around, sheena. >> it's a huge difference. take a look across the entire northeast, even farther south into the southeast, close to florida. this is good travel weather. a great if you're traveling tonight, even tomorrow. friday looks pretty good. so this is really what we have in store for the area if you're heading anywhere locally, even farther off to the west. nice and dry across the area. temperatures on the cool site side but definitely milder than what we had. 47 in allentown, 46 in millville. 46 in wilmington and as we go through tonight, it's going to be cool. it's not going to get as cold as it has. by 8:00 tonight, mostly clear. 45 degrees and by 10:00, temperatures in the mid-40s. so chilly, not as cold as when you walk outside tomorrow morning. really no matter where you're heading, the weather looks good for it but temperatures will start to warm up. we'll take a look at the unseasonably warm thanksgiving forecast and also your thanksgiving black friday forecast and if you're traveling. >> if you have loved ones on the road right now, take a look at what we're facing. this is a live look. that's the girard point bridge. pretty heavy traffic right now. going across the skew cool river perhaps, heading to the airport? >> possibly. it looks like it's moving. nbc 10's deanna durante has more. >> deanna, how's it looking? >> reporter: we're live over the lansdale interchange. you know, the traffic there seems to be moving slowly. there's gap where people are speeding up. and as you approach quakertown, people hitting the roads. the pennsylvania turnpike commission says we're in peak thanksgiving time and that's going last until 8:00 tonight. of course, there are many people who didn't bother trying to travel today. they took the whole week to spend thanksgiving with their loved ones. >> how's traffic been? >> so far real good. hopefully it's not going to be like that. >> reporter: the need to stop on a long road trip, it's obvious? >> my daughter's over there. she lives in princeton. we live in church hill, p.a. we're going to see my mom. >> reporter: they're thankful for good weather, friends and family they'll visit. >> i see what they did. they got an early start and left nearly yesterday or like real early in the wee hours of the morning while the rest of us were sleeping. >> what was once the biggest day to travel has become a day of rest. they've made a vacation out of thanksgiving week. they're no longer going to work and heading out to grandma's on wednesday night. they're seeing a sharp decline. they're making tuesday the biggest day to travel. >> yesterday we came in to atlantic city. my parents live out in jackson and then i'm going see some friends because i used to live in pennsylvania. >> they know the clear roads will be a thing of the past come sunday. >> i'm heading back probably on sunday. i have to go back to school. >> when do you go back? >> sunday. sunday late. >> we hoopering it won't be bad sunday night. >> reporter: looking live again at the pennsylvania turnpike, northeast extension there, we're also hearing from penndot that many of the people that will be hitting the roads at the same time on sunday. so even if you took a day or two ahead of the holiday, you know, the roads are going to be much different shape on sunday. penndot says the peek travel time will be mid morning to 6:00 a.m. penndot says it could be anywhere between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. we're going go over and check out travel conditions in bucks county. we'll let you know more tonight. for now we're live. deanna durante. >> we'll see you then. thanks deerks a na. thanksgiving eve marks one of the busiest day for train travel. amtrak says it has added capacity, especially in the northeast to carry all the extra passengers traveling to see friends and family on this long holiday weekend. folk at 309 street tell us it was a pretty smooth operation there today. >> it was a little busier than usual for this time of day. >> you dpef it inially noticed it. >> yes, yes. >> it was easy. wit as snap. there was nobody at union station it was very fast. i sat by myself. >> despite today and yesterday, the other pz dbusiness day on t rails will be this coming sunday just as folks are flying. nbc 10 is your source for all things holiday. how about this. uber wants to help prevent drunk driving on one of the heaviest drinking nights of the year also known as thanksgiving eve. they can take a blood alcohol test and in return uber will give them a free ride home. happy to be going home for thanksgiving and let's go eagles. >> there you go. a shout-out to the birds from wounded state trooper patrick casey. casey left the hospital today. his release comes just after 24 hours during which he wu was hit. trooper casey took a bullet in the shoulder following this fiery chase and craze. tonight police are still looking for one person in connection with the violence. nbc 10's doug shimell was there when trooper casey walked out of the hospital for the homelands. >> trooper casey sat in his c trooper casey's father sat in the car waiting for his son. >> reporter: trooper patrick casey still has a single round lodged in his shoulder. he was wounded when chasing a vehicle. >> i want to they everybody for all their prayers and support. let's go eagles. >> vivany was charged. >> he said he was grateful they did not kel his son and he said he was very sorry. >> i apologize for all my heart. >> reporter: state police still want to question the fourth person in that car, camire lewis. >> yes, i'm feeling much better. >> reporter: for trooper casey he'll be surrounded by family. >> what do you want to do if your kid wants to be in the army. one person died and others were injured at the intersection in franconia. you can see the cars are completely totaled. police are trying to figure out what caused the wreck. elsewhere russia's foreign ministry says it was planned. it helped them rescue the surviving pilot. syrian arm forces say they wenl into rebel territory who they say the sky let is in good help. the other pilot of the plane died. on monday there will be tro troops that will protect the president and other world leaders. belgian authorities are looking for mohammed abreny. today metro services has partially reopened in russia. the underground system was closed for four days. they continue to guard the stations as the country remains on high alert. closer to home attorney general kathleen kane will find out if she remains in office. the group did not say if kane should be removed. instead they referred the matter before the full senate. the goal is to determine if kane can continue her role as attorney general without a law license. an apology for slavery. commissioners plan to send a letter to jack mar cal urging him to sign a proclamation on december 6. that date marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th amendment to the sconce tugs which abolished slavery. a former constable is out on bond after being charged with threat. peter innaurato put in a pain request but investigators say he never did the work. he was supposed to serve warrants but instead filed fake reports with forged signatures of judges. we have some new video from nbc 10 of a man wanted for robbing a dollar general store. you can see the man show a gun to the cashier. they say he then demanded money. he did get away with$350. if you know who this man is, police would like to haur from you. up next, a new look with an old tradition. it will have a different feel this time around. the reason why, straight ahead. plus, the postal work earth the center of a hate crime investigation after this video surfaced. what police say the vild owe shows straight ahead. it's a a reunion in the years. a man who saved a life on the side of the road next. a man who saved a life on the new york city crime unit has this. a woman and her sister were walking down a street in brooklyn. police say one of the women bumped into danton coley while pushing her baby stroller. he went off, spitting on her, calling her offensive names. it turns out before he died, frank gifford had debilitating brain injury. he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. it's found to happen to football players. they often suffer memory loss, anger, confusion, and dementia. chicago is gearing up for more demonstrations throughout the city. it's the result of a video showing a 17-year-old shot and killed by a police officer. the protesters came out last night after officials released the dash cam video showing the shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald last year. police say they made a couple of arrests but reported no serious incide incident. they say it shows officer jason van dyke shooting the teenager 16 times. they say the teen had a knife. prosecutors say that 3-inch knife was recovered from the scene with the blad folded sbiets handle. a few hours before the video release, officer jason van dyke turned himself in to police. his attorney says he feared for his light. they agreed to pay a $5 million settlement to the family. in just about 16 hours an annual holiday tradition will step off. we're talk about the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. it's happening under the watchful eye of stepped up security. final preparations were under way less than 24 hours before tens of thousands will pack the streets in management hop manha a glimpse of balloons and floats. >> we always police that parade with very large numbers of uniformed officers. this year i think you'll see even a larger presence. >> reporter: a show of force in the wake of terror attacks in paris and concerns the next target could be in the u.s. the stepped up skrt will include what please call hercules teams, heavy armed tactical units at the first sign of any threat. but officials note there is no specific threat here. they're hoping the annual thanksgiving day tradition send as strong message. >> personally i believe we can't live in fear. >> of course, it's on our minds, but, again they want us to live in fear and we feel we can't. >> so they will celebrate while police stand guard to make sure the holiday is satisfy. jay gray, nbc news, new york. >> of course, you can watch the parade from the comfort of your couch. the annual thafgs pa race starts right here on nbc 10. so travel here, not so bad. out west, very different story thanks to snow and ice. the combination of frozen precipitation has made travel very treacherous in northern california. some drives say it took three hours to go only 15 miles. the snowy and icy roads also caused as you can imagine a number of accidents. well, we have some nice weather in store for your thanksgiving day. if you're doing any of that traveling. and, in fact, we have a warmup in time for thanksgiving, especially as we go into black friday. unseasonably warm for both tomorrow and even warmer for friday. we could be near high record temperatures that day and then we duo into the weekend and our dry pattern comes to an end. we have showers moving in. right now it's 37 degrees in mt. pocono. 47 in allentown. 50 in philadelphia, 48 degrees in dover. soxt?iq it's cool outside. it's just not going to be as cold outside as we have seen recently. here's a live look. we're seeing the traffic moving here but there's a lot of traffic on the road. if you're going to be heading out, we'll watch the temperatures drop down by 10:00 p.m. and some areas will be in about the mid-30s as we go into tomorrow morning. so it's going to be a cool start. a chilly start to your thanksgiving day, just not as cold as we receive the past couple of morning. nice and dry. down into the southeast. really good travel weather. but it's when you get farther out west that they start to see the ice and snow developing. here's future weather. locally we stay nice and dry for tonight if you're doing any late night traveling and for your thanksgiving day, setting up. temperatures will be in the low 60s through tomorrow afternoon achlt good ten-degree jump for today. at the same time, thanksgiving, 5:00 in the evening, we'll be watching the weather develop in the middle of the country. this is where we expect travel delays. it's not going to be locally. down into parts of nebraska. even through parts of texas. stormy weather with icy and snowy weather on the backside of that storm system. slowly it will start to approach the storm area. here's friday at noon. warmer temperatures. we stay dry. and then we go into the week and the rain does eventually get closer, so by saturday afternoon we could be looking at scattered showers around. if you're doing any shopping, king of prussia, temperatures will be in the low 50s. by noon, low 60s and even as you go into parts of delaware and new jersey and any of the malls there in the low to mid 60s. tonight, clear skies. just not as cold. about the low 40s through the philadelphia area. then tomorrow we'll see a nice thanksgiving day. mix of sun and clouds. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. friday we get closer to 67 degrees. some areas could get closer to 65. then for the weekend we have a chance for showers saturday and even for part of sunday. but temperatures still looking pretty comfortable. >> so we know thanksgiving is a time for sharing but you don't want to be too generous. we have an important holiday warning for pet owners straight ahead. president obama sparing a pair of birds from becoming a holiday meal on this thanksgiving eve. the president pardoned this turkey named abe along with his friend honest. get it? honest abe? that's what you're looking at. both birds hailed from california. the names chosen by schoolchildren there. honest and abe. if you have a pet, we've got pets here at the desk, things to be aware of. >> before we give you this warning from veterinarians, we should point out keith's puppies are about 5 months old. >> i do. >> he has plenty on twigger. i beal paying close attention to this. a lot of dishes we'd for dhafg be a recipe for thanksgiving. think about it. stuffing, garlic. scallions, garlic. that means mashed potatoes are out. salads and hams to the list. the motive dangerous, bird bones. >> actually penetrate through the stomach or intention and cause a life-threatening infection. >> you don't want that. you're probably wondering what you can give your pets. the vet says turkey breast is fine and you can put gravy on your dog food. >> coming up, sheena parveen will have our forecast. >> and deanna durante is monitoring the weather. >> reporter: when have you ever seen i-95 look so good. we can see on the side streets people are clearly going to the stores or going home. we're going tell you where the problem spots are coming up. dude, you're kidding me, right? >> no. and an extra reason to be thankful. a local man meets the complete stranger who saved his life. a story you will see only on "nbc 10 news" next at 5:00. dude, you're kidding me, right? >> no. >> oh. >> it is a reunion just in time for thanksgiving. for months a south jersey mansur. ed f mans man sefrped tr the man who saved his life. first here's a live look at the ben franklin parkway where friends will gather tomorrow morning to watch the oldest thanksgiving parade in the country step off. remember what was happening this time last year? i was thinking about this earlier. yep, thanksgiving, it was snowing. this was the scene in drexel hills one year ago, thanksgiving 2014. safe to we're all thankful. let's bring in nbc 10's filter alert sheena parveen. >> sheena, i think people are happier this time around. it's going to be nice and dry and start warming up. we goat into the mid-50ts. if you're heading out any time soon and doing some late traveling, it's cool outside, not extremely cold. won't expect it to get as cold as last night or the night before. nice conditions setting up for us. look at the clear skies. from north carolina to new england, perfect travel weather here. don't expect any type of weather delays of that sort. we're nice and dry locally and we expect to stay this way as we go into tomorrow. so for the rest of tonight, temperatures again will be on the cool side. just not very cold. 48 by 7:00 p.m. it will be chilly. then tomorrow morning to start off your thanksgiving day around 8:00 in the morning we should be around the mid-40s in the philadelphia area, but if you live in the suburbs of new jersey, your temperatures may still be in the 30s by 8:00 tomorrow morning. coming up, we'll take a look at the thanksgiving forecast through the afternoon. also your black friday shopping forecast and a chance of rain over the weekend. >> now let's go to nbc 10's dina durante monitoring traffic for us. >> what are you seeing out there? >> lots of good news if you're on i-95. take a look. when have you ever seen it look so good. >> we're telling you we're nearing the end of what the thought would be peak travel time for the day. they say most travel times will be where they're going. sometime between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this evening, many people hitting the roads earlier this week. we found a number of travels already at their december tell nation and getting ready for the holiday. 657,000 cars hit the turnpike. an estimated half million hit the roads today. if you found yourself one of the lucky ones today not finding traffic. you're going to be in the thick of it if you choose to return on sunday. they're saying midday to about 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., that's when they expect the most people to bo b on the roads. but as you can see, that's the latest from sky 4 ten. deanna durante. back to you guys. >> to the story you'll only see on nbc 10. a holiday reunion that's been five months in the making. >> today a south jersey man meets the man who saved his life on the side of the road. >> with each step forward rufus graham has been thinking back. >> dude, you're kidding me, right? >> reporter: to the day that forever changed his life. >> i told you we'd meet again. >> yeah, you did. >> a complete stranger that rushed to his side when life-saving seconds were running out. >> you remember him? >> i remember looking at him. i didn't get his name or anything. >> he spent weeks monthized heavily medicated and in surgery after losing control of his motorcycle. he was thrown off, his leg severed instantly by this sign. >> no other vehicles wither involved but driver walter reaves got out of his car and used the only thing he had at his fingertips. >> i saw his missing leg first and then i saw him and i saw the blood gushing out of there. >> reaves a former nasa armed guard happened to be on his way to new jersey. >> he took his belt off. >> was thinking i was watching a guy like in front of me taking his last breath. >> controlling the bleeding absolutely saved his life. >> friday marks one week with his new prosthetic leg and with it the chance to give thanks. his girlfriend made the arrangements. it took five6n#z months for th to come meant on his progress was the man who saved his life. he thanked him. >> i don't know how to put it into words. >> today they got to say it in person. >> make the best of it, you know. not everybody gets second chances. >> from marlton, sydney long, nbc new sthoos that is a great story right there. there's a new man taking over the department of licenses. >> that's right. mayor elect named kelly new commissioner. he's currently streets commissioner. lni has been under fire. they're going back to the streets department. now to the pennsylvania budget battle. delaware county has threatened to stop paying taxes to the state next week if no deal is done. they followed through with a similar threat yesterday. they have been without a budget for 147 days now. nbc 10's lauren make was in delaware county as commissioners voiced their frustration and they tried to figure out how they're going to cope. >> this building here behind me is a consequence of the budget impasse. this was under construction by a nonprofit here in delaware county, but without that money coming in, this construction has stopped. >> we're probably over a million and a half dollars. >> in delaware county, kmoougs community action agency needs money. it's conserving what it can. >> what can be cut? >> shelters. >> reporter: not another hit for nonprofits like this one. >> unfortunately delaware county is running out of cash. >> they've been making up for state funds by dipping into the federal fund but they announced today that will stop december 1st. >> we need a stopgap measure. we need to get these funds rolling from the state. >> timing is crucial. >> is it sort of the worth time of year it could happen? >> probably -- yes. it's the worst time of year. >> until that money is flowing, this stays as it is. they tell me they can't justify spending money here. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. a fire damage as home in atlantic city. you can see the flames shooting out of the window at massachusetts avenue. no one was hurt. the eagles are live for the game against detroit tomorrow. john clark is there with a live report. plus, hold a chicken. one guy who picked a wrong time to get 00 drichlt those stories and more on nbc 10 news at fight. first ever trip to aftertry ka. he made planned stopped in uganda and the republic. he spoke with the president. he also praised kenya's culture and said young people must be protected and they deserve investment. i can't believe it it was two months ago that the pope came to philadelphia for his visit. he brought hope and inspired businesses. he ended that u.s. trip in philly with a mass on the ben franklin parkway. listen to this. a piece of chicken leads to jail time. here's how police caught them. he left a partially eaten chicken on the kitchen floor of the home he broke into. well, police ended up linking the food through dna back to brown. moving right along, it will be a working holiday for the philadelphia eagles. the birds touched down in detroit this afternoon. they're preparing to take on the lions on thanksgiving day and comcast sportsnet's john clark has more on the action. >> reporter: coming up we'll have some clues on who could be starts as a quarterback and some injury concerns. we'll have that coming up for you. coming up we'll have your warmer forecast and next shower coming over the weekend. that's straight ahead. laetd ladies . ladies and gentlemen, the eagles have have landed. >> that right. john clark has more for us. >> so many questions still to be answered. >> reporter: when you look at it. the three worst losses for the eagles, it's all been at home. maybe it's good they're not at home but instead in detroit. take a look at jason kelce, the center, coming off the bus. he's hobbling. his knee is hurting. he's missed practice the last few days. if he doesn't go, it will be josh andrews. he's hoping to play. chip kelly has a decision at quarterback. sam bradford was a full participant at practice but it was mark sanchez who took the reps with the starters. i asked elai alain johnson abou and his criticism. >> as far as the eagles, he's running the first crew. >> do you think this team is going to respond in a good way after two tough losses? >> we'd better. i think we've got a lot of hungry guys, embarrassed guys. >> do you want to clear up what you said about the fans just so everybody knows? >> i had to do two 20-minute interviews on the radio. that's all i've got to say about that. >> is it out of frustration. >> it's out of frustration and kind of out of context when i was having a conversation with a guy and it just really upset me. >> reporter: so lane is trying to clear that up. from what you heard from him, he believes mark sanchez will start for the eagles tomorrow. they took the reps with them even though sam bradford was a full participant. >> coming up, we'll hear from jordan matthews and chip kelly and who may hello them win. >> by the way, eagles, 6-0, all time, thanksgiving. back to you. >> thank you very much. we have breaking news to get to you. live over center city. >> deanndeanna, fill us in. >> it appears as though you have about as many protesters as you do philadelphia police officers there heading down broad street. you can see exactly where they are. they're near temple hospital. you can see the police escort as well as the bike plivs. also we have seen philadelphia police in the air here monitoring the protest as well. it's a light traffic evening, so even as they're walking in between cars, not tying up traffic here too, too badly. that's the latest. deanna durante, n"nbc 10 news." ♪ all the ends of the earth h the creatures of the sea ♪ >> the presentation came together to watch the kindergarten class and honors math students perform the first thanksgiving after the kids did their performance there was a prayer service and meditation. the clock issic thing down to turkey time. >> that's right. that thanksgiving dinner isn't too far off now and as nbc 10 found out, the grocery store is a popular place tonight. want to get your blood pressure up? hit a grocery store right now. controlled friendly pre-thanksgiving chaos right now. >> it's a great holiday. >> the bakery is hopping pounds out pies and other pastries. >> very fun. very busy. >> folks finding that right bird. some picking up bread and their thanksgiving ham? >> i'm just not a turkey person. >> everyone looks forward to something tomorrow. >> a nap after dinner. >> most tell me the lead-up to the holiday not so relaxing. 228 million turkeys raised in the u.s. tomorrow 88% of us are going to ate them. butterball will be taking 100,000 calls. i can tell you unscientifically many are out here shopping. they're spending their wednesday shopping. they're buying a seemingly endless line of turkeys for the less fortunate in their community. tomorrow after dinner the turkeys will all go away and the harvesty colors turn to green and red but they say after today's holiday shopping trip they're going to slow down and enjoy every second with the family. >> they start christmas too early. they don't give thanksgiving the justice it deserves. >> tim furlong, nbc news. well, the weather is good if you're doing any thanksgiving traveling for tonight and for your thanksgiving day it's going be nice and warm. warmer for today, even as we go into your black friday. we could see warm temperatures, unseasonably warm weather. we stay dry until about saturday. take a look at our temperature trend today. we got to 55 degrees tomorrow. warming into the low 60s and by friday around 67 degrees. the average high, 52. we're going to be well above normal for this time of year. philadelphia area by 9:00 in the morning tomorrow. around 44 degrees. by noon, 57. lehigh valley by 9:00 a.m. you could be in the upper 30s and for parts of south jersey, the 50s by noon. even into the later evening hours. temperatures should be in the 50s and low 60s. it will be warmer thanksgiving day. the good news is we're going to stay nice and dry for it. 50 trees in philadelphia. 40s elsewhere. if you're about to head out, a lightle cool. nice and dry if you look at the sat lied and radar picture all the way from new england pretty much down into the southeast. but the one area apart of the country that we're seeing conditions maybe a little bit on a snowy side, that's going to be over the rockies. now, this is for the evening tonight at 8:00 p.m. we expect good travel weather here. now we're looking at the middle of the country for your thanksgiving day. this is the spot where we expect at least some delays travel wise from parts of texas up through parts of chicago and minneapolis that. is the big thanksgiving storm that will be brugge tomorrow. stormy conditions farther down around texas up to kansas city. snow and ice on the back side all the way up through minneapolis and right in time for dinner tomorrow we storms approaching the chicago area. for us around dinnertime, we still expect good travel weather. now we jump ahead to friday. it will be a warmer day. then you see a line of rain. that's our approach for saturday. that will be our next rain chance. we could see rain around parts of sunday. now for your black friday forecast, temperatures around midnight if you're going to with brave enough, should be around 69 degrees. going into parts of king of prussia or cherry hill temperatures by that time should be around the low 60s. tonight, clear skies, not as cold. low near the north and west. 06 to 63 degrees. nice and dry mixed with sun and clouds. then we go into friday around 67 degrees and into the weekend there you see the chance of rain. rt not very cold weather in the forecast. it was like a scene straight out of scripture. >> a christmas nativity scene that took on a very real look. tonight a woman who left something precious inside a manger. coming up on nbc news at 6:00, it's a historic shift. tonight new developments to save the "s.s. united states" from the scrap yard. 4 . tonight there's still mysteries surrounding a newborn baby found abandoned in a church nativity scene in queens, new york. the crying baby was found by a maintenance worker. the question isee are his parent and why was he left alone. >> mark santee ya has more. >> reporter: walking briskly this woman turns onto jamaica avenue. she steps into this 99 cent store clutching this child. she moves to the linen aisle, grabs several purple towels, pays and leaves without saying a single word to the cashier. minutes later the newborn with his umbilical cord is found swatled in the same purple towels inside this unfinished nativity. jose moran is the church's maintenance man. he showed news 4 the vary spot where he found the baby boichlt jose says he is happy he was able to save the baby but his heart also breaks for the child who was left alone on the widen floor of this unfinished nativity scene with purple towels covering his face. for police finding the baby's mom is on their mind. the baby named emmanuel. the law says you have to alert someone, let them know they're leaving the child. in queens, mark santee. how one waitress knew something wasn't wro rite when the girls came in and asked for a job application, that story awe null at 6:00. tomorrow's going to be a perfect holiday. how warm is it going to get? the first alert forecast is next. also chasing danger a day after a stat trooper was shot on the busy viep expressway. protocol for the police chases. what the investigators found out next at 6:00. a shoot-out prompted by an expired registration on one of philadelphia's busiest highways. tonight should state police have even launched the chase at that time of day. we sent our investigators to find out proper procedures. i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jake rosenfield. >> a tropper who had a bullet lodged in his shoulder says he's happy to be okay. >> thaivg you for all of your prayers and support. let's go eagles. >> he chased a man down the vine street expressway. the alleged shooter charged with attempted murder. his father said he's thankful the trooper did not kill his son. >> apologize with all my heart and his family too. state police want to talk to one more person in the vehicle after the time it was pooled other. kamir lewis is wanted for questions on what happened. should there have been a chase on i-76 and the vine during rush hour. >> we sent investigator harry hairston. harry, what did you find out? >> reporter: we reached out to the state police department. they're not talking on camera about their protocol or chase policies but they do say they stand behind the actions of the troopers. state police tell us that the troopers involved in the resch hour chase that ended in thiz fire are crash performed their duties by the book. according to penndot, more than a thousand people were on this crowded stretch of 676 during the chase that