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WPVI Action News At 600 AM February 20, 2017

Tractortrailer carrying produce. You can see it in mount laurel, new jersey, the same spot we had an overturned tractortrailer on friday. Its northbound on the turnpike, traffic is getting by, one lane at times, the shoulder right there, only one lane squeezes by the action cam shot. John rawlins is live on the scene following every movie, unloading the produce and putting it on a flat bed tow truck. Look at all the people we have dealing with this, this happened at 3 30 a. M. Blocking all but one lane on the new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73 past exit 4. As you zoom in, you can see the delay on the turnpike northbound. Instead of staying on the turnpike stay on 295 as it runs parallel northbound past 73. Heres a live look at 295. You saw it is moving nicely. We have an accident 295 southbound in a different area, west deptford approaching route 130, slowing in the scene as you can see by the area of yellow right there. We have reports of allentown road being shut down between camp rock hill road and butter creek road. This is an accident that brought down a pole, as well. Stick to Benner School road. A day you dont expect any weather related issues. Reporter well, weve got skies brighter to the east and satellite showing you a lack of significant cloud cover, so get the sunglasses ready as you head outside, youll need them in a little bit. 44 degrees in philadelphia. The temperature has dipped a bit in the city, 39 in allentown. 45 in reading. That 44 in philadelphia, though, is only one degree below the average high. So were still chilly, but fairly mild for this time of the year. Winds not all that strong, 9 Miles Per Hour right now we have calm winds in a couple of locations. As we go through the day, it will be cooler than the weekend. Boy, what a great weekend it was, we hit 70 yesterday, today, 55 at 3 00 p. M. , thats still ten degrees above average with all the sunshine in play, you cant complain. A little bit breezy later today. When i step inside another surge of mild air coming in, we might be challenging more records later this week, ill have details coming up on in accuweather tam. Breaking right now, Philadelphia Police say the victim of a Home Invasion on friday in juniata park wasnt found until last night and when the person was discovered they were badly injured. Katherine scott is live on the 4200 block of neilson street with the details. Good morning, katherine. Reporter good morning, tam, police are investigating the motive behind this. Police believe the Home Invasion happened on friday, but the victim, 50 years old was not found until yesterday by a concerned family member. This is the home where this happened in juniata park. Were told the victim was a Small Engine Repair shop where he works in the garage of his home on the 4200 block of neilson street. On friday, two men entered the property wearing mask and gloves and forced the victim upstairs to the second floor bedroom where he was beaten and left with a rag stuffed in his mouth. Both men fled the scene. Apparently the victims brother grew concerned when the victim didnt turn up for a family eventful weekend he went to the house around 40 00 p. M. He climbed up to a second floor window and found his brother inside. His brother was badly injured his brother took the victim to the hospital. Surveillance cameras were found outside and inside the property. I am told by police they were working at the time this happened. Detectives are looking for two suspects and they are trying to gather more information. They dont know what the motive was here, they dont know if anything was taken. They are hoping to learn more from the surveillance footage. Cameras inside and outside the home as for the victim he remains at the hospital recovering. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Breaking this morning, a man was pistol whipped during an attempted robbery in the citys East Oak Lane section on the 6600 block of north 6th street at 12 30 a. M. The 19yearold victim parked a car in front of his house when a man walked up to him, there was a struggle, the gun went off and the attacker struck the victim in the head with the gun and ran away. The victim is in stable condition. It is unclear if anything was taken. 6 05 three people were injured when they hit by a car in the wynnfield heights section of philadelphia. The crashed happened at city avenue and monument road. No word on their conditions or if charges will be filed. Four people were not seriously injured which is incredible after their small plane crashed into a golf course in montgomery county. The plane crashed shortly after 2 30 p. M. After taking off at the Butler Valley golf course in upper had hanover township. Its not known what caused the plane to go down. Happening today, our first look at just how much an impact philadelphias new sweeten beverage tax is having on businesses. Today is the deadline for businesses to play january tax. The city imposed a 1. 5 cent per ounce tax on beverages. Mayor kenny is using the taxes for education in the city. Lets talk about accuweather this is the kind of weekend you get ready for spring and summer, youre like i do remember warmth, more of that coming . Reporter it was like easter this weekend, it was really, really fun. Today youll need the jacket, but its still above average. Storm tracker 6 live showing were dry, the camera is not bouncing a whole lot this morning, as we take a look at the Delaware River and looking toward where the sun is coming up over south jersey in a little bit. Winds are light, a little bit cool out there, but not too bad for this time of the year. Allentown, 39 degrees there. 45 in reading. Philadelphia, 44. 41 in wilmington, and 42 in cape may. Not a lot of wind and a lot of sunshine coming up over the horizon as you just saw on sky6 live hd were reinforcing that idea with our satellite image here. Sunglasses a good idea up and down the highways and byways, there might be patchy clouds developing during the day, but generally speaking were expecting the day to be pretty bright. Up in the lehigh valley, breezy and cooler high of 52. Thats well above the average high for this date. Usually we would be in the low 40s, at the shore, 54 degrees on the thermometer, sun and clouds, breezy, but darn nice for this time of the year. In philadelphia, well go for a high of 55 this afternoon, ten degrees above average, sun and clouds, breezy conditions, theres the breeze ten to 20 Miles Per Hour, not super Strong Enough to bring down tree branches, but enough for a jacket if youre walking around. A little bit of a chilly breeze. Overnight tonight, the winds die down a bit, clear and chilly, getting down to 31 degrees for the overnight low. Tomorrow morning it will be colder than what were experiencing this morning. Tomorrow we start out with china, you can see how clouds generally speaking filter in as the day goes on. Tomorrow evening theres a chance of spotty showers around that could spill into early wednesday morning. The big story later in the week, though, is another ridge of High Pressure i showed you this same map last week with a bump in the temperatures going up to omaha, nebraska. Warmer in omaha than in philadelphia, that milder air is heading east. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high, 55 breezy and cooler for president s day, but above average. Tomorrow, sun and clouds, 51. Its clouds and sun on wednesday. Wednesday afternoon well start seeing the ridge of High Pressure build in, we get up to 65 degrees, that will be nice, but thursday is going to be super nice, the high of 74 degrees with that ridge getting ready to push off to the east, partly sunny skies and thats just one degree off the record in philadelphia, set back in the 1800s, were in the 60s friday and saturday with rain at times, but cooler and sunny on sunday. 6 09 a. M. Officials investigate a massive blaze at a multimillion dollar mansion with government ties. They took the trump letters down from the taj mahal last week and now they have surfaced somewhere else. Reporter were live on i95 past academy road southbound traffic heading toward center city. Well take you to mount ephraim, Camden County coming up. Break on this monday morning, new jersey turnpike is a mess, once again this time a tractortrailer overturns, produce is spilled on the pavement. Thats john rawlins watching the backup live in mount laurel. John . Reporter good morning, again, yes, it is still a mess here as far as commuters are concerned northbound between exits 4 and 5, it is very slow going. The three travel lanes have been shut down for now, close to 2 1 2 hours, they can make due coming up the shoulder, but thats about it. Its bunch up a lot of traffic back there. Lets go to chopper 6 hd and take a look here, you can see what was the beginning of the problem, a truck was traffickerring northbound on traveling northbound on the northbound it overturned at 3 45 a. M. And spilled out its produce. Cruise are using a front loader to clean up the produce that was thrown from the truck, now they need unloading the truck itself, and filled two flat bed trucks with the extra produce. Hopefully once they get the truck empty they will turn it upright and haul it out of here, thats the theory, but thats taking time. They have been working diligently, as far as travelers are concerned and commuters are concerned they are facing restricted situation northbound between exits 4 and 5 on the new jersey turnpike, slow going, the best they can do is the shoreline of the road, live in mount laurel, john rawlins channel 6 action news. Back to you all. Thank you john. Lets go over to karen rogers who is keeping our eye on the larger view what this means if this is your way of commuting. Reporter if youre in the area, a good alternate is 295, 295 in Burlington County moving just fine. 295 approaching 130 accident has cleared. 295 is the better alternate than the new jersey turnpike. We have an accident in west rock hill township allentown road shut down because the accident brought down a pole. Downed pole with an accident. This is camp rock hill road. Dick to Benner School road. I95 were seeing a handfulful people on the roads. No major issues with the travel time, i95 southbound an easy 13 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. Schuylkill expressway eastbound and westbound 14 minutes between the blue route and the vine. 42 looking good, 9 minutes from from the ac expressway to 295. 44 degrees in philadelphia. Not the 70 we had yesterday, but still, 55 is pretty good. Sunshine and some clouds. Its breezy and it stays mild mostly over the next four days, ten degrees above average, we dip tomorrow. Thursday, were into the 70s, 24 degrees above average, the spring fling continues. Embers are smoldering at the site of a inferno that destroyed a multimillion dollar mansion in washington, d. C. The fire burned for three hours, gutting the 6,000 square foot home in mcclain virginia. The home is owned by the embassy of the united arab emirates. You can own a piece of Atlantic Citys history, President Donald Trump name has removed from the taj mahal hotel. The letters have showed up on ebay. The highest bid is 7,100. The casino closed in october, but trump has not owned the business for years. Karl ichan owns the property and said he is going to leave it sitting there, he has no plans to sell. Researchers find a possible down side to the gluten free fad. Reporter were looking at temperatures across the region, 44 degrees in philadelphia. Even that is close to the average high. Its not as warm as over the weekend today, but certainly above average, ill have details on that and the 12 had your forecast and let you know how often youll need sunglasses today. Reporter in tech bytes a victory for private Rocket Company space x. A successful launch on sunday the newest rocket blasting off from a historic launch pad in florida loaded with splice for the International Space station. The success, the landing the reusable booster made a perfect land on earth. Many top selling smart phones can stream fm liable that will let you do it without pulling internet data. Giant new york toy fair is underway. Its not all for kids, like this star wars helmet. Theres a drone you can fly with hand gestures, the toy fair runs through tomorrow. Thats are tech bytes, have a great day. When did mixing food, with not food, become food . Thankfully at panera, 100 of our food is 100 clean. No artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. Panera. Food as it should be. Grown to 403 million. If you want to play youll need to grab a ticket before wednesdays drawing, the winner can take the 403 million or the cash option which is 24 3. 9 million dollars. All the places i would go see. One was sold in North Hampton county and one in new jersey. Action news is folk concussioning on ways focusing on ways to reduce your cell phone bill how it can save you a bundle on action news at 11 00 p. M. Reporter those spills are expensive, when you have a lot of kids and they all have cell phones, right . Lets go outside and check the roads, live in southwest philadelphia, this is the platt bridge, the skies are starting to brighten a little bit, thats a pretty shot. I wondered how many people have off, but were seeing some traffic out there. Septa regional rails are on time, because of the holiday you have various different schedules on lines. Reporter not bad out there, 44 degrees in philadelphia. 39 in allentown, 41 in wilmington. 45 in trenton. 44 in cape may. Not much wind just yet. As we go into the afternoon, 55 degrees, sun and clouds, it will get breezy with winds running 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour thats not horrific. Its enough to add a chill to the air. Were starting out in the 40s, winding up with a high of 55 at 3 00 p. M. By 7 00 p. M. Were back down into the mid 40s, enjoy this afternoon the slightly above average temperatures while you got it. Its cooler in the evening. Healthcheck, new concerns about gluten free diets. Reachers found the diet may raise the risk to arsenic and mercury. It cuts out food that have gluten that is a protein in wheat, barley and rye. Rice flour is used as a substitution, it has high arsenic and mercury. Flyers beat the canucks last night they host the capitols an wednesday. Two different clubs come together to support a little girl. The victim of a Home Invasion was not found until two days later. Reporter there was a Home Invasion on friday but nobody knew about it until yesterday when the victim was found bound and gagged inside his home in juniata park. Were live with the story coming up at 6 30. Parts of Northern California are bracing for another powerful storm that will likely cause flooding. It comes as that part of the state continues to clean up from the storm over the weekend. Five people died in the aftermath. The rainfall washed out roadways and knocked down trees and power lines. Officials are warning people who live near the oroville dam they may need to evacuate again. That area is expected to get ten inch. Rainfall. A young girl arrived from the United Kingdom to a warm welcome to the city of brotherly love. Meghan has severe scoliosis, doctors say her spine is at a 60degree curve, once it goes past 70 degrees she can not get an operation to correct. Doctors only perform this procedure at shriners hospital. Members from the long wood rotor club made the trip possible for meghan and her family. Thats what were here for. Our idea is to make other peoples lives better when we come. Meghans mother said she is incredibly grateful for all the support. A family from utah is sharing a special dog adoption story they are on a mission to make sure rhino lightning gets a good home. The family trying to find the dog a new home because he gets too excited when he plays. They included the handwritten note addressed to the dogs new family. Here are some of the instructions. So please take good care of him, he does drool a little bit. He is an amazing puppy, he likes attention, he loves people, doughnut give him any tennis balls, rips these a part in only in play. The little girl asked the family to call the dog rhino lightning and send her some pictures. Rhino will get a great home. 6 27 were following several breaking stories including a Home Invasion that wasnt uncovered until two days later. Chopper 6 hd is live over the new jersey turnpike where another tractortrailer is overturned and sitting on its side right now. A full report when we come right back. Displr break be right now on action news, a man was attacked during a Home Invasion and police are just finding out about it 3 days later. Spilled produce an overturned truck is slowing down the traffic on the turnpike. Ice skating in shorts, a warm day makes for a nice day on president s day weekend. Lets go over to karen rogers where we are having trouble on the new jersey turnpike. Reporter chopper 6 hd is isn the scene of the breaking news, the tractortrailer was carrying produce as traffic squeeze by. They are picking up the produce putting it on flat bed tow trucks, they have a couple of tow trucks on the scene, this is one of the flat bed trucks they were hauling the produce on to. Eu9 it happened at 3 30 a. M. , traffic is squeezing lie using one lane on the new jersey turnpike northbound. John rawlins is live on the scene telling us about the delay stretching out there, take 295 instead of the turnpike, this is northbound between exit 4 and 5. You remember the same spot as last friday where we had the overturned tractortrailer, that was southbound there you can see the delay 295 up to exit 5 on the new jersey turnpike northbound, take 295 it running parallel running smoothly. 2935 fellowship road a little more volume than normal. Rock hill township they had a downed pole, allentown road is open in bucks county. Traffic is moving nicely. Organic the bicker were moving nicely on the blue route and the schuylkill expressway and i95. No major problems, the only big issue is the problem on the new jersey turnpike. Reporter my, my, were off to a nice start weather wise, its cool, cool enough for a jacket. Lots of sunshine getting ready to pop up over the horizon. Temperatures are cool, 44 degrees in philadelph

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