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good afternoon in the news more protests over a man's mysterious death after he was arrested in baltimore. >> plus a man was arrested by strangers when his wheelchair falls on to train tracks and the death of a philadelphia authority parking authority worker, the 60-year-old man was pinned under a tow truck this morning. chad pradelli is live at the scene with more on perhaps. >> reporter: the fatal accident happened at 8:00 a.m., this is lot one of the philadelphia parking authority in south philadelphia. you can see philadelphia police remain on scene just moments ago, a minute or two they took away the tow truck according to the parking authority 60-year-old jeff bears was killed. he is from maple shade the tow truck operator backed up and didn't see his fellow employee and ran over him and pinned him.

he is a 13 year veteran of the parking authority this appears to simply be an accident. his family is at the hospital at jefferson hospital that is where the victim was taken and pronounced. this simply appears to be a tragic accident and appears to be no wrongdoing in terms of the tow truck driver. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. accuweather tracking rain and the possibility of strong thunderstorms this afternoon. sky 6 hd looking live at the center city skyline, a pretty picture this noon and sunny for now and that is expected to change soon, meteorologist, david murphy at the big board with more on that. >> looking at the sky 6 picture it looks like a perfect day but we are starting to see the beginnings of shower activity and lightning strikes beginning to pop up on the other side of

harrisburg and gettysburg and that is moving east over the next couple of hours it will be in the northern and western suburbs, and then in the middle of philadelphia. we have not seen any severe storm warnings don't think they will reach technically severe categories but they will produce strong, gusty winds and any thunderstorm can give you the downpour and lightning, this is partly because ahead of this frontal boundary we have warm humid air coursing up from the south south. as we look at future tracker 6 between now and all the way up to 3:30, 4:00, we are looking for the thunderstorms forming in the west, probably into the western suburbs by 2:00, 3:00 and by 5:00, coming right into the region and this is future

tracker 6's way of showing what it thinks going to happen. by dinner time to the east and then looking like spotty precipitation and cooler air coming in behind in a frontal boundary, and more tranquil in the evening, drivers alert this afternoon, gusty storms could produce wind gusts that could put debris in roadways or trash cans i would secure them and put them in the garage in case one of these strong gust producing thunderstorms come through and losing one or two of them for you. 69 in philadelphia right now and 68 in wilmington, some spots getting close to 70 but the cooler air to the west heading in along with the showers and thunderstorms we'll see the numbers spike some more. we'll let you know the parameters these storms might be

and the risks they pose. >> thank you david. stay ahead of the changes in the weather, by checking 6abc.com/weather find the storm tracker 6 radar and get the latest from our team of meteorologists. philadelphia police are trying to find out how heroin ended up in the hands of a first grader, he bought packets of drugs around and showed it around the lunch room and investigators think he got scared and threw the bags in the trash and two older students found it and brought it to adults. the two children that handled were evaluated and parents were inform and the special vestdgation unit is investigating. the school bus backed into the septa bus at the intersection of 42nd street and

fairmont avenue, engineers are evaluating a backyard ravine threatening to swallow homes in florence, new jersey erosion is a problem for years on east front street but monday's heavy rain made the problem worse and homeowners blame the water company. they are aware of the situation and working to find a cause and collusion. nora muchanic will have a live update at 12:30. a multibillion dollar expansion project is beginning at philadelphia international airport, it calls for a longer runway and interior renovations and a people mover to speed access between terminals, the work can begin now after officials signed the paperwork resolving land rights and tax issues, the project is to be completed in phases over the

next 12 years. a man was killed here on the 7700 block of roosevelt boulevard, the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control, he had to be extraicated from his car. the owner of this plumstead home was found dead inside of it after an intense fire, this is the 66 hundred block of point pleasant pike, the man is 66 years old and lived by himself. the house was packed with items that fueled the flames and was hard to fight. protests continue in baltimore baltimore, freddie gray suffered a spinal cord injury and the justice department is launching a civil rights investigation as his family demands answers,

karen travers reports now from washington. demonstrators took to the streets of baltimore demanding justice for freddie gray. >> until all of us are free! >> the 25-year-old mother collapsed in grief and his sister overcome with tears the justice department civil rights division opened an investigation into gray's death a week after he was arrested. the cause of death was a severe spinal injury but its unclear how or when that happened. officials say they are cooperating with the feds. >> we are handing over all of our documents we have for the review of this case. >> we see more of this case, from this auto panning police camera, gray and north man ran within they saw police in the neighborhood.

here someone is seen running down the street and then a police officer on the same street walking with two bicycles and squad car as arrive and then gray is seen on the ground with two officers standing over him. baltimore police say they don't know when he was injured, during the arrest or after he was put in the van. >> the mayor says it was when gray was isolated in the vehicle. >> i want answers to those questions. >> baltimore's mayor says there is questions of transparency when a police department does an investigation, she welcomes the justice department stepping in. car and travers channel 6 "action news." president obama will use this earth day to highlight the damaging effects of climate change he will visit the florida everglades and tour the national park and is expected to speak about how pollution destroys our natural treasures, in florida rising sea levels

brought salt water inland and threatening drinking water and the native species. the zero waste plan plans to reduce waste by 3 million tons by 2030, it includes an overhaul and an expansion of the city as program and provides innocentcentives to reduce waste the garbage is shipped out of the city to five different states. a missing dog is on her way home how she was found safe after a month on the run in alaska. and yards covered in toilet paper, not by vandals, the source suspected of trashing the pennsylvania neighborhood and david murphy returns with more on the cool down ahead. when "action news" at noon continues.

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collingswood new jersey was the place to be this morning for thousands of job seekers, the camden county job fair was happening here for people looking for jobz. they wanted to shine the light on the expanding workforce in the region. david is back with the accuweather forecast, nice spring day out there right now. >> right now. >> big changes in about four or five hours, it will feel entirely different and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us that most of the region is still on the dry side right now and if i go in tighter and

stretch the radar to the west you can see our first line of showers through shipensburg if they go to college they have storms there recentsly active lightning strikes. and there is a brand new highlighted in west west of frederick. outside there doesn't look to be trouble at all at the ben franklin bridge stepping out it feels mild and not too humid yet, and it's stickier and right ahead of the arriving rain, and 65 is the current temperature and the wins are out of the south south wst at 15 miles per hour and getting more blustery out there but warm and comfortable, a 70 on the map and a couple more ahead of that rain as it pushes in from the west later on. winds right now are jumping up out of the south ahead of the cold front can you see the top

of the front with the winds coming in and the front is getting closer to us and winds in the 20s in spots and millville only at 9 miles per hour. so here comes the rain, future tracker 6 from now until 2:00, we'll be looking into the western suburbs perhaps the western edge of lehigh high county we could see the development of rain and showers and maybe some thunderstorms, it looks like this will bang through the region around 3:00 to 4:00, by then we'll be looking at the potential for gusty thunderstorms mixed in along this line, most of you are watching this go to the east and by 6:00 we are done, lightning strikes can travel ahead or behind of a storm pretty easily 10 or 15 miles even if you don't have a storm on top of you give it a bit before you go out as the storm passes.

tonight is dry with a few spotty showers, the storms coming the main risk is a gusty wind not reaching severe parameters but a 45 miles per hour gust every now and then and that is enough to put debris on roadways and knocks wires down here and there. where you get the strong demeanors and storms, you can have strong risk of damage. large hail probably not but small hail is not out of the question. up in allentown the day's high is 66 degrees and mild for now and then the shower or thunderstorm comes through and the temperature drops behind it. and the shore a similar number 66 for a high. in philadelphia 71 ahead of the storms and then the storms come through and behind it the temperatures drop into the 60s and then in the 60s, big change as head and then we stay in the 50s on thursday and friday

thursday a couple of showers but not a whole lot. back into the 60s on saturday and sunday and mid-60s by monday. >> i thought the 50s would be gone until september or at least until tomorrow. a diamond just sold for $22 million, the internally flawless stone is a classic emerald cut white diamond of the highest cut and clarity. someone placed the highest bid at an auction in southbyes in new york city. >> that would cover my whole hand. >> put it on lay away. $2, thank you. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at noon, the vatican make its official, the pope will travel to cuba and we have the latest those stories and more next on "action news."

hello again here are the stories we are following for on "action news" at 12:30 a school bus and septa bus collide in west philadelphia injuring several students police release video of a violent holdup in

west philadelphia, thousands of cruise passengers stuck at sea during a fierce storm are finally back on dry land today. and in florence a steep ravine is threatening to swallow two homes. nora muchanic is live in florence now with the latest developments. >> reporter: hi rick we learned that engineers have determined that the situation here is too dangerous, it is not safe and they are asking the homeowners in these houses near the collapse site to leave their houses, they are told they have to evacuate the properties it's not really a surprise but still a heart breaking situation for the homeowners. geotechnical engineers from a private consulting companies visited the scene of the eroded hillside collapsing over the last two years, threatening two homes in