es snarling the evening commute to say the very least. a pickup truck and two tractor-trailers collided in the southbound lanes. state police say two people were hurt. they have been taken to cooper university hospital. we can tell that you those injuries are not supposed to be life-threatening. but the commute home is slow at best. traffic just squeezing by in the left lane, although as we look at that live picture from chopper 6 it doesn't look like it is squeezing by anywhere. traffic at a standstill, backed up for what could be miles. we'll update the situation if we can. other news at this hour, police have arrested a teacher at a gloucester county school. it allegedly happened at the gloucester county institute of technology. english teacher adam mayr has been charged with allegedly creating images of private areas of student's bodies. he's behind bars on $300,000

bail. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live outside the school tonight. john, what are the details here? >> reporter: well, jim all this happened very quickly. the school was alerted on thursday. they immediately contacted authorities. and there was an arrest made in less than 36 hours. >> we wanted to make sure that we got mr. mayr out of the school so he's no longer teaching. >> reporter: 37-year-old adam mayr an english teacher at the gloucester county institute of technology is in jail charged with invading the privacy of nine of his students. it's alleged he was apparently using a camera in what is sometimes call upskirting. >> the defendant was secretly recording these individuals with a small video recording device that was being used unbeknownst to the students at the time. >> reporter: mayr's neighbor page where this photo is from says he graduated from rowan university in 2001 and had been teaching at gcit since 2002. prosecutor sean dalton says

authorities were alerted something was wrong when a student felt uneasy about a meeting with mayr. >> it's my understanding a student at gcit based upon her contact with mr. mayr felt that something was wrong and that she was being recorded. she told her parent. thankfully. >> reporter: well, the allegations of the inappropriate recordings were made in the classroom between classes or shortly after class was over for the day at the school apparently it was when students would go in to ask for help or clarify something about the assignment or the day. if you feel like you need to get in touch with investigators in this case, we'll have contact information for the prosecutors office at 6abc.com. live in gloucester county, john rawlins channel6 "action news. gym. >> thank. >> jim. >> thank you john. philadelphia police and lasalle university security are investigating a stack.

a and ice cream vendor making a delivery was stabbed in the smolder a dining hall restroom. the victim was taken to einstein medical center with nonlife-threatening injuries. the attacker reportedly in his 20's is still at large. he was wearing a lasalle sweatshirt. two philadelphia firefighters were injured today when their aluminum ladder came into contact with a power line. "action news" reporter david henry is live at temple university hospital where one of the two firefighters is still being treated and david any time something like this happens it is a brush with death. >> reporter: jim, luck way definitely on their side today firefighter eugene colter has been able to go home with his family. another has to stay here at the hospital. it wasn't much of a fire but for these two men it was a very close call. >> very frightening close call. i talked to both members and they said exactly the same

thing. >> reporter: firefighters from ladder 14 had helped extinguish a small bedroom fire at this house on the 2400 block of west norris street. about a half hour later they started breaking down their equipment. two of them had pulled this aluminum ladder away from the house. the top of it kept going into a power line. >> when it came in contact fortunately the ladder bounced back to the building. so just imagine if the ladder stayed in contact with the wires, we could have had a much graver situation. >> reporter: firefighters robert taylor and eugene colter goat a gelt from electricity a witness saw one of them go down. >> his arms just went from holding the ladder to drop down to the side of his body and he just passed right outism other firefighters quickly pulled both men away from the ladder. between them they have 23 years of experience. colter checked out okay at the hospital but taylor remains here in stable condition with third degree burns on his foot.

his fiancé parents have been here at his bedside. commissioner sawyer says this is a reminder of the dangers firefighters face every day. >> no call is routine. that's the one thing about the fire service, you have to understand is that any given day you may not go home. >> reporter: thankfully firefighter colter is already home with his family and firefighter taylor will be going home to his family tomorrow after a very close call today. live in north philadelphia, david henry, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, david. three delaware teenagers express remorse today as they were sentenced for beating a mentally challenged newark man. this video went viral after the attack last september. the judge aloud the 14 and 15 year old offenders to remain on house arrest until the end of the school year. they will then spend the summer at a facility for treatment and then be placed on probation until they turn 18. philadelphia mayoral candidate jim can kenny picked up the endorsement today from

the city's teachers union. the philadelphia federation of teachers threw their support behind the former councilman at a rally in germantown today. pft president jerry jordan says the union backs kenny because of his what jordan called consistent support for public schools and educators. these are heady times for the nova names its basketball team has been named a number one seed for the upcoming ncaa tournament and as you can understand the campus is buzzing. let's go live to villanova and "action news" reporter chad pradelli. chad. >> reporter: jim, times are good here at november v the weather is warming, the school year is coming to an end and yes, villanova is back in the ncaa tournament. now, talking with students, talking with alumni they really like this team and many people are predicting the kentucky wildcats to win it all but don't tell those here. >> we're excited definitely had a lot of people talking about it around campus. i think everyone is happy.

>> we're so excited. we have a great basketball team. we've been really supportive the entire time and we're just really happy that they've gotten everything they deserve 'cause they definitely deserve this. >> reporter: nova nation is feeling pretty good these days, a spectacular season that ended in a big east title and a number one seed in the tournament has fans students and alumni pumped. >> i think we can go really far. definitely have a lot of potential going into it. last few years were kind of a disappointment and i guess we're seeing that with espn and everyone hating on us. >> the best villanova team ever and they play as a team, which is very unique in college ball today. >> reporter: you like their chances to go deep. >> absolutely. >> 20 years since we last won the big east. can can't blee it took 20 years but those guys finally did it. we're in for hopefully a long run. >> reporter: this guy should know. this is him in his younger days knocking down the shot. he was a key player on the nova team that won the big east tournament.

>> last week they played on the big east tournament we had great crowds in here all three days and even saturday night it was great. everybody stuck around. everybody was happy. i think everybody is happy to be a part of it. >> way more excited. you know, i'm friends with some of the people, so we get to celebrate together and we have great school spirit, that's why i love villanova. >> reporter: and the team will head to pittsburgh tomorrow around 11 o'clock in the morning. there will be a sendoff here on the villanova campus that will begin between 10:30 and 11:00. for now live on the villanova campus, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, chad. the wildcats will face the leopards of lafayette college on thursday in the round one matchup and today on the campus in easton the team wasted no time practicing for the game in pittsburgh. players say being called up to the big dance is a dream. >> oh, it's just a dream come true really. everybody says that but it's really a dream come true t

everybody worked so hard just to get in the tournament and it just means so much to everybody on the team. >> yeah, it means everything. this is why we play. this is why we work hard so for all the hard work it means everything. >> lafayette won the patriot league championship to earn the 16th seed. and the march madness continues ahead on "action news." ducis rodgers and jaime apody will have more on how the teams are getting ready for the big dance and five new and improved parks in philadelphia are moving forward thanks to an $11 million investment announced today. cecily. >> yesterday we were stuck in the 40's today 55 degrees. tomorrow we'll hit the low 60's. but it won't last long. i'm tracking the winds of change in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues.

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vibrant park filled with people. >> i think it's a great idea. it will definitely help the area. there's not a lot of places to walk dogs around here. >> reporter: the fairmount park conservancy made the announcement this afternoon, big plans and big dollars 11 million provided by the knight and william penn foundations to get five park projects across the city of philadelphia moving. that includes the refurbishing of the reading viaduct in spring garden. >> it's not about how much you invest it's how impactful your investment is and every one of these is going to make this city the great place we want it to be. >> we will test the idea that a revitalized and connected set of civic assets can foster engagement retain productive citizens and ensure the long term prosperity. >> reporter: the transformation of the 25,000 square foot quarter mile viaduct which runs from broad street across 13th and 12th streets to callowhill will cost nine-point sick million dollars. the funds coming from state, city and private resources. septa still owns the land but it will eventually be sold to

the city at a price later to be negotiated. >> i work up the street. i think the neighborhood is starting to be revised. keep it going. >> reporter: those who live and work in this area say bring on the green space. >> i kind of worry that that parking situation will get worse but overall i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: these five park projects are expected to be completed in next two years. to learn more about these plans head to our web site 6abc.com. reporting live in spring garden kenneth moton channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you kenneth. federal government has awarded camden a grant to restore properties and pride in the city. mayor dana redd was joined by senator bob menendez and congressman donald norcross to officially announce $200,000 in funding from the epa. the money will be used to remove pollution and rehab or demolish blighted buildings in the mount ephraim section of camden to make way for new affordable housing.

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>> i guess leopards and wildcats don't necessarily get along. we'll see what happens in pittsburgh. >> commingling in pittsburgh later this week. villanova has had a special season. so has lafayette. by a stroke of genius the tournament selection committee has them meeting each other in their opening games. they'll play together thursday night in pittsburgh. the cats were ecstatic when it was revealed they are a number

one seed. jaime apody is live in villanova with more. jamie. >> reporter: deucis stroke of genius or just another sneaky move by the selection committee. either way jay wright and fran o'hanlon have been exchanging texts. both are dismayed this has happened. wright has told me there's nothing worse than facing a friends. let's check out his players moments ago emergeing from a team meeting focused and ready to start their journey towards the final four. their coach thinks this team could be the best he's ever had. they a you should have the best record in school history. even with winning the big east tournament and earning a number one seed, the guys say they're not overconfident. >> we have to keep getting better. we can't go in thinking we're better than we are. we can't go in being complacent being cool guys or anything like that. >> we just try to stay on each other to be humble and hungry throughout the season. we try to do that. try not to get too high on our highs and too lows on our lows.

>> humble and hungry. the team wears bracelets that says that slogan. remember a 16 seed has never beaten a one seed but wright caution that is lafayette plays a style of basketball that has given his guys fits earlier in the season. a sendoff scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. right here outside the davis center. live on the villanova campus jaime apody channel6 "action news." >> jamie thank you so much. lafayette punched its ticket last week to the tournament by winning the patriot league title leopards are hoping to make history hoping to shock the world and it's a great story line of this one. lafayette head coach fran o'hanlon played for villanova in the late 60's. he's even in the villanova hall of fame. o'hanlon knows what he's up against but he's looking for ward to it. >> it's exciting. it's exciting and scary. i've obviously i've followed villanova, i'm a villanova fan, i'm a former player, i've watched them the whole year. they're a terrific team and they scare the daylights out of me, so, you know, we know that we're in for t-, we knew

we were going play a tough team but i didn't know i was going to be playing my alma mater. >> to the eagles. how many quarterbacks does chip kelly need? and with this latest team even be used as a quarterback if signed? today the eagles worked out tim tebow an nfl source confirmed the news to us today. tebow last played for the jets in 2012. he went to training camps with the patriots. he has been broadcasting for espn. the news gets worse and worse for cliff low. phillies put the lefty on the 60 day disabled list with that lingering elbow tendon issue. surgery is recommended but lee says he will try rehab first. >> you know, high to make a decision to -- i had to make a decision of what to do and this is the route we've chosen and, yeah, i have to stick to it and hope that it works out and hopefully i can get back and pitch with the phillies this season. >> we are three week away from the season opener thankfully it's not today. phils and orioles, cole hamels

gives up five runs in two innings, chris davis with a three run homer in the first. the entire pitching staff was shelved. phillies lose 16 to four. >> say that again. >> 16 to four. >> geez. >> four squared. >> cecily tynan with the hack quieted forecast when we continue in just -- with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a

>> winds of change. here's cecily tynan and the accuweather forecast. >> hold on to your hats tomorrow afternoon your green hats for saint patrick's day. >> of course. >> wind gusts of about 40 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon. storm tracker 6 live double

scan showing tonight we have dry conditions despite the clouds. no rain falling right now and we are live on sky 6 taking a look at the boardwalk in atlantic city. lots of sunshine there. you'll notice, though, sky 6 shaking. we have some gusty winds and with the winds off the ocean temperatures along the beaches never climbed out of the 40's today. definitely in the a very nice beach day. the accuweather highlights will show that you tomorrow we do have the luck of the irish early before colder air moves in. it certainly is going to be a very chilly wednesday. tomorrow though, we'll reach a high right around lunchtime of 62 degrees for your saint patrick's day. don't get used to it, though. the winds kick up in the afternoon behind a cold front and then temperatures will be dropping by particulars clock 52 degrees and these winds will continue to gust through the day on wednesday so wednesday afternoon we're looking at 3 o'clock, wind chills, wind chills generally will be in the 30's, maybe even the 20's in the lehigh valley for wednesday

afternoon. spring officially arrives friday night so it's still winter and it's certainly going the feel like it. right now in philadelphia 55 degrees. 53 is the normal high for this time of year. temperatures just slightly above normal. millville 48. reading 51. allentown 49 degrees and then you can see the influence of the ocean wildwood currently it's only 43 degrees and beach haven right now it's a chilly 40. satellite6 along with action radar showing you can see all the clouds spilling over a warm front slowly inching through our region. there are showers out to the west and there's a possibility we could see a few spotty showers in the morning. i think the best chance will be across the poconos the northern lehigh valley and future tracker showing around 8 o'clock we'll actually see some clouds mixing with sun 51 degrees in philadelphia. 52 in wilmington. 55 in millville. so, a very mild start to the day. around lunchtime we reach temperatures in the low 50's in philadelphia but behind that cold front we clear things out plenty of sunshine

by the afternoon but future tracker showing down into the 50's in philadelphia, 53 degrees, in the 40's in allentown and this is when we'll also get those very gusty winds. so tuesday 62 degrees early and wind gusts up to about 40 miles per hour and then those winds will continue to gust on wednesday, the high on wednesday only 41 degrees. it's more than 10 degrees below normal and with those winds gusting more than 40 miles per hour, wind chills will be in the 30's. but with the high pressure we'll see plenty of sunshine on wednesday. it will be a dry day. so the call from accuweather for tonight, lots of clouds. mild night for march. 38 degrees in the cooler suburbs, about 45 degrees for center city. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 62 degrees the high for your saint patrick's day. again we reach that early in the day. then temperatures drop and the winds gust. wednesday loads of sunshine, 41 degrees. but with the winds wind chills in the 30's and on thursday, temperatures stay on the cool side 46 degrees, sun with some high clouds.

friday a pretty miserable start to spring, 41 degrees with rain, perhaps even some wet snow mixing in with the rain in the northwest suburbs. the good news is on saturday we clear that out 56 degrees, partly sunny. sunday back down to 44 and monday it stays chilly with a high of only 46 degrees. oh we get 62 degrees early tomorrow a spring tease and temperatures dropping into the 40's and 50's. >> all right, cecily. abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >> notes

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