"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. breaking news from hoboken, new jersey, a commuter trained crashed during the morning rush. one person is dead and over 100 people are injured. >> that train had to come in at 30 miles per hour and maybe more. >> passengers say the train never slowed down and barrelled through a covered waiting area and collapsed a section of the roof. some people were trapped the debris. and investigators are heading to the site. and rail service is suspended in

and out of hoboken. we are joined live now by the train station in hoboken with the latest information. good afternoon ray. >> reporter: the hoboken train station is behind me and there is a host of multiple law enforcement agencies here on this active scene. we have learned there are mutt pel critical injuries and abc news learned that at least one person has died. >> a major train accident in hobok hoboken, new jersey left more than 100 people injured. a transit train crashed into the platform leaving multiple passengers trap and damage to the station. the heart of the rush hour, authorities say the passenger train failed to stop at the hoboken terminal continuing to crash through the platform. >> i observed it at a high rate of speed and through the bumper block and through the air and came another 40 feet and came to

a rest. the force of the crash took out a support beam causinging a part of the roof to collapse. >> i look to the left and see all of this metal on the ground and pipes burst and water flowing everywhere. >> most passengers are treated at the scene while those more seriously injured are transported to the hospital. >> people in the front row were badly injured and they started yelling when they saw the blood. >> commuters are being evacuated from the terminal. all new jersey transit service into the hoboken station has been suspended. >> a new jersey transit spokesperson tells abc news that the train pulled into the station as a high rate of speed. the spokesperson says that the normal speed is 5 miles per hour. ntsb officials are on their way here. back to you. >> thank you. survivors and witnesses were the

first to report the crash on social media this morning. even before officials confirmed and they are sharing incredib considerable images of the wreckage. >> reporter: they are harrowing images. the word came from the witnesses firsthand the people right on the front lines here from that station in hoboken, they tweeted pictures and videos and photos. corey posted this image saying i am on the train, but i am all good. >> you see the station collapsing and some of the images show people covered in blood. caitlyn mccabe shows us the crash site here. you see the roof collapsing in this station there in hoboken. and this picture here she is inches away from where the train

made contact with the station. there were mass injuries there and she too is okay. but using twitter as a tool to be able to share that information with friends and family. leon shows us the aftermath in photos like this one where you see the roof collapsing and the first responders on the scene here and tweeted out thisvy where you see the incredible damage inches from where it happened. and in this shot here he too is okay and shaken up and a lot of people looking at this image now because the station is closed. they have evacuated it. these in many cases are the firsthand look at exactly how this all unfolded. this image back here now, from noah, he said the train collapses and the roof collapsed. he walked in just as it happened. he hasn't exactly been able to process it yet. there are a lot of emotions,

it's a very harrowing experience unfolding there. and on social media, as it always does, these are the firsthand look we get at situations like this. >> all right thank you alicia for that report. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, is heading to the scene of the crash in hoboken and expecting a news conference from the scene within the hour. and we have been sending you alerted and updates through the 6 abc app. you can find photos and videos and updates as this investigation continues to unfold. >> accuweather is tracking rain and some of it will be heavy. umbrellas are out at the philadelphia museum of art we are dealing with gusty wind as well. and the miserable conditions are expected to stick around. lets get the details from meteorologist, david murphy, tracking the latest. >> we had widespread rain

through much of the commute and cloudy and windy and as you take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, it's still damp, drizzle on the terrace but another band of rain is pushing over cape may county and into atlantic city before too much longer. you already have some rain there, but when you get into the yellow it gets steadier. and we'll be in and out of rain drops and showers similar to what you see on radar as we go through the rest of the afternoon and evening. obviously once that next batch of rain comes through we'll find ourselves in another bit of a lull when it picks up again. we have heavy rain particularly to the south and west of philadelphia in the overnight and early morning hours. a flash flood watch is posted into late tonight, up and down the state of delaware and back over the eastern shore of maryland and beyond. that is because we have gotten 1 to 4 inches of rain in those areas and more is possible as we go into the day and night.

and strong wind gusts rolling into atlantic city and cape may up over 30 miles per hour, a current gust up over 30 as well in philadelphia. as we go through this afternoon and this evening, the wind may pick up more, i can see 45 miles per hour gusts at the airport and maybe 35 or so in philadelphia. as a result of that on shore wind and the lunar high tide that hits tomorrow we are looking at a coastal flood warning between 6:00 tonight and 1:00 a.m. with high tide 7:00 until 9:00 tonight along the ocean front and after midnight in the upper delaware bay and delaware river and closer to wilmington and places like that. minor coastal flooding. i'll have future tracker 6 showing how we think this rain will evolve with another heavier round arriving tonight into tomorrow morning. all the details coming up. >> thank you david. of course you can track the rain with 6abc.com/weather, you can

see the stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and the seven-day forecast and interact with our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. we are learning more about the man behind a violent crime spree in west philadelphia. he was shot and killed by police after stabbing children even his own daughter. annie mccormick is joining us live. >> reporter: two children remain in critical condition, an 8-year-old and a 13-year-old. police say that the suspect is known to them and that his daughter said that she believed he was on drugs and police say during the violent rampage there were multiple reports that the suspect had a gun. >> he was not like himself, normally he was calm. i spoke to him a few times. i had no idea he would do this. >> he is talking about the suspect in last night's cam page, here in the 6200 block of

hazel, the suspect attacked his 15-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son and his son's 8-year-old friend. >> the daughter did say he was home and all of a sudden his eyes are like live, and there is no conversation and he starts to choke her and immediately stabbed and slashed the 8-year-old and turned to the 13-year-old and stabbed him multiple times. >> during the ordeal there were reports that the suspect had a gun. >> molly lives across the street and saw the suspect and heard a commotion. >> around there he ran over there and then back in the house. it was so much commotion going on. >> the suspect ran a few blocks away from a family friend's house at cobb's creek parkway. >> he immediately grabs a knife

and actually slices the 17-year-old and the 41-year-old intervened. when the suspect emerged commissioner richard ross gave this account. >> the male comes out and is actually confronted by police, he has got his hand in his pocket and they tell him several times to take his hand out and abruptly takes his hand out and fire multiple times and striking him. >> investigators spent hours scouring all the scene and police did not recover a gun but knives were found at both scenes. six to eight officers fired their weapons and they will all be forwarded to internal affairs that is protocol. the 70-year-old woman we are told remains in critical condition. recording live outside of chop, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the search is on this noon

for the two men that held up a grocery store on the temple university campus. the armed robbery happened at the fresh grocer's market. students were put on alert and asked to avoid the area, philadelphia and temple police are working the case and a third man may have been driving a get away vehicle. the parking board picked two people to fill the position of deputy director. they will lead the ppa until a full-time replacement is hired. vince fenerty resigned after sexual harassment claims. for a second woman dating back to 2006. still to come on "action news" at noon, the volunteer firefighter tackles the 14-year-old gunman that opens fire at a school playground in south carolina.

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and we are continuing to follow breaking news out of hoboken, new jersey, at this hour. a commuter train crashed into the rail station, killing one person and more than 100 other victims were injured. the train came into the station at a high rate of speed and was not equipped with positive train control, the technology designed to slow speeding trains. and federal investigators are now heading there as well. we'll have more in our next half hour. three people including three students are recovering after being shot on a playground in south carolina. it happened in townville, the shooter a 14-year-old boy is in custody. according to police he shot a teacher in the shoulder and two young students in the leg and foot. volunteer firefighter jaime brock was the one that tackled the suspect to the ground.

>> he is a proud member of the townville fire department and did nothing that other firefighters would not have done. >> the teen also gunned down his 47-year-old father just miles from the school. no word on the charges he would be facing. from our delaware newsroom. memorial services begin for one of the two wilmington firefighters killed in the line of duty. investigators have not found the cause of saturday's fire. public viewers are scheduled for tonight for senior firefighter jerrifickes, a public memorial service for leash begins on saturday at the chase center. >> the body of former prime minister and president of israel, shimon peres is lying in state. he died of complications after having a stroke. he was 93. funeral services will be held

tomorrow and several world leaders are expected to attend including president barack obama. expected to be the largest such gather in israel since 1995. does pat toomey speak for you? i also want to thank the nra for it's, uh, strong support for my campaign. pat toomey: he opposes an assault weapons ban and got an "a" rating from the nra. "i have had a perfect record with the nra." and on women's health? "i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion, and i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them." pat toomey: does he really speak for you? senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising.

we have some breaking news coming in from wilmington, delaware, where we are just told that one person has been charged in that deadly fire over the weekend. in which two firefighters were killed. apparently a resident of that area, 1927 lake view road, is facing murder charges.

two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of assault. we don't know the person's name but the investigation is continuing. but one person is facing charges for the deadly fire in wilmington saturday morning in which two firefighters, died in that fire. and one person is facing charges at this hour. we'll continue to follow that story and bring you more information as it becomes availableable to us. to another news now, many things changes as we go through life and our vision is the most notable. in today's art of aging, tamala edwards explains how to navigate the changes. >> reporter: by the summer, peggy was fed up with her worsening cataracts. >> things were dull and they were not clear. >> after the doctor removed the first cataract she could not

believe the difference. >> i came home and saw things i hadn't seen before. >> cataracts begin in middle age and the lens becomes cloudy. >> it's harder to drive at night. you may need more light to read or can't pick the color of socks and it replaces the lens with a clear implant. >> some want to be able to read without reading glasses. >> the doctor says there are other significant ones like retina damage due to type 2 diabetes. >> it makes the vessels block and bleed. >> and it erodes peripheral vision. the dry type progresses slowly but the wet type could cause

fast vision loss if not treated quickly. >> that can be treated with special medicines. >> seniors need a thorough eye exam one year or more. and peggy was glad she did not delay. the "action news" team is out working on news stores for tonight at 4:00. if you own a front loading washing machine you may be entitled to cash. nydia han is telling us what models are affected. >> you could win a night of pizza and beer with ben affleck, and matt damon and tom brady. >> sign me up. >> you can have pizza and beer with me for free. >> you are not matt damon. >> okay. coming up the accuweather forecast. david murphy has the details when we come right back.

david here now with a check of your accuweather forecast. we needed this rain. >> yes we do. and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you there is another batch of this rain coming in across cape may county, and starting to push up into southern camden and gloucester county. let get you outside.

we have cloudy skies overhead and the camera bouncing down the shore and we are looking at a windy day and winds gusting down the shore as high as 40 miles per hour later and cape may right now picking up some steady rain. it's highlights in yellow and orange. that is double scan live radar's way of showing you it's coming down enough to back up some roadways. this is lighter rain in hammonton and glassboro, if you get heavy bands it could back up the roadways. temperature at 69 degrees and winds are up there. this is a sun stained wind 20 miles per hour now. and low to mid-30s is possible for the majority of the afternoon. 65 in philadelphia, 60 in trenton and 61 in allentown and 66 in cape may.

future tracker 6 picking up the rain story from now and 3:00 and we have spotty downpours every now and then and later tonight we have a possibility of more steady rain building in. 67 is today's high and periods of rain and obviously windy out there be then tomorrow we have more rain in the morning and through the day off and on showers, probably not quite as much but it looks cloudy and damp, lets talk about tropical storm matthew, looking to become a category 1 hurricane over the next day or so. it it looks like it will go to category 2 across jamaica and across cuba. i want to point out that country there is haiti, the last place in a needs a hurricane and they are looking to be on the strong side of that storm. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast winnie and rainy today and 67 and then into the weekend and a chance of lingering showers on saturday, but not as much rain as the next

couple of days, hopefully dry but bring rain gear to temple. and 75 mainly dry on sunday. really improving there. >> thanks david. quick break and more news when we come right back. stay with us.

hoboken -- we have a tree into the train station -- we need multiple ems for multiple

injuries -- >> that was scanner traffic showing the first calls went out concerning our breaking news story out of hoboken, new jersey, a deadly crash involving a new jersey transit train. >> here is what we know, at least one person has been killed and more than 100 people are injured some of them critically. it happened at 8:45 during the busy morning rush hour. the train crashed through a barrier and barrelled into the platform and caused a section of the train station's roof to collapse. and witnesses say the train did not slow down at any point before the crash. >> reporter: a major train accident in hoboken, new jersey, has left more than 100 people injured. the train crashed into the platform leaving passengers trapped and leaving damage to the station. it h