>> reporter: the city told frank santiago it would be three days before they could get around to hisfter an "action news" call to the city's water department an army of water department personnel descended on the 3400 block within three hours to address the problem. >> what we found initially was a broken service line up the street. we also had a inlet that was not taking water, so that caused the flooding situation. >> reporter: the problem actually stemmed from leakage further down this busy avenue. >> to relieve the problem we unchoked the choked inlet and cut off the water to the broken service line. that will be restored -- that service will be restored once that service line is replaced. >> reporter: brian, that task is now complete. the water department says there should be no repeat of this flooding problem here. live in kensington, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon, thank you. >>> police in south jersey say sicklerville woman terrifying tale of nearly being abducted wasn't true. 28-year-old madison garaguso originally told investigators that a man

the water was so high around the 3400 block of kensington avenue that frank santiago had to wear plastic bags over his shoes. the city told santiago it would take three days before they could get to his neighborhood. "action news" called within three hours the water department was already addressing the problem. tonight it is cleaned up. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight the diagnosis that will keep the sixers joel embiid off the court indefinitely. >> the iconic jet star rollercoaster that was washed into the citi sea by hurricane sandy is finally being replaced. a look at the casino pier expansion in seaside heights and what it will mean for the local economy. i'm nora muchanic. i'll have that story coming up. >> speaking is of rollercoasters, our temperatures really up and down. saturday in the 70's, yesterday 40, 50's today. now i'm tracking more near record warmth followed by storms in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> new at 6:00 tonight they are looking forward to a new era in seaside heights wher