there was an earlier overturned vehicle right around route 54. So watching a little bit of a showdown there. And a waeter main break again, 18th street is shut down between spruce and walnut and the square is shut down to 19th street. Breaking right now, rush hour horror, a man rammed into a crowd in a busy street in melbourne australia. At least 14 people are hurt including a child. Several are in critical condition. Were joined from our digitaln operations center. Reporter this was c
Jersey, otherwise, the 42 freeway looking good, no problems here working your way out of south jersey in toward philadelphia. Hello i95. When a mess we had yesterday. No problems though this morning. Everything is open. All of the construction cranes are working properly. This is a live look, right at the cottman avenue interchange where no problems into or out of the city, and some left over construction out on the schuylkill expressway, upper end, between conshohocken and king of prussia down to one lane and then also going to find some delays on the ben franklin bridge on the jersey side, theyre working right near the toll plaza. Otherwise, mass transit off to a good start, karen, back over to you. Bob, thank you. Lets get right to breaking news happening overseas, from melbourn, australia, police say a vehicle drove ton very crowded sidewalk early this morning injuring at least 14 people. It happened in southeastern in the section of vet tore y we know it is a white suv plowing int