now at 5:00 a dangerous gas leak forced evacuations at road closures in a south jersey community, and we are live with the details about what caused the hazard. good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. gas leak in south jersey forced evacuations and shut down exit of the major highway >> railcar sprung a leak this morning near osprey court in logan township gloucester county. this is a look at the closures exit number 10 of i295 north and southbound to centre square road remains shut down at this hour. centre square road is also closed down between the 25 and pedricktown road. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden joins us from the scene where he has been tracking this story all day, joe, good evening. >> i just check with

gloucester county emergency management and they have confirmed to cbs-3 that officials have been able to contain that leaking, tanker truck, six and a half hours into all of this. i'm told they put a secondary valve on top to make sure it stays secure, right now, officials are sweeping through the many buildings that make up, this industrial complex, and to make sure that the air is safe. pro powe lean a highly flammable gas used out of a rail tanker. cbs-3 captured the emergency incident before being pushed back. >> it is in liquid form but valve failed and once that hits temperature it is a vapor vapor is explosive. >> reporter: valve ruptured at 9:53 thursday morning touching off evacuations of several hundred people, who work in the pure land industrial park in logan township. if inhaled gas is said to cause irritation. those within a half mile radius like kathy tinder were told to get out.

>> i have a restaurant over here and they evacuated us. it is crazy. >> anything like this ever happened before. >> not around here. >> reporter: dozens of children at a nearby day care were seen walking along a roadside, bus took them to a nearby hotel, in the first few minutes of the evacuation, fire, police went door to door >> advising the businesses, around, that they had to leave , and it was just matter of going from one business to the next and letting them know they need to leave and direction they needed to take. >> reporter: police say two people were injured in the gas release, one was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, other is okay. hours into the emergency power was cut off to local businesses, and emergency officials described it as a precautionary move. >> there is still an active leaking on we have hazmat teams going in there right now trying to assess the valve situation. >> reporter: once again, just learning within the last half an hour that leak has been stopped. right now air quality tests underway so that the evacuation order can then be

lifted. in the meantime coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 more on what was a very disruptive, workday here, in fact, many called it a day, we will see new an hour with continuing coverage, from gloucester county. live from logan township joe holden cbs-3 "eyewitness news" joe, thank you. now to the deadly scene in delaware, medical helicopter crashed in an mile from the new castle county airport. pilot only person on board was killed. >> penn medicine chopper went down behind a post office on quigley boulevard. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live near the scene tonight, anita? >> reporter: ukee and jessica we are being kept at a distance but we are getting a better sense of the damage here, several cars parked nearby, they are covered in mud, one of them back windshield is even shattered out and now authorities are working to investigate exactly what brought this helicopter down. >> i heard this, bump, bump,

bump and then i looked up in the sky. >> reporter: mary williams saw the helicopter nose dive. >> i heard it explode, and then i saw the black smoke. it was terrible. i'm still shaking. >> reporter: just before noon time thursday medical helicopter crashed on north quigley boulevard near wilmington airport killing the only person on board, the pilot. >> i'm still shaking about it. i'm sad. >> there was a life there that is gone. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" has confirmed that the 37 year-old pilot from new jersey was in the middle of the training flight when it crashed. >> the pilot, employed by metro aviation had flown from the atlantic city airport and was conducting training in the area of the new castle county airport. >> reporter: chopper operate by metro aviation and provides services for pennstar which is used to transport patients in the university of pennsylvania health system, although none were on board. delaware state police say impact of the crash sparked a fire which spread to the empty building nearby but only caused minor damage.

>> nobody on the ground was injured. >> reporter: right now live look at the investigation on the scene, delaware state police and faa are handling the investigation, while members of the national transportation safety board are in route and they are expected to arrive here shortly. at this time they are not identifying, that victim. coming up at 6:30 more witnesses described what they saw, the scary moments, this helicopter came crashing down just yard away from them. live from new castle county, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. we are learning more about why a private jet crash near new jersey teterboro airport may 15th. the preliminary report just released the pilot turned that jet too late to land safely. the national transportation safety board reports say that radar data showed the pilot should have started that turn about 4 miles out, and instead he turned just about 1 mile out. eyewitnesses say they saw the plane bank right and then crash into an industrial park,

two crew members were killed. there are new developments in the hit and run crash in lancaster last week involving a school bus, police have arrested 46 year-old james irving the third whom they say drove a car involved in the crash. police say he tried to pass two tractor trailers but hit one of their escort vehicles which was then sideswiped the bus. more than a dozen people were injured, one first grader was ejected from the bus and seriously injured. well, after a wet, dreary day we are getting a break from the rain right now but we are not in the clear just yet. more rain and maybe even some thunderstorms are on the way. meteorologist lauren casey's tracking latest round of wet weather and joins us now to tell us when it will come back , lauren. >> it is in route. we have had a wet start the two day and more thunderstorm activity is on the way and this activity will be stronger then what we saw come through earlier in the day today. we can see that reflected on storm scan 3a barrage itself developing in the the d.c. area and many cells severe and they are track off to the

north east and will be rolling in the delaware valley in the next several hours and we have some cells breaking out really within the last hour or so, around the delaware valley. we have thunderstorm, over parts of the salem, gloucester counties. these cells will be quick to fire up and quick to strengthen as well. so keep an eye to the sky and stay weather aware over dover. we are dealing with the thunderstorm right now. heading in the next several hours it will be a stormy go, thunderstorms, widespread in nature, some could be on the stronger side. temperatures will warm as a warm front is building through the area and then overnight storms coming to than a end, a few showers late tonight but by midnight or 1:00 a.m. we will see storm activity kind of filter back or taper off but over next couple of hours you want to be prepared for possibility and likelihood of heavy downpours, strong, gusty wind, frequent lightening embedded with these cells, hail threat, tornado threats there but very low and we will talk about the storm threat, track these cells and talk about if we can dry things out , finally, for for our

holiday weekend in just a few. uk authorities have made more arrests as country continues to mourn victims of the monster or attack in man chest ter. >> crowd gathered across great britain, this morning to observe a moment of silence in remembrance of the lives who. queen elizabeth offered her support with the surprise visit to manchester's children 's hospital. there she met with the victims , families and medical staff. meantime manchester police are working to identify a possible terror network behind this attack. eight suspects are now in custody and police say more raid are imminent. >> i want to reassure people that the arrests we have made are significant and the initial search and process has revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. these searches will take several days to complete.

>> meantime, manchester police say they have not share further information with the united states because of leaks , based on u.s. intelligence. president trump is attending his first nato sum tonight brussels since taking office. the president wants the organization to commit more troops to the fight against terrorism. cbs news correspondent weijia jiang has the latest. >> reporter: president trump held private meetings with european leaders including france newly elected president's manual macron at nato sum tonight brussels. >> all over the world they are talking bit and we have a lot to discuss, including terrorism. >> reporter: nato has agreed to join the obama era coalition to fight isis but stopped short of waging war against the extremist group. following his face-to-face meeting with the president, the head of the european council said that disagreement lingers over russia. >> i'm not 100 percent sure that we can say today we, meaning mr. president, and myself, that we have a common

position opinion about russia. >> reporter: the president who once called nato obsolete wants additional force toss join roughly 8400 u.s. troops in afghanistan. president trump and uk prime minister teresa may had a cord rally with visit here at the white house earlier this year but their next meeting could be contentious. british officials are upset with the u.s. over publication of leaked evidence, photographs from the scene of the manchester terror attack. >> i'll make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. >> protesters demonstrated against president trump's visit outside u.s. embassy in brussels. later today the president travels to italy where he will attend the g7 summit in cecily weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and this video from the nato summit has gone viral president trump appeared to push aside a prime minister of

mont negro to get in front for a photo op, the president adjusted his jacket. the white house says standing order for photo op was predetermined as usual. scott pelley will anchor "cbs evening news" live from brussels, that is tonight at 6:30 right here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. former fbi director james comey may have been duped by a faulty intelligence report planted by the russians during his investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail server. document reportedly showed that then attorney general loretta lynch colluded with the clinton campaign to squash the e-mail server investigation. well, fbi later deemed the document unreliable but not before comey used it as justification, to publishly discuss the investigation. well, this could be the last summer you are able to light up on the boardwalk in one shore town, coming up on "eyewitness news". hurricane season business to start and a new prediction,

how many major storms experts the storms will form this year danger may be lurking beneath surface of the public swimming pool this summer, health reporter stephanie stahl has a warning about a parasite that is hard to kill. police chase end with an r v in flames on a busy highway how this scene unfolded when "eyewitness news"

wildwood officials hope to ban smoking on the boardwalk but not until next year. january 1st 2018 you will not be able to light up on the boardwalk. officials are asking that people voluntarily refrain from smoking this summer, and the mayor says that the boardwalk is susceptible to fires, and there are concerns about the effects of secondhand smoke. speaking of wildwood the cbs-3 is heading there. our summer fest kicks off tomorrow for unofficial start of the summer memorial day weekend. we will take you to a different location every friday to he show off the amazing ways that the delaware valley and tri-state area celebrate summer, tomorrow we will start off with a behind the scenes look at morey's pier during "eyewitness news" this morning and i'll head down the shore with the team to be live on the boardwalk right by the wildwood convention center for five, six, 10, 11:00 p.m. newscast, summer if he here we come, it

is on. >> all right. >> meteorologist lauren casey 's here. everybody wants good weather for long weekend. >> yes, we will improve weather dramatically for summer fest tomorrow, evening will be breezy, bringing a hat but clear conditions, it will be a rough go over next couple hours as we contend with the threat of the stronger storms already developing across parts of the delaware valley, but conditions people trying to get out there on the beach right now but they might be chase add way by cells rapidly , developing. we already had heavy rain moving through this morning, really impacted morning commute, check out these rainfall totals in the neighborhood network on the order of half inch, quarter inch, close to an inch and we have more rain on the way, and storm scan three you can see just over last couple of hours really within the last hour these cells firing up very rapidly. you can turn over to some breaks of sunshine to thunderstorm very quickly over next several hours and we are seeing showers, storms activity right now encompassed over salem, gloucester, camden county and get ready center city fill at rain is coming

down here as well, maryland rate in intensity. you can see this rain will strengthen in intensity very quickly within these cells, we are dealing with the thunderstorm cell right now over parts of the delaware just north of the dover, pleasantton acres and dutch neck crossroad and woodland beach seeing heavy rain and frequent lightening as well. check out these cells off to the south and west, there are multiple cells and number of these do have severe thunderstorm warnings and they will track to the north and east. we need to keep an eye to the sky. future weather will show us heading in the seven or 8:00 o'clock hour these cells moving in across the area check this out a picture of 8:00 this evening as we head in the 9:00 o'clock hour we are seeing scatter, stronger thunderstorm rolling from southwest to northeast across the area as we head in the 10, 11:00 o'clock hour. those storms moving out and then things will start to wind down as we head past midnight. few lingering showers after midnight but we will see that stronger weather threat come to an end before we start to

clear things out for our friday and improved conditions , just in time for summer fest. severe threat we have one across the year today. does include center city philadelphia, south jersey, shore, delaware we are in the marginal risk of severe wet they are evening and early part of tonight as we could see isolated thunderstorms and they could go severe. temperatures right now are on the rise because we have a warm front coming through, that is creating that lift in the atmosphere, also giving that warmer temperature and moisture as well, in order to support some of these cells. temperatures warmed up in the 70's across south jersey, we are at 75 degrees in cape may, but conversely 61 degrees ahead of the boundary at barnegat light house. for your memorial day weekend we will start to quiet things down, saturday looks like a good day. mostly sunny, how about that. 78 degrees to kick off the weekend. sunday increasing cloudy with the showers or thunderstorm as we head in the holiday itself warming up to 83 degrees. we will watch out for chance of showers, storms mainly in the afternoon.

tomorrow not looking too bad mixture of cloud, sunshine's we will see mostly clear conditions taking over by evening hours, a bit breeze which a high temperature of 77 but weekend, three day weekend not looking terrible, but, you know, saturday is the day to get outside for sure. also, next up we have atlantic hurricane season that starts in just a week and could be a busy one, forecasters at climate prediction center are predicting 11 to 17 named storms this season. of those storms five to nine are expected to be hurricanes while two of those, two to four will be major hurricanes that is category three, four or five. forecasters say at above average prediction is due to several factors including a weak or potentially non- existent el nino, above average sea surface temperatures or water temperatures in the atlantic and average or weaker than average vertical wind sheer. we need vertical wind sheer to tear tops off those thunderstorms that form in the tropical system.

we like sheer but looks like we will not have much this season. >> wow, okay, thanks very much , appreciate it. cbs-3 mobile weather watchers went on a field in the chefin school in princeton >> welcome cbs-3. >> all right. second graders braved our rainy weather to look at all of the high tech gadgets on board and hear about the vehicle's weather gathering equipment and meteorologist matt peterson, let some of the students sit inside and they were impressed. we asked why they liked the vehicle so much. >> all of these cameras. >> we're going to like cape may you want to make sure it is safe to go and it is not flooding. >> that is what i'm talking about. >> if you are interested in having mobile weather watcher come tour school or event just go to cbs philly.com/request. well, night before an election turns into fight night in montana. >> a congressional candidate is face ago salt charges after allegedly body slams a reporter and that confrontation was caught on

audio tape, hear it at 5:30, don. couple who doubles as a father figure because, he actually is, it is a field of family dreams in a local high school, don't miss it, next up in sports. gianforte.

and welcome back. closely knit teams feels like a family but what happens when a close family member becomes a teammate. that happened on the field of play in, south jersey. >> i think my teammates love it. we are all sisters. >> family affair for softball team at our lady of mercy academy in newfield gloucester county. leo haggard is the head coach and his daughters madison and morgan are two of the teams top players. >> i treat them like any other girl on the team. they may think their expectation should be higher because they are my daughters, but, you know, it is, it has been very easy to coach them.

>> madison is a senior, team's catcher. the first player to 100 career hits in school history. on tuesday, morgan threw the schools first ever perfect game during their first ever playoff win. madison didn't want to jinks it. >> the past times i have caught her and she has been throwing a good game and i say , oh, morgan you are on track for perfect game, something would happen a error or something, so this time i didn't say anything bit. i just kept quiet. i called the pitches. and then after it happened, i just ran out and was like you did it. >> rest of the team is rolling as well reaching double digit wins for the first time in years. >> this year we really, really have stepped up and showed other teams that we are like competing with them and we can hang with them and the playoffs. >> it all starts with the battery made sisters. >> morgan and maddie they are great together. it good that they are sisters and one pitch, other catches

because they have a one. catcher/pitcher bond is like in other one on the team. >> it is like a pitch i have in mind i want to throw i just look at her and she calls the pitch. she knows what i'm thinking. >> for coach haggardty it is a magic ride coaching his doubt ers from t ball through high school and state playoffs >> i'm blessed to have all these years and as much time as we spend together on the and off the field, it has been absolutely wonderful. >> we are olma. >> how is that for sibling rivalry good job. >> nicely done. >> dad coaching them up, good stuff. >> very nice. thanks buddy. it seems, size truly matters when we talk about the safety of automobiles. >> new at 5:30 new crash tests show what happened when a large and small car collide, head on. pat. >> wine making isn't just a california thing? i'm pat gallen in chadds ford at pence wood winery where we are learning how it goes from the vine to the bottle here in pennsylvania.

and it is a system that comes with the smile but outing personality can actually lead to danger, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 our stephanie stahl explains the rare condition and the reason it can put those suffering from it, at risk. that is tonight at

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." and your news continues now at 5:30, here's what's happening. you're looking at the aftermath, pen medical chopper went down about a moo within the past half hour, cast rail tanker, pro pa lean township. injured two workers this morning, and forced evacuation of the community. >> president trump is meeting with key allies at his first nato summit in brussels. the president members of the task for not pairing their share on military g on the alliance, rain returned heavy showers, moving through the philadelphia area right now. lauren checks in with just about 15 minutes. good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. verdicts could come at any moment in the murder trial of david creato, junior.

>> the camden county father accused every killing his three year old son. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in camden with more on where things stand right now. cleve? >> reporter: after more than two days of deliberations the jury unable to reach averred here. and because of the holiday weekends, with memorial day, they won't come back until next tuesday. for little bran dan's family, another holiday without closure. >> the crime that brought police to tears. three year old brendan creato found dead near the cooper river in 2015, his father is charged with murder. here are the fact. dj was the only person to have access to his son the morning he was found dead. brendan was in a muddy creek more than half mile from home wearing clean socks, suggesting he was placed and not wandered there. wooded area dj admitted he visited often, and felt a

spiritual connection. prosecutors say dj's motive for killing his son was to save a relationship with his teen girlfriends who didn't like being around brandon. three medical examiners couldn't figure out how brandon died, no physical they had a links dj to the crime scene, and as this lawyer pointed out, investigators did not make every effort possible to check the boy's body for clothing for the presence of a stranger's dna. dj never took the trial. since beginning deliberations, they asked for second chance to here the 911 call reporting his son missing and the interview he gave detectives after finding out brendan was dead. >> no, no, no, no. >> he was found ... >> the jurors have seen the video three times, and they've asked for it twice during deliberations, some of the jurors, may be trying to figure out whether they believe he was sincere in that video, on tuesday, they'll also hear some recaps of previous testimony, clearly, some of the jurors still have

questions. live in camden, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, cleve. this is the fiery ends to bizarre chase in texas. police on pursuit of rv when it caught fire on interstate 30 between dallas and fort worth. police say it started when husband and wife got into a fight. they ended up in their rv with their children, the wife texted 911 to say she had been shot. he jumped out of the rv as it was moving, she is now hospitalized. the husband took his own life. officers were able to get the children out of the rv. >> a new report finds the size after vehicle matter when it comes to surviving a car crash. now, this crash shows what happens when a large and small car collide head-on. the insurance institute for highway safety says cars have higher death rate, four door mini cars have the highest death rate, while large luxury suv's have the lowest. >> you are in a small car most of the cars around you are bigger.

you are at a very big weight disadvantage. >> the report also found larger vehicles are safe nerve single car crashes, and roll-overs. >> the republican candidate in today's special election in montana facing assault charges. billionaire businessman, greg, is accused of body slamming a reporter. on account of the incident caught on tame. republican candidate for congress, greg, trying to dodge reporter's question about healthcare, and the confrontation became more than just verbal. >> talk to you about that later. >> sick and tired every you guys, the last guy here did the same thing. >> get the hell out of here. >> get the hell out of here. >> political reporter ben jacobs says gianforte -- >> he's on top of me,.

>> campaign issued a statement, last night, saying, jacobs' aggressively shoved a report nerve greg's face, said jacob's grand greg's wrist and spun away pushing both to the grounds. the speaker of the house, paul ryan, called him to apologize. >> there is no time where a physical altercation should occur, with the depressed or between human beings. >> the challenger democrat rob declined comment. >> i think matter for law enforcement. >> and democrat ron questions are competing for montana's only congressional house see, has to appear in court for the misdemeanor assault charge in june. >> young students showing their appreciation for the brave men and women in blue. philadelphia police officers were honored during a appreciation day luncheon this afternoon. "eyewitness news" at the mathematics civic and charter school in spring garden. is the dollars student's.

>> mayor jim kenney was on hand for a food distribution event, at edward giddian school in north philadelphia. students went home today with 5 pounds every groceries provided by philabundance, the school is designated as one of philadelphia's community schools, those are funded by the city's beverage tax. philadelphia is growing, so why are we slipping down the ranks of america's largest city. >> the answer is next. >> the long time ago, galaxy far far away, milestone for the original star wars. >> and pool season almost here. do you know what is lurking in the water at your public swimming spot? the cdc has a warning tonight. lauren? >> after a rainy week, we'll get a break as we head into the upcoming holiday weekends, at least saturday looking pretty good, mostly to partly sunny conditions, could see passing thunderstorm at night as we head into saturday. we do have rain chances sunday and monday, but mainly during the afternoon and late day. looks like we could see some

sunshine in the morning on both of those days, especially memorial day. temperatures will warm up for the holidays, in the low 80s on monday. we'll be right b

♪ >> well it, looks like philadelphia is no longer one of the top five biggest cities in america, having been surpassed by phoenix when it comes to the fastest growing cities in the nation, texas is home to four of the top five. now, con row, texas, north every houston, fastest growing city in america, seeing increase in 2015 to 2016. frisco and mckinney, near dallas, number two and three. greenville, south carolina or greenville was fourth, georgetown, texas near austin was fifth. four decades ago, and in theatres not so far ago, first

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bright sunshine provided the perfect conditions for the wormed's largest winds surfing and tight boarding marathon. more than a thousand windsurfers, tight boarders taking part in the competition in the south of france. organizers say just 86 miles tournament is not for move advises, the top three male and female winners of the kite boarding race are all from france. >> a grandmother in china becomes an internet sensation after jumping out after plane to challenge stereotypes of what people can do in their older age. the zero seven year old went sky diving with her granddaughter. she did it without telling her

son. he says he was surprised and rather frightened that his mother took on such a daring act. next up for the ad venture us grandmother, well, she plans to do some more diving, this time in water. i'll be off a cliff somewhere? good for her. with the memorial day weekend a day away, the pools will be opening soon. cdc is alerting families about potential danger in some pools, bacteria that's difficult to control even with chlorine. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has details in our einstein healthcare science center report. this one -- >> little summertime creepiness but, outbreaks of a parasitic infection, linked to swimming pools, and water playgrounds, are increasingly being reported to the cdc. it sickens almost 750,000 people each year. >> fun in the pool, but could be something lurking in the watt their can make you sick

for weeks. >> cramp, diarrhea -- >> all sort of bacteria, even fecal matter swimming in the watt kerr usually be wiped out with normal levels of chlorine, but now, the cdc is worried about a parasite called cript tow harder to kill. >> within a minute or less, cript tow can last up to ten days. >> cript tow is spread through human feces, the cdc says outbreaks of cript tow doubled recently, with 32 outbreaks last year, linked to swimming pools, and water playgrounds. >> if you do have a pool that is infected like the cdc has been finding, you have to super color end ate the pool. >> they recommend closing the pool, treat withing high levels of chlorine, called hypo color enation, when responding to cripto outbreak. now the cdc has some new

science called crypto net, fingerprinting system, for illness that is are caused by a parasite. that's now a way that the bacteria can be tracked, for outbreaks. this can be specially dangerous for children. >> yes. >> so the warning to kids: keep your mouth closed in the pool. no swallowing the pool water. >> got that right. >> just good -- >> it is rare. enjoy the pools, enjoy summertime. >> right. >> that's what it is ball. >> and be careful. just don't swallow the pool water. >> all right. we will take a quick break, we will be righ

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>> race your glass and make a toast. today is national wine day. and we have some incredible vinyards, right here in the philadelphia region. >> as our pat gallen found out, you don't need to be in europe or the west coast to make some great wine. >> whether it comes to wine in the u.s., we think california. but pennsylvania is making a name for itself. and pens wood winery in chaddsford is one of the few wine makers that can do it

all. >> award wine, not much different than california. we understand california has a lot of history into the wine making, and to the industry, but we can produce wine, white, mostly, by even some great reds. >> gino, nature of of italy, decided to take over this location more than a decade ago, in a attempt to put p a on the wine map. succeeded by producing award winner. how does it happen? begins with a strong vine, and plenty of patients. >> takes approximately one year to prepare the soil, order the vines, then when you plant the vines, now this one, three years before it can harvest, take the next approximately five years for the vine to start producing great grapes. so you are talking about nine years. >> that's just for white wine. add an additional two, three years for red wine here in fa. vineyard manager davi says the grapes here require a little more care. >> need little bit more

attention than probably anywhere else. but we can certainly do a great job here. >> so you think it is on par with italian wine? >> it is, better. >> pennwood park not only their exceptional vineyard, but the ability to go every step of the. >> i this room is basically the fer men takes room, and the preparation room, of pre bottling. >> once it is ready to bottle these machines, which razi hands built using his engineering degree, are fired up. >> we sterilize the bottle. we fill that with nitrogen. we fill it with the wine. we cork it. we put capsules on it. we put a label on it, and back in the cage. >> arduous process, but one that's worth the wait. >> absolute. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> see how they're making wine right near our own backyard, go to pennwood winery. com for more. i'm pat gallen, cbs-3, eyewitness. >> influence taking over the winery over a decade ago, gino

has evolved his hob my a company that's now producing roughly 500,000 bottles every year. >> how about that? we'll take short break and

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> as always, if you play, good luck. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 a deadly crash in delaware. a helicopter goes down in new castle. tonight eyewitnesses recount the frightening moments as the chopper crashed to the grounds. >> also, a dangerous leak in south jersey. the flammable gas that was spewing into the air and the way officials made sure the public stayed safe. >> plus, a pitch from a philly legend, but it has nothing to do with baseball. the way mike schmidt is helping philadelphia officials in the fight against cancer.

>> spring is redeveloping across the area as well as strong thunderstorms firing up. i'll have the latest look at storm scan3, and let you know when this rain will finally clear on out. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts now. >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." there was fire. there was smoke. and everybody just running toward the site. >> and here's what's happening at 6:00. a helicopter crashes in delaware. the medical chopper falls from the sky with a deadly result. this was a frightening scene for those who witnessed the crash. official say the pilot, the only person on board, was killed. hello everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. anita o joins us live from the scene of the deadly crash. anita? >> reporter: ukee, jessica, a lot of damage and debris left behind. meantime, investigators say it is still too early to tell what brought this helicopter

down, which killed sole person on board. >> i seen the helicopter nosedive, basically a hundred yards from me. >> just before noon thursday, saw medical helicopter crash before him. >> sounded like it was out of gas. sounded like the propellers weren't moving, like he was struggling, and kind of looked up, i seen, like, going straight down. then at the last minute, then it build up of course. >> happened on north quickly boulevard near the airport in new castle county, instantly killed the 37 year old pilot, from franklinville, new jersey. authorities say he was in the middle of a training flight from atlantic city when the chopper crashed. >> i thought that chopper hit this building. that's how bad that noise was. >> "eyewitness news" has confirmed the chopper, operated by metro aviation, is used by pen star, which transports patient if and the university of pennsylvania hit system. >> there were no other injuries as a result of the crash. minor structural damage to a

shed was sustained by flying debris and flames. >> and witnesses believe the fact no one else got hurt is no accident. >> pilot must have made sure he missed all of the buildings, where it landed. unbelievable. >> and the national transportation safety board, the fa a and delaware state police are still investigating the cause of this accident. at this time they're not releasing the name of that victim. reporting live in new castle county, i'm anita oh, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, two philadelphia police officer are injured in a serious crash on roosevelt boulevard in mayfair this afternoon. investigators say, a drunk driver struck their suv and a second vehicle near levick street. this all happened in the southbound lanes just before 3:30 this afternoon. now, authorities say the injuries of the officers and the driver of the second vehicle are not life threatening. the accused drunk driver is under arrest. a flammable gas that leak for hours from a rail tanker is finally contained in a

south jersey community. the dangerous leak prompted evacuations and shutdown several local roads and part of a highway. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has the story now from logan township gloucester county. >> a cloud of flammable gas rice frost a rail tanker, as result hundredses in logan township had to be evacuated. the power was cut to the area, and people waited. >> trying to see whatever, whatever time they're going to open up, and all be still going to work. >> basically you don't want to go home and then have to come back again. >> emergency officials say the 30,000-gallon tanker was full of pro poe lean. told local company in the industrial park received it by rail and transfers and ships it out by truck. >> it was leaking from the valve. whether that val malfunctioned or not, the hazmat team is assessing it now. >> hundreds of workers were dismissed earl fry their jobs, no nearby homes were affected. children at a day care in the industrial park were safely