Eyewitness news copter you see just how big a scene this was and is still this afternoon. Traffic southbound has been diverted to route 17. They will be at this for quite some time today trying to figure out exactly what happened. All the details of what happened, and right now just trying to notify next of kin and straighten out exactly to get traffic flowing once again. Dolan channel 7 Eyewitness News. As we find out more breaking information we will update you on air and online at abc7ny. Three workers remain hospitalized with serious burns suffered in a massive explosion as they worked on a gas line at a high school in the bronx. Damage and tore a gaping hole in the side of the building as you can see from this tweet from marcus solis. He is joining us right now with the very latest. Its devastation, pure devastation. I have no idea. As a longtime teacher of Digital Electronics he had to come see for himself. These photos give you a sense of the force of the blast a gas fueled expl
Story and bring you the latest on action news beginning at 4 00. Well, septas one day Regional Rail passes for pope francis visit are on sale now, these went unsold after the online lottery. Eva pilgram is live with the details. Reporter hey rick, today the septa pope passes are officially on sale, they are limited number of them and so far today there has been a steady stream of buyers. The lottery didnt seem to make a lot of sense to me, why not sell it at the ticket stand, that is here, so i got it today. People lined up for the Regional Rail it will get you into the blocked off parts of city that are otherwise closed to traffic, that has a lot of people planning to hop the train to get as close as possible. Crazy. So far its easy but im going to try that, that is why i bought the passes. I have tickets for sunday, im interesting in going to the mass sunday afternoon. Now if you want to buy your Regional Rail tickets, they are not for sale at every station, just a set list of statio
And ramsey says he appears to have a good record but he says this behavior is inexcusable. 30 bucks. 10 bucks each. I dont what to take two. Let him buy two. Reporter the video was posted by the driver of the car and has gone viral. Its an embarrassment for the police department. But worse, ramsey says it diminishes a charity that supports the families of fallen officers and firefighters. Hes tarnished that entire event and the entire cause that it represents by his actions. Reporter now, internal affairs is investigating the driver of the car says hes already been contacted by internal affairs and depending on what they find, it could be turned over to the District Attorneys Office for filing possible criminal charges. Live at Police Headquarters, david henry, channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you david. Fears about chinas economy fueled applausive selloff on wall street today. The dow plunged 531 points to close out its worst week since august of 2011. In addition to china investor
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity, the future of awesome. Right now a phillies risky proposition in a video thats now gone viral. The video shows him appearing to letter a driver go but thats only if he buys a ticket to a fundraiser. The Philadelphia Police department has seen that video and as you can imagine, the top brass are not too happy about it. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Brad satin is live with more on whats causing this 81 roar. Reporter angry reaction from police and people what he talked to. The Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey saw it for the first time earlier this morning. He says hes still gathering some information on the circumstances, where it came from, when it was shot but we also know this Police Officers job is in jeopardy tonight. Outrageous. Not shocked. Reporter reaction coming in over two new viral videos posted by a philadelphia man on facebook that has now been viewed nearly half a million times since last night showing nine
From, when it was shot but we also know this Police Officers job is in jeopardy tonight. Outrageous. Not shocked. Reporter reaction coming in over two new viral videos posted by a philadelphia man on facebook that has now been viewed nearly half a million times since last night showing nine year veteran Philadelphia Police officer matthew zgersky not realizing hes being recorded telling a driver who is pulled over either buy three tickets a Police Fundraiser or get your car towed. Either you buy these or i take your car cause its unregistered. Reporter you see the driver pull out cash. You got 30 bucks. 10 bucks a piece. Reporter he seems to drop with the driver and at times use homophobic slurs when referring to the cars pink windshield wipers which the driver posted on facebook. Whats up with the wipers. Breast cancer, man, my grandmom went through it. Breast cancer i understand. Cant you support Breast Cancer another way. You look like a fruit cake. Theres no part thats just a find.