. >> good morning, howard sexton killed just doing his job like he had poor the past year years withoran flanagan furniture store. said he was wonderful husband and had planned to retire this summer. >> every night that's what he did, this same run. and, you know there is was his last. >> debbie elliot is in shock and disbelief, over the freak accident that killed her uncle wednesday, the evening rush hour, and howard sexton, a truck driver for ray moran flanagan, was traveling south in the lehigh tunnel on the northeast extension when a metal pipe protecting electrical wiring fell, became crashing through his windshield. the 70 year old mick middleton new jersey man was killed when the pipe struck him in the head. >> i got this at work that he was killed. it was very difficult because my uncle has always been a lot to me. >> the tractor-trailer was filled with furniture, and continue for another mile before coming to rest on the shoulder of the highway. pa turnpike engineers are now investigating what caused the heavy piping to fall. records show that the tunnel was up to date on ro

of howard county. sexton's widow michelle today trying to understand the bizarre incident. sexton an employee of ray more and flannigan was driving northbound at the lehigh tunnel. the conduit carries wiring and lights for fans on the tunnel. and he was fatally struck in the head by the conduit. and traveled for about a distance of a mile before coming to a stop along the highway unnoticed. initial police activity focused on other vehicles that had minor damage. sexton and his truck was not found for several hours, it was located only after a welfare check from raymore and flannigans. >> reporter: now, the family of the driver, 70-year-old howard sexton said he had a long safe driving record and learned to drive heavy trucks in the army as a young man and his plan twooz retire in august. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> authorities have charged a chester county father with first degree murder in the death of his infant daughter, zion shochley is charged with shaking and throwing and drop

meanwhile, the company that howard sexton drove for released a statement saying he has been with raymore and flannigan since 2001 and he will be missed terribly. in the lehigh valley, gentlemen holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> chester county father is charged with killing his five month-old daughter after allegedly losing his tamper. chester county district attorney say zion shockly was angry over a video game. investigators say he shook, dropped the infant inside a coatsville home two weeks ago but may not been the first time. police say baby showed clear signs of abuse. shockly's grandfather says he doesn't believe his grandson could commit such a crime. >> she was just a baby. he loved his daughter. he loved her to death. he didn't let nobody touch her he loved her. he is not guilty. >> reporter: do you think it was an accident then. >> an accident. >> reporter: authorities say shockly admitted to dropping and shaking his daughter. he is facing a first degree murder charge. >>> trip to get gas end with the woman getting gas after her van was riddled with bullets. five other pas

extension, our trang do live now on the cbs news center with the tragic details, trang >> rahel, jim, howard sextonke he had for the past 17 years for the ray moran flanagan furniture. his wife said he was wonderful husband and planned to retire this summer. sexton's neice now speaking out about the family search for answers in this very troubled case. >> every night, that's what he did, this same run. and, you know, this was his last. >> debbie elliot is in shock and disbelief, over the freak accident that killed her uncle wednesday. it was the evening rush hour, and howard sexton, truck driver for ray moran flanagan, traveling south in the lehigh tunnel on the northeast extension, when metal pipe protecting electrical wiring fell, became crashing through his windshield. the 70 year old mid elton new jersey man was killed when the pipe struck him in the head. >> i got the call at work that he was killed. it was very difficult, because my uncle has always been a lot to me. >> the tractor-trailer was filled with furnitureil before coming to rest on the shoulder of the highway. pa turnpike engineers

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that trucker was 70-year-old howard sexton from gloucester county. he was planning to retire this summer and even though the accident happened in the tunnel, no one else was hurt. >> steven fisher has more on what happened and more about the man killed. >> reporter: while driving through the southbound lane of the tunnel yesterday, police say 70-year-old howard sexton of new jersey was hit in the head when a piece of an electrical continue wit fell from the ceiling of the tunnel and smashed through his tractor-trailer windshield. >> two decades i have been here, i have never seen an incident like this. >> reporter: if you look close, you can see at the top of the windshield there's a hole where the metal broke through. the turnpike says not every tunnel has that equipment hanging above the roadway. >> it's a part of the tunnel that functions in the tunnel. and again. that certainly was one of the things our engineering team was look iing at today. folks are trying to focus on what may have led to or caused this incident. >> the tunnel is inspected ev

. >>> federal investigators will finish inspection on wednesday. 70-year-old howard sexton of gloucesterounty was killed when a section of an electrical conduit fell through the windshield of his delivery truck. the northbound tunnel doesn't have conduit over head. >> roosevelt boulevard has five more cameras. there are 30 in operation. these are five more. the project will be funded half a million dollars from state grants from previous red light camera tickets. >> it just so happens one of the intersections is the scene of a grinding multicar crash. two women were hurt. one was trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut out with the jars of life. the outer northbound lanes are blocked off at this hour. >> now to an "action news" special report. have you heard of fortnight? it's the video game shattering records and leaving parents wondering how to pull their kids away. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is here with more on fortnight frenzy. >> there are many nights i yell at my son, get off fortnight and get to bed. tonight, we have a closer look at the video phenomenon. >> jack ros

the roof and windshield of this truck the force instantly killing the truck's 70-year-old driver howard sexton. and inside of the family home his widow michelle and others trying to understand the bizarre incident and sexton a 19 year employee of raymore and flannigan driving through the northeast extension's lehigh valley tunnel. it carries conduit for lights and fans run as long the roof of the tunnel and they say that sexton hit him in the head. and it travel the distance about a mile before coming to a stop along the highway unnoticed. and police activity focused on vehicle that had minor damage and sexton's body and truck were not found for several hours. located after raymore and flannigan's where for a welfare check on the driver. it was last inspected in 2016. and there is not said if there was work done in or around the area where the materials fell. >> so lots of unanswered questions at this point. chief among them why did the conduit fail and when it failed. and raymore and flag began estimated he had driven more than million miles for them and had been through the tunnel thousands

an electrical beam collapsed killing 70-year-old howard sexton. and the metal fell and broke through the windshield of his truck. it caused a major backup. >>> the mayor of allentown is back on the witness stand as he tried to clear his name in a corruption trial. the four term democrat ed pawlowski is accused of organize straighting a pay to play scheme. and he began testifying in his own defense yesterday and denies the charges. >>> widener university announced a deal that will keep the westminster music college open in princeton. they will sell it to a chinese company for $40 million, allowing choir college to continue operating and help to offset recent financeal losses. >>> up next new video of an exmotion at a popular mexican beach town. we hear from an american tourist injures in the blast. and two boaters become stranded on the desert island. the message in the sand that led to their rescue. and two troopers are honored for preventing an explosion at the jersey shore. it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy.

howard sexton of mickleton new jersey died when the piece of conduit fell from the ceiling and it fell and struck the 0--year-old in the head and all lanes are reopen tonight. a motorcyclist crashed while police are in pursuit. the wreck happened at 1:30 along the roosevelt boulevard at wood haven road in northeast philadelphia. police tried to stop the vehicle but he sped off. police say they did fine drugs on him. and an attorney for allentown mayor ed pawlowski said his client is 100 hers innocent that he traded city contracts for campaign cash. it came during the corruption trial of pawlowski today in allentown and prosecutors alleged that the democrat rigged contracts for businesses that supported his campaign. jury deliberations are set to begin tomorrow. >>> new jersey governor, phil murphy took action today aimed at growing the state's economy and murphy signed the executive order. its mission is analyze state and national trends focusing on expanding and attracting jobs to new jersey and the governor signed the order during an operating engineers union in middlesex county. mem

the accident happened wednesday night, inside on the t extension, howard sexton was killed when metal beam fell from the tunnel and crashed through the windshield of his truck. coming u a at 5:30, we will learn more about the victim from his family. examining new surveillance video in hopes of tracking down two killer. >> seen leavinglaimed the life after young woman. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live atorni, with more on that surveillance video. good morning, jel, good morning, we will take a look earthe surveillance video in old victim's family is in mourning today calling her shooting death senseless. meantime, police are also saying she was just an innocent bystander, likely, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. and this morning, homicide detectives are still trying to track down her killer. take a look at this. this is video, "eyewitness news" obtained, in fernrock near the intersection every broad and grange. it shows part of what happened wednesday night. we're told behind the wheel of that van was a 23 year old woman, who was just going to get gas. when at least tw

howard sexton was killed last week when a piece of metal conduit fell from the lehigh valley tunnel ceilingiercing his windshield. federal investigators shut down part of the tunnel yesterday so they could get a closer look at that ceiling. the pennsylvania turnpike commission said a preliminary report on the crash could be out in the next two to four weeks. >> there was disappointment for some parents and relief for others who were hoping to enroll their children in a popular philadelphia charter school. mast community charter school held its student lottery in the city's somerton section last night. nearly 11,000 applicants were vying for roughly 150 spots. >> my heart is beating out of my chest. just really hoping fingers crossed to get him in here. >> really excited. the school is like really good and i really wanted my family to get in. >> the wait list at the school has quadrupled since 2011. the lottery is random while siblings of current mast students have priority. >> well,. >> yeah, i know. >> it was tense watching that. >> well, good luck to all those parents and we hope if they

that victim is identified as howard sexton of glosser county. we're hearing he was driving a furn tur truck at the time. it's not clear if the conned due witness fell or if it was dangling in that tunnel there along the northeast extension. >>> it is time now for a check on the roads this morning with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. what are we seeing out there? >> an update out in allentown. earlier this morning we were dealing with the northeast extension on the southbound side shut down between jim thorpe and allentown. but right now they're directing all the southbound traffic, although this has reopened on that southbound side, it's being diverted into the northbound tun pell. there's going to be one lane in both directions going through the lehigh tunnel so you might see delays in both directions. watching 95 too, you can see no delays here if you're heading out there and have to catch a flight, you should be fine heading out the door there. checking out 95 at another spot because the northbound side hearing of a cra

police say electrical conduit fell from the tunnel's ceiling , driving below a zero seven year-old howard sextonit smashed through the windshield of sexton's ray more and flannigan furniture truck hitting him in the head. investigators say he coasted for about a mile after impact. state police discovered his truck along the highway, sex ton had died behind the wheel. all day turnpike workers examined the interior of the tunnel, a commission sk

last night as police say 70-year-old howard sexton was driving through the lehigh tunnel in washingtonownship and electrical pipe fell from the tunnel crashed through this windshield and hit him in the head. his truck kept on going for about a mile before it came to a stop on the side of the highway. investigation is underway. >>> honors for two new jersey state troopers down the shore for their bravery during a terror attack. iain page has more on the ceremony for the heroes live from our operations center. iain? >> lucy, well-deserved award for a couple of new jersey state troopers for their heroic actions during a terrorist action last year. both given the award of 2017 trooper of the year of course last year ahmad rah meme me set off a pressure cooker. when the troopers got to the scene they put on their protective gear and set up robots to deactivate the other devices. >> it was like second nature. we just jumped right in. we knew what we had to do. how we were going about it and completed the task. >> it is an honor. i'm humbled bite award. but again i do accept it on behalf of e

howard sexton was killed last week when a metal beam fell from the lehigh valley tunnel piercing hisindshield. federal investigators shut down a part of the tunnel yesterday so they could get a closer look at that ceiling. the pennsylvania turnpike commission said a preliminary report on this crash could come out as soon as the next two to four weeks. >> the world's largest big box retailer is not giving up on staking out its turf and warding off the world's largest internet retailer. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in sometimes square with wal-mart's latest move to fend off amazon. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: good morning, matt. never going to give you up. wal-mart making make move to bot its fashion business. focused on clothing for women plus sized women kids and men. wal-mart beefing up its fashion markets to pete with amazon and target. stocks fell yesterday after investors worried about the pace of interest hikes. looks like futures are pointing to a higher opened. mcdonald's and disney are getting back together on happy meals. starting in june, the meals will includ

he is identified as 70-year-old howard sexton of gloucester county.that. >> watching the schuylkill expressway, barely moving. we had an accident or disabled vehicle cleared out of the way. this is what's left over. 22 minutes on the westbound side from the vine to the blue route. speeds are down. no surprise there. this is a little different. if you are trying to get there to bring a team. it is closed this morning and into this afternoon, it is closed because there is an hbo show filming there. >>> today in center city, red e redding terminal market is throwing an 1893 day extravaganza. look for today's celebration to transport you back to our country a country's victorian era. >>> download our free nbc app to see a preview of five things you won't want to miss. "megan kelly today" is next. [ cheers and applause ] >>> good morning, everyone. good morning, everybody, welcome, i'm megyn kelly and we begin this morning with a huge win for team usa, taking the gold in women's hockey! it was a nerve-racking nail-biter, and this is a story of perseverance