His fathered who was killed here in philadelphia. When the player found out that makes this even more heart breaking. Also, following breaking news right now of an accident in northeast philadelphia. Bob . Yes, chris. An accident turned fatal here, shutting down cottman avenue, right in front of one of the popular high schools in the area. Well have more detail, new van on the scene, and well get another update coming up in just a couple every minute. Chris, kerrey, good morning. Good morning. Sad way to start the day with the fatal crash. It is. A 01 00, it is wednesday, november 12th, 2014. A lot of news to cover this morning, lawyer send on the story about the basketball players father who died of course steve keeley covering the latest with the abduction, but we want to get back to the accident. Moving into of course the heart of the rush hour, as the morning progresses, so whats up now, bob . Heres what were hearing of the faith al accident in northeast philadelphia, this along co
Through debris, and looking at evidence. Detective morris says he and his family have a place to stay tonight. They are getting help from people in the community. They are active in the community and the local high school and there is a tremendous outpouring to them. I think they will going to weather this. The house is boarded up as the investigators continue their work, a rough start for the holiday for detective morris and his family. I guess the only blessing is they were far away from home when the flames ravaged their house. Police say they caughtle man that killed the man that killed the father of Los Angeles Lakers player. They say that carl white killed ellington sr. , he is the father of Wayne Ellington jr. Police in newcastle arrested a suspect in a teenager. He is accused of fatally shooting malik watson early last week. He was charged with first degree murder and robbery. Before this there was not a murder in newcastle since 1999. Protests are being held around the country
Cottman and algon avenues in northeast philadelphia. Police say the two cars collided just before 4 oclock this morning and the force of it was to the point that one of the cars ended up on the lawn of Northeast High School. Both drivers had to be extricated out of their cars werent rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries. Lets turn now to david and karen for weather and traffic. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Were off to a mild start this morning. Its real that last gasp of mild air before the cooler stuff arrives later today. You can see there is some cloud cover around the area to start out and in fact there is also some dense fog thats popped up in areas close to the coast, dense fog advisory until 10 oclock in all of our coastal counties where visibility is below a quarter mile. This goes until 10 oclock this morning and current visibilities are pretty low down along the coast. Under a quarter mile in some spots. Were now seeing that fog migrate a little closer to ph
And obviously a quarter of a mile or below that down by the shore. If you encounter fog take it slow, low beams drive carefully especially with that possibility of animals and pedestrians along the roadside that you cant see. 57 degrees right now in philadelphia though. We are mild to start out. Even in allentown were at 50 and up close to 60 down at the shore with that fog. And as youre heading out the door today to catch the school bus perhaps, its going to be mild. 50s in philadelphia at 6 oclock, up to 8 oclock mid 50, maybe some fog in some parts of the region but obviously on the mild side. Otherwise dress warmly for later this afternoon. Were going to be cool this morning with temperatures in the 50s. Not bad but still on the cool side. Then we get up into the 60s in the afternoon. Looks like our high is 66 and thats probably around 1 30 or 2 oclock. After that, we start to dip and by 6 oclock, it will be windy and it will be falling well down into the 50s and even colder overni
Was the father of one of the best known basketball players to come out of philadelphia in a generation. Its tuesday night and the big story is the murder victim identified as Wayne Ellington. His son by the same name is now a member of the los angeles l. A. Sharrie williams. Reporter jim, this news is hitting the family very hard. They are saddened and shocked and puzzled. Tonight they want Wayne Ellington reflects on the textmessage. It was from his biggest fan, Wayne Ellington sr. He was the person that gave me the basketball, put me in the league at 5 years old. They won the game on sunday. After the victory, he got the message that his father was shot. Its tough and unbelievable. It was crazy. I went to a very high feeling of excitement and joy to the lowest i ever felt in my life. Reporter ellington sr. Was found inside of his car with a bullet to his head. Ellingtons wife of 34 years got the news over the phone. I heard crying in the background. They called me back to let me know