Storm tracker6 live double scan looks like round one which has been with us for a double hours now is centering most of its heavier precipitation over south jersey. You can see one line of cells highlighted in yellow that are basically following a line along the new jersey turnpike and 295. In philadelphia the rain not quite as intense but still very wet on all of our most heavily traveled roadways, the northern and western suburbs a little bit of a steadier cell every now and then and more heavy rain coming up from the south. Notice how theres a break in the action down by baltimore and during the morning rush hour well probably see this improve a little bit. Then well get into a lull where its kind of cloudy and damp with lighter precipitation and a second round of rain starts to track in later in the afternoon and evening. That one probably centering most of its heavier stuff off in the northern and western suburbs. Its cool this morning but not quite as chilly as yesterday. 54 degr
This noon, a school bus erupts into flames in new jersey and two people escape just in time. And how a woman scared a robber away from her philadelphia home. And the big story is the police chase that ended with a suv slamming into a Delaware County home. The crash left a trail of wreckage across this collingdale neighborhood. The suspects chevy suburban hit two other cars before crashing into the house on chester pike, the suspect jumped out and made a run for it before he was caught. Eva pilgram has the latest. Reporter you can see chester pike is back open this afternoon this curled fence a reminder of the police chase that ended here in a crash. A police chase ended here, this black chevy suburban slam nood this home on chester pike in collingdale but not before hitting another driver and parked car along the way. He almost struck a couple of vehicles than is what prompted the officer to stop the vehicle. The officer followed the car in tinicum township to here where the vehicle cr
County. Officials say it was a police car that struck that boy right near delsea drive and paul street. Good evening to everyone. Im karen hepp. Details are just coming in right now. Theyre coming together this hour. Lets get right tout on the scene. Chris oconnell is there live in Franklin Township with what we know. Chris . Reporter karen those details are still unfolding at this hour. But i can tell you it is a horrible and gut wrenching scene here in franklinville, new jersey, as we speak. Family members are right now behind me. They are grieving the loss of a 10yearold boy. He was struck and killed by a police car on his way to an alarm call. That little boy was on his way to a sleepover at a friends house. Now, this all happened about 7 00 oclock tonight. All we are being told is a Franklinville Police officer was responding to a call here at delsea drive when the child was struck. Were told the boy was crossing the street. He was on his way from his home to a friends house just
Vehicle, 10 counts of aggravated assault while driving. The list goes on and on. You can see route 222 here is now open. The Dunkin Donuts opened as well but a whole different scene early this morning. Skyfox capturing the hour hick seen on route 222 in maiden creek township berks county around 6 30 this morning. Cars on the side of the road on their roofs. Three vehicles wrapped around a Dunkin Donuts sign after a tractor trailer plowed into a line of traffic stopped for light. Basically you could feel the impact, you know, sounds of things smashing. Reporter officer robert wood just happened to be in the drive through line at the Dunkin Donuts when panic hit. The tractor trailer barreling down the road slamming several vehicles right into the sign. When i got out, everybody was kind of going crazy saying call 911. They didnt realize i was right there. Reporter wood called Emergency Responders the fire and Police Departments and then went to work helping the many victims at the scene.
A lot of the people who were shopping when this incident happened, they are still here. The police have kept them here. They are questioning them and taking their information and trying to gather as much information as possible. Well continue to gather information, of course and pass it along to you as we collect it. Lets go back to the studio. Mitch, do we know how crowded that game stop was . We know on a day like today with the bad weather weve had, so many businesses are closed and do we have any idea how crowded that store was this afternoon . Thats a question we still dont know the answer to partly because we havent been able to get close enough to the game stop to see or ask those types of questions, but here inside this thrift mart Grocery Store, we know it was quite crowded. We talked to several people who were inside doing their shopping when this happened. They said inside they did not hear a gun shot. Of course, those here who were loading the groceries into their cars and