Transcripts For WPVI Action News 6PM 20150323 : comparemela.

Transcripts For WPVI Action News 6PM 20150323

On the ground in front of me. Reporter the man suffered a broken leg. The woman was in worse shape thrown several feet. Both were unconscious. Saturday night action news reported on another dirt bike atv crackdown. The operation netted the most illegal street vehicles in one day for the city, 68. Those who saw this crash aftermath say people need to truly realize the danger. The cops cant even try to chase after them because theyre afraid Something Like this would happen and so its horrible. Its horrible. Reporter the young man and woman injured were rushed to aria torresdale. We understand they are in critical condition. At this point, police do not know their identities, so they are listed as jane and john doe. Reporting live near mayfair Kenneth Moton channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you kenneth. It happened this morning in upper chichester. A bandit was trying to make his get away from a gas station in the 3300 block of Market Street when his black volvo struck a witness who was trying to prevent him from fleeing. Action News Reporter walter perez is live at the scene. Walter, what is the update here . Reporter well, jim according to employees here, they say that the victim is actually a friend of the owner of the shop. Meanwhile Upper Chichester Police are checking out Surveillance Video of the crime that started as a robbery and ended as a hit and run. Surveillance cameras captured the scene as this man walked into the shell gasoline Convenience Store on Market Street in upper chichester a bit before 10 oclock this morning. Investigators say he quietly walked behind the counter pulled out a knife demanded money from the clerk and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash. But as the thief tried to make his get away, a customer inside the store chased after him. Surreal i guess. We were just in amazement. Im still kind of shocked that what we witnessed happened. Robert conroy who works across the street says he saw the whole thing unfold. He said he could see the Good Samaritan desperately trying to pull the thief from the front seat of his getaway car. When the gentleman then jumped out, car backed up, he went underneath the car and the car then proceeded to go forward and ran him over. Reporter we also spoke with dave bratton of chichester who pulled up moments later. He said it was obvious the victim was in a lot of pain. He was holding his neck and his arm and the Police Officer that i spoke with actually said that he think he broke his arm and that he was on his way to the hospital right there. Reporter and the victim was taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center with nonlifethreatening injuries. Meanwhile police say the suspect got away with less than 150. Hes described as a white man in his 30s who fled the scene in what they believe is a black volvo v50 a late model black volvo v50. Anyone with information is asked to call police. Reporting live from upper chichester, walter perez channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you walter. Philadelphia police are looking for a group of teenagers that ambushed a young victim on a septa platform. Surveillance video captured the incident at the locust walnut station in center city last thursday. The victim was sitting on a bench when the group attacked. Police say there may be as many as 16 suspects. They are looking to identify. The victim suffered just minor injuries and was treated at hahnemann hospital. Before the names Michael Brown and eric garner became part of the national conversation, Philadelphia Police commissioner Charles Ramsey ordered up an assessment of the use of deadly force in the Philadelphia Police department. Those results were released today. Action News Reporter vernon odom has the story. Were doing this for brandon brown. Reporter protesters greeted Police Commissioner ramsey as he left the Justice Department News Conference today on the use of deadly force by Philadelphia Police. At that gathering the Justice Department delivered a lengthy study of shootings by police and concluded wholesale reform is needed in terms of training policies and investigations. As youll see in the report weve identified 48 findings that do identify what we would call serious deficiencies in some key areas with regards to the use of force. Reporter in 2013, Police Commissioner ramsey called for this federal analysis as he saw a drop in Violent Crimes and even assaults against police but at the same time saw the number of policeinvolved shootings on the rise. He called this report which recommends more than 90 reforms a good one. The report in no way compares philadelphias situation to racial tinderboxes like ferguson missouri, Staten Island or cleveland but ramsey had this comment on the racial tension that is constantly arise. In case you havent noticed im black myself. So, im not real proud of the fact that we have a disproportionate amount of crime occurring in africanamerican communities. Reporter last week many of the same demonstrators from today confronted commissioner ramsey is a rowdy town meeting in the wake of d. A. Declining to prosecute prosecutors who shot and killed Brandon Tate Brown during a traffic stop claiming he was going for a gun. We have a history of nonviolence and were not going to be called labeled thugs or causing a ruckus simply because the commissioner calls us that. Reporter the mayor and the Police Commissioner say theyre already in the process of implementing many of those key reforms called for today. At Police Headquarters in center city. Vernon odom, channel6 action news. Three men are under arrest tonight accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of power tools. Whitemarsh Township Police say matthew suarez, Nicholas Suarez and donald hodem are connected to a series of thefts in delaware montgomery and chester counties. They used a screwdriver to break into trucks and steal power tools that they would resell. Several car owners in the rhawnhurst section of philadelphia were left with hefty repair bills today after a string of thefts overnight. Thieves targeted honda vehicles along hartel avenue. They broke windows to get at the vehicles air bags. Those air bags can be sold on the blackmarket for hundreds of dollars each. The major crimes units is investigating at least 30 air bag thefts in the northeast from last month. And we are now just learning of 20 air bag thefts over the weekends in Queen Village in south philadelphia. Five blocks at front monroe, fitzwater, christian and catherine streets were targeted. The cars of choice, accord civics and acuras, all of which are made by honda. More than 100 passengers have finally reached their destination in orlando tonight after their frontier flight was stranded in delaware last night. The original plane is still stuck in the mud. It happened at 9 30 last night as the pilot taxied from the gate at New Castle County airport. The wheels of the plane went off the pavement and into a grassy area. Passengers were jolted but unhurt. Crews tried to tow the plane. That didnt work. Now theyre trying air bags to lift the plane then tow it. Frontier flew in another plane to transport the passengers this afternoon. Philadelphias land bank was the topic of debate today at city hall. The land bank was formed last year as a streamlined way to develop Vacant Properties around the city. Now some want the city to be able to transfer property into the land bank using a Municipal Agency as a middleman. Supporters say it will further streamline the process. Opponents want more oversight before an amendment is passed. Coming up on action news tonight grace under fire. Mone davis and her sympathetic response to an offensive tweet made by a College Baseball player. March sadness gone viral. Well catch up with a villanova band member who let her emotions flow when the wildcats tournament came to an gleaned were starting our first week of spring feeling more like winter with temperatures stuck in the 40s am i. Tracking a midweek warmup but it will come at a cost. Ill explain in the accuweather forecast. And more on villanovas disappointment. Ducis rodgers when action news continues tonight. Bullington county construction site the scene of a gas leak today. They were called out to kirby court and parkers mill boulevard in the middle of the my place apartments. Residents were asked to steer clear of the area today. Phenom mone davis is responding to a derogatory tweet atweet about her that got a Bloomsburg University baseball player kicked off his team. Joey casselberry a junior from Montgomery County used choice words when criticizing news that mone will be the subject of a Disney Channel movie. Bloomsburg dismissed casselberry from the team saying his words do not represent the school. But mone has asked the university to reconsider. She wrote a letter to the president saying in part while i admit you a pretty hurt when i read his comments i felt sad that he was dismissed from the team. And she said this on espn Sports Center this morning. Everyone makes mistakes and i know he would like as if it was me i know i would want to take that back and i know anything he would do just to take that one tweet back and i know how hard hes worked so i mean why not give him a second chance. Bloomsburg University Officials said her request demonstrates the type of person she is, her level of maturity. The University Says it will review the case but right now stands by its decision. Villanovas loss to North Carolina state saturday may have driven more than a few people to tears but only one of them was seen on National Television all the while playing her piccolo. Annie mckorman caught up with her today. Reporter shes famous for the tears she shed the night villanovas Men Basketball team lost. Today she tells action news what she was thinking exactly at that moment she captured empathy and pity across the can country. When i looked up in the very beginning i actually see myself on the jumbotron and my dad was at the game since im originally from pittsburgh and i was just embarrassed cause i didnt want him to know that i was crying. Reporter immediately she became an internet sensation twitter dubbed her flute girl then piccolo girl. Which is it . A piccolo. I would have been fine if people called it a flute. Reporter the response has been positive even from the team that took the wildcats chances to move ahead in the big dance. Nc fans were tweeting me saying sorry about that, it was sorry to see. And the memes. Reporter the meme that is came along with it, john travolta, joe biden the whiplash teacher,. On campus shes getting recognized. These members of the girls Basketball Team taking selfies with her today. I was like oh my god are you the flute girl. The picture went viral. I was like oh my god no, dont cry. Reporter shes played piccolo since her freshman year in the band. This year was her only chance to play in the tournament. For now, shes taking all this attention in stride. Its embarrassing to cry on national tv and be seen doing it but at the same time like it happens. Its out there. If i dont have a sense humor about it im just going to torture myself. Reporter at villanova Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Tough couple of days at villanova but you know you got to play the game and theres no guarantee. They did not play well that day and its one and done when youre in the ncaa tournament. Jay wright named big five coach of the year. Small consolation. How about no consolation at all given to what happened to villanova this weekend. The cats should be preparing for the ncaa sweet 16. Instead they are wondering what happened. The number one seed was bounced saturday to nc state in the round of 32. This isnt the first time nova has come up short. But for some reason maybe it was the number one seeding. This one hurts more. Each day, you know, the hurt goes away some, you know. Theres just you you know you got to accept it and you got to move on but theres a part of that you will never accept it, you know. And thats where you got to just, you know, just got to find a way to deal with that and move on. Last week coach wright told us anything less than a final four appearance would be a disappointment. The players, they echoed their coachs assessment. Tough because everyone expects us to do well in the tournaments and we did well in the big east but we tried to play well throughout the whole season. I think we did that. We cant like i said before judge ourselves just on the ncaa tournament. Thats how the outside world will view us but we know how successful our season was like how many wins and what we accomplished this year. Temple still chugging along in the m. I. T. Owls are in the quarterfinals many. Temple is all weve got at this point. Just feels good to play basketball. Thats was want to do no matter whether youre in the ncaa nit you just want to keep playing basketball and thats what were focused on doing right now. Baseballs opening day is two weeks from today. The phillies will open at home against the red sox. Phils are still down south in clearwater. Favoring the twins Ryne Sandberg and paul moliter first time two hall of famers have managed against one another. Really . The hall says so. I believe the hall. Cody asche supplies all the runs phillies would need. Two run homer. Phils blanked Minnesota Three to nothing. Nfl owners meetings under way in phoenix. Nfl is considering a ninepoint touchdown where a 50yard point after attempt could be attempt after a successful twopoint conversion. Meanwhile chip kelly is expected to meet with reporters on wednesday. Jim gardner not a fan. Hes a fan of todd herremans. Herremans preparing to continue his year with the colts. Hes working out in broom mal. He was leased by the eagles last month one of many changes made by coach kelly. Jaime apody caught up with the former bird. What happened . I dont really know. You know, they say all good things must come to an end so i had a great time in philly and i appreciate the fans and the Coaching Staff and everybody involved with the organization but its time to move on and im looking forward to my opportunities in indy. No bad mouthing there. All class from todd. Thank you deucis. Cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when action news continues. Did not feel very much like spring today. Its not going to tonight or tomorrow again. I. Tracking some warmer air for the middle of the week. Wont last long, though. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there and loads of sunshine. The action cam in bristol pennsylvania along the delaware and showing all that blue skies and sunshine but really not helping to warm things up at all. The accuweather highlights show that, yes, we are stuck in the chill. Weve been in the chill since early december and temperatures running close to 3 degrees below average and snow 26. 9inches thats about five and a half inches above normal. I am tracking much warmer air for one day. Future tracker showing 1 30 on thursday afternoon temperatures in the mid to up are 60s in philadelphia areas south, low 60s up to north. However, this will come at a cost. It wont be a bright and sunny day on thursday. Im tracking some showers perhaps even some thunderstorms ahead of a cold front. Pretty quiet out there, just quiet and cold, 42 degrees in philadelphia right now millville 42, trenton 39, allentown 37, wilmington 42 and the poconos only 27 degrees. And its breezy enough to create a bit of a wind chill factor. Feels like 37 in philadelphia, feels like 29 in allentown and it feels like 33 degrees in wildwood. Satellite6 along with action radar showing were beginning to see some clouds moving into western pennsylvania and you can see some snow across ohio. This is from a clipper very fast moving system that will really be diving to the south. That will bring us some clouds maybe even a flurry or two generally south of philadelphia and its going to feel like winter, 21 degrees in the suburbs about 27 degrees for center city. As we head through the day tomorrow, High Pressure building in means morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine. Still chilly though, with a high of only 45 degrees. On wednesday its more seasonable. Temperatures up into the 50s ahead of this warm front 52 degrees that will bring us a few afternoon showers behind that warm front thats when temperatures soar into the upper 60s before a cold front brings us a round of showers and thunderstorms and much colder area as we head towards the weekend. So the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, morning clouds again, perhaps a flurry generally south of philadelphia giving way to afternoon sunshine. The high only 45 degrees. Three days in a row with temperatures stuck in the 40s. On wednesday its kind of the opposite. We start with sunshine. Then the clouds roll in with a few showers with that warm front. The high 52 degrees. And look at what happens behind that warm f

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