Sccident them morning. Point, still early on, upper darby Officials Say that this crash happened just after midnight. Now, the inbound norristown highspeed lane was coming into the Transportation Center when it crashed into a parked and unoccupied train. There were more than three dozen people on board at the time. Many were injured in this crash. And we spoke to one of the passengers after he got off the train. Heres what happened to him. My face hit the wall, put a big hole in the wall and i went straight down. I packed out. It was wow but i cant say much more than that. So another live look at the cars there that have been running. We are seeing passengers getting on and off. Service is up and running, but the 1 track to the right is not operational at this time. So it may be a good idea to send out this morning just in case there are delays getting into a heavier brush rush here. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Meanwhile, 42 people hurt in last nights crash is where medical personnel ha
An Early Morning collision under investigation. One of septas 26 cars crashed into another parked at 69th street terminal injuring 42 people. There should have been an indicator that there was a train on that track. The engineer says investigators will look at everything from the on Board Technology signed to avoid a collision to the trains latest inspection reports. Automatic train control is supposed to slow or a train from speeding. He wants to know why it didnt. Two of the things i would certainly want to check would be the operator and also the braking system. This morning we asked for the latest inspection records from the norristown high speed line. Everything from track inspections to the passenger cars. Regulators from the federal Transit Administration and penndot pointed to septa to provide them, but officials said they wouldnt be able to release them today. Investigators will likely also look into passenger reports that the cars stops before crashing at the 69th street term
Justin drabick what a wild week of weather. Things every calming down this week. This will be a great weekend. Full first weekend of the Summer Season. Humidity will drop. Nice way to set up summer. Yes, take advantage, not going to get too many weekend days like this over next few weeks as we head in the heart of the Summer Season this morning still muggy right now but temperatures not that bad. Were in the 50s and 60s. 66 degrees right the now in philadelphia you can see low cloud, maybe fog trying to develop but there is nothing too thick at this point. Northeast breeze coming in at 8 miles an hour. That fog or low clouds should dissipate over the next hour or so. We will see a lot of sunshine. Sixtyone in allentown. Fiftyone in mount pocono. That is a a sign of cooler air trying to move its way in the delaware valley. Mid 60s in south jersey and shore points. Quakertown chilling down at 57. Humidity running high right now, you can feel it muggy but it will tropical in the afternoon
Apartment building. Suddenly the frantic officer radioed that he had been shot. Im shot in the face. Im shot in the face. [gunfire] shots fired, shots fired. Im shot, im shot. Reporter nearby resident reported hearing the shots. We heard shots, pop, pop, pop. I said hoe my god somebod said s shooting. To this of cops coming. They just slot a cop. Reporter an officer drove dorm plan to commerce fee see fitzgerald hospital dorm plan to mercy fitzgerald hospital. I was told by the doctor thank god he had his vest on. Reporter soon heavily armed officers descend on the apartment complex looking for the people involved. Nearby service on amtrak and septa was suspended during the intensive manhunt. Before long they arrested the gunman and three women. Nearby residents applauded. As it turns out dorman is the first folcroft officer to be shot in the line of duty. To have an officer injured like this never, i mean you know, its a wakeup call for these small towns. Fingerprinted and arraigned t
Neighbors tell us has seen increasing drug activity. About 10 00 oclock this morning our officers were dispatched for some subjects smoking people thought they were smoking narcotics in the rear of a 1528 address on elmwood avenue. This is an apartment complex. Reporter witness tells fox 29, the first officer on the scene identified as 25yearold Christopher Dorman former folcroft firefighter, a Police Officer for just the past year or so, confronted a man she said was smoking weed. If he was smoking weed the cop know how to deal with it. You know what im saying . All of a sudden it went from him saying something to him to pow pow pow pow pow. Guns being shot. And my brother and myself we was like oh, my god, he shot the cop. Reporter dorman was race to do mercy fitzgerald hospital then on to penn press we attorney with gunshot wounds to his face, allegation and. He was conscious and his vest may have been saved his life. Plenty of neighbors heard the incident play out. I heard what sou