suffered minor injuries cleaning up that cardboard has been quite a task. fires continue to spark as crews try to clear the charred trailer and charred cardboard they had to take it out of the cab and then douse it with water eastbound traffic is diverted at the willow grove exit, stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates on this story. including traffic conditions. now to a trio of hit and run accidents all still unsolved in the city of philadelphia these are the three victims, ages 5, 8 and 22. the 8-year-old is nazimbrown, he was run over when water from a fire hydrant knocked him off the street and into the path of a car. david henry is live. >> they are all three at large and this is a disturbing trend,

it seems more and more people are running. we have learned that hit and run accidents are far out pacing last year's. >> last year we only had three and now we have seven already this year. the victims are mostly children like 5-year-old carly green she was rundown by a light colored suv sunday evening, police believe that they recovered that vehicle, but so far no charges are filed as they try to determine who was driving. yesterday afternoon, -year-old zaz imbrown was playing where carly was hit he was playing in this water hydrant knocked him to the ground and he was hit by a car and it kept going. >> the tires when over my leg.

>> he has bruises and was sent home last night. the mother who isn't want her face shown says he is lucky. >> he is lucky blessed. >> 22-year-old parker sims was rundown at 84th and lindbergh boulevard she remains hospitalized as police look for the driver of a small green pickup truck. commissioner ramsey says that drivers that flee make it harder on themselves when they eventually get caught usually with the help of surveillance video. >> people need to consider these things we'll get you one way or the other we'll get you eventually. >> commissioner ramsey is urging drivers to avoid accidents in the first place seven people five of them children killed so far this year equalling the total of last year entirely.

david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. former delaware county teacher, has been sentenced to two years in state prison. the 55-year-old plead guilty in january to inappropriately touching students at darby township elementary school in glenolden. today the judge sentenced him to 10 years probation and lifetime registration as a sexual violent predator. eagles fans got their first look at the team this morning with an open practice at lincoln financial field chad pradelli is live at the stadium tonight, chad fans are waiting a long time to see these new look eagles. >> reporter: yes jim, it was a great day out here at the linc. the weather cooperated after early morning rain and 20000 or so fans packed the stadium to take a look at the new faces of eagles ♪ fly eagles fly ♪

on the road to victory ♪ >> the eagles fight song means one thing the birds are back, couldn't be more excited. this doesn't usually happen until september until i get to the games first time at training camp. >> the action was frenetic at the linc but off the field this offseason was just as busy. chip kelly is the new puppet master. demarco is an eagle and tim tebow is in town. >> nobody has faith in tebow and i do now be have god on our side. >> but for chip kelly it's wins not religion that matters and it appears his man is sam bradford. >> i don't know what to think of it hopefully he can do well if he stays healthy. the lines for autographs were long and old fan favorite bill

bergy called eagles fans the best in the world and due for a lombardi. >> they may not take a vacation or may not buy new furniture, or a new car but they will renew those season tickets every single year. >> if you missed today's event don't worry there is another free practice come this sunday at the linc. >> thank you chad. on the political front katie mcginty made it official she announced today she is running for the u.s. senate. she vows to fight for manufacturing and clean energy jobs and minimum wage increases and to make college more affordable and accessible. she will face joe sestak in the democratic from time to timery the winner challenges pat toomey next november. a vote is scheduled in concord township that could see a local wawa in chadds ford to

be the first in pennsylvania allowed to sell beer. annie mccormick is live in glen mills. is there an early line on how this vote is expected to go? >> well, there is a number of businesses in this area that are selling beer and people are wondering why can't they get a beer with their hoagie and wawa is wondering that too. and they have several locations in the tri-state area with the bulk of them in pennsylvania, it could mean the beginning of beer sales across the state. >> wawa goes before the board tonight seeking approval to sell six-packs of beer at their neiman road colleagues in chadds ford. this would be the first wawa to sell beer in pennsylvania their proposal complies with philadelphia regulations. grocery stores have gotten

permission to sell beer. some residents had concerns. some are indifferent and others say why has it taken so long. >> in pennsylvania you have the outlets and it's really not that inconvenient they do a nice job also, i don't see a benefit either way. >> it would be convenient absolutely, instead of having to go to a liquor store or beer distributor. i live down the street grab a sandwich and some gas and a six-pack. >> this would just be for the sale of beer at that one location in chadds ford but could expand beyond that. why do they have to go before the board? wawa says if they ever change ever of their product lines they have to get township approval and if the township is at quota or over quota of licenses they

must get township approval as well. we'll learn more at tonight's 6:30 meeting. reporting live, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." new jersey state police hopes someone can identify this woman. it has been a long time. this is a composite sketch of a woman that was found along the delaware river shore line in january of 2014, the unidentified body was discovered in west depford the cause of death could not be determined. the woman is between 5'5" and 5'7" inches tall and had salt and pepper hair that appears to be died brown and no scars and no tattoos. a group of protesters gathered this morning outside of an air gas share holders meeting at the franklin institute in philadelphia they say that air gas treats their workers poorly and use discriminatory pay

practices. they locked out -- to hospitals and labs leading to a three state labor dispute. coming up on "action news" tonight the coast guard rescues a man knocked off his fishing boat you'll hear from the man that treaded water for four hours before being found and we go back to the eagles training camp jeff skversky is live with how the open practice when for the team. and we hit 90 degrees today day eight of the heat wave, we are tracking storms for our region and the big cool down with the accuweather forecast.

this is dramatic video as a man from williamstown was being hoisted up from the atlantic ocean, that is where he spent four hours trying to stay alive. >> i'm screaming i'm here i'm here, the waves were so bad, lightning bolts were striking like right next to me. >> damion sexton was not wearing a life jacket when he was swept over his boat the sea robin there was only one other person aboard. >> he saw. >> but the boat didn't stop, because he didn't know how to stop it. >> he didn't know how at first to override the craft's auto pilot but made a may day call and sexton started following the

sea robin but it was miles before it slowed. >> i thought it was easy for me to die if i don't give 110%. the may day call brings a boat and chopper, time was critical. >> we knew he had been in the water for a critical time and his chances were decreasing. >> amazingly sexton is found and made it to the sea robin after swimming and hypothermia is a concern and the chopper lifts him from the deck. he explains what kept him swimming. >> keep going i don't want to leave my wife and kids without a husband and father. >> asked when we was not wearing a life jacket? >> because i'm an idiot i will never do that again. >> a close call and lesson learns the next order of business to buy state of the art life vests with tracking lights

and using them. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> the manager of a delaware cemetery and three employees are facing charges tonight. for taking brass urns from burial sites and scraping them for cash. the urns went missing from the sharon hills memorial park in dover, delaware state police say that edge elmelvin and donald melvin sold the urns on several occasions. theft charges are still pending and police are trying to track down donald melvin. police recruitment classes got an early start for a field trip to washington the group boarded buses bound for the holocaust memorial museum. the defamation league partners with the museum lessons of the holocaust. philadelphia has taken part in this program since #.

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first of two open practices fun to see these guys on the field a great treat for fans on the field and the new players get a feel for the stadium. for chip kelly it's all about flat out wins. jeff skversky is here with more on the workouts chip kelly asked about his relationship with the players today, chip says he respected all of them and does not have time to sit around and have coffee and chit-chat, they are not holding hands singing kumbaya. chip is all business and all football and fans love him for it. >> chip! chip! >> reporter: eagles coach chip kelly got one of the biggest ovations before practice at the linc, they are chanting chip, chip chip, if they don't win

this coach will hear the boo birds. he blew off this season with nine new starters but kelly is breezed with this team's progress. >> we are head of where we have ever been because of the amount of reps we get in the spring we go hard in the spring, there is a reason for that so when we come back it's not starting over again, it's picking up where we left off. the limited amount of mental hours for us as a coaching staff is impressive. we have a group that studies hard and if they didn't take six weeks off and seeing what they did in the first days from a mental standpoint. >> brian westbrook was among the alumni, b west scoring a big time honor being inducted into the eagles hall-of-fame during their monday night game against the giants in object. he says it's a great honor they love him here at the linc.

>> just like rocky they love the underdog, like a guy from a small school working his butt off to win the game and i can relate to the public, people in the stands that is me that is who i am. >> he admits it's difficult going back to the super bowl they lost to the patriots. and demarco marchurray did not practice on day because because of his hydration levels, but he was there today and eagles fans love him. >> jeff thank you. to baseball now, jimmy rollins back not with the phillies but back in the building j. roll returns to citizens bank park, his first game back in philadelphia sin the trade and he caught up with old teammates for 15 seasons he

calld this place home and now writing a new chapter, he was asked if he was looking forward to this day? >> no not anything i circled on my calendar, people around me for sure are excited but phones have been going off all day. i had to tell people stop texting me so much, atted end of the day it's just another baseball game, it's about winning and losing not just me coming back to philadelphia. >> he hopes to get four hits tonight. >> as long as the phillies win we are okay with that snool cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in a moment.

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after more than a week the heat wave is over? >> this should be the final day of the heat wave, 93 today we hit 93 four times during this heat wave. tomorrow 89 degrees is the forecast high. it will be close but i think it will be in the 80s, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we are rain free right now we are tracking some storms right now working out of baltimore and the d.c. area and they could clip southern new jersey and southern delaware later on tonight, but today the action cam is taking a look at lake pine in medford, new jersey seeing the blue skies and sunshine and it's nice to be near the water on a day like today, it was hot today's high 93 degrees, the only day of temperatures in the 90s and 21 days so far this year with temperatures in the 90s but it looks like we'll get an extended

break from the heat as we head through tomorrow and the rest of the week, still holding at 90 in philadelphia and millville and dover, and trenton 89 degrees and the board walk in atlantic city dropping down into the low 80s and the humidity levels in most of our region is low philadelphia and areas north the dew points are dropping and they are below 60 degrees, a dry air mass but notice though it's still humid in dover with a dew point of 71 degrees and areas to the south with higher human the best chance of seeing storms tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar you can see this arcing of storms right now working out of the nation's capital and this is all pressing to the east so we'll likely see some storms south of philadelphia in the overnight hours future tracker 6 showing at 10:00 some storms in south jersey and off the coast and lower humidity as we head through the evening hours tonight a comfortable night for the viewing area and a few

storms to the south and 70 is the low in philadelphia and allentown dropping to a comfortable 60 and millville checking in at 70 high pressure is buildsing in and this will bring us a seasonably warm breezy day with lower humidity you'll feel the difference in the air mass, the afternoon high is 9 degrees and south of 90 that means the heat wave is officially over. i think that is what is going to happen. thursday cooler air arrives and increasing clouds and the afternoon high s&p 82 degrees and this low pressure could bring us a soaking rain on friday depending on how far north it gets, we need the rain and friday temperatures likely not even out of the 70s, that is definitely cool for august down the shore mostly sunny and warm and not as hot as today 86 in beach haven and ocean city rehoboth and bethany checking in at 87 the exclusive accuweather

forecast tomorrow sunny and seasonably warm with breezy lower humidity and high of 89 degrees, thursday our high drops down to 82 degrees and increasing clouds and rain arrives thursday night and friday calling for periods of rain the high a cool for august, 75 degrees and then on saturday transition day morning clouds and perhaps a lingering shower and breezy and 79 degrees and sunday looking to be the better of the two days this weekend. plenty of sunshine and pleasant and 83 degrees, heading into monday mostly sunny and we warm up to 86 degrees and tuesday grab the umbrella and thunderstorms with a high of 86 degrees and an update on storms in philadelphia coming up on "action news" at 11:00. finally tonight a number of kids put on their dancing shoes today to kick off a fundraising event part of the month long raising our kids campaign at

dupont hospital for children the efforts culminate in a radio-thon at the hospital and if these kids were not entertainment enough the philly phanatic showed up to give his dancing moves today. world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and adam joseph and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, the grows emergency. the white house watching. fire tornadoes breaking out in a middle of an exploding wildfire. thousands of families evacuated. while in the east tonight severe storms in boston late today. new york overnight and the deadly circus tent collapse. meantime a the a this this hour the most powerful storm on the planet. outbreak. the growing number of cases in an airborne disease showing up in two states. the manhunt at this hour. the man armed and dangerous, wounding two officers. neighbors warning to stay indoors. and who makes the cut for the first big debate and the two candidates who will right there in the middle.