flurries flying, maybe a little bit of wet sloppy snow mixing in with that. along the jersey shore you haven t gotten hit yet. but the jersey shore, just starting to see that snowfall there. we were expecting to see slightly higher totals there because you ll see the snow for the longest. we go up toward reading, you re almost in the clear, allentown, you still have snow. pocono, where you would expect to see it it s only going to be spotty snow headed through that area. let s put this into motion hour by hour. we re starting now, this is our featurecast model. you can see it beginning to clear. 6:00, philadelphia, you should start to clear. that s when we ll see south jersey and parts of delaware and the jersey shore being hit so hard. we go on through and by about 8:00 tonight, everybody should be clear of the snow. i have to tell you, we re well below freezing, the roadways are going to be impacted. there s a lot of ice out there that s left over from the past couple of da
is coming down. but we are watching, of course, the biggest story of all which is the timing of it during the evening commute and everybody is below freezing. those roadways, anything it falls on, the steps, stairs, the sidewalk, it s going to be slick. philadelphia, we re seeing a light steady snow. pemberton, down toward hammondton, we re seeing steadier snow bands move through your area. that s headed to egg harbor where we re looking at ted greenburg who has been updating us. all the way down to cape may, it s transitioned into snow for you. if we head all the way up to wilmington we re getting a little burst of snow there. it s still a little bit heavier. in southern portions of delaware, we are still looking at snow that s a little bit heavier. you can see these patches from smyrna and across to southern jersey. basically, the snow is not going to be ending from the next couple of hours unless you re out there in the lehigh valley and berks county. by 7:00 philadelphia
all the new details. there s a news conference about to get under way. i m keeping my eye on that. authorities say at least 100 people were injured on the train and on the highway. reporter: out of 14 train cars, 13 crashed. at least one of them dangling over traffic. drivers in disbelief. several of the train cars smashed a semi-truck. anthony escaped by climbing out a window sfwl it seemed going really fast and everything went dark. and tipped over. reporter: everything went black. new tonight. fire crews say they searched every train car and made dozens of rescues. using jaws of life. and saws to get into the crashed cars. reporter: the next goal, recover the trains black box to determine speed. and whether the brakes were applied. the curve was restricted to 30. and it looks like he failed to slow for the curve. reporter: officials are examining the tracks condition and whether anything was in the trains way. that track hadn t been upgraded with positive tra
busy freeway. good morning. i m erin coleman. it was going 80 miles per hour, nearly three times the speed limit. three kill and dozens more were injured. kirk has the late st on the investigation from washington. oh, my god, that train is derailed over the freeway. reporter: a black box recovered from the amtrak train confirms it was traveling at 80 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone as it approached a curve and flew from the rails. if it is going too fast it will derail. reporter: speed is the cause that is urpd investigatinder ni. emergency. we are on the ground. reporter: some rail cars crashing down onto busy interstate 5 leaving three dead and dozens injured, some grateful to be alive. it is a blessing, yes. try to live day-to-day. the stretch of track hadn t been equipped with a high-tech safety system that keeps trains from crashing. dan anderson issued this warning. come back when there is that accident and try to justify not putting in those safety e
would leave someone there. i don t know what the person was doing, what they were thinking. that you could just hit somebody like that and leave them. reporter: williams became a first-time grandfather last year and did hvac work for a company ten minutes from his home. he was on outgoing person. a really good personality. loved to be outdoors. reporter: the crash happened a block from where he and his wife raised three children. all of this just right before christmas. and it just i would just like the person to come forward and accept what they did. reporter: police are looking through surveillance video and they re also looking to talk to the driver of the mitsubishi lancer that was allegedly involved in the street race. reporting live in bristol. denise nakano, nbc10 news. an 8-year-old is dead tonight after this hit-and-run crash in northeast philadelphia. this is the scene of the wreck near whitaker avenue in crescentville. police found the driver. the two