Name. He saw the accident happen and he felt compelled to make sure the suspected driver did not escape so he acted. He used his white pickup truck that has a tow on the back to chase down that motorist and that truck was parked outside d. J. s tow yard in north philadelphia. He said the crash happened about two cars ahead of him on dev road. Lamar poole was riding his motorcycle west and was hit when the driver of the blue Toyota Corolla turned left in front of him. The driver got out, walked over and saw how severely poole was injured and then got back in his car and sped away. Thats when the tow truck driver and another motorist trailed the suspect for about two blocks over to harbison and they used their vehicles to box him in and make sure he didnt drive off and make sure he didnt drive away. He is quoting the suspect as saying, i cant believe this happened. I cant believe i did this, end of quotation. Accident investigators say it appears the 58yearold suspect now being held insi
Right in here, the northbound side. Thats whats headed towards the philadelphia area. If yourec heading towards 295 you have to make it to north jersey, pro problems at this time. If you are heading down the shore, headed southbound towards the Atlantic City expressway, this is where it splits off towards the black horse pike towards the ac expressway. No problems there. Heading out the door on the schuylkill, a great trip right through the conshohocken curve. As you can see, eastbound, westbound, 13 minutes at the most to get into the Center City Area from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. As for mass transit, we want to check before you head out the door this morning. As were starting to see delays. Warminster, art and newark all having about tenminute delays. Another sad day for the thin blue line in philadelphia. An offduty officer died yesterday after a driver ran over his motorcycle and kept going. The key person in catching that suspected braver was another
The roads. Were watching the schuylkill expressway to be exact right now. Right around montgomery drive. Starting to seec a little bit more cars in the area than we have earlier this morning. Still nothing really backing up. Eastbound right in here if youre heading into the center city area, thats 12 minutes from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. No problems there. You can see westbound doing just as well. As we head out in cheltenham, we have reports of a road obstruction on ashborn road and new second street. Watch out for that. Warminster train 6400, ten minutes late, airport 499, 11 minutes late. As for 202, 11 minutes at the most if youre headed northbound or southbound from 30 up towards the schuylkill expressway. Well check in with new jersey when i come back in ten minutes. For the second time in less than two weeks, a Philadelphia Police officer has died in a crash. And this time investigators say the other driver kept going and they suspect he was drunk.
Yes can hold off on the falllike thoughts for a couple more days at least. We had some cool mornings. It was nice. Look, its still summer officially. Lets enjoy it. Meteorologist bill henley is here with his first alert forecast. Summer until the 23rd of september. It will feel like sumner a big way over the next few days. Warm and muggy this morning already, were tracking scattered light showers in delaware, south jersey and reaching into south philadelphia. Very light rainfall here. Its not going to last all day. The clouds, those will be staying with us for much of the morning. Its a clear view from the comcast center, 77 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 it will be up to 80 degrees. Mostly cloudy at noontime, 86. I expect to see the sun break throthahis afternoon. That will finish the link between the 80s and 90s this afternoon. Well warm back into the lower 90s today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you where the 90s will hit when im back in ten minutes. I
Taylor swift winning big, Justin Bieber in tears, kanye west announcing a career change. I have decided in 2020 to run for president. And miley cyrus being miley cyrus. I mean, i will do almost anything. The moments you missed today, monday, august 31, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve got willie in for matt this week. How long before we say kanye west up six points in iowa . Not doing as well in new hampshire. It could happen. Clearly laying the groundwork for the run in 2020 by making good with taylor swift. The taylor swift constituency important to his political career. The vmas didnt disappoint. But the weather is the stop story. Soaking rains down south and extreme heat. Kerry sanders is in clearwater, florida. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. We have had rain already here this morning. Its likely to get