To stay away for the weekend. Bill henley is here with his morning forecast and good news for the weekend. Bill . The rain certainly out of here this morning, but the remnants of the rain, a lot of rain yesterday and with cooling temperatures this morning, were seeing some areas of fog develop and we have some areas reporting dense fog right now. The thickest to the north and west. Reading and lancaster, both quarter mile visibility, slow going there. But the rest of the area is fog free, cloud free and rain free. 56 degrees in philadelphia. We are running cooler than yesterday. 50s in delaware and south jersey and allentown is the chilly spot at 49 degrees. Nice and clear view from center city and any efog that develops in areas north and west will disappear with temperatures climbing. 70 nice and comfortable at noontime and less windy, as well. The neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when we come back. First, lets get the update on that traffic which has been troublesome from the g
Breaking at 10 00, found alive after 72 hours of panic. Carlesha free freehand has been rescued. The arrest of the man police call a predator. Got a very dangerous predator off the streets. And the plans for a happy homecoming. She was crying. She just was asking for me. Tell me she love me, she miss me, can come to get her. Reporter what did you say to her. Im going to get my daughter. Just into Eyewitness News, this is exclusive video of the family of carlesha freelandgaither. Tonight were learning new details about the effort that led to her rescue. Good evening, im chris may. Im jessica dean. We go to Investigative Reporter walt hunter who broke this story during Eyewitness News at 6 00, hes live at northwest detectives. Walt. Reporter it was a just a little after 6 30 here when the car of Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey suddenly swung into the parking lot here. He got out, began shaking hands with detectives. Moments later family members of the victim arriving some with tears i
West as temperatures cool down this morning, not seeing it in center city. A live view from the adventure awa aquarium. A visibility at a quarter mile there. Blue bell seeing a little light fog developing, but nothing serious just yet. 56 right now in philadelphia and wilmington is at 54 degrees. Stand by for temperatures to climb into the 60s to start with and the upper 70s this afternoon. Jillian mele eis watching the traffic this morning and things are notku looking good so far. Chris . As you mention, bill, that situation on the blue route could be out there for while. Lets talk to jillian now on what exactly is going on and what is happening on the blue route. Jillian. A serious accident involving an overturned truck. Let me step out of the way so you can get a good look at the scene. Shut down between exits 16 and 18. As you can see, we have debris all over the roadway and police out there, ambulance and fire activity out there. The blue route northbound is completely blocked off
Evacuating with dozens of others, and thanks to quick work from Fire Fighters no homes were damage. As they rolled up, the First Responders found the trucks driver standing with only minor injuries on the highway. The driver was self extricated and was met the by bls unit on the ramp where he we evaluated and transported to the hospital. Reporter both truck driver and a fire fighter were taken to the hospital to be check out for minor injuries. Investigators now looking for the cause of the crash which did not involve any other vehicles and theyre val waiting the Environmental Impact of the approximately 200 gallons of unburn gasoline which leaked into a nearby storm sewer and creek but did not enter the delaware river. And behind me you can see where gasoline powered down the embankment, into that drainage Area Environmental workers here all afternoon trying to assess the an amount of that damage. Meanwhile Officials Say it will be at least, 24 hours before this stretch of route nine
Back to our breaking news in Camden County 12 30, a raging tanker fire sent smoke high over pennsauken in south jersey after a tanker truck overturned. Chopper 6 was over the scene. This is video from the height of the inferno. The tanker was carrying a full load of fuel before it controversy turned. This is on the other side of the ben franklin bridge the exit ramp route 90 to 130. Minutes ago firefighters put chemicals on the flames as we saw live from chopper 6. The flames are diminished, but chopper 6 has seen several small flareups as we continue to watch. As you can see they have gotten the situation under control, they dosed it with foam. Now they are putting water on the flames on the side of the road. This is an inferno that burned for about an hour before firefighters extinguished the flames. There is a neighborhood nearby people were being told to come out of their homes. People did leavement neighborhood. This was a leave the neighborhood, this is a haz mat situation. Route