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night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is a new jersey state police department holding its breath, that after a trooper was out of his car and hit by another vehicle on i-295. this was the scene from chopper 6 in west deptford tonight. "action news" reporter dann cuellar live at cooper medical center where the trooper is it being treated. what do we know about the trooper's condition and how this happened? >> the state trooper continues to be treated here. a few moments ago one from the new jersey state police came out to tell us that the trooper suffered serious injuries although does not know his condition at this moment. >> chapterer 6 hd over the scene at 295 southbound between exit 24a and route 130 in west deptford. initial reports indicate that at about 8:00 the state trooper was conducting a traffic stop. moments later the trooper was struck by a vehicle that was passing by.

the vehicle that was stopped caught fire during the subsequent impact and spun around facing northbound on the southbound lanes. the trooper so seriously injured a medical helicopter was dispatched to transport him to the medical center in camden. southbound lanes on 295 remain shutdown between exit 24a and route 130. in addition, the left lane on 295 northbound is shutdown due to emergency vehicles that are assisting in the accident. again, the trooper's condition has not within released, but i can tell you a large number of state troopers are checking on their colleague, treated in the trauma unit for very serious injuries. from chapterer 6 hd you see the southbound lanes on 295 between exit 24a and route 30 are shutdown. the long line of traffic is backed up there as the

investigation continues. we've also learned from the new jersey state police spokesman a few moments ago that one other person was also injured during that accident, and is also being treated here at cooper. another person, the person who was in the car that caught fire is also being treated here for injuries sustained during that mishap. so we will continue to monitor the situation, and we'll update you as soon as we can. you can also follow the story on 6abc.com. live at cooper medical center in camden, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> dann, thank you. philadelphia police are investigating a serious accident that put a mother and her two children in the hospital. they were hit by a tow truck near the intersection of b and ontario in north philadelphia. the "action news" reporter christie has been following the story with the latest. >> those are the moments before a tow truck driver plowed into a

24 woman pushing a stroller. >> i heard everything from my room and when i looked out the window they were on the floor. >> it appeared the tow truck driver had a green light on the heavily-traveled b street as the woman tried to cross. garcia lives steps from the accident. >> and the woman had blood gushing out her mouth and it was sad. one of the kids looked passioned out. when they picked him up one wasn't moving. up with was crying and the other not moving. >> a good sa m samaritan rushedm to the hospital. >> a powerful accident. to watch it on video was dist b disturbi disturbing. three people, especially two young children struck by a heavy tow truck it is disturbing to watch. >> it is unclear whether they saw each other but it rattled

residents. >> i cried. i didn't know what to do. earlier i was walking with a friend and i thought wow, that could even be me. from our delaware news room a case of deja vu for wilmington police. a 23-year-old man gunned down in the same spot where another murder took place friday night, the 1200 block of west 7th street. they just finished a vigil for friday's victim, 22-year-old samuel copeland when the gunfire rang out. and a shooting sent kids to the park scrambling for safety and astray bullet into one's hold. and it pierced the window frame of the home on the 700 block of east 26th street tonight. fortunately, it didn't get inside. the family was not hurt. 63-year-old douglas kohen,

of downingtown back behind bars tonight, this time on $1 million cash bail. the police say he was out an bail yesterday when he fired six shots into a mobile home next to where he lives. inside was the girl he was accused of abusing, which landed him in jail in the first place. the girl's father was clearly shake when we visited him today, showing us where the bullets pierced his wall. living there with his two daughters. >> yeah, somebody tried to kill me and my kids, you know i hate them. i really hate them. >> kohen is charged with attempted murder, in addition to the early charges of sexual abuse. two people were arrested today after radnor police say a 3-year-old child was left alone in deplorable conditions. the child was found this morning after his father, stanley hampton, was pulled over. and the child was alone at the

regency apartments. and the child was alone and the stove heating the apartment. and the child is now in custody of other members of his family. it almost seems that the philadelphia eagles are trying to rid themselves of the chip kelly era. seeing demarco murray in an eagle's uniform the last time. >> spring cleaning eagles style. howie roseman a mad scientist checking off the boxes. and they learned a trade orchestrated sending demarco murray to the titans. wanting out so badly he reportedly restructuring his contract in tennessee, getting out of the remaining deal. and the details of what the eagles get in return is not learned until the trade is official on wednesday. and byron maxwell, he out

performed last season but some rumor that he too is for sale. and i have more later in sports. >> one question, if demarco murray is gone, and matthews is gone, who is the running back? septa's plan to extend the norristown high-speed line to king of prussia causing excitement and concern tonight. the transit agency says the expansion would add 9,000 riders a day, but the path would run next to 25 homes along the pennsylvania turnpike. septa officials met with the public don't at the valley forge radisson to address concerns. there will be two more meetings like this this month. the illegal immigrant convicted after raping a doctor in her rittenhouse square apartment serving the next 22 to 44 years behind bars. a judge sentenced milton garcia today for the sexual assault in

2014. surveillance video captured him following the 26-year-old victim home and violently forcing her into her building. after the first attack, he returned a second time and assaulted her again. the victim testified that she has regular nightmares and flashbacks, but she found the courage to move back into the city and return to work. a 65-year-old woman fought off her attacker in a similar incident overnight. in the 6700 block in philadelphia. and she had just taken out the trash when a man grabbed her, pushed her inside of her apartment and tried to take her clothes off. the victim kicked the attacker and he ran off. atlantic city police officers a bit safer tonight after a donation of 16 new bullet-proof vests. the foundation raised the funds from area businesses, casinos

and residents and visitors taking part in a raffle. before today only swat teams had the advanced body arm. and greeting airmen in new castle. members returned home from a four-month deployment to the middle east and their loved ones waiting with open arms. and grateful moms and dads got to pick up kids again and another 60 troops expected back in the next couple of days. a pleasantville police officer honored for saving a woman's life. while teaching a spin class a woman went into cardiac arrest and she performed c.p.r. and returned her pulse. and they were calling her a

hero. still to come on "action news" tonight, developments from the campaign trail tonight, and the billionaire who won't be in the race. plus erin andrews wins a lawsuit over secretly-recorded videos of her in a hotel room. what the jury awarded her. and another naked woman that brings traffic to a standstill literally on top of a tractor-trailer. you will want to take off a few layers over the next few days, not quite that money. tracking temperatures in the 70's. record warmth and how long it will last in the seven-day forecast. and jamie apody with more on the eagle's move and the end of the career for one of the all-time great quarterbacks when "action news" continues tonight.

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thanking her family and her legal team after a jury awarded her $55 million today. andrews filed a $75 million lawsuit after a stalker secretly recorded her naked in a motel room in nashville. that was in 2008. today a jury ruled that the stalker and hotel management were both at fault. the lawyers for hotel management thinking of filing an appeal. a former swim coach pled guilty today to pressuring a 16-year-old into a sexual relationship. prosecutors say that emily feeney told the boy she could get him into harvard in exchange for sex. as part of the deal on probag the next five years and register as a sex offender the next 15 years. a delaware county e.m.t. charged with secting with a

volunteer junior firefighter. and melissa givens trading videos and pictures with him and he is married to the chief of the norwood fire company. the teenager was a junior firefighter. the police and f.b.i. are searching for this gun-toting bank bandit who wore a motorcycle helmet during his hold up. threating with a hand gun on saturday morning, but he didn't get away on a motorcycle, he drove off in a gray sedan. the pennsylvania governor tom wolf used an executive order to raise minimum wage by $3 for state government employees. both signed the order in harrisburg. $10.15 an hour and affecting a few hundred state workers, mostly clerical and janitorial employees. and the minimum is the old federal of $7.25. and funeral services for

nancy reagan on friday morning. the former first lady will lie in repose at the library wednesday and thursday. she died of heart failure yesterday at her home in los angeles. mrs. reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library in simi valley. ♪ and the presidential race, voters in four states make choices known tomorrow. the democrats go to the polls in mississippi and michigan. and the republicans vote in the states too along with the idaho primary and caucus in hawaii. hillary clinton campaigned in detroit ahead of tomorrow's michigan primary. she told 850 people at the museum of aft after -- african-american history the sooner she can become nominee she can return attention to republicans. and bernie sanders in dearborn,

for the auto industry when it was not a bail-out. and trump in madison, mississippi. the protesters removed before the rally in mississippi tonight. and trump later told them to "go whom to mommy." and rubio is focussing on florida trailing trump in the polls and the primary next week. and ted cruz in jackson, mississippi much he needs to win in the south tomorrow. the former mayor michael blo bloomberg will not launch a campaign for president, fearing it will hand it to donald trump or cruz. and accuses him of running the most dividing preying on people's prejudices and fear it is.

the pentagon revealed the united states used drones and manned aircraft to an attack a training camp in somalia saturday killing 150 militant fighters. they say the terrorists preparing to launch a large-scale attack likely against african or u.s. personnel. a bizarre incident called emergency traffic problems on a highway in texas. a woman got undressed and climbed on top after semitruck and started dancing. it happened after the woman was involved in a car crash this morning in houston. >> all of a sudden she started throwing her clothes at the traffic, the oncoming traffic. she started taking her clothes off, nude when she got on the 18-wheeler. >> and the firefighters and police officers were able to coax her down after two hours, taken to a hospital for men tall evaluation. and tennis star sharapova apologizing after failing a drug test.

she admitted she was taking meldonion to treat a deficiency, but only as of january 1 was it put on a banned substance list. the doping test done at the australia open in january and sharapova doesn't know when she will be allowed to play again. the first american patient to get a uterus transplant is grateful for the chance to get pregnant of the young woman identified only as lindsey joined the doctors at the cleveland clinic as they gave an update. she went through the transplant last month and is recovering well. at age 16 she was told she wouldn't be able to have a biological child and something she refused to accept. >> from that moment on i prayed that god would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy. and here we are today, at the beginning of that journey. >> doctors say lindsey will have to wait a year before she can try to get pregnant.

lindsey and her husband have already adopted three boys. quite a story there. >> amazing. the accuweather forecast and cecily tynan. >> it seems like we're going straight from march to late may over the next few days. a little bit of taste almost of summer. and double scan showing we have rain-free conditions out there. we have some clouds that are streaming in with the warm front, and that's really capping the temperatures from dropping much. philadelphia currently 49 degrees. still 53 in reading. and the poconos right, and 53 at the atlantic city airport. and the high 11 degrees above normal but the next three days a lot warmer. and satellite 6 along with action radar showing the warm front pushing in. a few showers up across the northwest that could get a sprinkle or two, mainly dry. and cloud cover in the morning and futuretracker showing plenty of clouds around 7:00.

and the sunshine back and temperatures off to the races. we have not been in the 70's yet this year. we likely will be by about 4:00, with a good amount of sunshine after morning clouds. and then on wednesday that's when the temperatures really begin to skyrocket. we have the high pressure to the southeast. and that's the classic heat pump bringing us wind out of the southwest. wednesday, 78 degrees. that will be a new record high shattering the old record by 5 degrees, probably just as warm on thursday. and temperatures again to sellings down a little b bit -- settling down a little bit towards the weekend. and morning clouds and ample sunshine. the first day this year in the 70s and, wednesday record-shattering. the high up to 78 degrees. mostly sunny skies. and these record highs likely will fall. philadelphia the record high 73 set back in 2000. we are going to demolish that. allentown the record high 70,

trenton 73, wilmington 74, atlantic city airport is close. that one we may not break, 78 degrees. all the record highs set back in 2000. so thursday another record high, 78 degrees. and then friday, not as warm but above normal. and the weekend 59 degrees and feeling cool, but still about 9 degrees above average for this time of the year. don't forget to spring ahead one hour beginning daylight saving time on saturday morning -- sunday morning, late saturday night. and on sunday, lots of clouds and showers, 62 degrees. and monday, mostly cloudy and still above normal, a high of 59 degrees. i went and packed away all my wool sweaters today, i am saying good-bye winter. >> she is committed. >> i am, it's over. >> thank you. parents worrying about their

child's education attended a town hall on education in west philadelphia. and parents and teachers gave the councilmembers their suggestions for that i canning their schools better. jim jmy kimmel hosts the awards on abc, the second time hosting. the last was in 2012. he joked on the announcement today that he thinks that he is going to be great. and nominations revealed ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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get in return not made until it is official wednesday. and the main course dealing kiko alonso and byron maxwell in exchange for compensation. and i have been told the coordinator not a man of maxwell, why would he be? last year signed him to $63 million deal making him one of the five highest paid corners in the league. he did not perform like that. the deal saving $4.9 million in cap space and alonso basically game us nothing in return for mccoy anyway. and a legend leaves the game the right way, on top. in a press conference where his voice cracked with emotion, peyton manning said now is the right time to end his 18-year career. the super bowl champ and m.v.p. turns 40 this month. and the flyers needed to get 10 points out of the season high

homestand, and it seemed impossible. and on the winning streak the flyers are hot. and shayne gostisbehere ties it at 1-1 and was not done. and he does it again of the first two-goal came of his career. and later schenn seals the deal, and a huge win for the flyers 4-2. pulling them within two points of detroit for a wild card spot. coming up, march madness in full

spring training, the phillies taking on the pirates and they got three scoreless innings from velasquez. not much offense this is pretty much it. the r.b.i. single, and the phills blank the pirates 1-0. conference tourney. villanova three in the poll. and they head out. and quite a different look for the first time in a long time, drexel fired him after 15 seasons. and 6-25 this year and the former st. joe's sto. and looks depressed. i mean that he would become

andrews -- an analyst and looking to break a record, if a -- they were honored receiving the leadership award and the school hopes to raise nearly a half million. and "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel 6 followed by "nightline." his guests tonight, naomi watts, john legend and music from eliot sumner. and "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, good night. ♪