cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and a new proposal could have pennsylvania drivers putting down the phone and wilmington firefighters rescue a man stranded in the brandywine river. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a deadly crash in norristown which also turns out to be a crime investigation, this is the scene at main and hamilton. after a gray sedan slammed into a dark suv. the driver of the suv turns out to be a deputy sheriff on his way to work. the sedan is tabbed as a suspicious vehicle fleeing the scene before it crashed. trish hartman is live at the scene. trish, who was killed? and what are police doing to reconstruct the crash? >> reporter: authorities are not released the victim's name and detectives spend most of their

day in this intersection and the district attorney is investigating and started with suspicious activity and a car full of people speeding away. norristown police were called for suspicious activity at button wood street. when they arrived a white sedan fled from the scene and ran the red light colliding with a black chevy suburban driven by an off duty sheriff. both ended up on the lawn of the real estate office. >> they spun out of control three or four times through the intersection. >> stacey angelo was starting her workday on the pizza shop on the corner and saw the whole thing. >> i saw a young guy exit the car and took off running. the front of of the yard and down the side of the yard. >> tower people in the sedan were hospitalized and one was killed. the sheriffs deputy was treated and released and the

surveillance shows the debris flying and landing on the lawn. and later we see a person taken away on a stretcher and detectives spend much of the day reconstructing the accident. and they remove aid safe from the sedan and wrapped it up as evidence. >> you could see the hood across the lawn and the white car is dismantled it's so sad. >> the district attorney's office says that police were not pursuing the sedan at the time of the crash and the da's office says that it's too early to see if charges will be filed and the investigation is ongoing. trish hartman, channel 6 "action news." >> five vehicles are caught up in a crash on the roosevelt boulevard in the rhawnhurst section of philadelphia. the accident just before 1:00, when three of the five vehicles were heavily damaged and none of the injuries appear to be

serious, traffic on the inner and outer drive southbound was detoured while crews cleared the scene. the owner of a philadelphia day care charged with raping two 5-year-old children is out on bail tonight and tonight the state has shut down the day care. gray hall is live at 9th and south in philadelphia. the sprouts childrens center. well jim this is still an acty investigation, the state dhs shut down the facility earlier today and says it is working with parents to try to find them other means of child care and meantime as the investigation continues police are working to see if there are anymore victims out there. >> today pennsylvania dhs shut down the day care on south 9th street in south philadelphia. following the arrest of the day care's own ever 53-year-old duncan round charged with

sexually abusing two 5-year-old children a boy and girl at the day care. the state shut down the day care for gross incompetence and misconduct in operating the facility. and we learn that dhs did an on site speck at sprouts on july 26th as part of the salgations against the owner and found other serious problems related to health and safety and emergency plans and other issues. we went to round's home to get the response to the allegations but there was no answer. he was released after paying 10% of a $200,000 bail. officers say that the incidents were reported on july 25th by a third party. hours before the facility was shut down we saw kids dropping off their kids.

>> my son has been going here for two and a half years and two and a half year dropping him off here five days a week and popping in here all random hours of the day and never anything suspicious happening here and i don't believe any of these allegations. >> so back out live, we can tell you that a preliminary hearing for the suspect scheduled for august 15th like to remind you a big concern tonight for the police department they feel there could be more victims. if you think the child is targeted, contact authorities. >> thank you. we have an update to the crash involving an off duty philadelphia police officer. suspected of dui. they identified the officer, they say that nicholas harper was in his vehicle when he struck parked cars. it happened on north 6th street

yesterday morning, officer harper was taken into the cust for driving under the influence. re cues workers rushed into the brandywine river to rescue a man stranded on the rock. the rescue crew was responding to another call and they noticed the man at 6:30 this morning, using ropes and special rigging and the squad reached the man and put a life jacket on him and brought him back to shore. the man was brought to the hospital for evaluation and a spokesperson for the fire department says they don't know how long the man was stranded or how he got there. >> the residents of margate scored a small victory in their efforts to stop a controversial dunes project and a court judge granted the request for a temporary injunction and it will stop for a week. they blame it for creating

massive ponds of water on the beach. the judge asked both sides to continue to talk during the stoppage to come up with solutions. >> larry krasner picks up the endorse many of philadelphia mayor, jim kenney. krasner is a long time civil rights attorney and candidate for district attorney in philadelphia. he called krasner a reasonable, fair he says that he and the mayor share the same goal of knocking down bullies and protecting their victims. krasner faces republican beth grossman in the general election in coming november. some pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced a bill to require motorists to hang up the phone before driving. "action news" reporter vernon odom has more on this proposal to change the rules of the road. >> in delaware county suburb adults on their cell phones as they travel the busy streets for the movement ignoring or not

bothering with hands free technology. and it could legally be gone with the wind in philadelphia soon. good say some. >> people don't look what they are doing when they have it in their hands at all. >> another part of plan is to ban drivers from under 18 from using a phone in the car at all. >> it's not a bad idea to ban young drivers from using their phones. there are a lot of accidents. >> and it was the house last week with a dozen sponsors. >> the accidents with cell phone usage in general on the phone or texting and it's rampant and becoming dangerous. already forbidding drivers from using hand held phones, states in the region including maryland

and west virginia. no person should operate a motor vehicle on the highway to engage in a call while the vehicle is in motion. >> i don't drive with a cell phone at all. so if i have to make my call, i pull over and make my call. >> part two no person under the age of 18 years of age should use any hand held mobile phone including a hands free accessory. >> my son is 16 and got his license yesterday, he is only 16 and talked to him about not using his cell phone while driving. >> the bill's sponsor hopes to have it on the books next year and enforced by 2018. the initial fines are $50. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in upper darby. >> san tanneder bank donate the $5,000 to support literacy classes for homeless men and women in montgomery county. they presented the gift at norristown state hospital and

creates classes to help people transitioning from living on the street into permanent homes. coming up the 2017 class of the music walk of fame was unveiled today. >> this house in riverton is a local landmark believed to be an important stop on the underground railroad at the time of slavery, i'm nora muchanic coming up a look inside. another evening of strong storms they are scattered but this cell south of trenton prompted a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 and flash flood warnings. we'll let you know when the weather settled down in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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seven new names are added to the philadelphia music walk of fame on the avenue of the walk of arts. including powerhouse performers they announced the names they are the group labelle that consists off patti labelle and sara dash and sister sledge and white head and sister rosetta, and chris schwartz. they will be formerly inducted on october 4th. crews were putting the finishing touches on musikfest in bethlehem. it kicks off with santana, chicago and toby keith and jethro tull. 37 venders from four states offer a host of options, musikfest is in its 34th year. get all the details at 6abc.com.

find out more about the pof performers scheduled to appear and how you can get tickets. new at 6:00 a fascinating piece of history open to the public a house once a stop on the underground railroad. the first house in riverton burlington county to be designated a historic landmark. nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: it's as if time is standing still at this house on bank avenue in riverpton no knowledge as it's clothing house decorated in the style of the 1800s. owners are history buffs and thrilled that the home is designated a local historic site for its role in the underground railroad that helps slaves escape to freedom. not only caleb clothier but sara

ogden with do anything to help free and expedite the flight for the enslaved. >> built in 1851 and perched on the delaware river, it was once owned by clothier. it is believed that he and the next owners, the ogdens hid slaves in the sprawling basements. >> they would come across the river and they would hide in the baseme basements. >> it was the ideal spot. >> and now her mission to share the rich history. >> my goal it to teach the children to value history and the legacy. >> there are artifacts from the 1800s and a bricked over tunnel that is believed to help slaves access the basement.

the reason they do it is simple. >> teach them about people that lived in a small town and did the best they could to work together to help others. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." from the time i was pregnant with him,

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how many days away from the season opener are we? >> 38 days away. that is called teeing up your sports guy. we are seven days away from the preseason opener against the green bay packers. the eagles were in full pads a lively spirited practice during the goal line drills that the media is not allowed to record. jason kelsey and mccloud got into it and the to had to be separated and kelsey declined to discuss it. >> these are guys taking up for their seidman. kelsey is a veteran guy and a

leader of our group. he is just protecting his guys and i'm doing the same on my end. >> we had fun and the defense got us the past couple of days, we had to set the tone and had some fun. >> alshon jeffrey and lagarret blunt missed their third straight practice. he is not even in camp that gives the younger guys extra reps in practice. and they are taking advantage of their opportunities. >> it's great for me. i have not complained about it once, i may be dead tired but never complain about getting opportunities and the more carries i get the better i'm going to get. >> it mes a lot and when your number suppose you have to be ready for it. i am taking everything by storm and being ready for my number is ready to be called. >> the eagles are trying to shore up the defensive back field and agreed to deal with safety corey graham.

he spent the last three seasons with the buffalo bills and missed three games in his entire nfl career. to baseball the phillies home one and bad inning doesn't happen again. last night the phillies gave up seven runs in the third inning, that is mike trout with a two-run homer his 20th of the season and the phillies lost 70, and gave up three home runs in the frame an voiding getting swept tonight. the sixer have released the preseason schedule and opening october 4 and against memphis. finally back to football. today is tom brady's 40th birthday and to help him celebrate they erected a sign that said goats and they also brought out real goats to celebrate. decked out in patriots gear because we really have no idea because we have no idea why they

bring out real goats. >> thighs nice to see. >> smelly. >> that is true. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast. why visit great wolf lodge?

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more and more tax money tosends. trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. maybe not where you are but we have turbulent weather in south jersey. >> double scan live radar showing the storms are erupting over the last two hours. not as widespread but the spearing currents are so weak the cells are just sitting there and one cell i am tracking for

about the past two hours, you see near trenton south of trenton that turned severe and the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for burlington county and parts of southeastern bucks county until 6:45 and this has a risk of of 65 miles per hour winds and large hail and this is the radar showing and we have reports of flooding along route 130. this cluster is sitting there for about two hours, it started with one lightning strike and now up to 75 lightning trikes in the past 15 minutes. we can actually show you how much rain has fallen and this area is inundated with heavy rain just to the east of florence, we are picking up more than 4 inches of rain and this is causing flash flooding and we have a warning posted here until 9:15, close to 4 inches if areas, turn around and don't drown avoid route 130 if you can. double scan live radar showing we have some cells to the south

not as widespread or intense, but one cell own kent county earlier this afternoon that dumped up to 3 inches of rain we have flash flood warnings as well. allentown and reading 85 and dover with the rain down to 72 and high in philadelphia 87 degrees and dew points close to 70. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the wider view we are clearing things out and a cold front near chicago right there and what that will do is move through early saturday morning and that brings us a more comfortable air mass in time for the weekend. tonight the storms will diminish and 1-for center city and tomorrow we do it again. hazy hot and humid and we probably see more sunshine and likely hitting a high of 90 degrees and late in the afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping up and

with that humidity any storm can have heavy downpours. that front though is a humidity buster and moves through early saturday morning with the threat of showers especially down the shore. then in the afternoon the humidity dropping and sunshine is back 84 degrees and the weekend will be very nice. down the shore a mixture of sun and clouds and 81 degrees and saturday morning showers and afternoon sunshine and 83 and sunday beautiful with a high of 70. heading to the mountains 79 degrees and thunderstorms and tomorrow lower humidity and sunday should be buteautiful wi a high of 73. muggy and afternoon thunderstorms and high of 90 tomorrow and after a threat of a morning shower on saturday, low of 84 and sunshine and sunday 84 degrees and beautiful and another stormy day on monday. mostly cloudy and humid with the threat of some widespread showers and thunderstorms, could be a day similar to yesterday. 79 degrees but we clear the air

tuesday, wednesday and thursday. much more comfortable and lower humidity with highs in the low 80s and i'll have an update on the flooding situation tonight at 11:00. world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. and please join us for "action news" at here on channel 6 at 11:00. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the new report tonight that special counsel robert mueller, has now empanelled a grand jury in the russia investigation. the probe is intensifying. what we have learned tine, and what president trump's perch lawyer said just moments ago. also tonight, the young woman who texted her teenage boyfriend, encouraging him to kill himself. he did. well, today, the judge delivers the sentence. deborah roberts inside the courtroom. record-breaking heat. the wildfires and severe storms hitting in the middle of the country tonight. now moving east. severe turbulence after an american airlines jet takes off from the u.s. the pilot calling for help. dozens of passengers injured. the stunning images. what happens when you don't wear a seat bemt in the