salt trucks are deployed as dropping temperatures could lead to another mess on the roadways. massive pile ups on icy road leaves three people dead and dozens injured. the so-called flash freeze and

then heavy rain, caused a day of difficult, and very dangerous conditions. sunday night and the big story on "action news" is a deadly dangerous day on area road and now the the possibility of more icy conditions, overnight. >> that is right sudden freeze this morning took commuters by surprise and now with the wet road and dipping temperatures in the overnight hours, as drivers will need to be on alert for more dangerous black ice. >> we have team coverage tonight "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live on the schuylkill and wendy saltman on 202 in king of prussia but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with what we can expect overnight and into the morning, melissa that will be the big concern. the in moisture is moving off to the north and east and temperatures dropping below 32 degrees and that will lead to patchy ice and black ice. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you this is moisture we had in the delaware and lehigh valleys north and west we had icing concern and then rain on that

95 corridor south and east and pushing up north into. and we have a soak ago cross much of delaware and lehigh val toys day. the florence township in burlington county. washington township 2.10. philadelphia ace daily record reported to day at philly international, coming in at 1.84. a record in wilmington, 1.62 in the rain. kenneth square 1.29 inches of moisture overhead. temperatures tonight, that is the big story, along i-95 corridor we are above freezing at 35 in the city. here's the problem, allentown, reading and lancaster, temperatures at freezing or below, 26 out to the west and lancaster and these numbers will keep on dropping off as we go through the overnight the hours. future tracker six showing you at midnight numbers are below freezing and wake up tomorrow morning at freezing mark, in philadelphia below freezing in trenton, 28 degrees down to reading and

lancaster. we will talk about the concerns and what we can expect as we get throughout the overnight hours into the morning rush temperatures will be dropping below 32 degrees, so refreeze is likely if it is not the already occurring, this is mainly for puddles, standing water, secondary road really any untreated surfaces. coming up we will take a closer look at the forecast and let you know how big a concern the patchy ice is tomorrow morning many >> reporter: that was not the only deadly accident or multi vehicle crash that they dealt with today. horror on the the schuylkill

and just before 7:00 a.m. a flash freeze caused multiple crashes including this one in upper merion, montgomery county, described as a chain reaction with three separate accidents involving 56 vehicles killing one and injuring 30. listening closely to this cell phone video capturing the chaos moments later. >> unaudible. >> reporter: thirty-one year-old eric blah of philadelphia died after he left his disable vehicle and was struck by a car. you can see drivers running to help someone pinned and hear their calls to 911. one person shouts a warning to watch for incoming traffic that had yet to be shut down. >> both side watch the car coming the other way. >> reporter: "action news" viewer who survived the pile up sent in these photos telling us he simply closed his eyes and prayed for the best as he began to slide. there is so many injuries, buses, came into transport those hurt to area hospital. state the police had another grizzly scene in radnor township delaware county on 476, and a double fatality

where a tractor trailer jackknifed, three vehicles who could not avoid the big rig slammed underneath. two drivers identified as thomas brennan of lansdale and jason anderson of dover delaware died, a third driver suffered major head trauma another 11 vehicles crashed in the same location and at least four were taken to the hospital. it didn't end there. near the 476 tragedy, object route three this woman described the the multi vehicle accident that she survived. >> i was frightened. i thought that was the end of me. i just thought it was the end of me, but, i'm still here by the grace of god. >> reporter: and state troopers telling us tonight that the majority of those people that were taken to the hospital, are expect to be treated and released, tonight. reporting live along the schuylkill expressway ann ie mccormack for channel six "action news". first responders were forced to deal with icy conditions as they made their

way to help others. action cam was at frankford avenue and margaret street in the frankford section. a philadelphia fire department ladder truck slid on the ice and jackknifed. fortunately no one was injured. penndot is doing what it can to avoid similar problems in the coming hours. "action news" reporter wendy saltsman is live along route 202 where crews are already preparing wendy. >> reporter: well, the worst here up near king of prussia mall are starting to dry out but with temperatures dropping they are becoming very slick in some areas, especially here in the northern counties penndot trucks are hitting the road to make sure that the tomorrow's commute is smoother and safer than today. penndot called in their troops this evening to salt road and minimize slipping and slide ago this led to those dangerous pile ups across our area this morning. >> had to go to work this morning and i sat in traffic for an hour an a half. >> i'm hoping tomorrow will be better. >> reporter: most commuters have been able to stay off the road this weekend many could

be making a treacherous trek on ice cover street back to work and school in the morning. >> i'm any of us because i drive to downingtown for school and i commute from like the pottstown area so, i'm just hoping maybe there is no school. >> reporter: at 8:00 trucks loaded up and started salting road that were already beginning to freeze, 135 trucks began working on highways mostly in chester and bucks county. >> i was on the phone with my mom, saying i need to get home. i live out in the reading area and there is black ice every where. temperatures dropping. >> reporter: tonight at midnight 22 more trucks will start salting philadelphia and delaware counties. >> you have in control over your car and you just slide. it is really scary. >> reporter: traffic jams wet road and news of deadly crashes, had some drivers worried about tomorrow's drive. >> typically you just have to take your time and just, don't end up in a ditch somewhere. >> reporter: penndot says

drive slow, give yourself extra space and be careful of slick spots or just stay inside. >> when i see icy road, we had this morning, i make sure i wait until everything is cleared up before trying to get out and venture out on the road. >> reporter: now as expected that penndot will be working throughout the night until the road are that you had, and now the biggest worry thinks black ice. we have in the seen a whole lot of snow on the road this season, but it is the the ice that you cannot see that is proving to be a much more dangerous hazard. live from king of prussia i'm wendy saltsman for channel six "action news". in the garden state state police handled more than 400 crashes and for a time, new jersey transit suspended all bus services. situation was worse in central and northern new jersey as compared to south jersey. still commuters all across the the state were forced to navigate highways littered with damaged vehicles from spin outs and crashes. new jersey turnpike and pal said parkway were among

highways shut down. over in post say i can this fire truck was spinning wheels as you can sianni pedestrians had a hard time getting around. ice caused problems a little further north in new york the freezing rain hit a little later but with the same results. drivers lost control on the slick pavement. this pickup truck driver slid coming out of his driveway and other drivers could not avoid hitting that truck. bridges, tunnels and even part of the insuring state throughway were closed because of the slick conditions. six abc to the come hats been updating dangerous conditions, all day long, log on to see photos submitted by "action news" viewers as well as get latest weather and traffic conditions at anytime visit six abc.com from your phone tablet or computer. investigators are still trying to find the person who fired gunshots near the home of vice-president joe by men delaware. the last night around 8:25 officers heard several gunshots before a vehicle sped off. the vice-president and his

wife doctor jill biden, were in town yesterday but out for the evening. officers set up a perimeter around the home and check the property but no arrests have been made. authorities say one person was questioned, but it was determined that person had nothing to do with it. we will have have much more on the investigation at 11:35. faa is investigating a frightening incident last night at insuring's jfk airport. jet blue says one of the planes avoided a take off after another aircraft suddenly crossed the runway. the pilot had to slam on the brakes when a caribbean airways plane crossed the runway without authorization. the jet blue flight bound for austin texas arrived safe and sound early this morning, passengers were thankful for their quick thinking pilot. >> i commended him. i said thank you very much. he did a great job. >> when they said a collision was inevitable if we didn't brake i was just like what? >> jet blue officials say they are working to determine just how close the planes were to

colliding right there on the runway. much more to come on "action news" tonight a pro golfer is trying to piece together howell he ended up bloody and robbed. we will hear from him about his strange ordeal. but first why possible presidential contender says president obama should in the let his girls listen to beyonce. it was a nfc championship game for the ages jeff skversky has highlights in sports when "action news" comes right back.

president obama gives his state of the union address tuesday night this weakened it was all about the presidential race in 2016. the candidates a appeared on speeches and sunday talk shows today. 2012 g.o.p. nominee mitt romney told a crowd he is giving serious consideration to the the future. 2008 candidate mike huckabee appeared on abc this week to pitch a new book and criticize the president for allowing his children to listen to beyonce. >> some of the lyrics, he won't listen to with his daughters because item bar racing him. here's my point fit is embarrassing to you why would you possibly think it is good for your children to put tonight to their head. >> the president is set to unveil a set of proposals which could challenge the new republican control congress. he will propose new taxes on

the wealthiest americans and new fees on big banks to raise money for programs for middle class families. hunt for a couple referred to as a teenage bonnie and clyde has ended in florida. eighteen year-old dalton heyes and his 13 year-old girlfriend, was arrested just after midnight in panama city. earlier this month they vanished from their hometown in western kentucky and allegedly went on a multi state crime spree. authorities say they broke into homes, forged checks and stole three pickup trucks along the way. officialness florida will extradite the teens back to kentucky this week where they are expected to face felony charges. the mystery of what happened to australia professional golfer robert allenbee in hawaii friday night continues. >> i got hit knocked out cold from what i have been told, i was thrown in the trunk of the car and then dumped about six or 7 miles away from where i was. >> so allenbee says he does not remember anything after

having dinner and drinks with his caddy in honolulu. caddy left the for another bar but something happened to allenbee moments later. he awoke in a park with home less people. one came to his aid. >> there was the navy guy, army guy he helped me get out of there and pay for a tax toy get back to my hotel. >> allenbee's caddy is certainly that the wine was drug. still to come tonight today's battle between packers and seahawks will certainly go down as one of the best post season games ever. jeff will show you a few of the greatest minutes in football you will ever see. rain is clearing out but temperatures are falling, looking live at sky six in hd over center city meteorologist melissa magee has your exclusive seven kay forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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melissa is here with another check from accu weather, very wet day, heavy rain road still wet and now temperatures dropping, not all a good combination. >> it is not a good combination, any rotation where you have standing water with temperatures tonight especially north and west dropping below freezing right new there will be a concern as you wake up tomorrow morning. give yourself extra time for the commute. you can see it is dry it is quiet, and no more ice, and rain but we have a concern as we go throughout the the the rest of the overnight hours.

we will show you the the picture outside sky six live in hd, down the shore in atlantic city and we have a pretty quite it and we will go through the overnight hours and atlantic city. we have pick up more than an inch and a quarter worth of rainfall, it is moving up. in philadelphia, it was a soaker as well daily rainfall, record reported at the airport with 1.84 inches breaking an old report of an inch of rain setback in 1930. outside tonight it is all about the temperatures and you can see these numbers on the 95 corridor at freezing mark or higher. thirty-four in the city. thirty-six in trenton. thirty-eight in atlantic city. thirty-nine in beach haven. looking to the north and west and we are seeing problems reading 32, freezing mark in allentown lancaster at 26 degrees. even though moisture has departed north and east you can see these numbers are coming back down below freezing especially with the northwesterly win.

big concern for patchy ice and blackizes specially north and west at the moment. satellite six with action radar, shows you this is what we had across our region earlier today. you can see that moisture pushing up into areas have of upstate new york and northern sections of new england. you cane cloud starting to clear out and break a apart across much of the mid-atlantic region. we will talk about what we can expect into monday morning, watching out for that black ice mainly for standing water any puddles you have around, secondary road i think main road will be, okay, a as far as driving on them but secondary road will be an issue, driveways and sidewalks, also a concern. the as we press forward and go into monday the big issue will be wind gusting in the morning anywhere from 23 miles an hour in philadelphia to 25 miles an hour in allentown and go throughout the afternoon hours and we will have gusts as high as 30 miles an hour. concern overnight early tomorrow morning will be area of patchy blackizes specially where there is standing water and wind kick up on the back

side on monday, i should say it will be windy. accu weather forecast showing it sunny and windy tomorrow high of 40 degrees formatter inn luther king junior day of service, on tuesday turning cloudy, a high of 41, on wednesday we are tracking a clipper system that will move on through, rain and snow shower likely, it all depend on the timing, high temperature coming in at 38. chilly on thursday. the breezy too. high temperature 38. friday, still below average and at 36 degrees and saturday a mixture of sunshine and cloud and 38 and we are backup in the 40's as we get into sunday with a high temperature next sunday of 42 degrees. big concern, icing overhead and meteorologist david murphy will have an update and changes in the forecast tomorrow morning at 4:30 guys. >> thanks, melissa. the "action news" team will be tracking weather conditions throughout the the night to make sure you are prepared to get where you need to go tomorrow. join david, tam, matt karen for very latest weather and traffic at 4:30.

up next on "action news" super bowl teams are set. >> jeff is up next to tell house will face off in super bowl 49 when "action news" comes right back.

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well, two years after a fall that tore up her knee u.s. skier lindsey vaughn is back on top. she skied through fog and soft snow to win a demanding downhill race to match world cup all time record for wins. one more win and it could come tomorrow and she will break the the 35 year-old record of 62 world cup wins, vaughn says that she never stopped believing in herself. jeff skversky has sports i really didn't care who won but that was one of the best playoff games i have ever seen in my life. >> flat out incredible. what a finish today. green bay packers well, the the history of playoff melt downs. do you remember fourth and 26? freddie mitchell's ridiculous catch in the eagles divisional

game, back in 2004. come on who could forget 11 years ago eagles came back down 14 on the packers, thanks to mitchell's fourth and 26 catch from donovan mcnabb well, tonight in seattle packers blow a a 16-point lead biggest collapse in championship game history. pick it up seattle down five, 2:09 left, seahawks recover the kick off the hand of brandon bostic. seattle gets it the takes another look, it slips away from green bay and it leads to this, marshawn lynch in his gold plated shoes, worth every penny, 90 seconds left, 24-yard run. seahawks up three. packers get the ball back, they drive down field, 14 seconds to go, mason crosby got got it. 48-yard field goal. tied at 22. going to overtime don't jump yet. seattle wins the toss and the game, in overtime. the in sane come back end like this, russell wilson for

jermaine kearse seattle comes back to win 28-22. biggest come back in champion ship game history. seahawks running for their second straight super bowl. wilson breaks down in tears wishing his late father was here to see this all. >> i seen a lot of great games and a lot of sports and i think the resilience of our football teach is unmatchable and the character of the the guys that we have, and belief of the guys that we have, that is what makes the difference. >> we were a better team today. we played well enough to win. we cannot blame anybody but ourselves. >> so the the seahawks are the first team in playing in back to back super bowls since the brady bunch beat mcnabb and eagles. speaking of new england, yeah, they are going back to the super bowl again. tom brady going for the sixth time just unreal andrew luck has had no luck with new england, zero and four, blown out every time including tonight. how about gilbertsville native

and boyer town grad james devlin a touchdown for brady. then braid toy his offensive lineman nate shoulder the 320 pounder goes 16 yards patriots win by 38, they are going to the super bowl for the eighth time tied for the most in nfl history. >> my teammates i could not be more proud of them. we have worked our tails off to get to this point and it is nice to close the deal, baby. we have one more to go. the it is for you guys our fans, thanks for your support. we have had some ups and downs this year but right now we're up baby. we will try to stay up for one more game. >> so super bowl 49 is set, seattle and new england two weeks from tonight february 1st in air zone, last time a patriots team won was february 5th, 2005 in jacksonville, yep against the the eagles. we will be right back.

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