Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160819 : vimar

Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160819

Truck meaning it is like a car, pick up combined, we have back seats and a six yearold in the back seat of this probably strapped in, a child restraint seat which is great to keep them safe but in the so great trying to rush out of a burning vehicle. You can see some fire extinguishers in the back, they look like little ones that would be there on stand by, standing by for an emergency maybe with the police but this is a busy intersection here and people driving up to this, who witnessed aftermath, witnessed the accident helped get people out of a pickup truck that was across the street facing the opposite way when it was rear ended by that tractor trailer across the street, and he will walk over to the front of that pick up tractor trailer and show you front end damage of that and the initial report is that the driver of that tractor trailer some how fell asleep driving in the direction he is in but on the other side of this intersection, rear ended this pickup truck waiting at red light with the family from new jersey apparently judging by license plates, and, probably at delaware beaches, maybe coming back from a summertime vacation because it looks like all of the stuff you take to the beach. A bunch of coolers, debris, but a family would pack up going to the beach and this truck pushed the damage alone is horrific and then you add fire to it as well and a six yearold were told by officials here on the scene now flown to crozer with third degree burns, hopefully will be eventually okay. We dont know where on the body he was burn but probably in the child restraint seat as closest to the impact and close to the fire as a gas station exploded in the back of this pickup truck. You can see where i am right now the fog is starting to roll in making it hazy at glassco park you see the sign here at this intersection in New Castle County but part of the intersection was allow to stampede to traffic. Would be kelly, you will let you see this picture and describe the scene in terms of the traffic is what opened and what is not here in delaware. Lets stay with that camera shot if you could. What we are looking at is the intersection of the 896 and route 40. You are right, glassgow park is on your corner as your landmark there and that tractor trailer was coming south, on 896 when it approached that intersection. That family in the pickup truck most likely was stopped at the red light, and that tractor trail are right there came barreling through and rear ended that pickup truck. Im told by our floor director that f150 the gas tanks on those f150s are located on the passenger, on the drivers side left, which is exactly where that impact occurred, on the opposite side there so that would explain why the car instantly burst into flames. Right now we are looking at a total shut down of that intersection, those headlights coming toward us in the camera scene there, that is 896 and all traffic pushed on to route 40 there, in delaware. There you go. Those headlights coming toward us, they would be coming south on 896. Let go to my maps and show you the spot again, we will slide down to delaware at intersection of the route 896, which is known as College Avenue right at route 40 which is the pulaski highway. That is the intersection you want to avoid and thoughts and prayers go out to that family that are recovering, and hopefully that little guy is going to be okay that six yearold child flown to crozer with third degree burns. Heres what is left of an accident on the roosevelt boulevard. We had a one vehicle crash in the wall. We have got all lanes opened backup, all lanes opened up here on the vine street expressway, that is good news for folks coming in and out of the city on this friday morning. North on the extension though watch for an accident between lansdale and quakertown on that northbound side and then it is camden concert weekend all weekend long we have got concerts tonight and tomorrow and any of you not going to the concert but maybe to the shore these past couple weekend have been tough. Shore crowd as they come over that ben franklin bridge meeting up with the concert crowd so give yourself extra time heading to the shore. Speaking of the shore . What is that shore forecast looking like for the weekend. Looking good for upcoming weekend bob kelly. In fact looking good across the area as well. Look at weather by the numbers scale of one to ten, we will give today a nine. Much improved. Heat wave ended with highs in the upper 80s. The as we look at ultimate doppler much improved but we saw pop up showers and thunderstorms late last night after 11 or 12 midnight moving toward parts of the south jersey, even into sections of northern delaware we saw those downpours with showers and thunderstorms. It is a humid morning. 74 degrees. Humidity at 85 percent. Temperature wise we are looking at 07 in wilmington. Lower 70s right now in atlantic city. Zooming in down the shore 77 degrees right now cape may point. We have 74 in avalon and 75 in beach haven. Bottom line planning your day by lunchtime 84 degrees. Afternoon high temperatures upper 80s to around 90 this afternoon. By 7 00 this evening looking dry, temperatures right around 85. Coming up we will talk about that entire weekend forecast and when to expect really nice temperatures in the upper 70s for some and lower 80s with the seven day forecast. Scott, thank you. 5 06. We are following breaking news out of delaware where a tractor trailer collided with a pickup truck sending several people to the hospital including a six yearold. Steve keeley will have have much more on this throughout the morning. We will check on the latest condition on that boy. 5 06. We are following breaking news out of the point breeze section where two men were shot late last night. This happened on south 23rd and mifflin streets just after is 11 30. One was taken to jefferson other to penn Presbyterian Hospital. Both are in stable condition. Police tell us 16 shots were fired hitting the men standing outside a chinese restaurant. Both of these victims were standing outside of the chinese food take out on the corner of 23rd and mifflin when they were shot. There were two vehicles struck by gunfire. There was the chinese take out, window was struck two times by gunfire. Police say crime cameras in the area recorded them so they have a good description of who they are looking for. No arrests have been made. Authorities indicted two of the four olympic swim hours claim to have been robbed at gunpoint, one of them is still in least other this morning. Ryan lochte and jimmy feigen are accused of lying about the alleged armed incident as authorities continue to piece together exactly what happen. Dave kinchen live along ben franklin parkway to explain what the authorities in brazil are now saying, good morning to you dave. They are saying jimmy feigen will have to actually pay an amount of money to a charity down there in brazil this was just tweeted out by several news agencies. He will make a payment there perhaps to spread some goodwill after this whole situation. We do know that feigen is still the only one in rio right now from this group facing charges of falsely reporting a crime. This is the u. S. Olympic committee apologized for a distracting incident that is over shadowing the olympic is it self. Of course, ryan lochte is known for grabbing headlines and star gold medal swimmer now star of this International Incident is back in the u. S. After being indicted in brazil. Surveillance video from a gas station in rio appears to backup witness claims that there was in robbery as athletes claimed. It shows lochte and others outside the gas station early sunday morning at the same time that they said they were rob. Police actually say they were drunk disorderly vandals and ripped apart a bathroom. A Security Guard did show his gun to hold men until they paid for the damage. We asked villanova professor of Political Science what it all means in the long run. Does this put the icing on the cake, the claim that their police 85,000 Strong Police presence in rio but here you may have had some police, the official part of the state being corrupt and extorting money. They should not go to jail for lying but he lied about somebody robbing him about rio and big commotion about nothing so something has to happen. This is a big deal, is this a International Crisis or something forgot men 48 hours. It will be forgot men 48 hours. It is not an Important International thing. Two of the swimmers pulled from the plane wednesday night, admitted to making up the story. They have been on their way home, were toll. The latest news here jimmy feigen agreeing if you can call it an agreement to make a payment to the brazilian charity to clear up some of this but still facing charges down there and also ryan lochte back here in the u. S. But Big Questions about his endorsements, millions of dollars on the line. We will see what happens there. Chris . Dave kinchen live for us, thanks very much. At 5 10. We now know who police found in the trash bin in wilmington delaware wednesday night. Last night police said that someone shot her over and over. They have identified her as 21 yearold miss precious hoskins along 800 block of east 22nd street. Police searched a home of the person of interest yesterday morning, however, they have yet to announce an arrest. In new jersey authorities arrested 40 people on child pornography charges. They have come from every county in the state. State attorney general says six month investigation resulted in this sting operation with people from all walks of life involved in cinnaminson youll find one is Adam Farrington a former schoolteacher who has worked in philadelphia, Bristol Township publication county and delran new jersey. The attorney general has this message for the bread tors. We will find you, whether you are in your basement, you are hiding in the dark, we will find you and arrest you. This morning search continues for many of the children seen in the pornography. In Chester County the willits town police chief is calling a child porn discovery staggering. Lawrence jamison and john brown face a long list of charges for sex trafficking, child pornography and sexual assault. Countys District Attorneys Office accused jamison of possessing 1,000 tv d, thumb drives and other device west more than 50,000 sexually explicit images and videos of kid. Up investigators say jamison introduced a 15 yearold victim to brown and that both men raped the girl and took photos and videos of her that they would then exchange. Were following breaking news on the scene of the horrific crash in delaware, a child rescued after an accident involving a tractor trailer, steve keeley live at that scene gathering information and we will have his report straight ahead. Glass co. Good morning welcome back at 54 00. Updating breaking news out of delaware, this nasty accident, that occurred this morning right at the intersection of route 896, route 40. We are looking live at the scene. Our news van we are the only station down there this morning bringing you this breaking situation to you. It happened early this morning when a tractor trailer, seems to have falls sleep at the wheel, coming to the intersection, and there is the tractor trailer you will see right there. We are getting a sense that the driver culled have falls sleep at the wheel, and came and plowed in the back of this pickup truck. It had a family sitting at the traffic light. It looks like the pickup truck had stopped for the red light and this tractor trailer comes up from behind, and slams into the behind the truck here and we are looking at a family injured. A six yearold boy flown to crozerchester Medical Center with third degree burns. What we are looking at here is intersection where they are doing the investigation. They are measuring, and measuring distance from maybe impact to where that car wound up. This is all right at the intersection of glasgow state park just to give you an idea. Lets go to my maps here. There is the sign for the park. So from what were looking at that tractor trailer was heading south on route 40, when it came to the intersection of route 896, which is also College Avenue. That interest sexist the scene of the impact. There is glasgow state park, just to give you a locate or. This investigation will probably last throughout the morning rush hour, if you are getting ready to leave the house right now, heading south route 40 is a busy route for folks to get down to the delaware beaches, not to mention just your morning rush hour, use the baltimore pike, or maybe use route 72 to stay away from that investigation w that closure things will start to get busier and more grid lock as we move into the next hour. Otherwise were good to go on the schuylkill, i95 and blue route. Everything is wet from the rain we had again last night so youll see a puddle here or there. In problems on i95 working your way in the city. Heres a live look at i95 right here near girard avenue. Crew are still out there but they are not blocking any lanes. Vine expressway looking for business, both east and westbound. We have a disable on the north east extension of the pennsylvania turnpike, right there northbound between lansdale, and q town, so heading up toward quakertown this morning watch out for some delays and it is a camden concert weekend. Which one are you going to scott friday or saturday. I dont know do you have tickets. Tickets. You got tickets. Oh, man, there you go. Give me some tickets then. Lets talk about this weather. We have the heat wave, it is over, it ended yesterday. Highs only in the upper 80s. Today we have highs in 80s to right around 90 degrees, dry heat today, and then humidity, it returns and also showers and thunderstorms for part of the weekend. Ultimate doppler ride now much improved but we still have more scattered downpours rolling through ten or 11 00 into southeastern pennsylvania and then it rolled into sections of south jersey before diminishing, so as bob was talking about those road they are still wet out there this morning. 74 degrees, humidity at 85 percent. Still high out there we will see wind out of the north and that will mean lower humidity. Seventythree in trenton. We have 73 at atlantic city. Lower 07s in dover. Temperatures down the shore we are looking at 57 at the boardwalk. Seventyfour in wildwood. Planning your day temperature by lunch 84 degrees. Eightynine at three. Eightyfive by 7 00 oclock. Baseball game, cardinals taking on the phillies, we are looking at mostly clear sky by first pitch 58 degrees, whipped out of the north. Saturday lets skip ahead, dry, quiet, kind of warm, muggy and as we move toward sunday watch the clock, clouds start to roll in, lunchtime north and west looking at showers and thunderstorms as a cold front approaches but behind that front we are looking at nicer conditions, lets talk about the seven day forecast were looking at 90 today and tomorrow. Upper 80s for sunday afternoon evening showers and terms but look at the temperatures behind that front. Eightythree on monday. Eightyfour on tuesday for the high temperature, mid to upper 80s by middle and ladder part of next week, back over to you. Three people in the hospital after gunshots in the streets of fair hill, sky fox is over the scene on the 2900 block of waterloo and cambria yesterday. Police say two teen men along with the 37 yearold woman were all shot, that women is in critical condition, police are searching for whom ever opened fire. Olney police are trying to find whom ever shot a 22year old man along 1100 block of gaining avenue just before 5c yesterday afternoon. The main is in einstein Medical Center in stable condition. No word on a motive just yet. City leaders in philadelphia are focusing on making sure former felons get a share shake once released. Mayor jim kenney discussed the issues with the cities Work Force Development board and local employers. Kenney understands employers may be reluctant to hire former offenders but he believes it is an important break to the stigma. He says employing formalin cars rated people is a benefit to the entire community. If we can put more and more of our formally incarcerated people back to work. They will be paying taxes and not eating taxes. They will be paying for their children and not having their children paying for somebody else, they will be home as a stable force with their kid and with their families and with their neighborhoods so our neighbors become more stable, less violent and more productive. During the meeting city leaders discussed hiring incentives and strategies that will help employers around legal risks from hiring former fell a ons. Philadelphia School Official commission is getting praise this morning. Last night they updated student code of conduct banning most suspensions for kindergarteners and ending suspensions for students who violate the dress code. Under the new rules kindergarteners cannot be suspended unless their actions result in serious bodily injury. Decision to not suspend over dress Code Violations comes as the district realized some students dont comply because they are in poverty. 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