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KYW Eyewitness News At 5 May 17, 2016

To accelerate his train to 106. Reporter the board, one year and within week after the crash that killed eight and injured 186, found bostian had likely been distract, listening to reports on his train radio from the engineer of a septa train, struck by rocks on a adjoining track. He went in a matter of seconds from distracted to disaster. Reporter board also found that amtraks failure to install positive train control, a safety device that would have automatically stopped this speeding train played a contributory role in the deadly crash. We know that the lack of ptc was one reason that these eight people lost their lives and dozens more have have life changing injuries. We immediately said we were responsible. We took responsibility. We know that there is pain and suffering. We understand that. Reporter finally the ntsb made 11 new safety recommendations including safety improvements to amtrak Passenger Cars, on which, several windows, popped out during the wreck resulting in passengers being ejected. If a Passenger Car window had remained intact and secured in the cars, some passengers would not have been eject and would likely have have survived the accident. Reporter now amtrak says that it has, as of january, installed ptc along its entire northeast corridor, repeated attempts to contact bostians attorney for comment today were unsuccessful and finally coming up the at 6 00 a Temple University professor, on board the train that night, in the audience today, hell share his thoughts at 6 00. Live from ntsb headquarters in washington d. C. Im walt hunter for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you, walt. Now that the ntsb has made its determination, what is next . There are two answers, Philadelphia District attorney Seth Williams could file criminal charges. Williams has said an investigation ongoing. Victims and family have filed civil lawsuits in the case and there could be more to come. Local attorneys for some of the survivors and victims killed in the derailment say that they are not satisfied with the ntsbs report. The conclusion today by the ntsb that it might have been situational unawareness that it may have been that he lost knowing exactly where he was, would not meet the standard of admissibility in a court of law. Coming up in our next half an hour youll hear what the attorneys say was missing from the federal investigation. Right now a serious crash is tying up traffic on the schuylkill expressway during the evening rush hour, a tractor trailer overturn in the eastbound lanes near girard avenue this afternoon. Big rig spilled its load of boxes around 2 00 and only one lane was getting by. The lane closure is causing traffic, to be backup for miles. This is a live picture now from a Traffic Camera as crews continue to work to clear that scene. Police tell Eyewitness News one person was taken to the hospital and, of course, they are saying avoid that area if you can. Rescue crews freed a man trapped in the West Philadelphia home that partially collapsed. Construction work was underway at the home in the 100 block of southford street when the floor inside gave way. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos is live with more on this, greg. Reporter jessica, good afternoon. This is home right here behind me at 108 north salford street in West Philadelphia basically just a shell of a house, freshly boarded up after investigators say the first floor of it collapsed in to the basement, injuring one man inside. This man in his teens is going to be okay but you what led him being rushed to presbyterian hospital. 10 20 Tuesday Morning philadelphia Fire Fighters arrived at 108 north salford street in West Philadelphia after reports of a partial building collapse. The first floor collapsed, and we had a person trapped. Reporter special operations units removed the man trapped have after 50 minutes. It was like in operation. Reporter using air bags to create space around him. They put air bags in and they lift up the material and on top and to pull him out. Reporter licenses and inspections Officials Say home has multiple violations and contractors were at the scene to make repairs to the structure when the floor gave way and felon to the the victim who was not authorized to be inside. Our understanding at this point is that gentlemen was not part of the contractors crew and may have been in the building, looking for a scraps. Reporter commotion creating havoc for neighbors who had to quickly leave their homes. Woke me up out of my sleep. I heard the word evacuate and i knew you better get your stuff and get out of the house. Reporter now that all is quiet on north salford street. Back to normal life. Reporter these living nearby are glad no one was killed. It could have been real worse but as i said it is a blessing he made it and survived. Reporter back her live l and i, before able to quickly inspect the nearby structures and the neighbors homes and so everyone was able to reenter their homes quickly after this man was rescued from the collapsed house here. Now as for the victim in all this i did speak to Philadelphia Police and they tell me whether they are looking into whether or not they could face possible charges. We are live, im greg argos for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Chopper three over an accident involving a dump truck carrying maneuver on interest a state 295 in Hamilton Township mercer county. Police a say that dump truck was traveling north bound near exit 63 when it crossed over in the the southbound lanes. It then hit a toyota suv and then went over the guardrail and off the road. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to the hospital, no word tonight on their conditions. Chopper three was over another accident on 295, a truck fire at the the exit for the black horse pike in bellmawr. The fire broke out around 8 30 this morning. Inquire crews had their handful there, thankfully no one was injured. Twin brothers from Chester County air accused of blowing up several small buildings. Investigators say daniel and caleb tait used improvised explosive devices to cause destruction while home from college last december. It damage a pre dues shed, well pull in chester and lancaster counties no one was injured. The 22year olds are charged with arson and other crimes. Two weeks after putting in a trade request, and skipping Team Activities sam bradford was in front of the microphone today. Quarterback spoke about his absence for the first time and leslie van arsdal joins us live from the novacare complex with more on what he had to say, leslie . Reporter well, guys ill tell you sam bradford said all of the right things, he he cannot exactly undue what he did or his actions but he said he is focused on foot paul and winning. It is first day of voluntary work outs for eagles with all eyes on quarterback sam bradford and carson wentz. Taking the field together for the first time. Ims going to try to help carson, if he has questions, i will give him the best answers that i can, you know, and if i can do something to help him become a better player i will do it. We will talk foot the ball and again, there is no tension, there has been none of that. Well going to compete and try to get better. Reporter bradford said his agent told him to demand trade after agent traded up to draft wentz. Bradford ended his two week old you the last week but didnt address media until today. When i first found out about the trade i was frustrated. I just felt like i needed sometime and after some thought i realized this is still bets place for me to be. Reporter what advice to head coach Doug Pederson have to say no need to look over your shoulder. Lets embrace it, a and lets go. I will say Doug Pederson said when he met with sam he did not ask for an explanation, sam did not offer one and he says he is just fine with. That reporting from the novacare complex, leslie van arsdal, eyewitness sports, back to you. Very interesting. He is the guy, lets get to work. Thanks, leslie. Our latest round of rain is moving out but when will that sun be moving in. Very good question. Meteorologist kate bilo is in the cbs3 Weather Center to let us know when we might need sunglasses again. Dont forget if you cannot find them tonight or tomorrow morning you wont need them for 24 to 36 hours, probably by thursday, that is when we could see more sun returning to the area but in the meantime rain is starting to move out but you can see is what happening, rain is rebuilding on the back edge here, over portions of bucks, montgomery, chester counties. Areas that dried out briefly, now getting another round of rain as we head through the next hour or so. You can see steadier pockets here Chester County in to portions of Delaware County over philadelphia as well and south of city this is all pushing south and east right the now over the next hour or two. Eventually will dry out but you look at what happens behind this we have another batch of showers moving into portions of indiana and illinois that could clip us tomorrow morning, clouds, and still a few showers in the Morning Hours and temperatures remaining on the cool side at least for now. Only 54 in philadelphia, 53 in millville. 59 degrees, in allentown. Coming up i do have some brighter news in the forecast, and then we will take a look at the weekend, if you are planning your weekend activities stay tuned for that outlook, for now back over to you. Thanks a lot. Straight ahead tonight a major concert a a us announcement july 4th on the beach in wildwood details are next. And it can actually be called the wonder bra because some doctors say it can detect cancer. We will tell how it works coming up. Are you looking for a new job or Career Change . If so we have important information, there are lots of six figure options, you just need the right skills, we will show you where the top jobs are. A flash of light turns night in today, what caused it . We will tell you when we come right back. Well, country superstar tim mcgraw will perform on the beach in wildwood on the fourth of july. The cobbs earth will take place on the beach between moreys pier, Mariners Landing and adventure pier. The hunter heyes and maggie rose will open for mcgraw. General admission ticket are set to go on presale tomorrow. Wildwood is hoping to replicate success of the 2012 kenney chessany beach concert he drew a huge crowd for a free show and thousands more watched the on the internet. That concert was sponsored by american express. Michigan woman went into labor at a garth brooks conser. Jacob and emily biker were enjoying their last nights baby free and they had a csection scheduled for monday. So on at day night they went to the cons inert grand rapid. Well, by the time garth brooks finish his final encore around 2 00 a a. M. , their son was ready to make his entrance. We were standing up, you know, singing, getting in to it and stuff. There were a couple times where she was having some contractions. Just before 5 30 a. M. They welcomed jackson to the world. He weighed in at 7pound, 9ounces and mom and baby are healthy. They had fun, you never know. Wanted skilled workers United States has millions of job openings, there are millions of people out of work. Unfortunately many do not have the skills needed for those open positions. And todays three on your side Consumer Report jim donovan looks at some of the top jobs. Reporter right now there is a push for stem education, that is standing for science, technology, engineering and math. A parentally america need more tech people and job market would pay them well. Linkedin analyzed most popular skilled in job positions around the world. In the u. S. , the top five are cloud computing, data mining, mobile development, and network security, middle wear and integration software. Buehler. Buehler. Reporter still with me . Top 25 skills are almost all tech and data a related. According to job placement firms, skilled jobs in technology can pay six figures or more. So how can you prep to make big bucks . Well, job training and apprenticeships can get you up to par and help your career sore. Nticeships can get you up for three on your side, im jim donovan. Well, Road Construction projects, they are a necessary evil. And they cause a lot of headaches. One of the biggest projects in the subject of tonights good question when will the i95 construction between vine street and cottman avenue be completed. Now, this road project is a whooper. It is on i95, in both directions, from center city to northeast philadelphia. I know people are nodding their head at that. That is seven and a half miles of lane changes, closures and delays. It just keeps going on and on. In the morning you might as well forget it. It is a parking lot, just waiting. Reporter our Nicole Brewer found out how long drivers will have to deal with this construction headache, you may be shocked at this answer, that is tonight at 11 00 tonight on Eyewitness News. In the meantime if you have a good question, log on to cbs philly. Com good question or tweet us. Just use the cbs3 good question. A big boom, and flash of light caught a lot have people off guard in maine overnight. A portland officer as dash camera captured a giant meteor as it streaked across the night sky. Eyewitnesses say fireball was sobriety it almost looked like daylight outside. Others say it sounded like thunderstorms, and or a jet flying low in the sky. Listen, if you looked out and heard and saw that wouldnt you go, ugh. They are coming. Were not alone. My goodness. Oh, my. That is what the dinosaurs thought. Exactly. Well, i mean i would be freaked out if i saw it for sure. Wow, okay. Yes. Kate bilo has your forecast, our skies are still rainy and dreary. The good news is we have one perfect spring day to look forward to the in the forecast. Glorious. That is just one perfect seemingly perfect day. Yes, i just put on twitter. You are on a roll. That is got news. We have one great day, that day is friday, otherwise, it is just keeps on coming this gray, glummy Rainy Weather continuing through end of the week and into the weekend except for thursday and friday. Lets talk about what it looks like outside. We will go to the shore cam where everything is wet. Boardwalk in ocean city completely soaked at the moment. They have been getting steady rain showers on and off throughout the course of the daze and it is continuing in the city, as well, you cane in the a great day to be down the shore, hopefully we will get this out of the way, in may and we will have a perfect summer because hopefully summer doesnt look anything like this lets go through live Neighborhood Network sites. You can see cloud breaking up, maybe in kutztown, in Junior Senior School in bernville this is cloudy but not raining at the moment. Mostly south of you. Cape may courthouse is cloud which rain coming down and see where rain is as we take a look once again at storm scan three. Generally from the north and western suburbs through shore points and into delaware. This is not heaviest rain we have ever seen, mainly light showers and drizzle but there are pockets rebuilding over the city that are getting steady and that will slow down traffic which is already as we told you earlier a mess outside. Storm scan three as we zoom out shows activity cross eastern half of the country, heavy rain in florida. They set a record for rainfall in zero beach, florida today this system will swing through tomorrow morning and fizzle as it gets here but still a few showers earlier in the day and cloud will hang on. Then we will get two days of nice weather before another round of nasty stuff comes back in for the weekend. Fiftyfour in philadelphia. It is 57, chill any reading, 59 in will allentown. They have had more brightness today, we did not get a lot of rape today but add to go that may total, 2. 9 inches since may 1st. We have had four dry days, so far, this month, and that is a ninth, 12th, 15th and 16th. We added another rain drop today. Maybe adding another one tomorrow but 19th and 20th, thursday and friday, those are your days to look forward to. Future weather continues to show that rain moving in south jersey and delaware as we head through tonight, generally light rain ending from northwest to south east. Amounts up to an additional tenth of an inch possible this evening into tonight. Rain ending, cloudy, cool down to 50 degrees. Tomorrow still a shower possible, mostly cloud up and chilly, high only 63 degrees. Maybe a few breaks of the sun late in the afternoon not all that optimistic about tomorrow but i am optimistic about thursday and friday. The thursday the sun will break through the clouds, and not the sunniest day we have ever seen but we are warmer at 72. Friday, split is, perfect spring day, we have been waiting for weeks for a nice sunny warm spring take. It is friday. And it is friday. If it can be weekend friday is nice. Coming up ill tell but that weekend. Look at that. Still ahead on Eyewitness News, something you dont see every day. A man running down the highway with his pant around his angles. More crazy video and how police got to him coming up. Who do you we follow that. Sam bradford speaks and so does his opponent, how sammy b is getting crushed for his trade demands and how long would you suspend this major leaguer for this bunch, baseball has made its decision, sports coming up ne twenty yearsing ago sixers hit jackpot and they won the nba draft lottery and then took Allen Iverson number one overall. Will they get a chance to pick another star . The answer comes tonight at 8 00, or, if you follow the Dikembe Motumbo the answer came hours ago, the former sixers tweeted congrats on the sixers on grabb

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