her uncle was killed in a freak accident. now the question what caused piping to federal an internal tun sglel he was months from retirement. fatal accident happened in the lehigh tunnel northeast extension. eyewitness news reporter david spunt has that story. >> every night that's what he did the same is run. and you know this was his last. >> debbieel jot still in shock her uncle howard sex ton from mickelson new jersey will not come home he was killed during rush hour wednesday night through the lehigh tunnel with ray more and ran in began. >> i got the call at work he was killed. it was very difficult because my uncle has meant a lot to me. >> authorities say the 70-year-old was killed when a conduit piping to protect wir wiring from inside the southbound lane fell and burst through the windshield. sexton was hit in the head and the truck kept hoof moving for another mile until it finally stopped. he was deceaseded when authorities arrived. debbie elliot said her uncle was a family man and she's trying to remember the good times. >> always smiling and always laughing. just fun-loving and goo good-natured. a lot of fun. >> records show the tunnel was last inspected in september 2 2016 and will be again this september. insiders say that is not abnormal. what is out of the ordinary is that heavy piping fell down at a precise moment in time to take a life. the life of someone who loved his family, his friend and his job. >> we're hoping for answers on how this could happen, how this freak accident actually happened. >> you can bet investigate istors will be out here to try to find out exactly what happened. ray more and ran in began executives expressed condolences in a sfaixt i did speak to mr. sexton's wife who said she were married 25 years and he planned to retire this m coming summer. reporting in carbon county, david spunt, cbs, eyewitness news. >> let's get you caught up on the forecast now. it was a damp and dreary thursday. it appears that trend will be with us for a little while. looks like rain for the end ever the week, right, kate? >> not only for the end end of the week but the weekend. it's a soggy situation on storm scan 3 and showers moved through earlier tonight and those fizzled. there's a lot of rain loading up west. it will be a conveyor belt of moisture with a few rounds showers tomorrow and heavier rain expected over the weekend. as we zoom in on our area now. most of the area not seeing much of anything. few spotty showers is around kenton, sussex county and possibly down the shore as well. rest of us seeing clouds breaking up a little tonight. it's not all that cold despite the drop in temperature today. temps are holding steady through the overnight hours. we're sitting at 39 in philadelphia and 40 wilmington and 40 mill villas well and it's 7 in allentown. but, look at these departures. it was still miltd at this time last night. the change was starting to come in and the 22 degree drop from where we were 24 hours ago earlier today almost a 40 degree departure in the temperature. and the dreary pattern continues into the weekend. this is weekend rain def think think thely looks like heavier rain coming down late saturday into sunday and in fact, with rain chances through sunday some of us may end up with over 3" of rain over the course of four days. coming up i'll time out the best chance to see rain for the weekend and when temperatures approach the 70 mark again, jessica. >> kate, we'll see you sgloon a school resource officer on duty during last week's mass shooting at stoneman douglass high schoolness parkland florida is out of a job. armed deputy scott peterson tookp a position outside the school and never went inside to shop the gin man. he resigned after broudard county suspended him after reviewing security video. >> devastated. sick to my stomach. there are no words. >> what should be done. >> went income addressed the killer. killed the killer. >> sheriff place twod other deputies on leave as he invest gates their actions during previous calls tots gunman's house. >> president trump hosted another listening session on gun control at the white house and he met with state and local officials. the president offered some of his own solutions to keep american schools safe from mass shootings. he called on congress to strengthen background checks for gun buyer and suggested increase in mental health services and raising time by assault rifle from 18 to 2 1. he said arming teachers is also an option. >> not everybody has aptitude for a gun. if they have the aptitude i think a concealed permit for having teachers and letting people know there are people in the building with guns. >> an annual gathering of conservative activist in maryland the national rifle association president agreed with president trump on arming teachers. >> it should not be easier for a mad man to shootp a school, than a bank or a jewelry store or some hollywood gala. schools must be the most hardened target in this country. >> supporters of gun control say teeners should not carry guns. they should teach. the president and the nra disagree on raising the age limit. an update to a story we brought to you lasts night air. deadly shooting in fernrock that ended with a van crashing into a building. here's surveillance video. police have not release the victim's name but her uncle identified her as 23-year-old tyesha tim mondz and said she was shot while driving and lost control near grange and broad. five other family members in the and have including three children were injured in the crash and police think the victim may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> a chester county father is charged with killing his 5-month-old daughter after allegedly losing his temper. 18-year-old zion shockly was angry over a video game. investigators say he shook and dropped the infant inside a coatsville home nearly two wokz ago and it may not have been the first time. baby showed clear signs of abuse. authorities say shockly admitted to dropping and shaking his daughter. he is charged with first degree murder. police in upper darby are investigating two church burglaries overnight it. authorities say someone stole money from the church poor bochs st. lawrence insurance and west chester pike the the same thief or thieves broke into the church on wayne avenue. nothing has been reported stolen. >> you break into the poor bo box? to steal money that is given by parishioners or church goers for the poor? and then some scum bag walks away with change, give me a break. so hopefully with the public's help we can get some direction as to who is responsible. >> according to police st. lawrence is equipped with camera and alarm and neither was working. >> more develops in the russian investigation. special counsel robert mueller has an sign indictment on tax fraud it's fraud leapt lopz for ukranian lobbying business. they pled guilty to money lawnd are egg and other charges. >> and a new mural to honor cook taivious today. a look at how the five story muriel will look on the universal institute charter school. 15 and the mural is expected to be finished this summer. well, u.s. women's hockey team scores historic win on the ice at the winter olympics over can do to win the gold. >> that victory comes after the miracle on ice is inpie inpiering young hockey players in our area. alexandria hoff talked with some of them in bucks county tonight. it's a thursday practice following a big win. not a direct win for this tea team. but a victory overall for the sport they love. >> usa! usa! snrt lady patriots are girl's hockey leave out of warminster and this is their 1-year-old division and many are gushing over the olympic shootout and gold medal win by the u.s. team in south korea over canada. >> it's crazy, man. >> many of the players are fully aware of the struggle for equality in the rink. >> do you think that women's hockey gets the same recognition as men's hockey. >> no. >> why is that you think. >> because they're girls. >> moment that 20-year-old made rooney made that incredible winning save, they were reminded a gold medal future is possible. >> i think it's so inspiring for all the girls watch egg and they can aspire to be like some of these girls. that what i want to do when i dpro up. >> they beat out their soup i iser vivales in canada. 3-2 and the world was watching you. >> get to feel proud when you can say i'm an ice hockey player. >> they hope the same winning spirit that guided team usa will help propel more girls to lace up and hit the ice in warminster, alexandria hoff, cbs, eyewitness news. >> well, we know jason kelce can dominate on the football field and know he with fire up a crowd with public speaking. >> but there's one talent that may surprise you. straight ahead tonight. see the skill the super bowl champion showed off at a philadelphia high school toda today. >> and plus taste with tori heads towed main line spot that is serving you up food to make you feel good. how owner of anew is taking a createitive approach to healthy eating. >> and a spot tourists love to visit. reading terminal market is celebrating. >> and a live look now center city. a cloudy night. more rain on the way for friday. kate will let us know when the friday. kate will let us know when the sunshine returns. the late show with stephen colbert you new tonight and coming up you your way 11:35 colbert you new tonight and coming up you your way 11:35 after eyewitness news colbert you new tonight and coming up you your way 11:35 after eyewitness news >> eagles center jason kelce showed off talent at wilson high school. >> kelce there playing bar aton sax. he he stopped by today to take part in exchange program event between music department central high school and cleveland heights high school in ohio. that's kelce's alma mater. >> before i was a philadelphia eagle and super bowl cham i was a tiger growing up and you know i played in three different -- football, hockey and lacrosse and played in the jazz band and the symphonic winds ensemble. even though it's a long time i it was fun to have the instrument in my hand and to be throughout with the bands is cool. >> he wore high school letter man jacket today and said he cannot button it up but my man that's okay. >> philadelphia reading terminal market wept back in time to celebrate 125 anniversary. market marked occasion with 1893 day hosting grand opening never had back then. to celebrate, there were victorian costumes and live musical performances and entertainment and some market merchants rolled prices back to 1893 level. and who says healthy food cannot taste delicious. >> there's a place on the the main line that is all about eating clean without sacrificing flavor. vittoria woodill gets in on the juicing craze and more on tonight's taste with tori. >> fresh screwsed and fresh to go this is anew in paoli. the juicery and kitchen kicking your health into high gear. >> everything is antibiotic free from scratch. >> whether top stopping in for something quick or planting for a tall drink of juice this is go to spot for food that will fix you. >> i'm started from the inside outleting food be my medicine. >> only ied by nutritionist giving you the food you want now and better for you. >> i had kids and feel great and all of a sudden things started to not feel graext i was like this hurts i ache here and there. he we make a yummy bowl of pasta with rice past and yummy chicken barroom with almond flour and wow never know. >> she made a change to making good for you food for all and never looked back it is it's time to start. >> i want to feel good. let's start with anti inflammatory juice. >> this is tumeric and ginger. these are best for fight inflammation. >> carrot, orange, sweet potato and tumeri ci. >> it's delicious i felt healthier holding it. >> i turkey burger and topped with carmelized onion and cheese. >> doing the right thing neve neverist tasted so good. >> the flavor is. there the flavor is all up in there. mmm. >> you'll find plenty of flavor in the fresh broccoli salad with miss attachos and corn and beaten salad and mango chicken salad. >> farm to table right here. you have a touch of the southwest here. here you have a vibe of the caribbean. it is so good. i could get used to this new lifestyle. >> she seemed to be taking to it. >> healthier just watching it. >> hely and delicious. >> here we go february february, where have you been. >> february is back for a couple days once we hit saturday it's gloomy. temperatures back above average. you don't have to dig out heavy coats and gloves and hats and things like that. you may not have the to do that for a while as we head to next week temperatures will stay above the norm. tomorrow feeling like february is supposed to feel. here's a look outside now. we'll take you out to the roof cam. sky cam three looking live at center city and once again the tops of the buildings schrouded in low clouds and fog and will be how to looks tomorrow, saturday, sunday, probably not going to see the sun. maybe a break of blue sky here or there and probably nothin going to see full sun until monday. we're sokd into seattle or london weather pattern in center city right now. we'll take you to boardwalk flaws arehoboth beach where the boards are wet and rain moving through the area. still a few scattered showers here through the first part of never night hours. mostly pushed out to south. again a few little spotty showers here and there trac tracking a few down by hagerstown, maryland. we can't rule out another shower getting in even into the city here or there overnight. and otherwise, we're seeing generally light precipitation on storm scan for now. adds we widen out, again all this rain got go somewhere. you can see it has its sights set on our area. conveyor belt of moisture going to be really sending wave after wave of low pressure in here through tomorrow and right through the weekend. and temperatures not all that cold actual limit we're sitting basically where we've been all average around 40 degrees. it's 37 allentown and 39 philadelphia. chilly but could be a whole lot worse overnight at least in february. timing this out on future weather a couple showers overnight and then just cloud clouds. notice by tomorrow morning just in time for the morning commute the shower redevelop and perhaps steady rain here or this. also note the pink. winter weather advisory for carbon and monroe counties in the poconos and freezing rain chances and mainly a couple hundredths of an inching enough to slow you down slick spots on the roads that way and continues into friday average. scattered showers an own off through the day tomorrow. saturday starts again with clouds and scattered showers and then saturday night into sunday here we go steadier rain of monthing through and sunday morning looks like heviest of rain and there's 5 a.m. and here's 8 a.m. and tat clears as well lingering with clouds and showers again on sunday afternoon. sog jury stretch of rain conveyor belt dreary conditions through sunday and heavy downpours sunday morning and highest totals north and west will let this run. these are cumulative totals purple indicating inch an a half to two and a half inches and that's what we may end up with. good news temperature will not be bad over the weekend. it's not going to be a pretty weekend but at the least not a cold weekend. you'll need the rain gear and not heavy winter gear. 70 again on sunday. and monday the sun comes back and got a pretty nice stretch for the first three days of next week. temps 50s 60s above average and we see sun every day. got to get through three more soggy days you. >> got this all right. thank you. >> don surprise next with sports. >> it's a game for is crosses tonight. ben and jojo going off in the windy city and can they lead the sixers to a win plus welcome aboard, the newest flier peter morasic maze makes >> he warmed up and then had to cool down. flyers for travis took the ice before the match-up but his a aky foot kept him out of the lineup. newly acquired petr mrazek gets the start at goalie welcome to philly. brah. comes one a huge save. 19 saves on 20 shots. third period. we go flyers down 1-0. it's the cap tarngs claude giroux light on the lamp for the 21 time this season tied at one. later on flyers on the power play. shooting and rookie nolan patrick cleaning it up. flyers win tonight,-1 they won four straight and eight out of nine. all right. switching gears a 27-game sprint to the finish line sixers back tat after the all star break. they visit the chicago bulls. >> ben simmonds going to the hole. takes the contact. career high 32 point to go along with 11 he ra signature and 7 boards. 3rd quarter joel embib, jojo showing off the reigns like he did during all star weekend. 30 point, 1 boards and five signatures. after simmonds hits the tying and go ahead free throws. sixers winning six in a row, 116-115 the final. >> delaware visiting sdrexel. this is the game of the night. blue hens falling. ripe daily nails a flee. at one point delaware led 5-19 and drexel with the magic. they pull off get this, the largest come back in men's division one history. they had point deficit and went 85 to 8, what? , and the university of tampa. this is spring training baseballhe of exhibition season here for "good day" for phillies pitchers. two inning-outs, at the ditchuns. doing damage. win, 6-0.eft it goes. >> sounds like you're having a how about delaware and drexel. >> it's crazy. >> 34, buddy. >> up next the mummers are ready to strutmad by a guest getting ready to celebrate all things mardi gras. this is what you will see at mummers mardi gras parade in manayunk. 16 string bands performing and eagles center jason kelce is expected to be there. you remember he wore the mummer's costume during the victory parade. >> iconic. >> definitely so. >> watching the weekend closely as it creeps ever nearer and it looks like it is a soggy weekend. good news, temperatures are on their way up. we have a few spotty showers saturday and heavier rain in the forecast comes on sunday and after a chilly end to workweek. temperatures will rebound back to above average in the 60s temperatures will rebound back to above average in the 60s both days this weekend coming up next it's the late show with stephen colbert followed by the late late show with james colbert. for kate, don, everybody here i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean we're always on at cbsphilly.com. >> have a good night family, always on at cbsphilly.com. >> have a good night family, sleep - [voiceover] the following is a paid advertisement for credit secrets, sponsored by info up, llc. the product endorsers who appear have been compensated for their travel and lodging costs. all of the endorsers are actual enthusiastic and successful users of the credit 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