Crying and she was across the bed with blood all over her face. And journ received a rabies shot and dozens of stitches during a four hour surgery. She can see but they had to sew it all together. And animal control on the scene investigating and officials are not able to say how the raccoon entered the building or if it was a trap from earlier. Its difficult to try to do the assessment we need to do. Rogers says she began renting the apartment this week and lni says that the owner does not have a rental license for the property and neighbors say that raccoons are such a problem they avoid walking on sidewalks near empty lots they are not scared of you but im scared of them. We were not able to speak to the landlord and police say they are investigating the infan looks like she will make a full recovery. Channel 6 action news. Thank you, jeff. Chester police are investigating the shooting of a teenager this morning. The incident happened at 8 50 in the back of the house at 9th and enge
The general state of the building is in than is it. Rogers moved into her apartment this week. And donna wilson a neighbor says raccoons are nothing new on this block. If you have holes or whatever, i guess they can get in. Animal control has set a trap inside of this home to catch that raccoon, and no word on whether the raccoon as within caught. And in lni is investigating to see if this home is safe to live in but ashley and her family are not moving back either way. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Police in chester, Delaware County are interviewing a group of teenagers to figure out how one of them got shot. The woman the group was outside a home near 9th and eagle streets when one teen started to show off or play with a gun. The victim aalert and talking and being treated at the area hospital. And charges are filed in an hit and run crash that killed an 8yearold and injured his father. That he was speeding in and out of traffic when he hit the car in philadelphia. We toll but th
Well trains and planes and automobiles, let start with trains, this is 30th street station its busy and not crazy busy by any means, they may see an uptick its nothing like the thanksgiving rush they see and there are reservations available for in trains at this point in time. Over in the airport as you said today is busy as well. Travel has been great i came from boston. Come to philly for the past couple of days and about to go home to houston. Want to see my friends and family. Im really excited to go home. We are on the move for the 2017 holidays in record numbers projects the aaa. Just in this region alone, 1. 2 million are expected to travel 50 miles plus. 1. 1 million of us are going by car and the rest by train and plane and buses. And virginia powell is boarding a plane for richmond, virginia. My daughter and my grandson. And his wife. Relax and enjoy the family. Big meal . A little bit. Youll do some eating . Yes. Church . Sunday morn and then relax after that. Gloria her dau
Story on action news is the projected record setting travel rush heating up ahead of santas arrival. People are flooding into the Philadelphia International airport making their move for the holiday get away at this hour. This is the scene before it even warmed up and the flight image shows all the planes in midair right now, as usual our area is center stage for all of this congestion. Of course that is the challenge air Traffic Controllers are dealing with on this friday before christmas. Most of the hundred plus Million People traveling this weekend and before the new year are going by car or truck. Give yourself more time on the roads and runways a rails a certainly at the airport as well. John rawlins is live at 30th street station, people are trying to beat the rush asto ge destinations. That is right. Overall it is a big holiday extravaganza for travel. Not so much for trains, interestingly enough. We are here at 30th street station, we are told by amtrak its not incredibly busy
Big travel day as well. So, were not really anticipating travel delays even though right now theres some Winter Weather across interior portions of the northeast. As you move down to the south we are dry but you see that slug of moisture out across the mid Mississippi Valley and the southeast. That heads our way as we get into the start of our Holiday Weekend. In fact, future tracker6 showing tha y across areas in the ohio valley, back through memphis and dallas, that heads our way as we go throughout the rest of overnight hours and even early tomorrow morning you can see the rain across much of the delaware and Lehigh Valleys as youre waking up. As far as what we can expect on and off rain on the way tomorrow. Turning colder in the wake of that front that moves through saturday night, so Christmas Eve night, its much colder and thats going to set us up for some wet snow for some as we get into Christmas Morning. Well take a closer look at that and what we can expect for Christmas Day.