plan, they passed the slightly modified bill this afternoon and marked the legislative win by inviting lawmakers to the white house today. we'll have more coming up today. meanwhile more in the way of breaking news. it's wednesday afternoon i'm brian taff. >> we are getting to a hit and run in bucks county and a drive remains at large after killing a bicyclist in bucks county. they have identified kevin williams as the victim in last night's crash. it happened at 8:00 at the corner of bristol pike and corson street. williams bike was hit by a mercedes sedan like the one that is pictured. similar to the vehicle involved in all of this. they say that the license plate features an eagle on it and come close to the striking vehicle. this is what police say that vehicle looks like in the hit be

run in bucks county. police are investigating a suspicious fire in the tacony section of the city. neighbor as long knorr street near gillespie heard loud pops and it burst into flames and firefighters put the fire out before it spread. no injuries were reported this with this. and detectives are trying to find out how an 18-year-old was shot last night. he was stand ago long grays fathery and heard gun fire and realized he was shot in the leg. he told officers he never saw the shooter and another bullet flew down the block narrowly missing a family. lets go to cecily tynan in for adam today. >> what a difference the past two days, temperatures in the 50s, today it's quite a bit

cooler and you see sunshine returning and monday 50 and yesterday almost felt like spring. 58 degrees and this afternoon 10 degrees cooler than that. still that is 5 degrees above normal. it feels a lot of cooler in comparison to yesterday. and double scan live radar showing moisture to the south and rain moving off the coast of the carolinas, the clouds are a lot thicker today and the clouds are clearing out this afternoon and what this will do is lead to a seasonably cold night. temperatures right now 45 degrees in philadelphia. but if you look to the north and west, cleveland 34. sault st. marie 22 degrees and temperatures will be dropping into the 20s tonight as we start to welcome in winter. your evening planner showing 6:00 holding at who degrees and 8:00, 38 degrees and 10:00, 35 and overnight low down to 29 degrees in philadelphia. and i'm tracking a big warm-up

toward the holiday weekend but that comes at a price. tile aucabout that in the full accuweather forecast. back to you. >> thank you. as we mentioned at the start of the newscast republicans are celebrating a major legislative win in the passage of their tax plan. the senate pass tropical disturbance last night and the house voted again today. and it goes to the president. and the president is celebrating today. kenneth moton joins us with the very latest. >> president trump's first legislative win a sweeping tax overhaul. we are making america great again. you haven't heard that have you? >> the president sounded by gop lawmakers who helped to pass the trillion dollar rewrite of the tax code. >> the tax code and jobs act is passed. they passed it along party lines in the wee hours of morning and a revote in the house after a

hiccup. they are promising tax cuts to help the middle class. the message is that your tax relief is on its way. democrats focused on the tax cuts for the corporations and rich. >> tax cuts don't lead to job creation but big ceo salaries and pln money for the very, very wealthy. >> the republicans are taking the victory lap and toasting it with their donors and the wealthiest. >> and now they are tasked with selling the plan to the people. recent poll show it's unpopular with the majority of americans. >> it's old by an unpopular president and difficulties ahead for this bill. >> that is kenneth moton reporting and we'll have more on what this tax plan means for yoularity on "action news." and people in new jersey will find it easier to clear

their krip criminal records. the governor says that the new laws are designed to give offends a second chance. the water main break from this morning is causing a mess around rittenhouse square. chopper 6 hd was overhead as the crews tried to stop the water from overflowing on 18th street to spruce. part of the road buckled when the pipe burst. and police are redirecting traffic as the workers try to complete the repairs. and the appropriate note to get the first check of the commute today. >> we are doing is the squint out there this afternoon. it's bright with wicked sun glare especially on the southerly and westerly routes. and we have construction issues.

late ending construction in the right lane, not gone today. they are taking out the right lane and it's extra heavy southbound on 95 away from cotman through this point at the betsy ross bridge. and if you try to get to 95 trouble here as well. a crash taking out the left lane as you travel eastbound on the vine. all the traffic is forced to the right side of the roadway. we are jam packed on the eastbound side of the vine street expressway coming away from the schuylkill heading out to this point at i-95. you see those issues on the big picture and we are watching speeds in the teens and 20s on the schuylkill. no shock there. over on the blue route, 17 miles per hour by rittenhouse square and park restaurant they are cleaning up the big water main break. it was a mess. there was muddy water everywhere. so 8th is blocked near walnut street.

stick with 16th or 20th. and northbound side of 95 single digits bought a crash near 273, use kirkwood highway instead. let check your ipad on this hump day afternoon. on 78 eastbound there say crash and backed up in that neck of the woods. i would use 22 as an alternate. >> thank you. now to the very latest on the deadly fire at a senior living center in westchester. the family of a victim is coming forward for the first time as they search for justice for their loved one. annie mccormick is live now. >> reporter: brian that is right. we interviewed that family today and they hired a legal team but to be clear no lawsuits are filed but they want the help of lawyers and investigators to figure out what happened that night. >> her family was the focus of

her life and she loved babies and known for her laughter. >> mary is talking about her 85-year-old mother, teresa malloy one of four them that died november 16th when a fire ravaged the senior living community in westchester. malloy's children had moved her in. >> it's nothing compared to the panic she felt at night dark alone by herself. >> with her legal team, she and the attorneys looked at photos taken at the site. and the atf is conducting the investigation and believe it started outside at a covered patio. they hired experts that did a look only inspection and that the atf did a reconstruction recreate what they may have

discovered. >> the atf was at least looking at the possibility that someone was sitting in this chair and someone discarding something. maybe a cigarette into this trash can. >> lawyer robert says that they have been cooperative but the major question is around this valve and the sprinkler system and whether it was working. >> the fire system has three springs stopping fires in the first place, no smoking policies and enforcement of t and fire suppression system such as sprinklers and thirdly evacuation. >> reporter: and barkley friends was a none smoking facility and they will interview eyewitnesss and also first responders from that night. we spoke to the atf and at this point they have not determined how the blaze began.

reporting live in center city, channel 6 "action news." all right thank you. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 an update to the deadly amtrak collision in washington state as investigators try to find out why the train was going too fast. >> plus we'll explain why the engineer involved in the 2015 philadelphia amtrak crash headed to court today. >> and new life for an old landfill that is off limits for decades and "action news" has new details about the multimillion-dollar project.

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there is confirmation now that eight americans are dead following a bus crash in a popular tourist area of mexico. the bus slipped on a narrow highway the mexican state where

cancun is located. tourists got off the ship and boarded the bus to go to the mayan ruins. it was contracted by royal caribbean cruise lines and 12 people were killed and 18 others were injured and tourists on board from several different nations and officials with the u.s. embassy responded to the scene. and now they are looking to city what was going on in the cab of the amtrak crash on monday. that the brakes were applied automatically not by the engineer. and an engineer in training was with the engineer when it careened off the tracks in southeastle. it was going twice the legal speed limit and three people were killed here. and brandon bostian the engineer at the controls leer in philadelphia was back in correlate in center city.

back in september a judge threw out involuntarily manslaughter against him. the judge agreed to review the case and give a decision next year. his family had no comment and he was at the controls of 188 in 2015 when the speeding train derailed killing eight passengers and municipal judge, thomas garrett dropped manslaughter and reckless endangerment charms suggesting it was an accident not a crime. they are fighting to overturn that. and a common pleas judge is going to review the lower court's decision. >> we'll come back in february and she will give us her decision on their appeal. we are looking forward to that happening and looking forward to brandon getting on with the ref of his life. and obviously he is mindful of the great loss here. >> bostian has been on unpaid

administrative leave since the crash, is he currently suing the railroad. again that new hearing set for next year. the spokesperson for the attorney general's office today says he is pleased it's getting reviewed. >> okay alicia. the coast guard did important work at the jersey shore today. this navigation team did a safety check at cape may harbor. involving using a crane to lift the heavy structure out of the water and on to the boat. the goal is to make sure it's in top shape to help mariner navigate the ocean. the inspection includes a full cleaning and a check of the lights and the chain that holds the buoy in place. renovated affordable apartmented will soon be available in north philadelphia. crews will modern size the senior tower on bolton way. and they are making changes to improve safety in the community

and adding greenery to the streets in that area. and an old landfill in camden is finally being developed into a park. 62 acres of what used to be the harrisonville landfill was closed off for decades and today the officials from the environmental department of protection announced that the work is getting started. the cramer hill waterfront park is expected to cost at least $25 million and when it's all finished. visitors will have access to the delaware and cooper rivers as well as a number of trails and community gardens. now to accuweather, cecily tynan is long with us today as we picked up the clouds and kept the mild temperatures. >> cooling off from yesterday and above normal. a step down. let head to the "action news" weather center and show you the christmas tree at city hall on this quiet wednesday and in addition to cooler temperatures, did you feel the excitement in the air today? because we are only five-day as way from christmas. so you know that santa is

getting his sleigh ready and christmas weekend and we have interest weather patterns developing. on saturday, a great day for maybe shopping or wrapping the christmas presents, it's going to be mild. 59 degrees and wet with periods of rain and the surge of warm air with the storm cutting to the north and west. no threat of anything frozen on sunday the cooler air will start to move in partly sunny and increasing clouds and temperatures dropping down to 47 degrees. right now it's a lot cooler than yesterday and still temperatures above the normal high for this time of year which is 43. philadelphia 45 and the same in trenton and allentown and reading 44 and cape may down to 32. satellite 6 along with action radar showing at 10:00 we had a real thick layer of clouds over us. thanks to low pressure to the south that is bringing rain across the carolinas and extreme

southern virginia. you see how the clouds are eroding just a thin layer of cirrus clouds and skies continue to clear tonight. this means we get radiational cooling, a lot cooler than last night, 29 in philadelphia. which is actually the average low for this time of year. just relative to last night it will feel cool. allentown 24 and trenton 26 and cape may the overnight low down to 30 degrees. and bright sunshine all day long and just a few fair weather clouds and temperatures will struggle total get into the low 40s. at 9:00, 33 and 1:00, 41 and 3:00, reaching the high of 42 degrees. which is again close to where we should be for this time of year. and appropriate since tomorrow winter officially begins. it's the winter solstice at 11:28 in the morning. and this is the time that the sun's direct rays are over the tropic of capricorn and the

northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and it doesn't last long. by friday a surge of warmer air building in up to 50 degrees by 3:00 and building cloud as head of that system that brings us the saturday rain. the four day at 4:00, tomorrow 42 degrees for the first day of winter and bright sunshine and cloud up on friday and bump it up to 50 and saturday the mild rainy day 59 degrees and christmas eve partly sunny and 47 degrees and could have a mix of rain on christmas morning we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you cecily. maybe are you giving or lucky enough to be getting one of these over the holidays, we are happy to tell you about a major upgrade to an app. we retooled the 6 abc app loaded with all kinds of features giving you the news you wants when you want it. >> when you open up the 6 abc happen you find the stories "action news" is covering now

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mobile device. we hope you like it. >> you can really just personalize what you want to know about. >> yes the news and weather and sports. all right there. the unusual group of elves. and elementary school students get a special lesson on the joys of giving. >> if you check off the lists we have exclusive deals for the viewers in local stores. yes, shop local and get great deals.

young students are getting a lesson on the joy of giving and the annual snow mart is up and running. and they earn play money for a store set up insized the gym. they use the money to buy gifts for their friends and family. deputies from the camden

sheriff's office paid a special visit to homeless living in the city. they gave out care packages with winter gear and fessities. they collected hundreds of donations for those in need. and officers have made 100 of the special deliveries. >> volunteers of the montgomery county spca are making sure that the animals don't miss out on a christmas meal like humans and cooking up a holiday dinner as "action news" stopped by conshohocken today. and an annual tradition for more than 50 years and animals brought in one by one to enjoy their tree. cats and dogs and a guinea pig. and gifts for sale in the lobby there today. and all the proceeds will benefit the animals. >> a local car dealership is helping santa this year as christmas toys become more complicated so do their assembly instructions. to make life easier the thompson organization will put any gift

together for free. from doll houses to bicycles to exercise equipment. you can drop off the parts and instructions at one of the companies locations. and santa's elves will work their magic and you will be notified once your item is complete. time is running out to take advantage of thompson's toy workshop. tomorrow is the last day. i know a lot of families could use help with these toys. it's a good idea. >> hard at work there. there is more ahead including details of a maryland house party so big the air registered on a breathalyzer. >> and police in one philadelphia neighborhood are runging parents to talk to their children about stranger danger following an attempted luring this morning. what investigators are saying about the predator and the four would be victims.

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and the first lawsuit is filed against the family of a young man who is accused of killing four men on the farm. we begin at 4:30 with an alarming story from the oxford circle section where a man tried to lure four young children into the van today. trish hartman live outside of headquarters with the details we know at this point. >> well, brian philadelphia police are asking for the public's help after they say two men in a minivan attempted to lure four children as they walked to school this morning in oxford circle. they did exactly what we would tell any parent to instruct your children. something like that run and get to the fatherest adult. >> four elementary school students are shaken up but physically okay after they were approached by a man that tried to lure them into a vehicle. it happened at 8:25 in the 900

block of devereux avenue, the students ages 6 to 10 walked past a green minivan and two men. >> one man was outside of the van and looked like he was opening up the hitch or going through the back part of the van. >> that is when the man made a gesture or comment instructing them to get into the van and they ran two blocks to laura cornell school and told staff members what happened and police were called. >> the gentlemen outside chased them for a short distance on foot. that man is described by police as a black man wearing a green jacket with gray shoes and goatee and the driver is a black man wearing dark clothing and parents were disturbed to hear about the incidents. >> tell my kids to be careful. look around and tell me if you see a green van. >> if you have any information

contact philadelphia police or if you see a green minivan near a playground or school to call 911. trish hartman, channel 6 "action news." >> all right trish thank you. the family of one of the four young men shot and buried on a bucks county farm is now suing the parents of one of at ledged killer. the family of mark sturges filed a wrongful death law suit against the family of cosmo dinardo and sean kratz and ta they knew their son was mentally ill and violent yet did not keep him away from guns. this is the first lawsuit in connection with the deadly shootings that happened back in july. delaware state police will soon have an update on the death of a dart bus passenger on brandy one 100 last night. police say he stepped off the bus on holly hill road into the

path of an on coming car and the vehicle tim was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver did stay there. we are waiting to learn if police have identified the man. a thief did not bother to disguise himself as he helped himself to money that was not his. this is the man in the old city pharmacy at the 200 block of market street. he reaches over the counter and takes in $1200 out of the register and they got a good look at his face, if you know who this is, philadelphia police central detectives would like to hear from you today. >> time now to talk about the forecast here midweek. >> the temperature is down a bit. but mild relatively speaking. cecily tynan joining us with more on the rest of the week. >> we step down and then going back up. yesterday 58 degrees nice but did not feel like christmas was around the corner. too warm for that. today temperatures drop down a

bit again not all that cold. 43 is the average high for this time of year. a couple of degrees warmer than that in philadelphia. 45 degrees and 45 degrees in trenton, and 44 in allentown and at the atlantic city airport 47 degrees, we woke up with a lot of clouds and lasted move of the day. lets go live on sky 6 hd taking a look at the commodore barry bridge you see how the clouds from earlier today are thinning out as a wave of low pressure bringing rain to the carolinas is pushing out to sea. and this clears out our skies more tonight and ushers in winds from the northwest. that is the air mass heading our way. cleveland 34 and sault st. marie 22 and we'll drop into the 20s overnight and cooler tomorrow and then a big temperature turn around as we head toward the holiday weekend. we'll talk about that and what to expect on christmas morning and the arctic blast behind that coming up.

>> all right, it will be cold soon enough thanks. dozens of students joined educators and politicians this morning to try to save the east falls school. >> save the academy they are saying. councilman curtis jones your-led the rally cry outside of the headquarters in spring garden. the school is pushing the school reform commission to change its decision not to renew the charter. they met standards but councilman jones disputes that saying that more than 70% of students graduate from eastern. and a boy is recovering from a gunshot wound and this is not the first time the young boy was shot. rick williams is live now with the details. >> we have details coming up tonight at 5:00. the young boy lucky to be alive after being shot two times over

the past two years, the boy was holding a gun and it went off in a home. the investigation continues into that shooting. and coming up tonight at 5:00 we'll tell you what happened to the youngster when he was shot in the summer of 2016. and health check at 5:00, the federal government did work on a tax reform bill but left another bill untouched and with no action the health care of more than 300,000 children in our tri-state area could be affected. details on that and much more when we see you at 5:00. back to the studio we'll see you soon. see you in a bit rick. >> the residents of a vineland senior center is each granted a holiday wish. the big reveal here, and the helpers unveiled the 300 gifts and one for every man and woman that lives at the veterans home and today the second wind dreams organization delivered the

wishes. in partnership with the department store. a children's clothing retailer is providing christmas for local families that do not have time to shop for the holidays, today the orchestra company made a delivery for the ronald mcdonald company. retrieving fashionable comfortable clothe and and often so busy with medical care they don't have time or energy for the local stores and turning sweets into goodwill. dana carnie set up shop to sell the signature cookies baked at the famous carnies restaurant in cape may. 10% of proceeds are donated to walk to end alzheimer's. philadelphia head start program had a jolly visitor show up for the holiday party. they were all smiles as they

posed for pictures with san tax the little ones looked ready for christmas morning as it was also pajama day for the preschoolers, officers for the 21st police district were there to hand out candy canes and give high fives. police in maryland say that a frat party got out of hand even the air was intoxicated what the atmosphere registered on a breathalyzer. if you still to cross a few items off your christmas list we have you covered with 12 local deals and discounts exclusive for our "action news" viewers. is and the face that launched a million views, why a common christmas sight turnd this dramatic dad into a viral super star. ♪

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cambridge. >> whoa whoa -- >> well with that was the frightening moment a driver started to drag a florida police officer from think speeding car. officials say that officer john cusack clung to thomas cabrera's vehicle before letting go. he was trying to check on cabrera before he was dragged after someone reported that he overdosed in his car. cabrera later admitted he was high on cocaine and heroin when he sped away. and officer cusack had significant road rash injuries and is expected to make a full recovery. a disgraced former leader in the catholic church will be buried with pomp and circumstance despite the allegations he faced while alive. cardinal laul retired after allegations that he covered up

for pedophile priest. he will get a full cardinals funeral in st. peters in the vatican city. following protocol for cardinals that died in rome. law was 86 years old. police in maryland says that a house party got so out of control the air tested positive for alcohol. investigators say that six fraternity members from america university. covered their windows with trash bags and brought in an enormous amount of booze and found 70 underage kids and countless liquor bottoms and beer scattered everywhere. the air registered .01 on a bethalizer. residents are charged with 126 counts each of supplying alcohol to minors. and genius, sign of the times, check it out a high

school junior if colorado says he did not want to study for his french final exam. he made a bet with his teacher. 2000 retweets on twitter and the class gets a 100 on their final. shaking hands it's the a deal. the french teacher did not think it was possible. but by this afternoon he topped 2800 retweeted. about that test/. >> we realize complications happen and we don't want our teacher to get in trouble. but it ended up working out because our class took a vote and showed what we know. >> he admits he did not study because of the retweets but his class did really well on the exam. there is the power of social media in full effect. now, the big heated christmas tree question.

real or fake? the type that would never stray from a freshly chopped pine. this viral dad in canada is your holiday spirit animal. here is how he reacts when his wife suggests buying a fake one this year. >> the whole thing is plastic -- >> but we reuse it. >> fuming trying to hold it together trying to hold it together while the wife suggests they recreate the smell by burning a pine scented candle. this is how he responded to that with the face and walks away and says this. >> don't know what has happened to you. and i know that i can't -- >> so let it go. >> the laugh lets you know that mom was kidding trying to get a rise out of him. the daughter out in california tweeted pictures of their good

humored relationship. they did get a real tree as they do every year but his angry disappointed facial reaction is a meme now on social media. >> i like a real one but we settled with a fake one, we do everything, both kinds. >> it is time for a check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is here with the update for us. >> after hearing all the stories about mites in the trees this year. i'm on team fake. good after noob once again brian and sharrie. problems on this branch of i-95 stemming from late running construction here in the southbound lanes by the betsy ross bridge, remember last week one afternoon on the schuylkill expressway they are one of the two lanes blocked all afternoon rush long. in university city because they poured concrete before the afternoon rush and it was wet.

we hear it's the same situation here this afternoon on 95 southbound at the betsy ross bridge, a little better though because here we have three lanes and not just two. a slow good from cotman but the worst travel time is on the northbound side and thanks to this crash northbound from cotman and academy now off to the side and police are on the scene and penndot is out there as well 50 minute travel time should be 15 minutes. >> this is the vine street expressway eastbound is getting better because the crash approaching 95 as cleared and westbound side stack ago approaching the schuylkill. and 18th street is still closed because of this morning's water main break. head for 16th or 20th instead. better news in delaware the crash at 95 has cleared and delays as well but big delays in allentown because a crash on 78.

stay on 22 that will be at least a little better. we'll check it again if the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. meteorologist, cecily tynan, standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.

meteorologist, cecily tynan tracking a cool down and precipitation the question is what kind? two events for the weekend. that could complicate things, heading over to the weather center there is know on the ground. you have to go to the ski resorts for that. elsewhere it's melted and live on sky 6, spring mountain looking good. and the accuweather forecast highlights show you that we have a seasonably cool start to

winter tomorrow. temperatures about where they should be for this time of year. good amount of sunshine and clouds roll in on friday and we are tracking two possible storms over the holiday weekend that definitely could complicate your travel plans. right now though, it's pretty quiet out there. temperatures a lot cooler than yesterday. yesterday 58 degrees the high and currently philadelphia 45 and the same in trenton and cape may 43 and allentown 44 and reading 43 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we started the day with loads of clouds and the clouds are clearing out very nicely. this is associated with low pressure and bringing the rain across the carolinas and that continues to push due east. and clouds continue to clear out tonight and it will be seasonably cool and much colder than the past two nights. the temperatures have been in the 40s and tonight 22 in the cooler suburbs and 29 for center city. heading into the weekend two systems i'm tracking and the

first one is low pressure, strong low pressure that cuts up to the north and west. what this means, counter clockwise circulation then say rain event on saturday, warm air with temperatures climbing up into the 50s. and generally a .25 to .75 inch of rain and the heaviest will be north and west. that is storm number one. behind it cooler air that is filtering in in time for storm for storm number two. the big question is the track. the cold air pushes in but does it arrive in time for the moisture. it looks like for our region all snow is not likely. this is christmas eve night into christmas morning. in new england this is probably a snow storm. with five-days to go breaking it down with percentages, only a 10% chance this is i snow storm. and 40% chance this starts as rain and ends at wet snowflakes

and equal amount chance that this is completely rain and 10% chance we get nothing at all and rolls out to sea. still getting more information and i'll keep you posted. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow as we welcome in winter bright and sunny and seasonably cool 42 degrees and cloud up on friday, 50 degrees and saturday mild and rainy day 59 degrees and clear thins out for christmas eve and cool it down to 49 degrees or 47 degrees and then for christmas morning again looking at the potential for morning rain or mixed precipitation or whatever happens the sunshine is back by the afternoon. we reach a high of 40 but look how the temperatures drop after that. 31 on tuesday and wednesday bitter cold with a high of 29 degrees and there are signs that by thursday we have a chance of snow and cold air in place, storm system is developing that could produce snow. >> thank you. last minute shopping ideas.

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all kinds of gifts. and a few shops up baked a sunless tanning boutique is giving 15% off effect in their retail store including the baked to go self tanner organic and moisturizing and anti-aging and made here in philly. >> we wanted something to send home with you we trusted would make you look as good as if you came to see us. perfect. >> i should be really tan by the end of the today they tell me. details and more deals from spa and salon services to makeup and more here in philadelphia. and over in cherry hill, new jersey, the whole lineup. 12 hot deals at 6abc.com. they are all good until the end of the christmas eve and all local and just for you. >> and you can vouch for half of them. does. >> alicia thank you. for alicia vitarelli and adam joseph and cecily tynan i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17.

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right now on "action news" at 5:00 we are following breaking news in the feltonville section of physical. an 8-year-old child was killed in a violent crash. in all three vehicles were involved in the collision at whitaker and herkimer streets at 2:00. police tell us that a man drove into the car with the fatally injured child and drove away from the scene. the child was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police located the driver accused of leaving the scene and was taken to the hospital for treatment. no charges are filed but the accident remains under investigation and you can look for more updates from the breaking news story on air and on lean at 6abc.com. the motion is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> it's official the republica