Driver of the school bus was noticeably upset and said the brakes rang out. Several children ranging from 10 to 16 were taken to area hospitals with a variety of injuries, cuts, whiplash and some broken bones. The kits were scarred. I said it will be fine, it will be fine. Some kids asked what are the name of the street. They are texting their moms, calling parents. Reporter the children were on their way to Mount Carmel Guild academy and three of the children have special needs. Police say an investigation is pending to determine the official cause of the crash and they are looking into the drivers claims of brake failure. We are still investigating the vehicle and it will be checked out for mechanical problems. Reporter coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00 i will tell you about some of the challenges First Responders face when they were trying to get the kids off the mangled bus. Live in newark, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, a. J. Also in new jersey, police are in
Midnight on henry avenue near dupont street. You can see the damage to the front of the cab is extensive. The victim was taken to einstein where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The officers body was escorted from the hospital to the medical Examiners Office in a ambulance, this is the second Philadelphia Police officer killed this year, the first being Sergeant Robert wilson, third, he was shot and killed in march during a robbery in north philadelphia. Wilson was an officer with the 22nd district. Again, police say the officer was offduty when the crash happened and not on his way home from work at the time. Police have not released his name while his family is being notified. Live in tioganicetown, trish hartman, channel 6 action news. This is brand new video of a tractortrailer accident that closed down one lane on i95 overnight. The tractortrailer ran off the southbound lanes in lower chichester by the pennsylvania delaware border. The truck ended up in the trees. Sta
With a democratic senator causes campaign buzz. The eagles winning the battle of the birds soundly at the linc. Those stories, but lets go outside to chris sowers who is basking in the sunlight. Reporter this is perfect august weather we have low humidity levels and we have high, thin clouds in the sky. The sun is not beating down on you. 82 right now in philadelphia. Allentown, 79. Trenton, 80 degrees. 77 the number for reading and lancaster. 80 in dover, 77 right in exaip exaip cape may. Heres satellite and radar, showing the high, thin clouds moving in west to east. Thicker cloud tops reported down the shore north of lcts Atlantic City. The call from accuweather this morning, looks like, 86 degrees, sun and clouds and very, very nice. Heres a quick look at the area of concern later this afternoon and again it is just a spotty chance of a shower coastline ocean and monmouth county, maybe you a see a spritz or sprinkle later on. Everybody else enjoys a combination of sun and clouds. W
Discussion, but not one of concern. I got a couple of emails. Reporter the first day of school, students have been talking about more than their course load. Legionnaires concerns on campus after the bacteria was detected this summer. The school said it was safe to open for the first day. Its scary to think about im confident in the school itself. Everybody seems to be either you know putting it aside and everything and heading to class. Reporter last month a School Employee tested positive for the bacteria that causes the disease. Remediation followed at cooling towers, the university has been engaging in voluntary testing, last week trails levels were discovered in the hot Water Systems of nine buildings. As a precaution the hot water was shut off to sanitize the systems and kill the bacteria. I got emails all summer long, so i wasnt that nervous about it. Reporter water was turned back on last night. The schooling has been working with the county Health Department to provide informa
Other. Tonight we have Team Coverage, meteorologist Melissa Magee has the latest on the storms path but we will begin with brian taff in naples in the eye of the storm is passing, brian. Reporter walter and sarah this has been a absolutely surreal hour or two hours, here in naples florida right now. Forgive me as lie around as i stay out of the path of flying debris. We just passed through eye wall, the strongest wins of what was a category three hurricane. We clock the wind of a gust of 142 miles an hour. That is stunning. Wind speed by any measure. Things have incredibly calmed down, from that point, in just the last five minutes. That is how quickly this storm is moving. Five minutes ago we could not see those trees behind me, and now as clear as day. Jason, come on out here survey some of the destruction. From what we have seen in just the last, couple of hours, of these incredible, wind speed, that building behind us is part of its roofies torn off. Jason, go ahead, look down. Tho