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Reporter lopez, a student and single mother had been pumping gas on her way home from school when another car crashed into the pump. As flames engulfed lopezs car with her three year old in the back seat a passenger in the car that had lost control jumped out and went to work. He kicks the window in like pulling some karate stuff on the window. He gets the baby out and he didnt hesitate to jump in and just go save the baby. He put the babys life before his own. Reporter that man likely saved the little girls life as her mother remains in the hospital after being severely burned in the fire. No charges will likely been filed in the case as police are calling it an unfortunate accident. Its a situation lopezs family says could have been a lot worse. Im very upset about the situation but at the same time relieved because she is alive. Reporter and we did speak to several eyewitnesses who spoke to the man that saved that child. They say he was wearing some sort of an official uniform but no word yet on that mans identity. Were live outside of Temple University hospital tonight, matt rivers, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Matt, thank you. Authorities say accused cop killer eric frein researched how to evade police. Thats the new information in the manhunt for the man who allegedly shot two Pennsylvania State troopers killing one. Frein has been on the run now for two weeks. State police said today a search of a hard drive that free had access to revealed Previous Research on survival skills. The search of his computer hard drive indicates extensive Internet Research on topics such as how to avoid police manhunts, use of various Law Enforcement technologies and skills related to survival. They say theyve concentrated their search in the area of the old inn at buck hills fall. State police say nothing indicates frein has left the heavily wooded search area. Another arrest today in the shooting death of a 15yearold girl outside einstein medical center. 15yearold qadir gibson turned himself into police today. Hes a running back on the father judge High School Football team. So far police arent saying what role he played in the shooting death of aisha abdur rahman. Only Eyewitness News cameras were there when the first suspect in that case 19yearold darian person turned himself in to police on tuesday. Well, a sex tape scandal is all the buzz on Rowan Universitys campus tonight. Two students and an entire Fraternity Chapter have been suspended after the tape was posted online. Eyewitness news new jersey reporter cleve bryan is in glassboro for us. Cleve, what do we know right now . Reporter chris, University Officials wont discuss what happened during the judicial Board Meeting today where they talked about these two suspended students. They say they cant talk until next week when the appeal process is over. Meanwhile the National Fraternity as has suspended this chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon while they do their own investigation into this sex tape. Some rowan students are hoping for a severe punishment after one Fraternity Brother records another having sex and they put it online without the consent of the young woman involved. I think thats just horrible and i cant believe someone would from Rowan University would put something up like that. Reporter according to a University Police report the female students was playing strip beer pong at the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House when she and one of the brothers decided to have sex in the garage. Another member of the fraternity recorded it on his phone. Soon the brother having sex in the video posted it on a porno site and the news quickly circled on social media. I was going through the news feed and i see hey did you see the porno and i was like what. Reporter students concerned about the female reported the video to campus police. The video was taken off line at the female students request but she is not pressing charges. Since theyre all adults the student had the female students had the right to file a complaint and she decided not to. Its very embarrassing for her. I feel bad for her. I feel bad for her family be friends. Reporter the male students are suspended for student conduct violations pending the result of a judicial process. The National Fraternity is taking action. They say Tau Kappa Epsilon has temporarily suspended the operations of the Rowan University chapter pending the result of our own and the universitys investigations. Such behavior goes against our values and will not be tolerated. Rowan says theyll still considering whether theyll file sanctions against this Fraternity Chapter. Knife glassboro, cleve bryan, Eyewitness News. Were watching as our weather turns from fall back to summer this weekend. Meteorologist kathy orr is live out on the cbs3 sky deck with the first forecast. Kathy. Chris, it is so beautiful out here. The sun is shining so bright, the humidity is low, theres a light breeze. Its extremely comfortable and we have about one hour left of daylight. I can even smell someone barbecuing. Its really feeling more like summer. Take a look at storm scan3 because its dry and its beautiful for miles. This is our 150mile radius and theres really nothing going on. We are looking at temperatures that are more reminiscent of june. In philadelphia its 76. 76 in allentown and reading and even in trenton. 70s down the shore. 71 in the poconos. You can see how much warmer it is today than yesterday. This is the 24 hour temperature change. In reading, its 12 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday even as the sun gets lower in the sky. In trenton, 14 degrees warmer and in philadelphia it is still 13 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at 6 oclock. This evening once that sun sets shortly before 7 00 those temperatures will fall quickly. By 9 00 p. M. In the 60s, by 11 00, 64 and comfortable. Coming up, chris mentioned it, summer is back but not for long. Some coastal concerns with clouds. Well talk more about that coming up, plus the next chance of rain in the seven day. Ill see you with all that coming up later in the broadcast when i join you inside. All right, kathy, thanks. A tragic accident in Delaware County. One worker is killed, another injured after the ladder they were using came into contact with power lines. Ah emergency crews rushed to wynton avenue in havertown. Eyewitness News Reporter Steve Patterson shows us what happened. Rest in peace. God rest his soul but yeah, shocking. Im sorry for his family. Reporter investigator say they have a good grasp on what happened but how it happened is going to take some work. Were investigating as far as how contact was made with one of the wires. Reporter contact was made shortly after 9 00 this morning at this home on wynton avenue. Police say two roofers were putting up a ladder on the home to start work when they lost control and made contact with one of the high tension wires above the home. One roofer in his 50s was electrocuted and died at the scene. The other, a man in his 20s was air lifted to the hospital in critical condition. At the time when he left here he was conscious. Reporter the investigation with haverford township and peco is centered on what you see behind me, that 14foot aluminum ladder, its on the ground and police have been taking measurements to finds out how it could have hit one of the energized lines above. We havent had power. This happened like 9 45 so its been about two and a half hours. Reporter peco Officials Say they had to dee energize about 90 customer in the area just as a precaution but have since restored power. No word yet from the springfield based Roofing Company as the investigation continues. In haverford township, Steve Patterson, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Well, a wrong way driver on the blue route is killed after crashing head on with a truck. That happened early this morning. The crash closed i476 near the schuylkill expressway for several hours. Police say that the 22yearold driver made a uturn in the northbound lanes and slammed led on into a box truck. She died at the scene. The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. Well, the cause of a house fire that killed a mother in chester, Delaware County, remains under investigation tonight. That fire broke out just before midnight in the 2800 block of tenth street. The woman inside was killed, her son did survive. The fire spread to a second home before firefighters were able to place it under control. A common vitamin could be the key in the fight against cancer. Up next here on Eyewitness News at 6 00 our Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl will take a closer look at how vitamin d helps treat one of the deadliest forms of the disease. And we embark on a magical journey. Youll learn all about this special trip for two local children. Kathy. Clear skies means summer returns. It is going to be a Winning Weekend and tonight we are getting ready for friday night football. Its going to be mild, beasley. Thats right, and its wood versus ryan, wood one of the top programs in the can country. Youll hear from the wood coach and weve got an eagles update coming for you as we talk about the friday football thank you cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you, cable because if we never had you. We wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. The numbers dont lie. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. So join the millions who enjoy the difference fios makes and get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two years. Sign up now and get 300 back with a twoyear agreement. 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Its just very exciting to not have a death sentence hanging over my head. This is something totally novel in pancreatic cancer. I believe there this will usher in a new way of treating the disease. Reporter oncologist peter zero dwyer at penn medicine is testing vitamin d injections in conjunction with aggressive chemotherapy. He hopes the vitamin can make the chemo more effective against typically lard to treat disease. More than 50 percent of patients relapse later so we know that the pancreatic tumor has already spread even when we see patients who are eligible for surgery. Reporter a new study published in the journal cell shows the vitamin chemo combo is very promising. Its believed that the supplement can help break down the extra layer of cells that surround and fuel pancreatic cancer. By making those support cells less active than the tumor cells become more sensitive to the chemotherapy. Reporter doctors think vitamin dchemo combination can can help shrink tumors before surgery. I just think its amazing. Reporter now chris is looking forward to moving past this ordeal. Im looking forward to 20 more years after this now with my grandchildren who are 14, 12, 10 and six. Wow. Reporter now patient in the study undergo the combo therapy for a month before surgery and a couple of months after. The study is not for patients who have metastatic cancer. Coming up at 11 00 on cbs3 Eyewitness News, some generic Prescription Drug prices are skyrocketing. Its happening to all kinds of medications and you could be affected even if you have insurance. I will tell you thousand avoid paying more tonight on Eyewitness News at 11 00. It can get very expensive. Well stay up late for that for sure. Stephanie thanks. A magic adventure for two local children with lifethreatening medical conditions. They took off today for Walt Disney World in orlando and mickey mouse himself greeted jack and ashley at Philadelphia International airport. Theres something Magic Foundation and American Airlines are treating the children and their families to a week long vacation at disney y world and the families say they are very grateful. Well, thousands of Horseshoe Crabs were released into the delaware bay today. All in celebration of National Estuaries day. Eyewitness news was there in north cape may. Now, these crabs were hatched at the new jersey aqua culture Innovation Center where they have been working to increase the Horseshoe Crab population since 2012. Hm. Pretty big. Happy journey to those guys. And a flies day for freedom for them. It certainly is. Water is still a little toasty. I bet it is. Its always fun in the summer when youre a little kid finding the horse view crab. I was always afraid of them. Weatherwise a great day from the city to the shore. It is liking like a spectacular weekend no matter what you have planned. Please try to plan to be outdoors. Outside right now well take you down the shore. This is the north end of the boardwalk in ocean city of course wonderland right there. The boards getting a little busy. A lot of people talking about going down to the shore this weekend and it will be what we call a shore bet and we havent been able to say that every weekend over the course of the summer. On storm scan3, not a cloud in the sky. Deep blue skies, low humidity, no weather issues for hundreds of miles. Thats the good news. Our live Neighborhood Network takes us across the region. I searched to find the highest highs across the Delaware Valley and this came up number one, warrington 81. Of course tied with reading at when it field elementary school, 81. Lehighton, look at that, 80 degrees and in newtown at george school, 79 degrees this afternoon. 76 in allentown, trenton, reading. Temperatures bouncing up a few degrees in the past hour with the Late Afternoon sunshine. Were just minutes away from sunset but still quite warm. In wilmington its 75. 74 in millville and some 70s down the shore. I want to draw your attention out through the plains and heading into the Tennessee Valley where temperatures are in the 80s and this is our future. We will be in the 80s over the next three days. High pressure builds in from the west. We get into more of a southwesterly winds and that means temperatures are going to soar feeling much more likeall and august than very late september. Tonight we have that friday football frenzy. Beasley is live with the teams. We have archbishop ryan taking on archbishop wood. Kick jawfer at 7 oclock right after sunset, temperatures are still going to be warm, in the lower 70s but right after that 7 oclock hour, it will be falling. If youre going to the game, pack a sweater or sweatshirt because you will need it by half time. Overnight mainly clear, cool and comfortable with a low 57 in the city. Cooler in our suburbs. Waking up tomorrow to 50s across much of the region. In the poconos little bit of a chill but we expect that this time of year. Temperatures will be in the 40s. 51 in allentown, 53 in reading and 50s down the shore. During the day tomorrow, temperatures bouncing up very quickly into the 80s. A huge swing in temperature. Almost 30 degrees in some spots. 82 degrees in the city and temperatures will be just as warm down the shore. On the sevenday forecast, check it out. Sunday 83, monday 80. And then we have a coastal low thats going to try to give us some clouds, maybe a few showers for tuesday and wednesday into thursday. The jury is still out but our computer model, the european model which was very good predicting our coastal low over the course of this week is saying we think this is going to happen. Well keep an eye on that. Right now looks like tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week looking for some clouds and cool weather, little bit of a weather rut. So, enjoy this weekend. Soak up every second. Good advice. Kathy, thanks. At 6 19 our rush hour is looking to be just like what we would expect at this time friday afternoon on the schuylkill expressway just past the vine street expressw