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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 May 2, 2016

As the other victims recover investigators are trying to tonight to piece together exactly what happened out there. Lets get straight to fox 29s bruce gordon in east falls. Bruce . Reporter lucy the investigation into this crash continues at this hour. But at this point, it may not be any more complicated than a car overloaded with passengers only one of them buckled into seat belts properly, losing control on a rain slicked roadway with horrific results. Rush hour drivers flew past the small memorial marking the location of the tragic wreck. Bear al glance. A mid the shattered car parts that littered the roadside, a babys pacifier sat as silent reminder of the horror that played out here sunday afterno afternoon. Captain john will sin key heads the Police Departments accident investigation unit. It look like the vehicle just lot of control. We dont know how. Went into the other lane and then they collided. It was a horrific crash r report police say a northbound 2,000 mazda six with seven people inside lot of control on the curve at the 5400 block of henry of a crossed into oncoming traffic and was t boned by a 2008 mazza three. Sixyearold eric perez and 20yearold wilson were killed. Three others are in Critical Condition including ross wilsons seven week old daught daughter. The vehicle was the only one restrained. No one else was restrained test crash. Reporter theres no evidence either driver was impaired or speeding at the time of the crash. But the road was wet and almost certainly slick. As for those unrestrained occupants of the struck vehicle if everyone was restrained, there clearly would be less severe injuries for sure and maybe not anybody killed. But we really dont know because you can still get internal injury from crash like that. But its always advicable to wear seat bell. Reporter two off Duty Police Officers one of whom was heading to work the other heading home from work were driving right in this area where the accident happened. Both of them raced into action to provide medical assistance. Its not clear how much worse this could have been if it werent for their heroic actions, lucy. That is so true. Bruce gordon, thank you so much. Just tragic out there. Start of a wet week in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Ultimate Doppler Radar see the right there, rain is continuing the trend from a soggy sunday. I hope you like this weather otherwise you might not like much about this week. Lets check in with meteorologist kathy orr who despite all of this always has a smile. Youre so kind, yes, we are smiling about the breaks in the overcast but its not going last that long the clouds will be bowling are rolling back and in lucy pointed this out an area of showers and thunderstorms this yellow is a severe thunderstorm watch and the reason why is because the sun was out in that area and were looking at very warm temperatures. Hagerstown, 81. Charlottesville, west virginia, 85. Richmond 82 this is where you have the severe threat. Because of the warm moist airily philadelphia only 63 degrees. So no risk here. Mostly cloudy this evening with temperatures falling through the 60s but those showers will be moving in by about 11 00 p. M. It will be spotty at the start but we are in for some heavy rain. During the overnight by about midnight rain chef heavy at times maybe a rumble of thunder could wake you up or shake the windows a two during the morning rush, heavy rain will be moving through the Delaware Valley coming up well time the rain also the thunder and show when you we dry out and the 70s return in the seven day. Ill see you late in the broadcast. Thank you. Montgomery county teacher under arrest tonight and charged with having inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. Rose, taught he know lash at Upper Dublin High School and faces 12 counts of institutional sex assault for what Authorities Say she did with a mail student. Her bail has been set 50,000 and shes due in court in two weeks. Meanwhile, the Upper Dublin School district says shes suspended. Jerry sandusky was back in a pennsylvania courtroom today hoping a judge will grander him a new trial. The former penn state assistant football coach showed up orange jumpsuit. Hour long hearing involved several issues, including whether prosecutors leaked news of the grand jury investigation. Sanduskys team is hoping to overturn his conviction or get a new trial a judge not say when he would make a decision. Sandusky was sentenced to two to us 2012. A tragic week mend Atlantic County police say a fouryearold boy drowned in a Swimming Pool. Egg harbor Township Police have been looking for the boy near the london court condo miniums on old egg harbor road and police now say the boy drowned in a Swimming Pool overnight saturday they have not said where and they yet to release the boys name. Happening now classmates remembering a teen killed in a school fight almost two weeks ago. Memorial outside Howard High School of technology is growing in honor of 16yearold amy Frances Joyner just last night hundreds turn out for her memorial service. To say their final goodbyes. Jenn for joyce is live in Wilmington Police station tonight following the ongoing investigation. Jennifer, any updates from police . Reporter good evening, iain. Still no arrests and still no charges also still no idea when we could see any movement in this case. Thats according to a spokesperson with the wilmington ton Police Department memorial outside of Howard High School of technology continues to grow in honor of 16yearold amy Frances Joyner killed during a bathroom brawl nearly two weeks ago. I was walking by, and i seen i seen that and i didnt know this was up. Reporter memorial is catch the eyes of many like benjamin vas question of wilmington he didnt know the vick testimony or her family but says he has four children including a 16yearold daughter and cant imagine what theyre going through. My heart goes out to their family. Reporter last night aim me friends, family, classmates and supporters filled a church for a Public Services to honor the 16yearolds short life. While three students are considered persons of interest in the teens killing. No one has been arrested or charged. We looking for answers why would you take this young ladies toes live when she went to go to school. Her aunt said the family is in shock. Theyre anxiously awaiting justice. Were all very upset by this and cant believe it happened. She was a sweet girl. Reporter amys family tells thus they are very appreciative of the wide range of support that they have have been receiving. Now again just waiting on justice. Lucy . All right. Thank you very much, jennifer. Police are looking for this man caught on camera using his fingers to rob gas station customers in north philadelphia. Twice last wednesday he surprised victims from behind as they were just standing at the counter at a bp on ridge avenue. He stuck his fingers in their back pretending he had a gun. The demanded money one of those people did hand over their cash before he took off. Another robbery this time in University City but police say again a man insinuated he had a gun never showed one but did clean out two cash registers. Surveillance cameras captured his last night as he came into the game stop his face was only partially covered but police say he yelled if you want to live, open the registers he kept a hand in his pock. Its unclear if he was actually hiding anything. He then walked behind the counter, cleared each register, then took off. Right now crews are busy working to repair a broken sewer main in mt. Laurel, new jersey. Police say elbow lane between south Church Street and texas avenue will be blocked until at least midnight while workers fix the broken pipe detouring traffic on to texas avenue. Atlantic city will not default on its debt thanks to a large payment made this morning. Mayor don guardian says the cash strapped shore town made the large bond payment today. He says the city is still in major financial trouble and is quote running on fumes but he still opposed to full state takeover. Weve made the decision to pay our bond payments as of 10 00 oclock this morning of 1. 8 million. If i believed that a full state takeover would help safe Atlantic City, id quickly concede it as the right path to follow and i would totally support its passage but i dont. Bipartisan takeover plan has passed the state senate, but assemblyman speaker is not put up for a vote blaming would it allow the state to break union contracts. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says hes making all of the states Public Schools test for lead in their water starting next school year. Christie today said hell ask the legislature for 10 million to pay for testing in about 300 schools starting in the fall. He says that the States Education department will publicize test results and notify parents immediately if it detects lead. Federal law requires testing only in schools that run their own water systems. Police say this man wanted to go to jail and got a pretty way to accomplish that goal. What hes now accused of doing with a molotov cocktail in a local Police Station parking l lot. Flood waters overwhelm Peoples Properties and their spirits in texas. People with special needs living in one home need only rely on their neighbors. The power of social media as well to get to safety. Starbucks under fire for its ice tonight. Why the cubes have sparked a multiMillion Dollar lawsuit that the coffee giant says is absurd. Coming up new at 6 00 a worse Case Scenario for a local man looking for his kitty. Not only did somebody kill his pet. Police officer did it. What the department is saying tonight. In Gloucester City police say this manmade a dangerous move for an odd reason. They say Jose Rodriguez through a molotov cocktail in a patrol car park in the lot of Police Headquarters on saturday. It started a fire. Police put it out. Rodriguez was standing there the whole time and admitted he did it because he said he wanted to go to jail. He got his wish. Prosecutors have champed him with aggravated arson and other offenses. A ploy to call off school for the day at a lee his County High School didnt work. The school did go on lock down for a bit this morning after someone found two bullets in bathroom. Emmaus high school the two, 22 00 liber bullets were in a boys bathroom. Officials know who did it and there was no folio actual threat. Investigators say the student was hoping the school would let out early, you know what, this isnt the first time Something Like this has happened there. In objection, the discovery of a box of bullets at the school led to a lock down and closure of the school the following day. To developing story in center city now. Less than a week after longtime u. S. Representative fattah lost his bid to return to the us house, he faces another big challenge. Jeff cole has been tagging fattah story for many months and joins us in the newsroom with todays action. Representative chaka fattah entered federal court this morning in philly for the start of jury selection in his corruption trial. It is his indictment last summer which likely convinced voters to deny him his 12th term in Congress Just last week. Fattah is charged in 29 count indictment of using his campaign and federal grant money along with dollars from charities he controlled to pay off and illegal 1 Million Campaign lone when he ran for mayor. The congressman is also accuse evidence using money improper toll pay his sons college debt fattah has vigorously denied charges accused federal prosecutors of being out to get him. 59 of west philly fattah represented the second Congressional District for 22 years rising to a position of power on the house of appropriations committee. He made no comment as he left court this afternoon. His son chaka fattah, jr. Is serving name federal prison on attacks convict. His wife former channel 10 anchor renee she fault fattah not charged in the case but her actions were described in the indictment as left the station. She says the feds have gotten her activity around the sale her porsche all wrong. After the jury selection, trial for chaka fattah is expected to stop on may 16th. No word tonight lucy on whether any jurors were actually picked this day. All right, thank you very much, jeff cole. A big event hosted by the Philadelphia Eagles spotlighting student athletes who make it their mission to raise money for research in spinal cord injuries. Eagles took part in the 11th annual adam telfair row luncheon at the linc. Adam who played for penn state was paralyzed in 2000 sand making a tackle. Doctors werent sure he would ever walk again. Well, he did. After just three months of rehabilitation. His foundation now raises money for spinal cord education and research and today it honored 14 High School Student athletes who helped fundraise for the cause. Summer will soon be here, may not feel like bit. And Philadelphia City leaders are hoping to welcome as many tourists as the city can hold. The mayor along with officials from philadelphia conventio cons and Visitors Bureau and visit philadelphia and few other folks came together for quite a photo on Independence Mall this morning. The event is part of National Tourism and travel week and the mayor says tourism is major industry in this city. Employing thousands of people even as lifetime resident he still gets a kick out of the historical activities. I live in old city, and i like to walk down here sometimes before i had this job, when i had some time, to walk down here and just kind of walk around and see how people enter act and react. The president s house. To see peoples mouths open to know they had been told that story and they learn it here and theres a really important things. The mayor says hes looking forward to a busy summer for the city especially with a Democratic National convention being in town in july. Happening right now historic cruise to cuba a ship filled with americans arrived in havana today on government approved trip thats much different than your average voyage. Those on board this ship have a mission. This trip is preview of a new chapter for the relationships between the two countries. Foxs phil coating is in miami with more. Reporter its something not seen for half a century. The us owned Carnival Cruise ship a dont ya sailing from miami into havana. The 700 Passenger Ship arriving monday morning it will make two more stops on the south side of the island and on the east side over the next week. To be a part of truly making history and preparing for an even more positive huge for everyone is one of the greatest honors any company can have. Reporter historic cruise comes a year and a half sin the countrys restored diplomatic ties and follows president obamas visit in march to hava havana. Its not your stereo typical another venture at sea, though, this trip is government approved and passengers will be meeting with artists, Business Owners and families. It also features educational activities like spanish lessons. Seat its meeting some of the people, eating some of the food. I think its great bring the countries together. Some of my friends thought i was foolish but something i wanted to always do. Reporter the trip now without not without controversy. Protesters demonstrating against the cruise in miami saying it will boost cubas regime. Cuba cruise will depart from port miami every other week. Tickets range from two to then thousand dollars and by the end of the year, norwegian cruiselines plans to get on board. In my am meek fill keating fox news. City of philadelphia is celebrating mexican culture. Mexican flag was raised today at city hall among the speakers mayor jim kenney and councilman david oh. There are several events through the region this week to honor mexico. Close to two dozen schools could not open their doors today because so many teachers called in sick. The point those teachers are trying to prove. Hes 12 years old but one boy just got to see his mom for the first time thanks to some hightech glasses. Theyre expensive. Who is stepping in to make sure he can afford them. You may not think of sports and art as the most natural combination. Were about to introduce to a local guy who is putting them knowing a magical way. How hes using his true passion to bring his canvass to life. States are bracing for another round of Severe Weather. Storms swept from texas through georgia yet again in the past 24 hours. Unleashing damages winds, heavy rain in texas flooding turned deadly killing six people over the weekend. Five from one family. Meanwhile, others across the area are left with a massive cleanup after the storm downed power lines, do you do trees and damaged homes and cars. More storms are possible in the south through tomorrow. Task of dividing up princes estate heads to court. Five of the late mew zigs siblings appeared in minute men courtroom to try to sort out the es

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