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new video of an armed robbery inside of a local market. what happened to a suspect after he fled the scene. and a woman is hit by two cars. the tragedy at a buck county intersection. >> but the big story is the accidents that left a school bus inside of a house. the driver jumped the curve and hit the bus incredibly nobody was hurt. it happened in blue bell, montgomery county off 202. now they are trying to determine what happened and how to remove the bus without having the house collapse. walter perez joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: we'll take you right to the scene as you can see it's quite a scene. it didn't just hit the house it went into the house at 7:45 this morning. there were 10 people inside of building and three people
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inside. and no serious injuries reported. the driver never slumped over a few children said he started hyperventilating when he hit the gas and careened into the home and we spoke with a sixth grader who stayed calm and saved the day. >> i thought this can't be happening this can't be real. isabella is describing her experience when her school bus hit a home. it went out of control and slammed into this home. isabella knew she had to do something. >> i said help us please and i saw the latch on the door and i did that with the emergency exit and i opened it and got out and he ways encouraging the kids get outlets go. >> the neighbors gathered outside and escorted the youngsters to a home nearby. the word spread to other saint
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helena parents whose children were on board. >> we talked to the before us diver and he was great and he said how was your winter and i got a call from my neighbor at the next stop, you have to come quick the bus is in a house. >> it was clear something happened to the bus driver in the moments before the crash. >> the bus driver looked completely out of it lethargic. >> isabella was happy to do her part to help her fellow classmates. >> it was good i helped some people and it was a hard time because everybody was in a lot of panic. i just did it. >> isabella is something else. back out live here the question remains is how do you remove a bus from inside of a house the
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fear is that the right side of the home will collapse if you just pull it out. the inside of the home seems like the bus broke through the first floor and cracked the basement ceiling and meantime the bus driver is being treated at abington hospital. more coming up on "action news" at 12:30. >> all right walter thank you. our coverage of this crash continues online at 6abc.com we'll pest the latest updates throughout the day and can you see photos and video from the accidents scene. now breaking news, a counselor uppertownship, hetis himself as a counselor for teenagers in crisis and meets
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with his clients at his home office and the victim was able to take photos of rivas touching her. a 28-year-old woman has died after she was hit by to cars in ben salem buck county this morning. christ anne amassy was walking on street road and that car stopped at the scene and then massy was hit by another vehicle that kept going and police caught up to it a short time later, they believe the second driver may not have seen the victim. annie mccormick will have more on this at 12:30. overseas they are looking for a flight that is believed to have gone down in the french alps. elizabeth is following the story
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from new york. >> reporter: officials say this is officially the worst plane disaster in main land france in 40 years, because the crash site is in a remote location they set up a command location and rescue works are still trying to reach the wreckage area. a plane carrying 144 passengers including two babies and six crew members, according to authorities nobody survived. >> i want to express our profound sympathy and sorrow for the families waiting this morning. >> it's owned by the german giant giant, and they changed their colors from blue and yellow to gray and black. the plane flying from barcelona
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to germany dropped from radar and then crashed in a remote area near a ski resort. the company revealed there was a routine inspection yesterday. now questions why did the plane lose altitude so quickly and why no distress call was made. >> there will be safety measurements in place to make sure an incidence like this never happens again. >> the identity of the victims not yet available white house officials this afternoon say that at this time, they do not suspect terrorism. >> this is the latest from new york channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. hundreds of students will feel the impact of cuts to the
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trenton school district the board approved a $279 million budget last night including the elimination of 226 positions and the closure of monument elementary school it was necessary to close the budget shortfall for the 2015-2016 school years nora muchanic will have a full report later today on "action news" at 5:00. >> on the weather front milder temperatures are headed our way but not right away, peeks of sunshine are trying to replace the morning clouds we woke up to winds are light and temperatures are in the 40s and things are warming up this week and we have rain to contend with as well. david murphy is at the big board with more on that. >> the problem today so far is the cloud cover it has maintained a thick overcast sky and we have drier air from the west and over the next couple of hours, we should be able to bust
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some sunshine in and it's a struggle for the sun and also for temperatures, because we are stuck with cloud cover overhead. we are at 34 degrees right now, and 33 in wilmington and the freezing mark on the nose in allentown all of these numbers are improvements and the one good thing we can say the wind coming out of the northeast today is really light and in fact, where you see all the zeros that is calm winds despite the fact we are far above freezing we don't have a big windchill to talk about. we'll get up to 43 degrees for a high than is well below the average high of 56 and 32 is the overnight low, a bit below average. we are looking at the return of milder air unfortunately that comes with precipitation, it's all from this system here, a series of low pressure systems pushing to the east and we'll get the front to the north bringing a southerly flow and
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bring up temperatures tomorrow we get up close to 50 degrees, spotty showers are only and eventually the cold front portion of this system comes in thursday night and by thursday night we get steady rain and maybe rumbles of thunder for the first time in spring 2015. i'll have it all coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. stay ahead of the changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com is it weather, you can always find live storm tracker 6 radar and the forecast, and get the latest from the team of meteorologists. they have determine that a sudden weather event caused a 30 car pileup on the new jersey turnpike last month. they say in was a flash freeze of ice that killed one person. crews had been out salting beforehand the report recommends the study to identify areas of the turnpike that may be at greater risk for icing.
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a fire caused extensive damage to this home, the flames burned through the roof of the house of the 2900 block of cherry lane, the crews got the upper hand in about 30 minutes. nobody was hurt. still to come on "action news" at noon, a mother accused of driving drunk with her 1-year-old child in the car. and angelina jolie opens up about her decision to have another major surgery and an irs scam when "action news" comes right back.
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this is new video out of michigan of a woman speeding with her 1-year-old daughter in the car. she refused to stop and led police to her home where she finally got out. it shows a case of beer in the front seat, the woman failed a sobriety test and had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. the girl is now in her father's custody. we are learning more about the victims of the large of the scam in irs history, 175 of them are from new jersey residents of the garden state lost $166,000 to scammers claiming to
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represent the irs in harassing phone calls. to date the crime has net the $15.6 million from victims around the country, the irs is reminding everyone they will contact you by letter if you owe money and never by phone or email. utah is the only state in the nation to allow death by firing squad when lethal drugs are not available. they approved it even though they say it's gruesome. but utah needs a backup excuse plan in case a shortage of lethal injection drugs continues. and the threat against president obama's niece is unsubstantiated. leslie robinson plays for
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princeton university. when they were playing the university of maryland they got a call that they were targeting the president's niece and the secret service will look into the threat. afghanistan's new president is at the white house meeting with president obama he wants the president to slow the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan, they are facing a growing threat from isis and president obama is scheduled to hold a news conference this afternoon. check out the scene in minnesota this, is the aftermath of a storm that dropped a foot of snow in the beginning of spring but it's not surprise to those residents this is a common sight in march. >> okay. and a recall with popular products sold at supermarket chains. details when "action news" come
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we are dry right now, you still see a little bit of that noise out thereof the ocean but we don't have to worry about that. as we look outside we are looking at old floory one, two, three, four, five of them in a row. every now and then there is a breeze in a picks up from the center city skyscrapers and the winds are not a problem today. at the airport they are officially calm, and it's a struggle so far because the thick clouds do not want to give up much ground you'll need a coat as you step outside and you don't have to worry about a strong windchill. trenton 32 and 33 in wilmington. man what happened to spring, and 35 at the airport in atlantic city, the winds are calm in most spots, you see the zero's and you see them pop up to 5 to 7 miles per hour and they don't look to be much stronger than
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that today. there say crush of clouds over philadelphia and you can see thinning out to the west and we think that some of that drier air will work its way in and we should see sun breaking into the picture the next couple of hours or so. 33 in allentown and clouds giving way to sun and cool conditions in the lehigh valley obviously. down the shore a high of 42, clouds mixing with sun and chilly conditions there as well. and philadelphia a high of 43 and clouds mixing with some sun later on and cool and winds from the northeast and dropling through the region at 48 miles per hour, overnight tonight we get colder and clear skies as the dry air continues to work its way in. for the evening commute, a partly sunny i'ddeaidea, chilly conditions and we are looking at the return of sunshine and by 5:30, 41 and tomorrow we see a
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bump up in the numbers, even though high pressure comes in and clouds increase the warm front will get past us and then the clouds get thicker and the rain they want to produce, we'll see spotty showers through the afternoon hours tomorrow. on thursday ahead of the cold front portion of that system two things happen it gets really mild a flow of southerly air there will bump us up to the upper 60s and even in the 70s in spots. there is 4:00 and then we get up to the later night period and you may have seen the brighter oranges and yellows to the north and west trying to get into philadelphia, that looks to us like the first of the spring season thunderstorms. you may hear it thursday night. 43 is today's high with clouds giving way to sun and tomorrow
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50 with the afternoon shower and then the forecast high of 69 and could hit 70 showers off and on during the day and the thunderstorm chance at night. cooler behind the departing front and 52 degrees and clouds and sun on friday and a winter feel continues and you could see flurries and a high of 39 degrees but by sunday afternoon, back up into the upper 40s and mid-50s monday. >> i don't like it. >> just want you to know. >> i'll take it. ahead in our next half our of "action news" at noon, more airbags snatched from cars on philadelphia new neighborhood they are keeping a close eye on now. and sea world fights back that targets criticism from animal abuse advocates.
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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again here are the story wrez following for you on "action news" at 12:30. students speak out after their school bus hopped a curb and drove straight into a house plus new details from police after a woman was hit by two vehicles in bensalem. >> and new video from an armed robbery in the logan section. the suspect that police are looking for. and now more on the scary moments for students on their
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way to school in montgomery county. a school bus went into a home on windermere drive in blue bell, no students were hurt but now officials are looking into what happened behind the wheel walter perez is back on the scene with more. >> reporter: rick, just moments ago a tow truck arrived on the scene starting to pull it out and they pulled it out five or six feet, the big question is if and when they pull out the school bus will the home be able to stay upright. it sure seems like this house would collapse if and within the bus is pulled out. we'll bring you back out live if and when that happens. the kids on board the bus say the driver never slumped over but a few of the kids said he started to hyperventilate before he hit the gas and plowed into the home we spoke
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