it happened along the 2100 block mount holly road burlington township, burlington county. "action news" reporter kenneth moton are aivd are on the scene. kenneth what you can tell us. >> reporter: burlington county police gave us an update a few moments ago a 9-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the hospital after a tragic crash as you're seeing live right now this is the traijic scene at the intersection of route 541 mounts holly road and cadillac drive where police are still investigates what employed this three car collision. and here's what we know. around 8:00 tonight police say the suv was come ago cross route 541 on cadillac when witnesses say a green toy eat traveling southbound ran the relate and slammed into the vehicle. inside was a family of five including that 9-year-old victim. police say she and her family were crossing the highway to make thur way to the walmart shopping center when they were struckch the girl was thrown from the vehicle. she, her mother and her father and sister and cousin were all interrupted to lords medical center nearby where the gir

there was a medical emergency at burlington township middle school where "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live tonight with the story, syma. >> reporter: well, chris there was scary moments at the the middle school this morning after a student collapsed in gym class. the school officials say a medical device, and cpr trained staff are responsible for saving that girl's life. >> put in an applied pads report report this aed device in the trained staff use it are being credited for saving a young girl's life, a burlington township middle school student collapsed during gym class wednesday morning, faculty members performed cpr and used this device. >> i have no doubt that there was no defribillator and in trained personnel, the outcome would not have been as good as it is today. >> reporter: school has 2aed devices in the building. this is first time it was used in the district. school officials trained with the locally mergecy squad for past few years, to prepare staff in case of an emergency. >> we have trained various members of our operational staff including transportation

ben reveer visited seventh grade class at northern burlington regional will school. was all thanks to hunter born whose uncle won the opportunity to take reveer to school. the phillies fantastic auction charity. he says he learned an interesting new you fact about his friend. >> his favorite color is pink, apparently. >> we are friend for life. this is a cool guy. he will be a philadelphia philly so watch out for him, people. >> bff's right there all students and teachers also received some phillies swag. >>> u.s. woman's national field hockey team will play for bronze medal in the 2014 hockey world cup. despite tough world in the shoot-out team u.s.a. says they are staying focused. team ranked tenth but katie o'donnell who is from our area says team is working hard to have prove under dogs can win with the right mind set. >> we for the really hard to get here and, i think we shocked the world and those memories alone people coming up to us, telling us things, you know, us staying present, each and every day, those are moments that no one can take away from you. >> t

the man was sitting at a trolley stop at burmont road and burlington avenue.olice call this the knockout game. surveillance cameras also caught the assault. >> just walked up, engage in conversation and then he throws a sucker punch and knocks the guy right off the chair. i mean, he hit him so far, lucky he didn't kill him. fortunately he must have a hard jaw or a hard head. >> upper darby police need your help identifying the people in this video. if you recognize them, call police. >>> actor and comedian tracy morgan has been upgraded from critical to fair condition. he was seriously hurt if a crash on the new jersey turnpike more than a week ago. a truck slammed into his limo bus killing a fellow comedian and seriously injuring two others. police say the driver had not slept for more than 24 hours. >>> police in arizona have arrested a man they say attacked two priests, killing one of them. the gun he used was ownedly one of those priests. authorities say this man, michael moran was the attacker. he's homeless and just got out of jail six weeks ago. last we

so, if you are head out the front door, around that 520 hour go for jumbo coffee, burlington and talcony palmyra bridges with openings right out of the gate. >> thirteenth street block arch over to rakes through morning rush through center city use 11th street or broad street. >> meeting with kurdish leaders thereto talk with leaders about the role the curds can play to strengthen iraq's struggling central government, and fight sunni extremists. >> these are the days the security cooperation between the forces here in the kurdish area, and really critical. >> now, us special forces are already in baghdad to begin an on the grounds assessment of the fighting in iraq. the first step toward determining whether us air strikes would make a difference. >>> breaking news right now. more girls kidnapped in nigeria. this just happened. so still working on the getting this information. but here is what we know thus far. witnesses say, extremists abducted 60 more girls, and women, and 31 boys. the nigerian government is still working to get back 219 school girls kidnapped more than two months ago.

the training was put if use when a burlington county middle school student collapsed at school. it saved a young life today. >>> and a crash involving tracy morgan, he goes before court today. >>> a bucks high school has many turning heads not just because of the talent in the classroom. we'll tell you what they are up to. >>> for the entire "action news" team i am monica malpass. have a great night. >>> wednesday night jim is off. i am rick williams. in the news wildwood polic wilme are hiring. >>> the big story is a very scary moment for a burlington county student that collapsed during gym class this morning. tonight she is doing okay thanks to the school's quick response and a special medical device that the school obtained for such an emergency. and sarah bloomquist has the full story. sarah. >>reporter:rick, tonight the student is alert and talking with her family. as you said she collapsed during gym class. here at the school this morning thanks to c.p.r. training and the fact that there was a defibrillator. they were able to save her life. it was the best possible outcom

live in burlington township new jersey i am sarah bloomquist. >>> thank you. police arrested a mother and live-in boyfriend after the daughter brought heroin to school. christopher troy-jenkins white are charged and hunter. her 6-year-old daughter brought 11 bags of the heroin into her classroom. the girl complained of dizziness. it's unclear if they ingested heroin. the rest of the class was taken to hospital to be checked out. the girlfriend is in d.h. custody. >>> they walked out to protest of the budget shortfall. it has top officials in harrisburg looking for state funding. a major move picity council that neither student ors administrators were hoping to hear. and david henry is live from city hall with that story. david. >> yeah, rick what a day on the school funding front. the school leaders were in harrisburg begging for more money and city council was turning its back on most of what the district was seeking from the city. [chanting] dozens of students walked out of class and took to the streets again today. once again they are trying to make their v

this is happening in burlington county folks would like a bear gone, it keeps a looting capture. we have steve keeley on the bear watch this morning from mount laurel, new jersey. good morning, steve. >> reporter: karen, nothing new to have a bear here in mount laurel. we had within last year. we are at police headquarters but across the street looks like bear territory, lots of woods around here. this is bought full country. why not if you are a bear come here because you have got widths. your natural environment. plus we have great people who have all these great bird feeders. plus, on top of that, it is trash day. that is like a mcdonald's drive through for a bear. nobody was putting out their trash last night. they will try to meet the the trash truck this morning but this bear seemed to have the trash pick up schedule along lieutenant 73 because we saw the bear last year mount laurel, moorestown maple shade and up that tree in delran. we have another spring and another bear here in burlington county and it has been video taped by police departments in several towns and we ha

this is burlington county. and our cruise got this video at burlington and holly road. the bear has not been captured. >> people are out in the yard, i said, you guys got any kids, get them in the house. get them in the house, there's a wild bear out here. >> there have been sightings in waterford townships. >>> happening, mosquito spraying, barrington, oak township, pennsauken and hampton. you should avoid contact if you have respiratory issues. the spraying is being done because officials say mosquitos tested positive for west mile virus in cherry hill. crews sprayed near there yesterday. officials say they learned of the pool after residents living near sheffield and douglas roads called the county. residents we caught up are concerned. >> ands, you know, scary that that tested positive. >> you want to try to prevent any spreading of disease or anything else that goes on with the mosquitos. >> now, officials say you can do several things from keeping mosquitos from multiplying. dumping standing water like in pots or trash can lids. and avoid overholding water because

i wouldn't be surprised if this spread up towards north and east into burlington county, new jersey.nts of been incredible with this, almost 3 inches in sewell, philadelphia international, two and a half, clayton over 2 inches, nearly # in wilmington and sicklerville new jersey one and a half inches of rain. temperatures are rain cooled in many locations, we will continue to see rain taper off this evening, a break tomorrow with the easterly wind and more showers and storms coming our way for thursday and unfortunately for friday but after that we will definitely begin to clear it out. as we look at our eyewitness weather seven day forecast we can see during day wednesday, temperatures will be warming up but there is a chance of the scattered shower or storm, more numerous storms thursday and friday and we are in the clear with the dryer air mass, and some cooler temperatures, over the course of the weekend, just in time for fathers day but serious weather continues in the evening, right, vittoria. >> absolutely, kathy. she is right, 95 northbound exit to broad street has been closed

burlington bristol bridge they will open any minute. you will not be able to use it until further notice. graterford road bridge is still closed, it the is between gravel pike and perkiomen creek road, your alternate there is going to be planning road. so use that to get around. >>> chris? >> caitlin, thank you. we have breaking news overnight an 18 year-old man is fighting for his life after a shooting in north philadelphia police say the man was shot, six times, violence happened just after midnight, this is on the 400 block of glenwood avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police say that they have found an assault rifle in the area and they say that they dot have video from the incident, and they have been talking to witness toes help in their investigation. police have not however announced any arrests. >>> we are following some new developments, breaking developments in that rittenhouse rape case. the lets get out to steve keeley with what we are learning about right now, good morning, steve. >> repor

. >>> and turning to a story happening now in burlington county.onight this man is accused of killing his own mother. police found herbert rolette's mom in their browns mills home last night. now, there are still a lot of questions to be answered at this hour. fox 29's bruce gordon has the story for us from burlington county. >> reporter: here on the 100 block of washington here in the presidential lakes neighborhood, the browns mills section of pemberton township by all accounts a peaceful, quite little community. that is until last night. pemberton township police tell us they received a phone call around 5:40 p.m. yesterday from a 44 year old herbert raoul let telling them homicide occurred at the home we are told he shares with his mother. authorities arrived to find 71 year old maryann raoul let dead on the living room floor. that's say hear bert was the only person home at the time of the killing other than his mother. he's been charged now with her murder. an autopsy has been ordered to determine her exact cause of death. authorities looking

you can see the light rainfall moving into camden county, gloucester and burlington county.ered showers and ocean county as well and into the atlantic city area, may see a brief shower, first thing to start with. these clouds will be pushing right on through the area and it's clearing out north and west and that is going to give us enough sunshine for a quick warmup today. how high will they go? look at these numbers, 90 for allentown, 91 in reading. the pocono mountains into the middle 80s this afternoon, right at 90 degrees for trenton. northeast philadelphia and mount holly will go higher into the 90s. if you're looking for relief, it will be cooler for cape may. rehoboth will warm into the 80s and move inland. there are the 90s again. it looks like it will go even hoétdr. tomorrow the seven-day forecast when i come back. >>> in her last report, i saw a lane closure on the northeast extension. >> happening right now we don't have any accidents or delays. that is good news to start the day. we have a disabled vehicle on the northeast extension, southbound near the midcount

in the background, though, the burlington bristol where traffic is stopped for an opening right now. see the uprights right here. so if you are headed out the front door, be ready for little delay. i would stick with it by the time you get there, traffic should be rolling, once again, live look, at i-95, as the sun begins to rise here, in northeast philadelphia, but the new traffic pattern, here, everybody pushed over to the right side of the roadway, as you approach girard avenue. that continues into center city, and then a crash in the neighborhood, cheltenham avenue right at coventry road, right on the city line there, and then, downtown, that overnight steam pipe that burst, has 13th street blocked, between arch and race this morning. shows you crossing under the pennsylvania convention center there, in the tunnels, you'll need to use either 11th street or broad street, in instead of 13th this morning, and new project begins this week, on the overnight, they're going to be repaving the king of prussia interchange, 422, 202, all those fly-over ramps, near the schuylkill, all part

. >> time now for a look at the "action news" traffic report and an update on the burlington bristol bridge situation. >> apparently progress out there. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> it's positive progress here on the burlington bristol bridge. triple b, they have the flat bed tow truck to tow away the truck in the accident. but this remains blocked so the triple b is not the way to go this afternoon. lets go to the maps, and talk about the alternates and the closest and best one is the pennsylvania turnpike connecter bridge although if are you headed towards new jersey, look out for a downed tree near the delaware valley interchange. if you don't want to use that, official wise you have the tacony palmyra bridge down here. but that has a lot of construction. we'll update you on this in the next half hour. coming off the trenton morrisville bridge, into buck county, are you hitting a jam, both right hand lanes are shut down, because of a pickup truck into the barrier, both lanes are temporarily blocked head to 95 to get around it. and on 95, cotman, southboun

choose the speaker at the university of vermont burlington. she is the longest person ever to hold the post of u.s. ambassador to the human this is 20 minutes. >> president sullivan, trustees, faculty, alumni, parents, and especially the incredible members of the class of 2014, good morning and hallelujah. [applause] i am most honored to be among you to share the stage with my fellow honorees. honored to be g you to share the stage with my fellow honorees. such generous and brilliant trailblazers. i am truly humbled to be among them and to share this glorious day with you, my new classmates. today is a day of celebration. round get another rousing of applause for the parents and step parents who not only made this day possible, but made you possible? [applause] and i have to give another shout out to my dear friend and former roommate and the greatest mayor that burlington has ever known, merle weinberger. [applause] i would also like to congratulate the entire university community as you have successfully completed your jupiter 13th year -- 2

dan and i began with a small homemade ice cream parlor in burlington.magining it would be anything like it is today. we started in this old abandoned gas station. ofwas a combination high-quality ice cream, great flavors with big chunks of cookies and candies and a real community orientation. customers really respond to that. >> one of the issues being looked at, the minimum-wage. know thatbsite, you ben & jerry's every year recalculates the livable wage to make sure that it is keeping up with the actual cost of living in vermont. last year, your livable wage for full-time workers was $16. what about small business owners who think that increasing the minimum wage would put them out of business? for a i can tell you is, company like ben & jerry's, it works. all of the full-time people get paid this livable wage. it does not seem like it makes sense for a business to be profiting off the backs of its workers if they can't afford to pay their rent or buy their food. >> was this something that you were always acutely aware of? that.grew into , i don't even

all right, we check back on the accident, overturned vehicle in lumberton, burlington county.stbound side of route 38, closed near 54; hainesport lumberton road will get you around that. we did have again the overturned vehicle there, looks like still doing some clean up, they pan over little bit. you can casino of see the site where the overturned vehicle was, 76, 8 miles per hour if you are headed out around city avenue it, miles per hour headed southbound on 95, so pretty slow this morning, a look at all of your majors. >> a chance la bomb james could be a sixer? just about every nba city, what's this guy's next move going to be? became free agent now, opted out. james had two years left on the contract with the miami heat. expected to meet with teammates, wade, chris, and other guys. to discuss. >> so talking about it yesterday, really kind of drumming up support for labron to come to philadelphia. we don't want to gave you a big head. labron, but the best basketball player in the world. john, we start with you. is there a chance as jim kerrey said in dumb or dumber? >> i

heading home heading towards thursday rick and sharrie, we are watching the burlington bristol bridge, we had an accident here earlier this afternoon all cleared out and it's a ways in the distance, if you look and get out the magnifying glass and see it moving along the burlington bristol bridge, not something to worry about. but a crash on 95, northbound side at cotman in the work zone off to the side but look at the long line of red traffic the whole way from the vine street to cotman. and southbound at the vine still have the overheated truck off to the side, traffic can get by that without much of a problem. watching a downed tree in cheltenham at johns road, and we told you about mass transit delays on the septa regional rail line the airport line and that has sub dieded and back to normal now. in dover we'll see an awful lot of people heading down to the fire fly music festival, campers started to arrived to. expect extra traffic on 1, 15 and scarborough road. >> thank you matt. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. more tough questions for the head of general motors, te

officials say there are now two bears making their way through severity burlington county townships. our syma chowdhry now has more. >> trying to climb that tree. >> reporter: this is not a wild life documentary, this bear was seen roaming around in mount laurel, exclusive video our cw. three photographer alan wheeler shot with his cell phone tuesday morning. the the bear was walking from yard to yard and neighbors who saw it call 911. >> they have said we're aware of it. she answered the phone, is this about the bear? i said yes. she said we're aware of the situation. >> reporter: we showed exclusive video to those who missed the bear's visit. >> have have you seen that before. >> yes. >> reporter: police are following the bear as it roams through other neighborhoods. >> as people gather and try to get pictures witt and chase it then bear might become agitated. >> reporter: officials say the animal is not posing a threat but rather looking for a place to cool off. >> we have never seen a bear around here, it is kind of interesting. >> how long before the bear gets its own twitter ha

county student, burlington township middle school, perform cpr used in aed, defibrillator device, on seventh grader while they waited for ems to arrive. now the student collapsed during gym class yesterday morning. no word yet on why she collapsed but she was responsive and talking with her family at the hospital yesterday. the school district says more than 40 staff members are trained to do cpr and use aed's. >> they are very tight-knit community here and here and our students are our children, and we value them, we love them, and it is our goal to make sure our students are safe and that they're healthy. >> in fact, starting in september, all new jersey public schools will be required to have an aed and someone certified in cpr during school and sporting events. >> representatives from the philadelphia school reform commission make their case for why they need a one time grant. the group testified in front of city council, says the grant would allow the city to fulfill its $50 million commitment made to the district last summer for the current fiscal year. they say this would help

sky force 10 still live over the burlington-bristol bridge in burlington county. you see the problem. this bridge is shut down because of this accident, a head-on collision. our nbc 10 assignment desk is making calls. we're trying to determine the extent of injuries involved. you see there, a flatbed tow truck trying to get a vehicle off the bridge. count on us to keep you informed as soon as it is cleared. the bridge is expected to be closed for hours. >>> from our delaware bureau, federal highway officials are saying dirt piles next to the 495 in wilmington caused it to tilt. it affected the support columns. federal highway officials today said the damage amounted to cat strafic failure from an external cause. it was properly maintained and inspected. the repairs will be covered by federal emergency relief funds. it is expected to be closed here until labor day. >>> the u.s. patent office takes action against the washington redskins name. nbc 10's jacqueline london is live with more on this rare decision and how it might affect one high school in our area. >> re

this accident happened on mount holly road in burlington township. two other people were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition. police are investigating what exactly caused this crash. >>> people in philadelphia's rittenhouse square say they're playing it safe after a woman was raped over the weekend. this video shows is the man coming up from a 26-year-old doctor as she's walking home early saturday morning. the woman was walking to her home on spruce when the man confronted her. the police are studying the surveillance video and the route the woman took on her way home. >> it's usually a safe bet to have a cab just atç least goin home, because maybe all your wherewithal is not about you, especially late at night. >> police are investigating the incident as both a sexual assault and home invasion. >>> today a presidential mediation board sits down with both sides in septa's ongoing stalemate with two of its unions. nbc 10's jesse gary is live. >> reporter: this is a chance for the boord to feel out concerns for both sides. speaking of th

a few scattered showers in camden and burlington and philadelphia. much of the area is going to be dry. but clouds will remajor and there's still a possibility of scattered showers. future weather at 9:00 this morning. you can see a few scattered showers in the area. possibly breaks of sunshine. where we're going to see the breaks of sunshine, it's going to be a fast warmup. upper 70s. but clouds will remain in the philadelphia area at noon time. it's more likely we'll see scattered showers at noon time. even the temperatures into the middle 70s and into the early afternoon hours. a chance of some wet weather. mainly rain shower, but there's a chance, just a chance, that we'll see an afternoon thunderstorm. but as far as severe weather is concerned, it looks like the threat is subsizing. the forecast calling for scattered showers. high temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. when i come back, i'll look at your weekend. >>> jillian and i were talking before the program about how much lightning and rain out there. >> happening right now, the roads a

this time it was spotted in evesham, burlington county. these new pictures were sent into us by an "action news" viewer named margo. police say the 300-pound black bear turned up in the kings grant area of marlton. police remind everyone to keep their garbage cans covered an if you do see a bear do not feed it. if you see this bear or any bear in your neighborhood call 911. we have a miss new jersey, this morning. and here she is. 21-year-old sierra jones from galloway township atlantic county and a student at rutgers university. her platform is youth arts education. this year mark also the 50th anniversary of the miss new jersey pageant. >>> receiving a high school imloam seems like a -- diploma seems like a minor accomplishment compared to the physical accomplishment. gianna maria blows a kiss to the frofer -- photographer before she graduates the tacony academy high school. but her major accomplishment is not graduating. this is walking across the stage to receive her diploma. >> i'm thinking how far from where i came from, from four ye

having said that, he promise tousle the 27-acre burlington county site as soon as possible. so a new company can set up shop for the benefit of that community. iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> about 700 customers remain without gas service in southwest philadelphia. it's because of a weekend water main break in the area of 56th and woodland avenue. water service is restored. but now pgw workers are going house to house to see weather gas station can be restored safely or if water damage peoples lines or appliances. if they find water damage, water department plumbers have to make row pairs before gas can be restored. pgw hopes to finish evaluating all customers by tomorrow. customers who did is you stain damage from the water main break can file a claim with their homeowners insurance and the city's risk management department. >>> surveillance video philadelphia police want you to see tonight. a bike riding burglary suspect allegedly forces his way into a home. but police say his night of crime didn't end there. a few hours later, he came back. and you didn't have to look too

. >>> a child porn crackdown in burlington county nets 13 arrests, 12 men and 17 year-old are facing charges. they come from different walks of life but they all face jail time. authorities spent a year and a half conducting the sweep. >> possessing images of child sexual abuse is a heinous crime and will not be tolerated in berks county. >> one of the men steven schwartz is a neurologist and employees at the his wyo missing office would not comment. >>> anton fauxman is face ago digsal child sex abuse charges. three more children came forward and accused him of showing them sexually explicit the photos. fauxman was a music teacher at malvern school of music. chester county prosecutors originally charged the 44 year-old after boosting three, six year-old students. >>> collinswood man is under arrest for a pair of armed robberies in south jersey, authorities say that the 31 year-old charles walls is charged with a hold up at this evesham 7-eleven on june 12th, and another store, in gloucester township. he is also suspected in seven additional 7-eleven robberies, including one back in

nbc10 rushed to burlington mt. holly road, we got this video of the bear, it runs through a parking lot. later you're going to see it jump a fence into someone's yard. we also got calls of some other sightings in the area. so far, this bear has evaded capture. >> people were out in their yards. if you have any kids, get them in the house, there's a wild bear out here. >> there have been other bear sightings recently, in evesham township, mt. laurel and wat waterford townships. >>> more now on the malvern music teacher arrested on sexual assault of his students. three additional children contacted officials after seeing news reports of the teacher's arrests. he showed three boys news pictures. the 44-year-old faces more than 2 dozen charges. >>> no arrest tonight on a philadelphia street. sky force ten just over the scene in kingsessing. a 30-year-old man was shot once in the back of the head. >>> tonight we get a look at the mugshot of trent eps. he's the man who turned himself in to police, in connection with a su

rainfall rates and right now in particular northern sections of camden county, moving into northern burlingtonounty some very moderate to heavy rainfall right now around pennsauken, mt. laurel as well as the moorestown area. moving back toward conshohocken blower merion looking at pop-up activity as well. starting to diminish a bit as we move toward the airport and sections of south philadelphia. as we take a live look right now at mt. laurel, this is 73 at 295. wet conditions there and those windshield wipers are getting a workout so if you are out and about, slow down allow some extra travel too many because we have a flash flood warning in effect until 8:15 for southern sections of philadelphia counsel tow as well as camden and gloucester county. watching out for that ponding on the roadways. once again, some of heavier rainfall right now moving to the north and east of the philadelphia area where you see those yellows as well as the reds. what to expect for the evening. muggy conditions, slow moving showers and thunderstorms and then for tomorrow, it will be warm and muggy again. isolated

medical emergency happened at burlington township middle school in burlington county. a young girl collapsed during gym class there this morning. faculty members immediately responded. they performed cpr and used an auto mated external defibrillator saving that student's life. >> i have no doubt if there was no defibrillator and in trained personnel the out come would not have been as good as it is today. >> that girl is expect to be okay. all new jersey schools will be required to have tee febrillat febrillators by september 1st. >>> city council is taking steps to help the philadelphia school district pay its bills. today the council's finance committee approved a plan to borrow $27 million for the diss track by the end of this month. the original plan called for borrowing just 20 million. but with the sale of school buildings still unresolved, superintendent dr. william hite says he needs more money. the full council will vote on that $27 million quest on jun june 19th. >> there's some trash talk tonight in the city of chester. but not the kind you're thinking. resi

it happened at riverside high school in burlington county. what witnesses say they did was a big surprise to staff at the school at the beginning of the day today. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live outside the school. shawnette, what exactly happened? >> reporter: dawn, what i can tell you that is according to students who go to the high school here, they tell me that about 15 students received in school suspension for their role in the prank and now many are wondering if they will be allowed to walk on graduation day just four days away. let's take look at this photo that a student sent into fox 29 this morning about the incident. it shows a hallway filled with balloons, students say the seniors also set off their cell phones to go off at the same time along with those balloons filling the hallway and they say the school officials were not happy about that at all. grandmother i spoke to off camera says she had to go up to the school today for her granddaughter had was suspended for participating. when we arrived at the school this afternoon,

it happened yesterday morning at burlington township middle school in burlington county. a young girl collapse during gym class, faculty members immediately performed cpr and then used an automatedded external defribillator. >> i have no doubt if there was no defribillator and no trained personnel the outcome would not have within as good as it is today. >> the student will be okay. defribillators will be mandatory in all new jersey schools by september 1st. good thinking teachers, and good to have that training too. >>> animal rescue group is trying to help a dog who may have been victim of animal cruelly. >> buckly was found wandering in cumberland county. ten month-old lab mix was thin, weak and rescuers believed that someone duct taped him. buckly has extensive medical problems including lyme disease and heart worm but now he is on the mend. >> you question, you know, humanity. you really question how people can be so heartless. >> buckly there is looking for a permanent home, everyone. if you are interested in helping him there is more information on the web site at

scan three, line of storms reforming here with heavy rain over last hour, right through central burlingtonwestern parts of the ocean and monmouth and right here through parts of the atlantic county moving to the north into burlington county but right here near white horse pike to the north we have precipitation rates of 2 inches an hour where you see that blinking red through mulika and heading toward egg harbor city. but this is moving towards the north and towards the east. we also have to talk about that heavy rain, i have been watching moving across lewis, delaware, heading toward cape may. these cells in the bay will be converging right over cape may county. sea isle city, ocean city, wildwood, avalon, you are going to be in these storms path and into stone harbor. please if you have friend on the beach or boards let them know that the rain will get heavy, and we could have thunder. rain one to 2 inches especially to the north and west earlier. now heavier rain moving in south jersey but we have that flash flood watch in effect for most of the region because we have already had heavy

all traffic stopped on the burlington bristol bridge right now for opening. so give it maybe another 15, 20 minutes or so, before we're back to normal. and an accident just popped up here, right along naman's road route 92 just off i95 here, naman's road, carpenter station road. watch for police on, otherwise mass transit looking good with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> thank you, courageous teenager who nearly lost her life to taliban violence will receive the 2014 liberty medal. she will be presented with the prestigious award at a ceremony at the national constitution center, in october. the school girl shot in the head for supporting the education in pakistan. the youngest recipient in award history. >>> now, breaking news tops our look at today's headlines on cbs-3. police searching for the man who barricaded himself in a home on marsden street in holmesburg. no word on what prompted the barricade, and when police forced open the door, the man had gotten away. >> also, following this developing story. search continues for a missing swimmer off th

. >>> quick response by teachers and staff being credited with saving the life of a burlington township student. school officials say a burlington township middle school student collapsed this morning during gym class. cpr and this aed device were used immediately while they waited for ems to arrive it's not known what caused the student to collapse. but we're told the student is responsive and talking with family tonight. >> we are very tight knit community here and our students are our children. and we value them. we love them, and it's our goal to make sure our students are safe and that they're healthy. >> the school district says more than 40 staff members are trained to cpr and use aed's drew dickman will have more tonight at 10:00. >> your whether authority forecast is watching for more showers and fog night. we are definitely stuck in damp and unsettled weather pattern this is live look right now at old city in philadelphia. it has been a damp dreary day. chief meteorologist scott williams. scott it's not quite as humid but more rain in the forecast. >>> more rain especially dur

see is this your's commencement speaker at the university of vermont, burlington. she is the youngest person ever to hold the post of u.s. ambassador to the u.n. this is 20 minutes. president sullivan, trustees, parents, andni, especially the incredible members of the class of 2014, good morning and hallelujah. [applause] honored to be among you to share the stage with my fellow honorees. such generous and brilliant trailblazers. i am truly humbled to be among them and to share this glorious day with you, my new classmates. today is a day of celebration. round get another rousing of applause for the parents and step parents who not only made this day possible, but made you possible? [applause] and i have to give another shout out to my dear friend and former roommate and the greatest mayor that burlington has ever known, merle weinberger. [applause] i would also like to congratulate the entire university community as you have successfully completed your jupiter 13th year -- 213th year. old as is you about as feel after nine months of arguing with russia at the u.n.

. >>> a 9-year-old girl is dead following a three car crash in burlington county. the accident happened around 8:30 last night on mount holly road in burlington township. two other people were taken to the hospital, one of them in critical condition. police now investigating what caused the crash. >>> a convenience store in lower marion county township was held up at knife point. this happened at the seven-11. a man with a knife entered the store and demanded money from the clerk. no one was hurt. >>> another armed robbery along city avenue. this one at the intersection of con show who can kin road and ballard cynwyd. they're dusting for fingerprints hoping to find a clue that will help lead them to the robber. they are still working to figure out what was taken. >>> firefighters were on the scene of a barn fire in burks county this morning. sky force 10 was over the two alarm fire in tidalville in weste wernersville. we're told there were no animals inside the barn at the time of this fire and there were no injuries. >>> new this morning philadelphia police commis

we are live in burlington township, syma chowdhry for cb s3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thanks very much. there are new development in the turnpike crash that critically injured the comedian tracie morgan. the truck driver charge in the accident was in court today. so is "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan who joins us live with the very latest now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, this is basically a very brief hearing just outlying ought of those charges against kevin roper but it was an opportunity for him for his lawyer to dress those accusations that he had no business behind the wheel saturday morning. if kevin roper was ever looking for 152nd of fame, this wasn't it. roper's accused of being sleep deprived when he crashed a wal-mart tractor trailer in the limo bus in the new jersey turnpike saturday carrying tracie morgan critically injured. one of his fellow comedians james mcnair was kill and several others were injured. roper faced arraignment in criminal court. >> roper is being charged with vehicular homicide for death of mcnair, assault by auto for others who were injured. unde

. >>> an investigation is underway in the the cause of the three car crash in burlington township, new jersey. accident happened just after 8:00 o'clock last night near and, injuries, but other than that, police won't say much. >>> also, police are searching for an armed robber who held up a sunoco gas station in wynfield. this is just about 1:30 this morning on conshohocken and city avenues. they took off with an unknown amount of cash. nobody was hurt. >>> and a 7-eleven was also robbed just 2 miles away from that sunoco, police say a man arm with the knife, robbed the 7-eleven on the 1400 block of city avenue in lower men beyond township. he got away with cash, but no one was hurt in the incident. >>> at 60:00 46789 police are on the hunt this morning for a rapist they say attacked a woman twice. >> the horror happened in philadelphia's rittenhouse square section, and steve keeley is live this morning, steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, we have 48 hours just about since the the teen here at the special victims unit first got on this case and they are making some progress

. >> massive fire that gut add deitz and watson warehouse in burlington county last september.ny now says it will move its storage facility to philadelphia. deitz and watson will build $50 million warehouse facility on 20 acres every newly acquired land along talcony street. the philadelphia industrial development cover ration bought the land, and sold it to the cold cut giant at cost. the state will kick in more than $7 million in grants. deitz and watson ceo says new jersey offered more financial incentives, but putting the production in warehouse facilities, side by side, in philadelphia, just made too much sense. >>> great idea. 6:38. next, forget paying for tolls. what if you were charged attacks for every mile you drive? there is a northeast state considering that fee, and ... >> i'm not surprised, i'm upset. >> journalist refused to print the name of their school mascot. calling it offensive. but the school board is saying not so fast. the local fight over that controversial team >> it will be a day when you will sweat a little more than you have. humidity is the reason.

the burlington bristol bridge is up right now.etsy ross we've got three lanes opened each way so no problems on the betsy. commodore barry westbound one lane closed until the beginning of september so that construction continues. no problems with the delaware memorial bridge. our good friend the ben is looking good but eastbound we've got the right lane blocked so watch for that. eastbound two lanes opened westbound you're doing a little better with three, dave. >> all right, i tweeted out some of my followers yesterday asking for vacation photos and debbie i think i did spell that right sends this from in from fork maine. had a nice day on the beach. probably near york harbor where i've been to and it is nice up there. if you have any vacation photos you would like to tweet in maybe we'll get them on "action news." 72 degrees right now -- i should say right now about 68 degrees but 72 degrees by 9 o'clock. it is going to be another warm one today. by noon we'll get up to 80 in case you're running errands, the morning probably a l

along the delaware river in burlington city. authorities say that a boat hit a dock near 500 block of east pearl street, rescuers are telling us, that all appear to be okay. >>> police are investigating an accident that seriously injured a boy tonight in the strawberry mansion section of philadelphia. the eight year-old was struck at 26th and ridge avenue at 8:30. police say a car went around a stopped septa bus, and then hit the boy. he was then taken to children's hospital of philadelphia, he is in stable condition. >>> two people were shot, including a 14 year-old boy in the logan section of philadelphia tonight. somebody opened fire, in the 1,000 block of west ruscomb street at 5:30. a 27 year-old and a 14 year-old were both shot in the leg and they are in stable condition at this hour at einstein medical center, police are looking for the the gun man. >>> a four year-old child has died, from injuries suffered from a crash on the atlantic city express waste this morning. and 35 year-old james dennis was pronounced dead at th

your bridge overview going up at 5:45, the burlington bristol, the tacony palmyra, the opening there is finished so things are looking good right now. you're in the clear so the tacony and betsy ross no problem and construction continues with one lane blocked westbound on the commodore barry until september 1st. you've got awhile longer dealing with that. we're in new jersey, that's the 42 freeway northbound traffic no delay just yet. construction cleared southbound so you're good to go in jersey, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> we're following a developing story out of west philadelphia. police have rounded he plea men who they are calling persons of 90 connection with the robbery and deadly shooting of a man. police were called to the 5900 block of market street around 9:30 last night. when they arrived at the scene they found a 29-year-old man lying in the street under the market street el and he had been shot twice. officers rushed him to the hospital but he died. but on his way to the hospital, he told police that three men jumped him robbed him then shot him and drove off in a wh

most of them coming at the expense of delanco township in burlington county.ing up at six reaction from delanco's mayor and the ceo's response. guys? >> bruce, thank you. >>> in southwest philadelphia, about 700 customers remain without gas service after what started as a water main break over the weekend. this is happening in a 10 block area around 56th and woodland avenue. water service is restored there but now pgw workers are having to go home to see whether gas service can be restored safely or if water damaged people's lines. when they can, crews are restoring service immediately. however, if they find water damaged the lines homeowners are being told they have to get a contractor or plumber out first before pgw can help them. pgw hopes to finish evaluating all customers by tomorrow. the water department is also working with impacted customers to make sure all appliances like hot water heaters are working okay. >> skyfox over the scene of a bad accident in bucks county. it happened at green lane and mill creek road in levittown. the accident sent four pe

. >>> and an investigation is underway in the cause of a three car crash, in burlington township, new jersey. the accident happened just after 8:00 o'clock last night near wal-mart shopping center on mount holly road, and there are reports that injuries, but officials have not released the details. >>> police are on the hunt for a rapist they say attacked a woman twice this horror happened in philadelphia's rittenhouse square section. lets get out to steve keeley this morning because so many people are very concerned about this steve, there may be surveillance video connect to this. >> reporter: we could have have a second surveillance video as well, besides that first one you mention that had was out yesterday. police hearsay since that first one was put out, yesterday morning, many tips have already come in and it may be the time of the day, the location of the rape, and the information in the description of the rapist, more so than the little you can make out on the first initial surveillance video leaving people to call in. because what you don't see on the surveillance is the the

staff at burlington township middle school used aed, defibrillator device, on the student while theyaited for ems. student collapsed during gym class yesterday morning. no word why she collapsed but she was response any talking with family at the hospital yesterday afternoon. the school district says more than 40 staff members are trained to do cpr and use aed's. >> we are very tight-knit community here. and our students, are our children. we love them and it is our duty to keep them safe and health. >> i all public schools in new jersey will be required to have aed and some certified in cpr. >> philadelphia man now in custody for calling in false threat at the lincoln tunnel, disrupted traffic this week. police say, they've arrest add man from west philadelphia in manhattan, after he allegedly made a false report of seeing a sniper at the tunnel. the threat closed the tunnel for hours, on tuesday, as police agencies look for gunmen without success. published reports say the suspect has enlisted homes in west philadelphia. >>> also, bright spot, counting down to the special olympics

fox 29's drew dickman is live in burlington township with those life-saving moments.rew. >> reporter: school district officials estimate that more than 40 staff members are trained in cpr and in the use of aed's so when this student went down, those teachers sprung into action. the training kicked in, as they waited for first responders to arrive. >> i heard one of my -- one of the gym teachers call in that the girl was having a seizure. and that i looked out and i saw her on the -- on the ground on the gym floor. >> reporter: seventh grade al anna had just left the locker room when the beginning of gym class turned chaotic. >> as i was coming out her heart stopped beating and my gym teacher started running. i'm not sure what she was going to get. >> reporter: that teacher grabbed his aed. >> call for help. >> the first few minutes are the most important part. >> plug in pads connector. >> people just wan wanted to automatic mode and did what they needed to do. >> reporter: several staff members came to the seventh graders rescue performing cpr and using the aed in th