Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 500 AM 20170217 : vimars

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 500 AM 20170217

An overpass on the new jersey turnpike leaving traffic issues behind. Thats why well go to a Traffic Alert and go over to karen and go over to david, good morning. Reporter ambulance, fire department, tractortrailer on the scene. This is the new jersey turnpike, were live in Mount Laurel Burlington county, turnpike southbound north of exit 4. We can see debris on the roadway. Earlier we were showing the shot, they were allowing the traffic to get by, they were allowing the stuck traffic to get through, all lanes are blocked at the moment on the new jersey southbound while they continue to clear this up, they are trying to push it off to the side. This is the overpass, the tractortrailer hit this is the traffic thats still backed up. Police are currently blocking all lanes at this point, once again on the new jersey turnpike, live on the scene. This is north of exit 4. If youre going to get on route 73 you can travel on the turnpike. If youre coming down from 5 or 6 youre in the traffic thats stuck. They are not allowing traffic to get by southbound on the turnpike. North of exit 4, Burlington County. They have to see the integrity of the overpass, was it damage . Northbound lanes are getting by. The action cam live on the scene 4 40 a. M. , a medevac helicopter lifting off to the scene. One person was injured, the passenger of the tractortrailer here injured on the scene taken to the hospital with medevac helicopter. When that happened they shut down all northbound and southbound lanes, now we have the northbound lanes getting by. Its southbound thats blocked approaching route 73. A major accident that well continue to be on top of with the breaking news. Live on the vine street expressway, we had this shut down for construction. Traffic is moving again in the process of getting back to normal on the vine street expressway. Norristown, a disabled vehicle at airy street at walnut. The bigger issue, the major accident on the new jersey turnpike. Reporter weve got cloud cover off to the west, looks like well get plenty of sunshine up over the horizon in on us across the region later on with the cloud cover having a hard time moving in right away. 28 degrees currently on the bus stop in philadelphia. Just 25 in wilmington. 27 in allentown. 24 in reading, 25 in trenton. 29 in cape may. Fortunately the winds are not as strong today. Were at 12 miles per hour. Yesterday we had the blustery winds gusting into the 30s, were not expecting that today, most of us in the single wind category, 27 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 39. Yesterday hour high was 39. Today, 45. Less wind, sun, patchy clouds, chilly enough for a coat certainly. 41 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , 38 degrees well be cooling down if you have plans to head out this evening. Matt, things get nice this weekend, we might challenge record highs on sunday, more on that coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Breaking overnight, shots are fired inside a vfw hall in south jersey putting two people in the hospital. Action news reporter, Annie Mccormick is live where this happened in willingboro, Burlington County to tell the rest. Annie. Reporter matt, investigators are still out here, you can see behind me the crime scene unit is here, a number of Police Vehicles from Burlington Police and number of from detectives fm the Burlington County prosecutors office. Investigates are trying to determine if it happened inside or outside the vfw post. We are told when emergency crews arrived a medevac took both victims to area hospitals. We do know there was an event at the hall last night. So far no comment by the staff here. Back out here live were waiting to find out the conditions of the two shooting victims that were sent to the hospital, were waiting to find out if they have identified a suspect that they are looking for or if they are trying to figure out that out. Reporting live in willingboro, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. Back to you. A gunman shot and killed a north Philadelphia Bar manager and his crime spree did not end there. Police say before the killer left he robbed the bar and took the wallet and keys from the man he murdered. It happened at indiana avenue at 1 30 a. M. Well have more details in the next halfhour. 5 05 a. M. , Newtown Township Police in bucks county have issued that community alert. They are looking for that car, a gold does an with kentucky license plates. A young girl said two people inside the car approached her wednesday at the bus stop near twining bridge road. She did not get in the car and went to her parents and told them what happened. Philadelphia police are trying to get their hands 0 a deernlg teenager who held up a girl at gunpoint. The girl was not hurt, but her cell phone was taken. Police think the suspect is 15 years old. A man wanted for questioning in a triple murder for michigan was arrested in cape may, new jersey. Police arrested him on saturday after a tip came in that he was staying in the resort town, three men were murdered in a home this month. He is a fugitive and waiting to be extradited back to michigan. A prisoner has filed a 60 page handwritten document explains only ten inmates were involved taking hostages and in the murder of steven floyd. After police stormed the prison in the standoff they injured all the roughly 120 prisoners left inside. The department of corrections said everyone is considered a suspect and cannot determine confirm or deny details in the lawsuit. Your last chance to see the ringling brothers circus this weekend. It is shutting down permanently in may because of declining ticket sales. Animal rights activists protested, that may be another reason they are ending. Go outside this weekend. Reporter yeah, go golf or gardening. As we look outside, sky6 live hd, center city, get the coat ready because today will be chilly. Were in the 20s across the region. Heres the numbers in fact. 28 degrees in philadelphia, we slipped a degree in the last halfhour. 27 in allentown currently. 25 in trenton. 25 in wilmington. 24 degrees in reading. 26 in millville. A little closer to the freezing mark in cape may. Cloud cover evaporated largely across the region overnight. Get the shades ready if youre traveling up and down i95. Some of the patchy clouds will have the tendency to filter in as the day goes on. In the lehigh valley, some clouds and wind, and a milder temperature, 41 degrees, cool enough for a coat, obviously we were stuck in the 30s yesterday, and wind whipping around. At the shore, 45, sun and clouds, less wind than yesterday, not that there wont be any breeze, wind northwest 8 to 16 miles per hour. Coat weather in the city, but not bad overall, if youre heading out on the town tonight. Not a lot of wind. In fact winds die down after sundown. Well be chilly, 38 degrees by 7 00. 11 00 p. M. , 34, patchy clouds a lot of stars out there overnight. Overnight we dip to 4 degrees, which is not as cold as last night. Patchy clouds, chilly. Wind out of the southwest 3 to 6 miles per hour. Then comes the weekend, a warm front sweeps through it will be cool in the morning to start out. Well wind up with a nice day, 63 degrees, wind on the light side, southerly flow insuring the warmup. A fair amount of sunshine on saturday. Sunday, warmer with sun and clouds. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high, 45 degrees, still chilly, sun and patchy clouds around. Saturday becoming much milder in the afternoon, high of 63. It will be cold if you step outside early in the morning, but well warm up quickly. On sunday going up to 65 degrees challenging record highs around the region. The record in philadelphia, 68. Well miss it, but nice, monday we cool down for president s day, high of 52, but thats well above average wean were looking at dry conditions. Tuesday, sun and clouds. 50. Wednesday, rain and clouds, 54. Wednesday, thursday, could be on the damp side. Thursday back up to 60. We have no sign of any snow in the sevenday forecast. All right. It is 5 10. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has harsh words for phillies and their fans, phillies respond. If you want to stop a cold, Research Shows theres a you should take. Reporter if youre on the turnpike, youre going nowhere on the new jersey turnpike, the latest news when we come right back. 5 13 a. M. , big traffic problem were following right now, lets go live on the action cam along the new jersey turnpike where traffic is really stacking up, because a tractortrailer a couple of hours ago slammed into an overpass. We dont know how that happened. We dont know the state of the overpass right now. Lets over to karen rogers, karen i think i leave early its going to be a dream to get where im going. Not this morning. Reporter this is the accident scene, new jersey turnpike southbound approaching route 73. If youre getting on at 73 exit 4, you can do that. If youre coming down from exit 5 or 6, all lanes are blocked. Action cam on the scene, showing the stuck traffic. They did allow some of the stuck traffic to get by earlier. Heres what we know now, there were two people injured in the accident scene where a tractortrailer one vehicle smashed into the overpass. They need to check the integrity of the overpass. One of the people seriously injured, a medevac helicopter came to the scene and shut down the turnpike in both directions. They have since left and they are trying to deal with the debris on the roadway. They have to check the controversy pass before they can open it. They say it might be an hour before they open the over pass. It could be an hour the new jersey turnpike southbound is shut down. The police are coming to the scene they are dealing with the backlog with the flashing lights. They are stuck. Even the northbound lanes were not getting by. Now northbound is getting by, you can see that on the far righthand side of the screen. Its the southbound lanes that are stuck. This is the new jersey turnpike southbound approaching exit 2. Take 295 it basically runs parallel. You can take 295 southbound, but not the new jersey turn southbound. Fellowship road, in Burlington County. 295, its the turnpike thats shut down. The boulevard, c street at f street a new accident, as well. Otherwise were not looking at a major problem. The big issue is the new jersey turnpike right now. 28 degrees in philadelphia. Its a cold start to the day. The windchill just 18. So colder though, than yesterday morning, but this afternoon well make it into the 40s, matt. Thanks, karen, a 9yearold florida boy was honored for saving his baby brother. Joseph levee caught his 1yearold brother as he tumbledded off the changing table. Police arrived him yesterday as part of the do the right thing program. The nonprofit recognizes accomplishments among school age children. Im so excited for him that he is being recognized in our city. Its a big deal. Joseph thinks his new award is cool. While his mom is thankful he was in the right place at the right time. Former mayor Michael Nutter has a new job going back to university of pennsylvania as a fellow. He was named as the senior fellow in urban research. Manager pete mccannon said he expects the team to be about a 500 club this season which would be a ten game improvement from last year. Ducis rogers is in clearwater, watch for his reports on action news. The flyers lost to the houston oilers and got into some rough stuff, too. They finish a three game road game in vancouver friday night. Big changes into food labels could save you money. This young boy was excited to see a fire truck roll up to his house in salem county and more so when he found out who was hiding inside. Whos in there . Whos in there . We are proud to give you another heartwarming Surprise Homecoming this took place in pennsville, salem county. Thats fiveyearold jake, he loves fire trucks, what he did not know his dad was hiding inside. He had been deployed for 6 months, now he is home for the next. Reporter we thank him for his service. You can see what a difference it makes coming home with his son, right . The action cam is live on the scene, they lost their light in dealing with the accident, they have the flashlights out here, new jersey turnpike southbound is shut down, you see them gathering thinking about what they are going to do here. They have to check the integrity of the overpass before they open it this is and it 4 new jersey turnpike. Lets go outside live with arrest traffic cameras, i95, no delays. We have an accident in abington on york road. Reporter on the big board we have chilly conditions, clouds, cold, 26 degrees by 6 00 a. M. 27 degrees by 8 00 a. M. The winds are lighter this morning than yesterday, though, at least thats good. As you roll through the day, it gets better than yesterday, in case you have plans to head out to the market. Cold by 7 00 a. M. 27. Noon, 39. We get a high of 45, sun and clouds, a little bit of a breeze not as bad as yesterday, that will be the high at 3 00 p. M. 5 00 p. M. , 41. 7 00 p. M. Back back down to the upper 30s. If youre flying out of town all green aircraft no major delays, a little cool in spots, but no signs of precipitation in any big travel destinations. Going on to healthcheck, the cold going around is hard to shake. New Research Says try vitamin d. It can stop cold and flu, it helps people who are not getting enough from their diet. Vitamin d is known as the sunshine diet. Its lowest when people are likely to be sick because you dont get as much sunlight. Youre in doors and touching people more often, that spreads germs, too. Harsh words about the phillies and their fans from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. It all depends, a new england heist worth 90,000 might have you holding your huggies a little tighter this morning. In first look, could new product labels be arriving at a Grocery Store near you. Look at the label. Best by 2016. Best by, has it gone bad, can i still eat it . There are ten separate freezings for date labels. 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A judge said the case over the lane closure can go forward. 5 28 our coverage of break ing stories continue. A north philadelphia manager of a bar is killed. A Philadelphia Police officer is recovering from being dragged two blocks from a hitandrun driver. Action news will be right back. Break riebt on action news, right now on action news, a night out at a vfw end in gunfire. A gunman kills a bar manager and robs the place and helps himself to the victims wallet and keys before taking off. Were following a breaking Traffic Alert crews have spent hours trying to clean up the crash on new jersey turnpike and the mess has the highway jammed. Good morning, 5 30, friday, february 17. David murphy has accuweather and karen rogers is watching the crash. Reporter were starting with the breaking news, new jersey turnpike southbound approaching route 73. All lanes be blocked. The action cam live on the scene showing what happened. There was a tractortrailer that

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