state police say blau got out of his vehicle and was hit by another car.er drivers tried to help him as other cars collided. >> watch the cars coming the other way. >> reporter: this was the scene of another fatal accident on the blue route near route three. a tractor-trailer jackknifed. three drivers couldn't avoid the big rig. two drivers identified as thomas brennan of lansdale and jason anderson of dover delaware died. volunteer firefighter joe bardroff says he came within 10 feet of hitting the tractor-trailer himself. he tended to the two men while waiting for paramedics. >> i was with both of them for about 20 minutes trying to stabilize them and talk to them. >> reporter: were they conscious? what can you tell me. >> they were in and outism anderson worked at dover international speed way as director of ticket sales and operations. the speed way released a statement that reads in part "jason was a dedicated husband, father, employee and friend. he will be greatly missed ". and state police say most of the roughly three dozen injured have been treat

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eric blau was one of sthoz people under the skull crash. >> i ended up facing the front of my car in the eastbound lanes and the oncoming traffic t-boned me. >> here's a live picture from the pileup that happened sunday morning involving nearly 30 cars on the walt whitman bridge. nobody died but the brim was shut down for four hours. >>> black ice is to blame for a tractor-trailer crash on the new jersey turnpike in middlesex county. the big rig slides and nearly hits a car crashing through the median. remember, as always if you see anything to report go to nbc10.com. >>> the pope's first stop will be in washington where he'll meet we lerkted officials. then to thenitis to plan the visit. say said the pope could visit a children's hospital or juvenile nile prison while in philadelphia. he's playing on the ben frank link park waiway parkwayway /*. >>> and the 2016 democratic national convention is expected to be made between now and february. other places in the running are brooklyn, new york, and columbus ohio. >>> tonight for the first time president obama will deliver his state of

other drives tried to help blau.red on cell phone. >> watch the cars coming the other way. >> it's still surreal. i've seen the video several times and it's just -- it just seems like i can't believe that i was there. i've never been through anything like that before in my life and hope to god i never will be again. >> reporter: two hours later another others were die on the blue route. several vehicles collided and wedged underneath a tractor-trailer. >> felt like a horror movie. it didn't feel like it was really happening. >> reporter: his minivan came within 10 feet of hitting the tractor-trailer. he's a volunteer firefighter from middletown township. he says he began attending to the most severely injured jason anderson of dover delaware and thomas brennan of lansdale. both men would later pass away. >> i was with both of them for about 20 minutes trying to stabilize them and talk to them and -- >> reporter: were they conscious. >> they were in and out. >> reporter: and those drivers tell me that police, firefigh

eric blau was killed in this pile-up that involved 60 vehicles.e's one of the pictures of this girl's injuries in her car. >> i started to crack and my car did a whole 360 and i ended up facing the eastbound lanes and the oncoming traffic t-boned me. >> here's another traffic of the pilot there involving 30 cars can on the walt whitman bridge. the bridge was shut for four hour this is on sunday morning. >>> drivers in new jersey had problems with the black ice, too. look at this video from the turnpike. this tractor-trailer lost control and narrowly avoided that car, went over the guardrail and crashed into the median. if you see news like this happen of course stay safe first of all, but then send us a video to our "nbc 10 news" app. >>> clouds are breaking overhead and it's getting colder minute by minute this morning, but temperatures have been fanning. this is a view a quiet, dry view from center city looking from the lowe's hotel toward camden. 25 degrees in mount pocano. scattered clouds in the pocano mountains. those will be blowing into tr

close to 60 vehicles involved in a pile-up on the schuylkill expressway. 31-year-old eric blau was killed other people were hurt. on the big red three drivers couldn't avoid a jackknifed big rig and two died. volunteer firefighter tried to care for victims until the paramedics arrived. >> with both of them for about 20 minutes trying to stabilize them and talk to them. >> were they conscious? >> they were in and out. >> and thomas michael brennan of lansdale and jason anderson did not survive. anderson was the director of ticket sales and operations at dover international speedway. >>> this video of an icy accident on the new jersey turnpike going viral. more than 300,000 views on youtube in the past several hours. the man recorded this frightening semislide in the southbound lanes at exit 9 new brunswick. he pulled over because two tractor-trailers were blocking all of the lanes. the other big rig couldn't stop in time barely missed hitting him and crashed through the guard rail. the driver says that he left after the new jersey state troopers got there. ♪♪ >>> a radar picture looking pr

eric alan blau was killed in that crash. state police say he was having car trouble on 76 westbound. he got out of his vehicle and then was hit by another car causing a change reaction crash. 30 people were hurt. and 76 was shut down for several hours in both directions. >>> and here's a video of the accident on the blue route in delaware county. nearly a dozen cars were involved and two people died. thomas brennan and jason anderson were killed after tractor-trailers jackknifed. they were in separate cars that got lodged under the rig. remember you can get important weather information delivered to your smart phone or tablet with the nbc 10 weather app. it is a free download and you can get it right now from the app store or from nbc10.com. >>> 5:05 now. on monday morning, of course today we are honoring the lives of civil rights leader martin luther king jury and the impact he had on the world. more than 100,000 people in this area will spend the day living out king's message by participating in different community service

eric blau died in that crash after having car trouble on 76 westbound. he got out of his car and that began a massive chain reaction crash after he was hit. 30 people were hurt and 76 was shut for several hours in both directions. now that video of the pileup in the blue route in delaware county nearly a dozen cars involved in this one with two people dying. jason anderson of dover was killed after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the icy road. they were in separate cars that became lodged under the big rig. >> you just don't know what's going to happen in the next minute of your life. i mean we are flabbergasted. >> a third car also became stuck under the tractor-trailer and the driver of that car was treated for serious head injuries. get up to the minute information on changing weather conditions. this is such an important thing to do, just download the first alert weather app and take it with you no matter where you are. it's a free download nbc10.com. >>> 4:36 now. and today, of course we honor the life of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. a

side of things from the new york state side of things it seem the like new york city mayor bill die blaus yoe and governor cuomo really wanted to get out ahead of this and they did not mince words when they said that this storm had the potential to be life threatening, deadly. this storm had the potential to be historic. of course the models that we have seen over the last couple of days really showed that this could have been, really, a history maker. one for the books. you know we saw 2006 saw over 26 inches of snow. that was, that's essentially the largest snowfall here on the record books. there was some thought that we could hit that tonight. now, if you were to look at the streets where we are now, one might say it doesn't look like we're going to get there. of course there's still a chance. we could get a big blow tonight over the next several hours, but i think most folks would guess, at least where we are in the heart of manhattan, we might not see that record-breaking snowfall here tonight. >> very quickly, when we look around you, we see people standing on the street. are they

. >> reporter: she believes it was the body of eric blau the only person killed in the massive pileup. >> they didn't see him because at the time no one was inside of their cars. >> so no one realized this man had been hit? >> no. >> reporter: nursing a few stitches in her hand she doesn't remember how she got hurt. determined to survive, she said she thought about her family. >> kept thinking about my son and i kept saying i'm not going to die in this car. i'm not going to die in this car. >> and tonight we're learning about one of the men killed in the pileup on route 476, jason anderson worked for dover international speedway. friends tell us anderson was in the car with his wife and 1-year-old son when the accident happened. police say a tractor-trailer jack knifed on the ice, starting a chain reaction crash that also killed a landsdale man. 11 vehicles were involved. nbc10 spoke to one driver who found himself in the middle of the pileup on the walt whitman bridge yesterday. tony described it as a salvage yard of cars with pieces and parts everywhere. >> just kept pumping the bra

eric alan blau was having car trouble, got out of his vehicle and was hit by another car causing a chain-reaction crash. 30 people were hurt and 76 was shut for several hours in both directions. >>> here's video of the pileup on the blue route in delaware county. that one also deadly with a dozen cars involved. two people killed. thomas brennan of lands dale and jason andover were killed in the crash. no matter what the weather situation, get up to the minute information by downloading the nbc 10 first alert weather app. a free download in the first alert app store or on nbc10.com. >>> for an update on breaking news we have been following out of montgomery county an apartment fire there where katy zachry is live for us. >> reporter: crews are inside lynwood gardens, an apartment complex here. and as we push into the building where the fire broke out at 4:30, i can tell you that the fire is contained i'm told to the unit on the extreme right-hand side. it's a two-floor unit. i'm told that three people lived inside this unit where the fire broke out. firefighters tell me that two men were able to g

the man killed 31-year-old eric blau. he got outside of his car and was hit and killed.eporting from montgomery county david spunt "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> meantime two people died today after icy roads caused an accident on the blue route in broomall, delaware county. the two victims have been identified as thomas brennan who is from lansdale and jason anderson from dover delaware. they were driving cars that slammed into a jackknifed tractor-trailer there on the blue route. it took about five hours to clear the road with many other drivers looking on helplessly. >> it was pretty horrific. i mean, i caught a glimpse of it. i saw -- come around downhill i-just saw cars kind of out of lanes to the side. i started pumping my brakes and just hoping i would stop. >> the blue route opened up just before 1 o'clock this afternoon. >>> well, at least four cars were involved in this crash on i-95 southbound nearly a gain. "eyewitness news" was there shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. state police say that they treated several people here but luckily none of the i