The accident started in the northbound lanes. One box truck trying to pass another when they bumped at high speed and one lost control jumping the divider into the oncoming tractor trailer. Its a complex accident scene in a really bad spot. Reporter evidence spread over hundreds of yards of pavement on a friday afternoon where that corridor is very heavy. Most of the traffic is being diverted. Its one behind the other. Nobody moving for two hours. Reporter state police tried to turn southbound thruway motorists around but ended up filtering on to local streets to get past the wreck. The Ripple Effect lasted all afternoon. 17 is a dead stop. Reporter how long have you been stuck . Four hours. Going from suffern to spring valley. Reporter how long is it taking you. An hour and a half. Reporter and youre not there yet . No. Youre still in suffern, you know. Yeah. Reporter thousands were caught in it but the frustration vanished once they saw the cause. This truck driver missed all his app
Still unknown. Were at the very early stages of this investigation, are working who establish his motive for coming here, if he had an intended target beyond the Security Office what the motive was behind the crime. Detectives say Kevin Downing a former economist was fired from the federal bureau after labor statistics four years ago, cbs 2 learned troubling lawsuits and other documents show he thought he was fired for retaliation because he blew the whistle on alleged corruption and public waste. Ever express concerns or having problems . Never, really honestly. Real estate listings show downing bought the home in 1987 put it on the market several times over the years a home thats now the focus of a federal investigation. Downings neighbors say he got hit by a car about a year ago was out of work for at least six months. Some question if financial problems led to this, but investigators dont have answers. Live in fort lee new jersey, cbs 2 news. All right thanks, were learning more th
7 00 oclock. Lets send you over to kyla for more on the forecast. We had a nice day yesterday. You say more is on the way. Yesterday i think was pretty close to perfect. Pretty close today will be spot on for average temperatures in the mid 80s. We will see more humidity in there. It might feel warmer. We are ram pink up to a steamy monday. Okay. So some weather is on the way but still a gorgeous sunday. Lets enjoy it. This is a great day to do it. Certainly, were having a very nice week ahead of us too, everybody. Just a little bit of heat. Lets start with today and beautiful sunrise happening right now at middletown ship high school in the cape may courthouse. 62 degrees there. Look at that sun just peeking up and beautiful blue skies, just a few clouds but it is perfect. Temperatures right now in philadelphia about 66 degrees. Fiftyseven in reading. Sixty down in atlantic city. We are off to a good start. Taking a look at storm scan three you can see clear skies will be here. High c
Today, to have hill with us for the 9 00. So glad you could come back and join us. Good to be here. It is hilly in philly. Yes, i really wouldnt put it that way, but thats okay. So youre from philly. You mentioned when you were here, you filmed 1982 here, so someone actually wrote a message to you. Hold on, i have got to watch it. An extra in the movie or something . Close. She said i worked on the 1982 in wards robe with hill, he was very nice, soft spoken, called me mrs. Tammy, thanks for the experience. Thats fantastic, see . So you have lot of philly love here. Wardrobe person. She probably fitted you. Youre not used to this. Buckle up. All right. Time now everybody, some schools, in our country, listen to there is hill, i believe this is near iowa city, iowa, where this school is. Does that sounds familiar . I was born in iowa sit. I there you go. They used that box, that pine box there, for solitary confinement for their timeout for punishment, they put the kid in there and shut
2017. Before we take a look at your weekend weather, heres a live look in allentown this morning, drivers, you have to be where. Right now, and for the rest of the weekend, major disruption if you take the pa turnpike. The northeast extension is closed between Lehigh Valley and carbon counties. Workers trying to replace bridge 40 miles of the highway closed through monday at 4 00 a. M. , a detour is in place. In some drivers it could end up taking you an hours ago long. We had to let you know off the top about that. Your second question is whats weather like . Scott williams has the answer hi, everybody, were talking about temperatures warming you mean. Loot lot of low cloud. High humidity, 93 and as we focus in on the weather headlines, were tracking some of the early drizzle, weekend warmup and also looks like by early next week, the full chill depend, have multiple wardrobe, but it will start to feel a little more like summer overtime next couple of days, ultimate doppler not really