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
The crash happened just after midnight at 69th Street Transportation Center. A train smacked into an empty parked train around midnight. 42 people were treated for injuries. One pansz jer told us the train was stopping erratically before the crash. They are calling far better braking system to be put in place. Our live coverage begins with steven in upper darby. It was right here where that took place shortly after midnight. Well give you a better look. You can see there is caution tape here. We can also tell you the ntsb are on scene. They will try to find evidence to piece together. 42 people were injured and had to be taken to various hospitals in the area. It collided with the parked train. So far that information has not yet been released. We did speak to the mayor who told us these action need to stop. Zbli am starting to get concerned every time there is a Traffic Accident it does but february we had another incident right here on this curve right here. Reporter we also want to
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Effect this kicks in off 1 oclock thisnd ends at 8 oclock tonight and in these highlighted counties especially urban centers from wilmington straight up thrgh philadelphia and trenton youre going to get heat index values probably around 100, maybe even a little higher. It hasnt happened in quite some timen the region so wewantr that and take all those common sensutions. There is a little bit of cloud cover out there this morning. Showers. Those are bas done and overall we are eting a mixof cl. Its warm out there this morning. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in trenton. 70 in allentown. 74 in wilmington and 77 in cape may. Dewpoints are very high. Its already very humid. This afternoon were going t go to 87 b by 3 o again with the heat index value makineellike its cr maybe even higher than that in 7 oclock, 88. Dry,ust thet chance of popup shower here or there although if youre in the northern and western suburbs a strong thunderstorm is possible late today and this evening. As we take a
The comedians new attorneys will be in Montgomery County preparing for his retrial on Sexual Assault charges. The summer heat comes back with a vengeance today. A large portion of the area is under an excessive heat advisory and its all coming with the threat of storms. Kind of soupy outside with david. Its kind of sweaty out here. Rain came through overnight and it was a long time ago. The boards and surfaces around me are still wet. Its so humid this stuff cant evaporate. We have a heat advisory in effect. It kicks in officially at 1 oclock this afternoon, expires at 8 oclock tonight and this is in the Central Counties highlighted in orange where in urban centers in particular the heat index values will get up to near 100 and in some cases as hi as 105 this afternoon. So, once again, its cooinks, sc especially if youre among our Senior Citizen population on. Crank there ac today. As we take a look at the satellite image you can see theres going to be a lot of sunshine early and well