Due to a number of crashes. Suzanne roantree is live in meredith now with the details. Reporter the freezing rain came in about 7 30 this morning, up north. And thats basically the time of rush hour up there as well. Emergency crews responded to over 30 accidents in both directions on 93 between franconia and stewartstown this morning. At one point bethlehems fire chiefd to the station and stay put, as they would be safer to respond to incident from where they were. About half the calls they got were cars sliding off the road. But there were multiple accidents where multiple tow trucks needed to be called and vehicles were towed from the scene. We probably had somewhere on the interstate. Every road in town was the same way. Reporter there was one fatality, that is being blamed on the icy conditions. 67yearold Patrick Spencer died when the truck he was driving went off the road, slid down an embankment and hit some trees. Suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. Jennifer dozens of d. O. T. Crews
Yesterday. So even in allentown around 7 degrees cooler compared to 24 hours ago. 6 degrees cooler in philadelphia. But tomorrow we are going to be about 20 degrees cooler than today and much cooler than where we are supposed to be this time of year. The wind is shifting out of the west. Winds right now from 5 to 14 miles an hour. 14 miles an hour in Atlantic City right now. A cool night tonight and temperatures in the 40s and tomorrow some temperatures not even out of the 50s. We will talk about that and we are tracking warm air and showers in the extended tenday. And the afternoon storm is likely to blame for sending this tree crashing into a car. It happened just as the wind and rain rolled in. No one was hurt. Just before the storm came through, this tree fell into the expressway on the westbound lanes between the route 1 and lincoln drive exits. The tree blocked several lanes. The road is now back to normal. Within the past 45 minutes we learned a pregnant woman is in custody for
Right now at 10, wind is bringing down trees and evens an causing a building to partial pa collapse. Weve got an update on the damage and the cleanup. Lean metro back to normal after another disruption on thehe redline tonight. Well tell you what caused the latest delays. Honoring fallen officers. Fox5 news at 10 starts now. Thanks for joining us tonight, n im Marina Maracco and im gym low came we start tonight withsr the Weather Damage causing somee problems. Ms weve seen large trees tom over and part of this building in northeast just crumble in tonights windy weather. Lindsay watts is on the scene with a look at the destruction. Reporter nothing like we saw earlier when fears wind brought down this building. Someone on twitter remarked that it looks like hulk went through the wall. Taking a look at the rumble, yoy can see were on fence which can street just off of new york avenue. Nobody was out in the see at th time. This is one of several closelos calls weve had recently thanks to
Nevada. At a trump rally today, there was a light moment. They will probably sent here so we put them in our jails because to put them in our jails, they didnt pay the electric bill. Lights going out there. It is reported a protester turned off the lights on trump. The billionaire businessman also appeared on meet the press today. He was asked about his support of planned parenthood. Something many more conservative republicans oppose. Planned parenthood does a lot of good. Does a good job in a lot of different areas. Im not going to fund it if it is doing abortion. Im not going to fund it. Trump says while he does have an advantage in the race, getting the nomination wont be easy. Bernie sanders also appearing on meet the press also. Talking about his tough defeat. We will do well when young people, when workingclass people come out. We do not do well when the voter turnout is not large. Large turnout. Sanders also said that nationally, he is still doing well in the polls. And making
That ronalds and mine was. Remembering former first lady nancy reagan. She died today in her home in los angeles at the age of 94. The former actress and advocate was known for taking an active role in the white house as Ronald Reagans closest advisor and fierce protector. Roz plater joins us in the studio with more on her lasting legacy. Roz in her memoir, the first lady spoke fondly. For a while she lived with family in the bethesda area. She was born and Francis Robbins in new york city in 1921. Nancy would become her nickname. When her parents separated, she moved to bethesda, maryland. 1925, they becmame friends. Headed west to hollywood to become an actress. One of her last appearances on screen was with her husband ronald reagan. In 1967, nancy reagan was by her husbands side as he began a second career in politics. First as governor of california, then later president. She put her own stamp on the role of first lady. She also used her influence to launch an antidrug program wit