New high speed route this morning. You may remember philadelphia was the scene of a major amtrak crash two years ago, in may of 2015, 8 people were killed and 200 injured after amtrak train 188 derailed in port richmond. It was traveling 106 Miles Per Hour in a 50mile an hour speed zone. Investigators determinedded that the engineer was determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. The criminal charges were dismissed in december. You can see see more on the derailment at 6abc. Com. Turning to accuweather, we have a mild change, were expecting temperatures in the mid 50s, its not so bad out there today, either as we look at the ben franklin bridge. Its a big change when we ended the workweek on friday when snow brought the evening commute to are a grinding halt. Lets go over to david murphy. Reporter sarah its nice to talk about a positive change in the forecast. We have clouds digging down out of the northwest it will be a clouds and sun mix the rest o
Minute minutes. First, Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Starting in ft. Washington, the highland avenue on ramp is blocked with a crash. Route 309 is fine. Youll be able to get through if youre already on getting from highland, you wont be able to head southbound now. In croyd don, a crash at bristol pike. A camera at 8th shows open in both directions. Not seeing problems, especially westbound moving toward the schuylkill expressway. Back to you. Its 5 01. A live look at breaking news were following in brooklyn. And you see a reporter there waiting to go on air in new york. Four people are dead in this house fire on east 14th street. Another ten are hurt including five firefighters. There are no longer flames burning. But firefighters still on the scene. It has not been placed under control. This was really a dramatic scene overnight. Started around 2 30 this morning. Two of the injured are in serious condition. Heres some of the dramatic pieces of information that we have. W
422. Look good so far, eight minutes eastbound from route 29 to the schuylkill with speeds into the 60s. Back to you. 4 31. This morning were learning new details about that deadly amtrak Train Derailment overnight. Investigators revealed the train was speeding before plunging off the tracks near seattle. Nbcs kirk hawkins joins us live from dupont, washington, where the cleanup effort is underway this hour. Kirk . Reporter ntsb investigators held a News Conference here a short time ago, and they told us the train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour, more than twice the legal speed limit of just 20 Miles Per Hour. Is everybody okay . Im still figuring that out. Weve got cars everywhere. And down on to the highway. Reporter an amtrak train on the inaugural run of highspeed Train Service to portland derailed, then veered off an overpass 40 miles south of seattle. Several cars crashed into the busy interstate 5 freeway in the middle of monday morning rush hour and smashed into a semitruck
Be out of the picture. 43 in philadelphia right now. Warm for this time of year. A little bit of a warmup at 8 00. More from the winds out of the southwest than sunshine coming through. Clouds will break, temperatures at 50 around 11 00. Warming to the mid to upper 50s this afternoon for the suburbs and foil. Low 50s for and philly. Low 50s for the suburbs and 55 in new jersey. Ill break it down when i come back in ten minutes to show how quickly those clouds will move out of the picture. First, Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Thanks. 95 at girard, the southbound side having more volume than the northbound side here moving toward northeast philly. Heading toward center city, drive times are good from woodlacwood woodhaven to the vine street expressway. Watching a fatal accident in Delaware County on west rose valley road at school lane in the rose valley borough area where theyre not letting cars through for an accident investigation. Also watching the tacony palmyra. We had
The temperature, 42 degrees. Neighborhoods in new jersey have dropped to the 30s. Upper 30s, no sign of freezing conditions this morning. That 43 degrees in philadelphia with sunshine breaking through during the morning hours, warming into the 50s. Were on track for middle to upper 50s. The normal high is 44 degrees. Well be up to 56 in philadelphia. 50s for the Lehigh Valley, new jersey, and delaware. Ill break it down hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Thanks. Starting on the schuylkill expressway this morning. Cameras just around girard avenue looking just fine on the eastbound and westbound sides. Typical volume for now. On the bensalem, a crash on the westbound side of the p. A. Turnpike. Delays approaching the scene, westbound, again, near mile marker 350. Approaching that scene right there westbound, you will see with lanes lost some delays, as well. We had an earlier opening over the tacony palmyra, back to normal an hour