Denise nakano joins us live. What did the survivors tell you . Reporter the survivors describe the crash as the longest 15 seconds of their lives. They watched as debris flew around them and that big rig come barreling toward them. It just seemed like it didnt stop. So when it was over, im sitting there not knowing if im dead or alive. Reporter jake and his two coworkers survive the crash on route 222 in maidencreek township, but theyre not sure how. A big rig slammed into their car and eight others early this morning. The sound is something ill never get out of my head. I just dont know how im going to deal with that. Reporter roger sat in the back seat and saw the tractor trailer hit two cars on the highway then veer toward them. He asked that we not show his face. Then the crunching and the screeching, the metal and the glass and everything was just it wouldnt stop. Reporter the impact mangled the car below them and a silver suv above them. Two drivers died at the scene. This is you
Pretty good clip. Right now the heavier showers towards west caln and towards downingtown. 75 now in northeast philadelphia. Everybody is in the 70s with the exception of the poconos. Everybody is steamy. You can see it in the air. Occasional showers, some areas of light fog. Then just mostly cloudy and muggy at 9 00 and at lunch time, 86 degrees and climbing. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. First katy zachry has traffic. Theres a new accident into our system on the Atlantic City expressway westbound on the ramp from the black horse pike, which is exit 2. The ramp is blocked. Its a single car accident. It hit a pole. Some downed wires are involved. So the entrance ramp to the ac expressway westbound is blocked at the black horse pike. Center city philadelphia, a lot of road closures to tell you about associated with cleanup from the made in music festival. Inner and outer lanes of the parkway from 20th street to eakins oval closed through tomorrow. A l
From the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Right now at 11 00 oclock, a light show in the sky postponed the big show on the parkway. Severe Weather Forces evacuati evacuations at philadelphias made in america festival. At this hour storm scan3 shows the bulk of the storms are now over the delaware in new jersey coasts. The question is, will there be another storm around the corner . Good evening, im diana roc rocco. Natasha has the night off. This evenings storms came in fast and left their mark. Lets get to meteorologist justin drabick. He has more and what we can expect through the night and into tomorrow. Good evening. The good news were not tracking severe thunderstorms right now. But still heavy rain moving through the Atlantic City area few lightning strikes so this is a weaker thunderstorm still dropping lot of rain. Those showers extend all the way down in cape may into dover, delaware. Still south jersey, delaware, best shot to see wet weather
Lets get to meteorologist justin drabick. He has more and what we can expect through the night and into tomorrow. Good evening. The good news were not tracking severe thunderstorms right now. But still heavy rain moving through the Atlantic City area few lightning strikes so this is a weaker thunderstorm still dropping lot of rain. Those showers extend all the way down in cape may into dover, delaware. Still south jersey, delaware, best shot to see wet weather even a thunderstorm through the overnight hours. Over around the wilmington newark, delaware, into elkton married heavy rain riding i95 that moves off to the east. Watch out for slow travel south and east of philadelphia. Another cluster of showers trying to develop near Lancaster County. That could roll through the city through the overnight. Theyre the heaviest rain indicated by the yellows reds and oranges near egg harbor township, Atlantic City, that will be moving offshore in the next half hour or so. Another line of some he
At the end of the summer four kinsler in atlantic sitly close eliminate being about 8,000 jobs. Casino experts have said this is painful, but necessary, to right size and stabilize this market. Now, revel opened just little more than two years ago, a mid high hopes of saving Atlantic Citys crumbling gambling market. But the two and a half billion dollars casino and hotel never turned a profit. And after filing for bankruptcy twice, qualified buyer was never found. So, this alone will leave more than 3,000 employees without a job. Revels closing alone in all the closures mean nearly third of Atlantic Citys work force will be unemployed including thousand who is lost their jobs just yesterday down the boardwalk at showboat. Very difficult for the guests, very difficult for the employees, sad time in Atlantic City. Reporter definitely lot tears yesterday as showboat closed. Now, experts suspect that ones this casino revel is closed, and sold at a cut rate price, it will eventually reopen