to the fire here at naaman's road at 8:00 and it caused the garage and upstairs apartment to collapse. they found the remains of a man inside. now to the path of destruction left in the wake of a chaotic crash in the lawn crest section of philadelphia, an out of control tractor trailer hit everything in its path before bursting into flames at a gas station. chad pradelli is live now on oxford avenue where the cleanup continues. >> reporter: that cleanup is a long process, i want to show you behind me there is the tractor trailer. you see it's gutted by fire, the crews out here have had to cut sections of it out. it was stuck on a retaining wall and they finally got it off the retaining wall and trying to get it out of here after this fiery crash earlier this morning. this video shows the roadway on

fire, a tractor trailer burns as well and flames shoot into the air and the fire is a few feet from gas pumps and firefighter as arrive and shut down the pumps and begin hosing down the trailer. it was due to a collision with the shop-rite big rig and this suv. >> i was at work and heard a big boom. i came out and saw the truck on fire. >> christopher rushed out of the neighboring rite-aid and began giving aid to the driver of the suv. >> said can you feel my hand and he said yes, he said he was disney and didn't remember nothing. he said where am i and? and i said are you living you are good. >> and initially they thought the gas pump exploded. >> it was the crashing and then

a bunch of explosions probably three or four like bombs. >> the driver of the big rig was uninjured and retrieving belongings this afternoon. it's still under investigation and names of the drivers are not released. and despite the damage this crash could have injured many more people. >> the in an iffy depot is across the street and the shop-rite is here. this incident could have been a lot worse than what it was. >> reporter: and the driver of that suv was taken to the local hospital and firefighters tell us at last check he was in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. live in lawn crest, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have breaking news now for you. this is in overbrook montgomery county. philadelphia fire crews on the scene of a high rise fire in overbrook.

it was 5:30 it broke out in the 1100 block of north 53rd street. you see smoke coming from the top floors of it earlier and if you look to the left you see the emergency vehicles with chopper 6 hd, and the 12 story high rise and so far no reports injuries and again a fire in a high rise in overbrook it happened about a half hour ago. and back to mt. airy where they had a deadly shooting and crash. a 33-year-old was shot in the head. walter perez is live. >> reporter: the search is on for a woman in the passenger seat of that suv that witnesses say ran from the scene after the crash. lets listen to video from earlier on today. this is happened at 12:30 this afternoon. witnesses say the driver of the ford expedition lost control and

careened over a curb and went airborne and landed on the subaru there. and a woman from the passenger seat of the suv climbed out of wreckage and took off on foot. the search for her continues at this hour and police would like to speak to her because after they arrived they found the suv driver suffer aid bullet wound to the temple and pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of a subaru is a professor at a local university and on his way to work at the time. any information about this case is asked to call police. >> reporting live from west mt. airy, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. new clues tonight in the search for a missing 71-year-old woman and her 5-year-old great granddaughter from south jersey. family members have still not heard from those two since christmas eve. but word came today that they may have been spotted in virginia this morning. bob brooks has the story from mays landing.

>> for this family in south jersey every passing moment their fears grow worse and worse, two family members, 71-year-old barbara and her great granddaughter, lameyer were missing since christmas eve. they left to see family in north carolina. >> i was at work. you know christmas eve and i got the phone call from my mom talking about you know we can't find your grandma or the baby. >> barbara is his grandma lamire is his daughter. and as you can imagine he is struggling now. >> trying so hard not to cry. >> he has no idea what happened. his uncle spoke to his grandma on the phone and said she was lost and now trying to remain hopeful. maybe went towards the mountains and she is stuck and car broke down and can't get there.

>> her niece says this doesn't make sense, she makes the drive often. >> she has made the drive avenue year and sometimes two three times a year. she too is holding on to hope. this is all going to help out. >> kept looking out the door last night, my twin sister was like why do you keep looking? because i'm waiting for her to pull up in that driveway. i'm just -- it's going to happen. she is driving a silver toyota rav 4, just a few hours ago the family packed their bags from here heading to virginia hopefully to find their relatives. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." emergency crews were called to rescue a worker that fell down an elevator shaft this afternoon. it happened at 12:30 at a construction site. the victim was pulled to safety after a half hour and the person was taken to jefferson

university hospital with unknown injuries. on a better note the temple owls are squaring off against the demon deacons of wake forest and sara bloomquist is live in north philadelphia where the temple alumni association gathered to watch the game. >> reporter: monica temple fans here showing some signs of life now, just like the temple owls, they have come out of the gate at the second half wa the touch down and nice interception and these fans are hoping to see more of that. a nice crowd is gathered at this off campus watering hole and alum and employees gathered to watch the game and holding out hope that temple can make history in the military bowl. if they win it will be the best season if the program's history and we spoke to these fans about the owls performance at this point and got some of their thoughts about this great season --

>> it's stuff we lost our coach the last month of the season. so really counting on the seniors to be the leaders and they are coming out flat and letting off 31 points in the first half. >> no matter the outcome of the game it has been a fun run. >> it was the past few years under matt rhule and we are excited about the if you coach coming in. he seems like a great guy. temple has had two winning seasons in a row is huge. >> the fans here are holding out hope that the owls can make a come back here in the second half of the game. they are looking better, wake forest 31 and temple 20 create now in the third quarter, temple has had really a remarkable season and memorable season and fans here hoping it will be more memorable if they can make history and win tonight. live in north philadelphia, sara

bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. coming up on "action news" tonight, legendry actress, carrie fisher dies days after suffering a heart attack. ahead star wars fans reflect on the leading lady. >> and temple takes on wake forest as you heard. jaime apody will have highlights up next in sports. and mild now 58 in philadelphia and 61 in washington, d.c., but the 30s off to the north and west. and even some 40s head our way as cooler air arrives for the second half of our work week. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

four days after suffering a

heart attack on a los angeles bound plane, actress and author carrie fisher is dead. she was 60. the daughter of hollywood royalty, debbie reynolds and eddie fisher but made a make in her own right in the star wars films and turned her addiction and mental illness into books. dann cuellar is live now with more from her fans. >> monica she was admired by both young and old and her character as princess leia transcending from one generation to another. tonight there is sadness among her fans. >> princess leia died today? >> she did? >> yes. >> that is really sad. >> the initial reaction is shock and disbelief, that carrie fisher had actually died. that is pretty intense.

no i grew up on star wars and saw force awakens and it was great to see her reprice her role. that is mind boggling. >> she was pretty good and that is sad. >> feel terrible. i'm sad. she was a good actor. >> it was characters like that of princess leia that attracted so many to the theaters to see the star wars movies over the decades. >> she was amazing, always a movie in my heart. i always loved that movie. >> we are watching star wars right now. star wars is not the same without princess leia. she like a big part of it. >> this has been a horrible year for celebrity deaths and personal deaths too. the thoughts are everybody has to go sometime but a shame as young as she was. >> that is so true, we note that carrie fisher finished filming

her role in star wars episode eight due to be released in december of next year. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir will have more reaction on the passing of carrie fisher next at 6:30 on channel 6. as you heard carrie fisher is not the only star we have lost. pop icon, george michael died in his home in england as well and abc news looks back at both of their careers, a special edition of 20/20 airs athe 10:00 and "action news" follows at 11:00. the community around rittenhouse square is celebrating hanukkah with the lighting of the menorah for the fourth night of hanukkah, families turned out to join in holiday songs and businesses collected winter coats for hundreds of men and women that are hoaxless on philadelphia

streets. and mayor jim kenney helped to mark the second day of kwanzaa today at philadelphia city hall, they lit a second candle symbolizing self determination, each of the seven days, represents a different principal. a holiday celebrating african-american culture, community and family.

south jersey wrestling coach tom morello was honored today. for years they had to practice in the school cafeteria and still posted one of the best records in new jersey. morello is now assistant to his son dave at hammonton high school. that is great. lets see if they are getting closer for the temple owls. >> finally game time they look

for the record 11th win and out in force at the military bowl. after temple went up 7-0 wake forest scored 31 straight points. owls down 31-10 in the half and woke up in the second. phillip walker to jennings, 58 yard run and catch. their second hookup of the game. jennings six catches, 146 yards and two scores already. the owls trailing 31-20 just started the fourth quarter, they are coming back but not there yet. eagles are back to work after a long holiday layoff getting set for their final game of the year. and jim schwartz has to be happy with their game against the giants, the cowboys have three more wins against anyone in the afc did not rest their starters

beating the lions. will they rest dak prescott. >> we already played him once and have film on him and romo has a track record and if they play him and sanchez, our preparation is spread thin and a lot of focus and be productive on the practice field because there is more than one scenario you have to prepare for. >> one guy have you to be more productive next year at least is nelson agholor. he had the big touch down last week. >> i would guess that nelson was saying in these areas i have done well, would have liked to have had a lot more big plays and a lot more catches. some he has say over and others he doesn't. nelson practices hard and plays hard and still maintain i think good things will come his way.

>> joel embiid an all-star in despite all of his minute restrictions, they say that the rookie deserves consideration. embiid is carrying the team on the aching back, one of the toughest of the nba, the rookie has 25 points, but cousins with 30 including the go ahead triple. they play utah on thursday. the flyers hit the ice, a full practice for the third time since the goalie injured his knee but still not ready to play. but he is be back in the lineup with his own knee injury but did not practice because of travel issues? >> the flyers had a nice four day break before hitting the ice in voorhees this morning and head on the road for a game in st. louis and on to the west coast for to after that and the flyers on pace for 100 points

and hold the second wild card spot is gm happy with that? >> it's a good question but hard question, we are happy but have a lot of work to do and be consistent across the course of the year. looking for consistency in the second half. >> consistency or win almost every game they play. >> i'll take that. melissa magee and the accuweather forecast next.

melissa magee with the accuweather forecast and one of the nicest december days i can

remember. >> it feels nice and mild monica but conditions get cooler tomorrow. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar no issues with precipitation. sky 6 hd from our city hall camera. looking at the rothman ice rink. you see a lot of folks really enjoying themselves and the holiday lights all lit up still on this tuesday evening. the high in philadelphia well above where we normally should be. the average is 42, 64, one degree shy of tying the record. saw in lancaster and 59 in cape may and 55 in trenton. the 24 temperature change showing it's 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia than yesterday and allentown and trenton 5 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago but things change into wednesday. here is satellite 6 along with action radar there is that front that came through earlier today triggering showers across the

region we have an area of mostly clear skies that heads our way. it's star lit tonight and a bit a breeze and dropping down to 30 in the suburbs and 35 in philadelphia for the low. the northwesterly wind and physical feel and be much cooler tomorrow. for the second half of our work week high pressure is in control and partly sunny and cooler and 44 for a high and then into thursday, we are tracking an area of low pressure coming up from the south and working its way eastward than will produce mixed precipitation across our region, thursday 9:00 in the morning, rain along the 95 corridor and areas to the south and east. for berks and lehigh counties, and we could find an area of quick snow before the change over to rain. by morning we are already starting to furn over, and 4:30 in the afternoon left over showers overhead.

calling for a half inch to inch of rainfall when this is all done so not a lot of precipitation. thursday clouds and rain and snow in the poconos and tapering off to rain. and in the wake of that friday it turns much colder. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast on wednesday, partly sunny and a cooler day, high temperature coming in at 44 degrees, thursday periods of rain on and off, a high temperature of 45. and on friday we have the gusty wins and a colder day and high of 40. and when you factor in the windchills it will feel much colder and winds gust up to 40 miles per hour. so this is a cold day where you need to layer up. and on saturday, partly sunny and chilly as we ring in the new year and high temperature of 40 degrees and the first day of january on sunday, clouds and some sun, a high temperature of 48. monday mostly cloudy and rain around, the high temperature

coming in at 47 and tuesday cloudy and damp with showers and high temperature coming in at 53. so we are back to where we should be for wednesday. we are tracking the rain later in the week and ushering in the cooler changes. and world news tonight next on channel 6, continues at sock on phl 17. and then of course join us for "action news" at channel 6. and for melissa magee, jaime apody i'm monica malpass we hope to see you back here at 11:00. fios in the house!

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tonight, we say goodbye to a hollywood force. carrie fisher dead at 60. the actress immortalized as princess leia in "star wars," unable to recover after going into cardiac arrest aboard an airplane. tonight, the tributes pouring in. plus, what she revealed in a rare interview right here with david on "world news." also tonight, mall mayhem in america. security stepped up after scenes like this. out of control teens in illinois. brawling in connecticut. was social media to blame? security scare. a trump tower evacuation. what triggered this scene tonight? new year's nor'easter? a winter weather alert out west. heavy snow and high winds. and all eyes on a storm system