>> we are following breaking news on this thursday, april 16. tragic developments overnight in the hit-and-run crash in west kensington from earlier this week the child who was struck was pronounced dead. >> police are investigating a fiery crash in delaware, haz/mat crews are on the scene right now. >> a surreal scene in the u.s. capitol, how did the guy land this aircraft there even though he told everyone he was going to do it. good morning 6:30,

april 16, david murphy is off let's go over to karen rogers and matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: yesterday was a gorgeous day and look at satellite and radar. we have high, thin clouds over the region, but we see no rain through the area. looking at the current temperatures 44 degrees in allentown. 47 in reading. 53 in wilmington and dover, 52 in philadelphia. 50 in trenton. 46 degrees in millville, 49 in sea isle city. it's comfortable today. today will be a day we see sunshine mixing with clouds, we're dry during the daytime hours, 68 degrees for the high, overnight low 54 degrees, feeling okay in the afternoon hours. poll rn is an -- pollen is an issue, we're tracking that today through sunday, we're on the high alert. with a passing shower later on tonight. we'll have the details coming on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, matt.

>> welcome back to you karen. good morning everybody welcome back the construction crews overnight over the vine street expressway, you can see that they have cleared from the westbound side. westbound lanes 676 reopened between broad and the schuylkill expressway, same county be said of the eastbound side. the action cam was on the scene as they did the construction shut down both sides of the vine street expressway, 676. new construction pattern on the vine street expressway as you travel this morning. once they get the eastbound side reopen you'll be facing that, the westbound side has cleared. let's go out to the tacony-palmyra bridge we had work overnight swells -- as well as as a test opening a few moments ago.

everything is okay now. cottman avenue restricting the ramp, they should be out of there shortly. i-95 all northbound lanes are closed between newark tolls and 496. stick with old pulaski pike. let's gin with two deadly -- begin with two deadly overnight crashes. a tractor-trailer smashed into a car on i-95 in delaware. the truck dragged the vehicle that burst into flames leave the driver dead. haz/mat crews were on the scene because the crash left an oil slick on the roadway. another person was killed in a separate crash in south jersey. this happened at east landis avenue new panther road after midnight. i appears the driver lost control of the car. took down a utility pole and

several electrical wires. that driver was pronounced at the scene. the intersection remains closed so crews can clean up a large amount of debris on the roadway. it is unclear why the driver crashed. a child struck by a driver in the city's west kensington section earlier this week has died. eva pilgrim joins us live at police headquarters with the full story. >> reporter: matt a 2-year-old little boy died overnight the victim of a hit-and-run monday. police are asking for your help torched the driver. this is 2-year-old david alicia, "action news" confirmed he passed away this morning from the injuries suffered from the hit hit-and-run. police are looking for the driver of the white infinity scene near the scene. they think that car has damage to the front headlight.

little david was hit as he was crossing the street with his mother. his mother was released tuesday. if you have any information about the hit-and-run, if you know who the driver is you're asked to call philadelphia police. live at police headquarters, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. investigators are confident that they have the suv involved in the other hit and return from earlier this week the one that killed a 4-year-old child in southwest philadelphia. now they have to identify the person who was driving the rented ford edge. the child darted into the street monday night. the driver hit him and rolled over him to flee the scene. wilson died at the hospital. no arrests have been mailed. florida postal worker is in police custody for giving everyone a scare on the grounds of the capitol buildings. >> the 61-year-old flew into just 100 feet away from the

capitol buildings. >> abc has the latest. >> reporter: a gyrocopter buzzing over monuments a lot of tourists heading strayed ward the u.s. capitol. >> we both looked at it, we said where the heck is that going. >> reporter: the tiny aircraft landing on the west front lawn immediately swarmed by police, the area on lockdown while the bomb squad checked for weapons and explosives, but there was no harm intended by the pilot. >> the pilot gave us a thumbs up and flew on by. >> reporter: he is 61-year-old doug hughes a postal worker from florida who posted this video online showing the training for the stunt he prepared for a year ago. >> i would rather die in the

flight than live to be 80 years old and see this country fall. >> reporter: hughes knew he could be shot down in restricted aerospace, but he did notify secret service about his plan. agents spoke with him and a friend a year ago. >> he wanted to do something that was spectacular, i was against i want from the beginning and to the end because i knew how dangerous it was. >> reporter: hughes' flight within 100 yards of the capitol buildings raising new concerns about security. >> how does an individual get that close? >> reporter: norad said it is working to find out how the systems missed it. >> it was a close call at 15th and market in center city. the man walked too close to the edge and fell on the one way track. a good samaritan jumped in to

save the person he is doing fine. three people accused of attacking two gay men in center city. all from bucks county are accused of using gay slurs and beating the couple back in september. one of the men suffered a broken jaw. defense attorney said both parties played a role and sexual orientation was not an issue. police in princeton said a man tried to lure a young boy into his car as he walked home from school. the man parked a gray minivan or suv on the curb and left the engine running and stood on the sidewalk and approached the 11-year-old and motioned him to come forward. the man opened the door and that's when the boy ran off. a 7 million-dollar settlement has been reached in the lawsuit of a temple law

student. he yelled at a cab and three men thought he was yelling at them. a nightclub served alcohol to the sail -- assailants even though two of them were under age. the group known as the retire mascot committee is looking into changing the name because of the offensive connotation also to some. >> redskins is meant to keep native american heritage alive the discussion on whether to change the name will continue into the coming school year. a car chase in houston led to a multi-vehicle crash and the suspect being gunned down by police. a group of bandits used an unconventional way to break into

a california store all caught on camera. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry but it's not going to stay that way. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up.

>> 443 meteorologist karen rogers joins us, what's going on with the weather today? >> reporter: yesterday was nice, wasn't it, today will be similar, not as pretty with high, thin clouds, you'll like it. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry currently, during the day today we're staying dry that's good news. sky6 live hd looking live in hd at philadelphia international airport, if you're flying out of town you have no weather-related problems impacting you. later tonight there will be a passing shower. 52 degrees in philadelphia. the dewpoint is 27 very low we do have fire concerns continuing today because of the low humidity, as well as the lack of moisture. the winds is out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour.

barometer is rising with high pressure buildings in the region. satellite and radar. we have clouds through the region, the thing is they are high, thin clouds, it will be a day where the sunshine filters through at times. you can see the showers popping up through the ohio valley. not a lot of rain, but a passing shower, later on tonight during the day you're dry and watching for a passing shower later on. future tracker 6 showing beyond the passing shower, tomorrow will be a day where we see showers around. this is a look at 7:30 a.m. we'll have showers coming through the area. the first half of the day is the best chance of that. the second half of the day we'll see clouds and passing showers. pass be shower today and few more tomorrow. today high pressure is keeping sunshine with the high, thin clouds, it will be filter with the clouds, but overall a nice day. cooler at the shoreline.

tomorrow we're watching a weak front coming through not a lot of moisture, with showers around. saturday, high pressure helping us out changes coming in the seven-day forecast. today it's clouds sunshine, dry during the day 68 degrees, not bad, we'll take in a. later on tonight and tomorrow we'll get spotty showers around, the first half of the day we'll have a better chance of showers 70 degrees for the high. saturday warmer and nice, 76. saturday is looking better. sunday turning cooler, 64 degrees, looks dry at this point, periods of rain on monday. monday is the wet day, high of 63 degrees, tuesday we're dry but lingering clouds around, 66 degrees, on wednesday we're looking at 64 and some bright sunshine should return to the area and not looking too bad. not a lot of moisture you can see in the seven-day forecast. monday is the real rain day tomorrow is light showers. >> well, developing right now

deadly police chase in houston is under review. police shot frank she erpd after a -- shepherd after a high speed pursuit. he got out and appeared to be reaching for a weapon. this starting pointed as a routine traffic spot. shepherd's relatives say the man had a warrant out for his arrest which may explain why he fled. police in looking for the bandits who used a slingshot to get into a store. they rushed into the collectible store and began looting. they are looking to see if the latest heists is linked to other recent thefts. time for a look at big board. oil prices are back on the prize, closing at $56 a barrel yesterday the highest price so

far this year. the spike will translate into an immediate jump in gasoline prices. united airline passes will no longer have to pay for beer and wine on international flights look out. starting june 1 all passengers can have free drinks on flights to europe, asia and south america. the airline is upgrading their food menu. >> reporter: futures are mixed. there's a free cup of coffee waiting for you at your local wawa. the company is calling april 16, wawa day. that's the day back in 1964 when the first wawa opened in folsom, delaware county. the company is giving away free coffee all day long. >> be ready the lines will be a little bit long, people love their wawa coffee. a mother from georgia is in

trouble for allegedly have sex with her daughter's friend after a drunken game of twisters. >> the dog flu is spreading for man's best friend.

>> reporter: i hope you have your taxes all paid up. and now we have a frustrating morning ride, the vine eastbound side is in the process of reopening, you can see the police officers restricting the ramble from the eastbound schuylkill to the eastbound vine. overnight construction in the process of clearing out but the crews return tonight at midnight. we have a fatal accident in buckingham township, a vehicle ran into a pole there and then went off in the woods terrible situation no power for several directions up there. holly. cong road up top. eagle town township, sycamore

street. all the overnight work on the tacony-palmyra is out of the way, check that off the list, no need to worry about that. i-95 we told you about the tractor-trailer that ran into a car burst into flames, i-95 northbound is closed, stick to pulaski highway. >> jury deliberations continue in the etan patz who vanished walking to the backup. hernandez confessed to the police the defense claims that the client is mentalitily i ill. -- mentally ill. aaron hernandez will spend the rest of the life in prison. the victim happens to be --

happened to be the boyfriend of his gee -- fiance's sister. hernandez is suspected of killing two people during a drive by in 2012. we showed you this dramatic crash of a police officer slamming into a suspect in arizona. the suspect was carrying a rifle he stole from a wal-mart after trying to set fire to a church and breaking into a house and stealing a car. the suspect survived the impact and is in jail. the suspect's lawyer said it's a case of excessive force. a georgia mother of five has lost custody of all of her children because she threw a drunken sex party for her daughter. police arrested rachel lenhart on saturday night. lenhart told the sponsor she

allowed teens to drink alcohol and smoke pot in the home. it is believed that the mom played the game twister naked with the teens and had sex with an 18-year-old. tense moments conduct on camera as a student is swept off the cliff and into the sea.

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>> good morning good to see you, 5:00 a.m. thursday, april 16. breaking this morning. >> we learned overnight the two-year-old victim of a hit-and-run in the west kensington section has died. a car fire near the airport leads to grisly discovery a burned body and the police say the victim was no stranger to the law. unexpected news for marine out west. >> david murphy is off and we have karen rogers and matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: we're looking at