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lehigh and masher on monday. that is the vehicle and police are trying to track down the driver but so far to no avail. david henry is live at the scene. >> reporter: a mother and her baby son rundown and left for dead in front of their home here the toddler has now died and you can see behind me grieving family members have gathered struggle to come to terms with their loss. >> he is never going to be here again -- >> 2-year-old david died at the hospital this morning. his mother 19-year-old josephine rivera was released from the hospital this afternoon and briefly greeted well wishers david had been clinging to life for three days after he and his mother were rundown by a hit and run driver they were getting out of a car at her grandmother's home. >> he was taken from her arms
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and thrown across the street here and she could do nothing to save him and she was hurt in the process and now she has to live with burying her little 2-year-old, who was just starting his life that is so unfair. they caught this image of the car that just kept ongoing, a 2006 to 2008 white infinity m class like this one police say it had a broken headlight and some front end damage they believe there was a passenger in the car as well as the driver david says they lost a precious life. >> beautiful man always happy can't say much he was always a happy baby. >> the family now worries about other children it's a busy street that runs alongside a playground. >> these cars come flying through here and there is no signs that say slow down, there
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are children crossing nothing. i want the mayor the mayor, to hear us. >> a lot of speeding cars on these narrow streets in this neighborhood for now police are focused on one car in particular if you see a white infinity m with a broken headlight, call 911 right away and you could collect a $20,000 reward. live in west kensington david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police have yet to talk directly to the woman accused of a deadly hit and run in west philadelphia, 4-year-old abdul wilson was killed on monday after darting in traffic on litchfield. the driver contacted the police through her attorney, it was a rental car. this is surveillance video of alfred mcnamee falling on to the accept tra tracks at 30th
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street station, he suffered injuries that could have been much worse if a good samaritan not jumped down to rescue him. >> jim tonight the good samaritan says he reacted on instinct in a potentially deadly crisis but septa says his daring rescue was not necessary the man in the eagles jacket is john collins of south philadelphia look at the older man rob are the mcnamee, he take a misstep and stumbles on to the track and some horrified witnesses run and collins disregards his own safety and jumps on the track to bring collins to safety and others pulled them up. >> i saw him down and i jumped
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down and picked him up and two other guys picked him up and they got me out. collins suffered a minor leg injury but mcnamee's injuries are severe a broken back and shattered knee and broken ribs and a severe injury to his spleen that could require surgery. mcnamee went to the hospital to see -- septa says the actions were noble and courageous but prefer it to be handled north way. >> we prefer they go to the cashier book or the police they have means to stop the trains. tonight charles collins tell me his cell phone was smashed when he jumped on to the train track even as he continues to search forever full-time
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employment. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police found a suspect but no victim after an apparent shooting in wilmington this afternoon, a police captain on patrol said he saw the man fire a shot in the area of 7th and west streets, the officer recovered the gun they found blood but not the person that was shot yet. an electrician died of injuries from an accident on monday at the king of prussia mall expansion site. joseph passed away at paoli hospital. he was shocked after cutting a life cable. and now u.s. marshals fanned out across seven cities including camden. chad pradelli has the story. >> this is the police we are going to take your door!
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>> u.s. marshals hit the streets hunting down criminals like jackson, it's operation violence reduction. we met up with the men and women before dawn. >> the first job say sex offender collateral out of the state of florida that is carlos garcia, he was traced to an apartment just a block from a school. >> it results in 7,327 arrests of violent fugitives. >> the number is staggering but the u.s. marshal for new jersey says it was quality over quantity. he sat down exclusively with "action news." >> we are talking about going after the worst of the worst and the baddest of the bad and the
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violent group causing havoc in these communities. >> they cut homicide in half and stopped violence in camden. it's often visible the work of the u.s. marshals often not visiblep they are doing it longer than any other agency 225 years. >> they are the absolute best in the business. >> 84 criminals were taken off the streets in camden and 200 in new jersey and we would be remiss if we did not mention josie well a u.s. marshal that was killed during this operation in baton rouge louisiana. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." a sinkhole that disrupted commutes in montgomery county for a month is now on the fast track to being repaired. penndot announced the plymouth road bridge will be rebuilt by the end of august it was forced to close on march 12th when a
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massive sinkhole opened up and this carries 15,000 vehicle a day and the bridge could not be saved and a new one will be built in its place, the democratic candidates of philadelphia expressed their views on the public health issues affecting the city, it was hosted in sent steer and the candidates were asked about access to care and challenges to social service agencies. >> all mayoral candidates will be back tomorrow morning and they will discuss it's booming travel and tourism industry. our own matt o'donnell will moderate the event and watch the discussion live on our website at 6abc.com. it begins at 8:30, coming up on "action news" tonight, big plans are in the works to turn a vacant vactory in fishtown into a new concert venue and officials launch an effort to improve the lives of the city's
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homeless. >> it was another beautiful spring day and our luck runs out tomorrow and we'll time out the showers moving our way and what it means for the weekend in the accuweather forecast. phillies go to washington to start a series and ducis rogers looks back at the sixers season when "action news" continues.
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a concert hall and the foundry club the complex will have taverns and restaurants. the city of trenton, mercer county and the rescue mission is launching a new effort to improve the quality of life for single adults that happen to be homeless. nora muchanic has the story. >> then there is this, have you to go here and here. >> kevin mccauley is homeless like many he is frustrated when it comes to applying for services or help. >> catholic charities will help you and other places help you but you have to go here and here. >> back and forth and the run around we are homeless and don't have cars. >> that will end now the city of trenton is partnering with mercer county to open the cease center, coordinated entry and assessment. >> we'll be able to assess an individual and help him or her
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and identify what they need to end their homelessness. >> we have the social services coming here and anything not in the building there is a transportation list to that will take them to the health centser or the board of social services. >> they expect this to work they use this to reduce family homelessness 70% over the last three years in mercer. >> we wants to house them within six days. >> the idea of one stop shopping for services here is a winner for kevin mccauley, if i go to one place it's great absolutely great. and move him one step closer to fine him a place to sleep at night. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." this is wawa day, the convenience store chain is celebrating their 51st
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some young teres with special needs are getting a school of their own. they will open an autism support playground, several delaware officials got a tour. it will have custom equipment to give children with autism a chance to develop their skills and have a great time doing so. sixers brass says the team has bottomed out and now it's time to go -- >> yes that is right they have
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good pieces and they need free agents in here and they can turn things around they completed another low win season, they had fewer victories this season than they did last season if watching them lose over and over again imagine being the coach. jaime apody spoke to brett brown. >> i am glad the season is over. >> he said it and we all said it. they even tanked a new level last night allowing his players to coach. >> that was looked at the wrong day. >> i don't realize that and i don't care you should have seen the engagement the teammates made with fellow teammates they made good plays, i will build on them next year, it's not a gimmick or to belittle the environment, i saw it as an opportunity for players to talk to players and i would do it
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again. >> next year they may do the same. realistically what is the goal for next year? >> you won't like my answer everybody wants a quantity on wins, it's one and the same to keep moving us forward. >> what about the fans their patience has to be wearing thin, he take a run through the city and on those days he realizes the fans get it. >> five people stopped me and one drove alongside me for 300 or 400 yards telling me how to coach and who we should draft. i'm floored by how great the city has been. >> jaime apody channel 6 "action news." the phillies begin a four game set in washington howard is back in the lineup batting
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seventh for the first time since 2006. williams gave up five runs in five innings, ten hits, two of them were home runs one was a moon shot. and the phils lost four games in a row. the minneapolis vikings gets their running back back. adrian peterson is reinstated. he delts with child abuse charges in december and plead guilty to reckless injury charges. finally tonight, remember the grief that governor chris christie took for being a cowboys fan it appears he is trying to make amends. he was in jerry jones's suite
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high fiving the owner and d. west knew what to say. >> lets give the governor a chance say it with me -- eagle! >> eagles! >> perhaps, perhaps jim, all is somewhat forgiven. >> and perhaps not. >> all right. two high school students from south philadelphia will have a night to remember thanks to a local nonprofit organization, shania macke attends high school and got an all expense trip paid to the prom. she gets a gown and transportation. it's paid for by unit in the community.
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beautiful day but what about allergy sufferers. >> it's sufficient, i can barely talk today. >> when cecily can barely talk it's a strange day around here. >> it was worth it though it was a beautiful day. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there, there are showers west of the harrisburg and they will be rolling in in the overnight hours. and irish memorial park showing you the blue skies and sunshine and the trees are blossoming and pollen levels are certainly high the accuweather highlights show you we have a string of temperatures in the 70s this week and unfortunately it will get damp on friday the past three out of four days we have
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been in the 70s, monday 75 and tuesday we have the showers and we drop down to 63 and yesterday 70 and today's official high at philadelphia international airport 70 degrees things change on friday, temperatures mild but the clouds roll in with scattered showers, the steadiest will be in the morning hours, we are not talking about a real intense soaking generally light rain about a .10 to .33 inch of rain and later in the afternoon we could get peeks of sunshine and the chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon this evening though, it's pretty comfortable out there, philadelphia and allentown 69 degrees and trenton 66 and millville 63 notice along the beaches with the winds off the ocean it's quite a bit colder and the wind off the bay is cooler 59 degrees, this month has been relatively warm and dry temperatures running a little more than 1.5 degrees above normal and rainfall, 1.38
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inches below normal and they will spend more than a month since we have gotten a storm with more than an inch of rain we don't get that tomorrow but monday could be a soaking rain. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the high pressure that brought us the gorgeous day today is losing its strength and more high, thin clouds from the west and showers are moving across western pennsylvania they are on the way early tomorrow and tonight clouds increase and showers developing with the clouds temperatures not that cool, generally in the 50s and philadelphia 54 and wilmington 52 degrees future tracker showing take the umbrella for your morning commute at 7:00 a good band right over us and then we taper off at lunch time, still clouds where spotty showers and late in the afternoon and early in the evening we'll see some sunshine but with that sunshine and instability could get a few
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pop-up showers and even a rumble of thunder. the good news is that system is out of here on saturday and the bubble of high pressure moves in 78 degrees 13 degrees above average and it's cold front moves through dry and behind it temperatures drop down into the 60s on sunday. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds and occasional showers especially in the morning tomorrow 70 degrees and saturday gorgeous a taste of summer 78 degrees and sunday still a nice day but seasonable. 64 degrees and cooler and we cloud up late in the day on sunday and monday a soaking rain. 1 to 2 inches, and the rain is possible at times with a high of 63 degrees and it's sunshine is back on tuesday 71 and wednesday partly sunny and 66 and thursday mostly cloudy with the possibility of a shower. so the weekend will be a sunshine sandwich with showers on friday the rain on monday.
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>> thank you cecily. well, we want to send a happy birthday to our assignment editor editor editor candace and her brand new baby boy. a.j. was born at 9:46 weighs in at the pounds 7 ounces she and her husband are in awe of their bundsle of joy and can't believe he get to keep him. he is the best birthday present she could ever ask for. the downside is she won't have her own birthday ever again. world news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00, on phl 17 and at 11:00 here on channel 6. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.
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tonight, the breaking news. the terror plan. the american under arrest allegedly returning to the u.s. with a deadly platt. tonight, what authorities have most feared. an american allegedly trained by terrorists returning to america with specific targets. also tonight, the growing outrage. the pilot who flew undetected who had tourists in a panic. our team getting answers. why was it so easy for him to slip past homeland security? trapped in the cargo hold in midair. tonight, you will hear the frantic 911 call from the bell little of the plane. >> you're where? >> i'm inside a plane. i feel like it's moving in the air. flight 448. can you believe send somebody to stop it? the hit band tonight and the mals five tour bus fire, racing to escape. and the "star
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