Where it ended in southwest philadelphia. Keith . Guys, our crew followed this chase through three counties and two states new jersey and pennsylvania. Let me show you the aftermath behind me. Police say the suspect took the turn way too hard and flipped right next to philly international, his arrest capped a dangerous two hour chase. Shattered glass from a mangled white van that minutes before rolled. I know he came over and saw the windshield smashed. Well show it to you again from sky force 10. Dozens of Police Officers were on his tale seconds later, officers surround the suspect on the ground. He looked dazed and confused at the time of arrest. The guy in his 40s hit at least two philadelphia patrol cars and crossed two major bridges three times. Hundreds of other cars darted out of the way on 95 during the two hour chase. He spread through the deptford mall parking lot and evaded police twice when they tried to box him in. You coordinated with new jersey state police. The helicop
Road. Take almhouse road or 611 depending on which area you have to go. 32 people getting help from the red cross because of their apartment complex fire. It started just after 1 00 this morning in Cumru Township. Matt delucia has been at the apartment complex all morning long. Matt, do firefighters now how this thing started. Reporter firefighters are starting the task of how this fire started. You can see a couple lights shining on the back of this building. The only one in this complex that is damaged. Were at the schillington commons apartment building. 32 people are displaced. You figure 1 00 a. M. When this fire started, people are sleeping. The firefighters say they had to evacuate this building rather quickly. Fortunately, no one was injured. They believe they know at least where this fire started. Right now were focused on back of the building in an area thats right above the entranceway. Its some sort of a decorative type of porch type area if you want to call it. Its not rea
Youll see sunshine. That will warm us into the 90s this afternoon. Well look at the weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. Right new, katy zachry has your first alert traffic. Thats right. Bill. For drivers on 95 southbound approaching cottman avenue theres still a disabled vehicle youre going to have to slow for. On our map in the red approaching this scene, drivers are slowing considerably, once you get around it, you should be fine. Near cottman avenue theres a lane restriction. The drive times on 76 westbound between the vine and the blue route, it will take you 12 minutes to go that stretch. Moving into new jersey, taking a look at 295 at route 70, this is in cherry hill. No accidents. Everything running smoothly. Things are looking good in new jersey as they have been in delaware. The area bridges, the ben,c th bet betsy, the tacony palmyra, the Commodore Barry, all looking good. Today, a judge decides if this philadelphia woman will stand trial for the attempted murder o
Delaware. And certainly this still doesnt feel good for the 1,700 or so employees losing their job as part of this merger. But today we know the region isnt completely going to lose its identity, in fact will have a pretty significant impact. The headline is the merger that will create three companies the major Agricultural Products division will be headquartered at chestnut run just west of down toin wilmington. Iowa and indiana really wanted the headquarters, but the governor says ready to go work force here, great collaboration with a number of state offices and tax incentives made delaware a great spot. This doesnt help employees already losing their jobs but doesnt make a bad situation worse. In fact, the governor believes its going to create lots of new opportunities for lots of people moving forward. This is a big deal to the average delawarean as well. Means more of their neighbors are going to be employed. It can be devastating on a community when a lot of people are let go al
But the wind is blowing. See the flag in center city. A gusty wind, already of more than 35 miles an hour. Wind chills in the 20s. During the day today, few scattered clouds to start with. We have them overhead right now, 35 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00, colder, winds west northwesterly at 20 miles an hour. Finally sunshine at lunch time. Jessica boyington following your first alert traffic. Were stating off on route 73 right around route 38. No problems getting on or off the off ramps. You can see the roadways are nice and clear and were dry. Definitely good news there. 95 through delaware. That ramp is still closed because of the weather we had earlier this week, they had the opening rescheduled for the off ramp until february 29th, the southbound ramp from i95, exit 7b. Mass transit, no problems or delays so far. We begin with breaking news from philadelphias germ betown neighborhood. Check out these flames shooting from the roof of a restaurant overnight. Drew smith is live on scene