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three-year old boy and his mother were struck both are extremely critical at this hour. monday night the big story on "action news" tonight is search for two criminal motorists who struck two children and a young adult within minutes of each other. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at 57th and warrington the scene of the fatal hit and run tonight walter. >> reporter: well, jim what a sad, tragic scene right here in southwest philadelphia we will give you a live look. it happened right here. surveillance video capture the entire thing and it is really disturbing. in the end an innocent five-year old boy has been killed and the search is now underway for the person responsible. we spoke with several people who witnessed the entire situation unfold. they say it started around 6:30 tonight when a four year-old boy darted on to the roadway near the intersection of 57th street at warrington avenue. >> i knew it was a young boy coming out of the street right behind it. when he got in the in middle of the street i heard the lady

holler go back, go back. >> reporter: but it was too late this surveillance video which ties graphic to show in its entirety reveals how driver of the vehicle involve struck the child sending him flying 15 feet down the roadway. the driver then literally runs over the unconscious youngster before speed ago way. several witnesses tried chasing down the driver but to no avail. others called 911 and tried to help. >> he stopped breathing at one time. i think he went into shock. they did find a pulse. we thought he had died. we didn'te any breathing at all but when paramedics got the here they say he did have have a pulse. >> reporter: the the little boy was transported to children's hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. raises said the only thing more heart breaking than hit and run itself was seeing the victim's mother trying to revive her son. >> i saw her when she came out. she was really, you know, it was horrible to watch. she was just crying crying for the baby's name.

it was so horrible. >> reporter: witnesses also tell us that the driver was a woman. police say it seemed the car was black and could have been an older model ford edge. any one with any information is asked to call philadelphia police. reporting live from southwest philadelphia, walter perez for channel six "action news". as for that second hit and run crash in philadelphia tonight, it happened at masher and lehigh in west kensington just before 7:00. authorities say that a 20 year-old mother and her three-year old son are in very critical condition. investigators say a late model sedan of the japanese brand possibly a nissan acura or infinity, struck the mother and child as they were trying to cross the street. the driver then took off. two people are being treated in the hospital right now for smoke inhalation following this fire an hour and a half ago in new castle delaware. the blaze broke out in the two story wood frame home in the 100 block of hill view avenue.

in the yet clear what started it, a man and woman were overcome by smoke but are now recovering at christiana hospital. this is philadelphia's khiry gay, and tonight he is a awaiting extradition back to the sit friday south carolina where he was arrested two nights ago. police say he is one of the three suspects who kidnaped robbed and tortured a five three-year old jewelry store employee on april 4th. she was abduct from the parking garage at a 733 chestnut. the atf has announced at digs of $10,000 in reward money now totaling $20,000. also in philadelphia it was mangled steel and frayed nerves on the platt bridge tonight, multi car crash, ground traffic to a halt just about 7:00. chopper six was over the scene of the accident where one vehicle ended up partly on top of another. fortunately nobody was seriously hurt, all traffic heading southbound was detoured for more than an

hour. a major construction project on the vine street expressway, is set to start in less than an hour at midnight. it may be an inconvenience to center city drivers for years to come. penndot plans to replace all seven bridges over i676. they were built in the 50's and in some cases, they are falling apart. lets look live now from chopper three, officials called many of the overpasses structurally deficient. they are past points of repair and will be torn down and rebuilt. of course that would be a major under taking but pen to the says don't worry about using the bridges in the meantime. >> they are safe. they are not weight restrict. we have not had to barricade any portions of them but we are out in front of this problem and we are concern that we get this donnas soon as possible. >> the project is budgeted for nearly 65 million-dollar. it will take at least four years done in phases. penndot says it will pause all

of the work this september when pope francis visits the city and millions of people flock to philadelphia for the world meeting of families. the "action news" morning team will be on the air the 4:30 tracking what effect the beginning of this project will have on the a.m. commute. another complication could be the rain. meteorologist cyst liz tynan is outside tonight with the latest from accu weather cecily. >> hi jim, we are at the end 3069 day stretch of beautiful spring weather. it started on saturday. plenty of sunshine. breezy day. high of 63. sunday 67 degrees. today up to 75. that is 12 degrees above normal. time for the warmer days so far, tying with last monday also 75 degrees with sunshine. even now with these wind out of the south it is 62 degrees in philadelphia pretty mild. burlington vermont is milder up to 66. pittsburgh is 65 degrees. these wind out of the south are ahead of the cold front

that is bringing rain from new york state down through the the ohio valley through tennessee valley. that system is pulling in our direction. it will be interacting with low pressure to the south that will enhance the rainfall. morning rush forecast do use caution. there will be pockets of light to moderate rain north of philadelphia so there could be ponding on roads. the the evening commute i will let you know what to expect and how much rain to expect where you live with the full accu weather seven day forecast jim. it was an erie site in atlantic city after dark tonight. this blackness hides second tallest building in new jersey the once revel casino. it has not had electricity for days. utility supplier acr energy cut power off to the site last week, that in a contract dispute with the new owner glenn straub. private security guard are patrolling the exterior of the building but no lights are on inside. straub pledged to bring in portable generators but none

of been seen so far. atlantic city is fining his company $5,000 for every day the building stays dark because it is a fire safety danger. for such a small boro colwyn sorry, over here colwyn, is experiencing an oversized political bra had had. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live outside boro hall kenneth. >> reporter: jim, it has been a wild night. the minutes after a council executive session made it official that manager paula brownies out of the job tensions erupted outside boro hall here. locks were changed. brown vowed to keep fighting. colwyn hall poured in the streets, angry residents confronted council president fred lesher. >> i am the guy who had ran the election. >> reporter: others went toe to toe with fired boro manager paula brown. >> good bye, good bye.

>> reporter: brown's allegations of credit card fraud of past and current council members led to ongoing investigations by the delaware county district attorney. >> you will take a million account and put it back in the hand of thieves. thieves. that decision came quickly brown was out of the job. >> no comment. please get that out of my face. >> reporter: nothing from council members like gray but lesher told us they a interest 30ed the boro receptionist to do brown's duty including finances and until an administrators can be hired. >> instead of having seven members of the council we had a boro manager running everything. there was too much fighting. the fighting was never going to end. >> reporter: state police were called into backup boro officers. in time things started to settle f history has taught us anything, peace does in the last for long here. worker moved into change locks at boro hall. minutes later, brown was back. >> i was going to come here

tomorrow with the solicitor and get the rest of the stuff out but for them to change the locks at this time of the night, that tells me that they are scared. >> reporter: it appears paula brownies not done fighting. she says she ace frayed financial record that need to go to the d.a. will be destroyed. former boro manager said she plans to speak with the solicitor tomorrow to figure out options, jim. reporting live from colwyn kenneth moton for channel six "action news". philadelphia police searched a warrant today at the home of the woman accused of abandoning her disable son in the wood of cobbs creek park. investigators say last week nia parlor left the 21 year-old quadriplegic a blanket and a bible. a after five days he was spotted by a passerby. parlor is in the hospital in maryland. when she is released she will be extradited to philadelphia. her sonnies in stable condition at children's

hospital. a man already serving time foreman slaughter in the killing of the toddler in roxborough has now pleaded guilty to a more serious charge. prosecutors say that in 2011 joseph zy sk punched his three-year old son jason larkin junior because the little boy was crying. jurors quick him of involuntary manslaughter but could not agree on the third degree murder charge. today zysk pleaded guilty to third degree murder instead of facing a retrial. is there hope for parents in the upper dublin school district who want school officials to do away with the tracking system. at a school board meeting tonight the officials say the system could be changed next year. critics say that the system divides students along social and economic lines. there are also concerns that the lower tracks don't properly prepare students for college. villanova's engineering school would like to think it has reach the final four of fund raising. the university tonight announced it has received four

gifts, totaling $21.5 million. the gift include a 3.5 million-dollar commitment from jane and paul var aloe, second largest gift ever made to villanova university. still to come on "action news" tonight tribute to a slain pennsylvania state trooper, you might see this tribute on a state highway. also fatal mistake we will show you camera rolling as an oklahoma officer opens fire on a suspect already in custody on the ground, and why he says it was all an accident. plus more than egg on their face some executives are going to jail for what they did to america's food supply cecily. i'm track something rain on the way tomorrow, details on what to expect where you live and is what on top behind this system in the accu weather seven day forecast. phillies take on the new york mets today in new york ducis rodgers with that story when "action news" continues tonight.

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a 37 year-old reserve deputy in oklahoma has been charged with second degree imagine slaughter for what authorities called the inadvertent shooting of a suspect . robert bates shot and killed eric harris on april 2nd. officials say he thought he was firing his stun gun. dash cam video shows an officer chasing the suspect, and then the fatal gunshot, and the confusion after that. bait is an unpaid volunteer who owns an insurance company through an insurance statement. the harris family said they are shocked, saddened and confused me of the official version of the events. u.s. district judge

sentenced four former security guard for their rolls in the shooting that killed 14 iraqi civilians in 2007. nicholas slaten was sentenced to life in prison, three others got 30 years plus one day. lawyers for all four said they would a appeal. a pennsylvania lawmakers are moving to rename part of i84, in honor of corporal brian dixon, the state trooper killed in an ambush last september, allegedly by eric frein. today the state senate unanimously passed a bill to rename the blooming grove exhibit exit where the state police barracks in memory of dickson. he was a form marine veteran, husband and fat shore once work at troop k in philadelphia. republican florida senator marco rubio entered the race for president. the four three-year old cuban american call for a new generation of leadership and took a jab at 67 year-old hillary clinton.

>> just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday. yesterday is over. >> rubio draw a contrast between him and six two-year old jeb bush. rubio joins ted cruz and rand paul as currently announced candidates for the republican nomination. these are pictures from a security camera of hillary clinton at a chipotle at lunch today in ohio. she was on that looking drive to iowa for her first campaign stop after announcing her candidacy yesterday. nobody at the chipotle, neither staff nor patrons recognized clinton as she ordered a chicken burrito bowl. she arrived in iowa, tonight. newly released surveillance tape shows the thieves who pulled off one of

the biggest jewel heist in the history of england. you can see several people dressed as workman using a garbage bin to make off with bags filled with jewels over the easter week men london. they used a specialized diamond tipped drill to break into dozens of safe deposit boxes. a seven year legal saga entered with the sentencing of jody arias to life behind bars for killing her ex-boyfriend. arias acknowledge killing travissal sand inner 2008 but said she did so in self-defense. she shot and stabbed him 30 times in his suburban phoenix home. two different juries were unable to reach a unanimous decision on her sentence. you sometimes hear of food companies being find for contamination problems but two former egg executive executives going to jail. salmonella out break in 2010 officially sickened nearly 2,000 people but officials believe, the number will be closer to 56,000 people.

a judge today sentenced 80 year-old austin decoaster and his son pete tore three months behind bars. their company has already been find nearly seven million-dollar for knowingly shipping eggs with fake expiration dates to fool customers about how old the eggs were, and also for bribing a federal regulators. three days stretch of beautiful weather is over at least for a short time. >> today is the nicest day of the week. wednesday won't be bad. tomorrow cloudy and rainy. storm tracker six live double scan showing we are still dry tonight. rain will be moving in by about dawn in our northwestern suburbs. action cam is taking a look and reminding us why we need the rain. april showers bring may flowers. the daffodils are in bloom. rainfall wise we are doing well an inch and three-quarters above normal so far. right now it is dry and still very mild. six to degrees in philadelphia with wind out of the south.

allentown 64. reading 63. millville 60. along the beaches since water is off the ocean, ocean temperature 48 degrees. temperatures around 50 degrees in sea isle city and dover currently it is 61 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing you can see ribbon of moisture. actual cold front near cleveland. this will march to the east. looking to the south we will see showers beginning to bubble up. i can say that. that will be interacting with low pressure developing and that will help to enhance the rainfall especially south of philadelphia so morning commute, lots of cloud pockets of light to moderate rain. temperatures in the the 50's. cool rain at 6:00 o'clock, 56 degrees by 8:00. future tracker showing for the morning the bulk of the rain will be north of philadelphia. lehigh valley, berks county lancaster county and on light rain south of philadelphia then as we head through the day this whole system moves down to the south. latest computer models are

track ago this low pressure further to the south. that means heavier rain will be across dover, cape may into the evening and elsewhere we will begin to dry out but lots of cloud. so for the day on tuesday plenty of cloud with pockets of rain advancing from the northwest to the south east. we are looking at a quarter inch to three-quarters of an inch for most areas. but near dover and cape may we could get an inch. good soaking there. good news the system does in the linger. pretty quick to move out. wednesday high pressure returns, mostly sunny pleasant in the as warm as today. today 75. wednesday 68. that is 5 degrees above normal. we have one day of rain and then sunshine is back. we can handle this the exclusive seven day forecast, clouds with some rain tomorrow heavier rain south of philadelphia, the high of 66 degrees. wednesday put away umbrellas, take out sunglasses, nice day mostly sunny, 68. thursday not quite as night as

wednesday, cooler and more in the form of cloud. 63 degrees. heading in to friday becoming mostly cloud which showers developing. 66 degrees. the weekend looking to be a 50/50 weekend. saturday cloud with occasional showers, high of 69 degrees. on sunday, sunshine returns, drying things out, it will be a pretty comfortable day 66. monday increasing included with a high of 66 degrees. rain will slow down the morning commute but quick hit it is out by tomorrow night. >> thanks, cecily. >> we have to make a quick correction here. earlier we were telling you the story of an honor for state troop are brian dickson who was shot allegedly by eric frein. we showed you a picture instead of alex douglas another state trooper who was shot but survived that attack. we apologize to both families. it was a night of jazz at chestnut hill college tonight. >> ♪♪ >> this is philadelphia based

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home opener for mets and they host the phillies. >> it was a good day for the mets. >> phillies have not been scoring many runs so far this season and if you thought change of scenery might have changed things think again. phillies and mets if you spent eight bucks for a beer in the stadium would you waste it by throwing it on grady sizemore. >> that is in the right. >> aaron harang on the mound come backer, with too hot to handle. that brings in daniel murphy in the fourth. one to nothing mets. defense in the fifth inning, curtis grandersons slaps it to left. ben reveer about to get the jersey dirty. that is the good. in the eighth inning this is the bad. chase utley struggled at the plate and then in the field. that ball went through his legs. next batter, travis and sacrifice fly brings in the run. phillies lose two to nothing. in seven games they have scored a total will of 16

runs. basketball now no nerlens noel for sixers tonight as they welcome a former teammate back to the center. noel sits for second straight game with the sprained ankle. that former teammate is michael carter williams. back with the milwaukee bucks. two teams met in late february. they had seven points in that one. he gets off to a good start in this one. sixers pull away in the second quarter, robert covington he lead all his team with 25 points, sixers up nine. tied game in the third. mcw, he lead all with 30 points. the sixers lose by ten. they will wrap up the season wednesday at home. still to come eagles resign one of that are own plus hear what craig beruby has to say about his uncertain job status.

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two missed post seasons in the past three years will likely lead to changes for the flyers. just how drastic? well, we don't necessity yet. we also don't know craig beruby's fate, neither does he. coach has in the spoken to the front office about his job status. front office has not given him a public vote of confidence in the last few weeks. from the outside it appears that beruby is twisting in the wind. >> it is no more uneasy then it was, before like a week ago or whatever, you know, things come out in the paper and you know about my status and all that stuff. so no, not really i'm just going about business. >> i think guys energy playing for him and they go in the next season, you know i'm in the sure what will happen obviously but we'd like to see him back. >> eagles resigned cedric thornton to the one year deal. he was a restrict free agent. thornton had two fumble recoveries in the october win

over rams and in case you are wondering, 17 days until the nfl draft. >> there you go. finally drexel university, hosted an exhibit tonight that was a testimony to second chances. many of these works were created by formally homeless artists. it is called artists for all seasons and part of the project home art program. project home aims to empower low income men and women to express their journeys through creativity. the exhibit runs through april the 24th. jim i kim ill live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guests tonight the stars of the avengers. the philadelphia music group, the war on drugs. "action news" continues at 30:00 with tamala he had washings matt o'connell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, good night.

jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. we have such a big show for you tonight. you are not going to believe it. so many stars are here tonight. but first, we're going to play a game of telephone. tonight, we have the avengers on the show. >> i have a rash. >> oh, gosh. i don't want to see that. >> i have a rash --