a 25 year-old phoenixville woman was one of the two pedestrian hit by a cab crossing broad street. "eyewitness news" reporter david spun t is live in phoenixville with more on this deadly accident, david. >> reporter: they are name was amanda a degrilamo, 25 years old and she grew up not far where i'm standing near phoenixville high school. people are upset about this. she was with 25 year-old brian bot ti, from baltimore, maryland. they were crossing broad street near arch street just a couple blocks from city hall, 4:30 in the morning this was several hours after the concert ended and police say that is when a taxi driver, a 41 year-old taxi driver, of the rosemont taxi services, was driving over the the speed limit at this point. this is what police believed, hit both of them, they were both pronounced dead, shortly thereafter. we are told that driver of the taxi cab, hung out, he waited for police, to come, and then they took him to the hospital as well. >> the good thing here is he didn't leave the scene. so we have a lot more then we would have for all those that do leave. >>

>> reporter: lucy, for the folks at the ymca in phoeni phoenixville today, it was a tough day to comeo work. those who knew her amanda digirolomo age 25 and those who didn't mourned her loss. >> we love having her as part of our family and we're truly going to misreport report somber mood hung over the ymca in phoeni phoenixville tuesday as members and staff tried to deal with the tragic death of 25-year-old amanda digirolomo. >> she was a wonderful have i bran young woman, um, had her whole life in front of her. she lived live at the fullest. >> a man dan 2584 old brian botti of baltimore died early monday morning when they were hit by a taxi cab crossing broad street near arch. both had been attending the made in america festival. any time you hear something like that happening it's just tragic. for everybody involved. the families and friends and everything. >> amanda lived with her family in phoenixville and started working at the wnca as an intern in 2013. her mother and two sisters also work here. >> all i can do is put them in my prayers. >> reporter: police are still investiga

. >> body was from baltimore a man today grew up and still lived in phoenixville. >> it was very very tragic to get that text this morning to find out we lost somebody from our family ymca very very difficult. >> wood is her former boss at the wmca in phoenixville. she's also a family friend. >> not only did she, dark amanda work for her but her two sisters and mom walk in our child watch center. >> there were no passengers inside the rosemont cab much the driver with the cab company stayed on scene before going to the hospital with chest pains. >> the good thing here he didn't leave the scene. so we have a lot more we would have for all those who do leave. >> reporter: detectives will continue to use forensics and possible surveillance footage to determine the actual speed of the cab. meanwhile, a small community in phoenixville will continue to mourn. >> just dzhokhar rays mat tick and young and vibrant and very mature for her age. >> i had a chance to talk to amandass dad off camera understandably the family is devastated. police detectives are analyzing a blood sample from the dri

down tree blocking phoenixville pike between ash bridge road and green hill road or stay on 202 or use 202 which is nice and clear this morning. not clear on 422. don't forget built construction going until 5:00 a.m. blocking the westbound lanes in the pottstown area by route 100. this is the scene in center city all is fine on the vine. no overnight construction, don't forget the benjamin franklin parkway inner drives remain shut down as we prepare for made in america. outer drives close at 10:00. we'll talk about the made in america preparations coming up over the next few hours. >> developing this morning, a man and a pregnant woman who were standing on a porch in the philadelphia's frankford section were shot overnight. katherine scott is live with more on the search for the gunman. katherine. >> reporter: matt, that's right, the two victims were on the front steps of the home in frankford when the shots rang out, one victim is 8 months pregnant both taken to the hospital in stable condition. now northeast detective's are investigating. first 911 call came in around 10:00 p.m. abou

downed tree in west goshen blocking phoenixville pike, airport road is an possible alternate. two separate vehicle fires on the new jersey new jersey turnpe truck trier is past 8-a jamesburg. taking out the outer lanes and thereto another fire blocking the inner left lanes. we are swerving around that this morning. >> the search for the gunman who wounded two people sitting on the front stoop in the city's frankford neighborhood. one is 8 months pregnant. katherine scott is live outside northeast detective's with the full story. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, two victims were sitting on the front steps of the home when the shots rang out. one victim is 8 months pregnant. both victims were taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition. the detectives here at the northeast division are investigating. the 911 call came in around 10:00 p.m. around from the shooting on the 4100 block of paul street. a 21-year-old man was shot once in his back. a 23-year-old pregnant woman shot in the leg. after they were hit they ran inside the home and both were taken to the ho

the accident in phoenixville at 29 at gravel pike and then, good morning to fishtown, live look at i-hat he go seeing the beginning of the morning rush hour, headlights passing our camera at girard avenue. delays on the boulevard between broad and the schuylkill, septa's regional rail lines in norristown high speed line between nova and bryn mawr they will board on the out board platforms and paoli thorndale line looking good, patco they kick in the new timetable, so make sure you are ready for. that you know the deal on the patco high speed line a few minutes can make a big difference so have a new schedule for this morning. i will show you i-95, starting to delays again, first day back to work and back to school for everybody today, we are all showing up on to, and, office. unusual traffic pattern in the just on the majors but more so in the neighborhood as folks drop little ones off for their first day of school and school buses making those frequent stops, be ready to hit the breaks and when lights are flashing it is stop for everybody around the school buses, eastbound on the sch

west goshen we're watching a downed tree blocking phoenixville pike. airport road is an alternate. computer commuter report down the shore, no problems reported it is a great time to download the waze app. it can give you advice. >> it is a great tool. >>> brand new an 11-year-old was left alone with his younger sister at their missouri home shot and killed an intruder. investigators say two people tried to break into the home twice when one of them a 16-year-old got in and was shot and killed. the second person ran when the 11-year-old fired the shots. neither of the children at the home were injured. investigators are questioning the mother why she left her children home alone with a gun. >>> this maryland man is behind bars for making a threat online. he tweeted about killing all white people in the town. the account that posted the message was deleted. he is being held on $250,000 bond. >>> a sheriff's deputy will be buried a week after he was shot and killed in a gas station parking lot in texas. the funeral for darren goforth will be held in houston. police arrested shannon m

i remember growing up in phoenixville will trying to wear my fall clothes, sweater, boots, whole 9 yards. you will in the wear them tomorrow for your first day of school. you will want summer gear because 90's will stay with us. as we have seen folks trying to stretch their summer vacation as long as they can. beach is crowded here looking at the our live neighborhood network from the beach patrol headquarters in margate. beautiful afternoon on the beach, storm scan three shows entire region is clear. nothing but sunshine outside right now. temperatures responding to the outside with the sun at 90. allentown as well. eighty-nine in wilmington. down short we have temperatures in the 80's. more comfortable with the breeze off water, 81 in stone harbor. seventy-nine in ocean city. dew point from his this time yesterday across the area in the city and northern suburbs have jumped zero to 15 degrees, that is why it feels so much steamier and uncomfortable out here today then this time yesterday. your first forecast for tonight warm, steamy still 85 at 7:00 p.m. back to the 90's by 9:00. seven

reporting live from phoenixville, walter perez channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, walter. >>> an accident involving a motorcycle ended in a fire ball on the schuylkill expressway early this afternoon. the action cam on the scene seconds before firefighters arrived. the car and motorcycle crashed at about 1 o'clock in the eastbound lanes near the montgomery drive exit. the 52-year-old biker was taken to the hospital in stable condition believe it or not. investigators have not yet determined what caused that crash. >>> the red cross is now assisting four families forced out of their homes by fire this morning. firefighters were called to the 4900 block of saybrook a avenue in southwest philadelphia. one person was taken to presbyterian hospital for treatment. the fire damaged five homes before crews were able to put it out. no word what sparked that blaze. >>> a man was seriously hurt today after he got stuck beneath this farm equipment in bucks county. rescuers responded to the scene in hilltown township that was at 11:30 this morning. the vic

. >>> a quick trip to the backward to mow the lawn can be live changes eye as a phoenixville family learnedhen their three-year-old almost died. david spun has the story of how a devastating accident sent a local mother on mission to bring awareness. >> i'm trying but sometimes it doesn't stay. >> reporter: the relationship between dr. ray men and three-year-old talon is a special one. to put it plainly, she saved his life. back in may, a family member was mowing the lawn on an industrial sized tractor. when talon ran out from behind the bushes and was run over. >> in my wild dreams i didn't imagine that i'm going to run into a dad carrying his son in his arms completely, you know, filled with blood. >> reporter: rail men is the medical director of new hours dupont at phoenixville hospital and operat operated on oh on tan minutes after he was arrived. he was almost cut completely in half. the doctor was able to help talon thanks to an i pad and technology called tele medicine. >> it's a secure way of obtaining expert ease at a moment's notice. >> reporter: about an hour later, talon was in

. >> reporter: somber mood hung over the ymca in phoenixville tuesday as members and staff tried to dealith the tragic death of 25-year-old amanda. >> she was a wonderful vibrant young woman, um, had her whole life in front of her. she lived life to the fullest. >> reporter: amanda and brian botti of baltimore died early monday weren't when they were hit by a taxi cab crossing broad street near arch. both had been attending the made in america festival. >> any time you hear something like that happening, it's just tragic. you know, for everybody involved. the families and friends and everything. >> reporter: man today lived with her familiar until phoeni phoenixville and started working at the ymca as an intern in 2013. her mother and two sisters also worked here. >> all i can do is put them in my prayers. >> reporter: police are still investigating the crash. the 41-year-old cab driver from rosemont taxi stopped at the scene but had to be hospitalized with chest pains. witnesses told police the driver may have been going as much as 50 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour speed zone. >>

we saw a downed tree close phoenixville pike. >>> a heist in the strawberry mansion center. two men broke interest a home and stole $6,000 an cell phones. police say one of the bandits was armed. nobody inside the home was injured. >> developing now, the search for the gunman who wounded two people who were sitting on a front stoop in the city's frankford neighborhood one victim is 8 months pregnant. katherine scott is live outside northeast detective's. katherine. >> reporter: matt, that's right, the two victims were sitting on the front steps of a home when the shots rang out. one of the victims is 8 months pregnant. both are in stable condition at the hospital. there were witnesses taken to the northeast detective's to be interviewed. first 911 call came in from the frankford neighborhood on the # # hundred block of paul -- 4100 block of paul street. a 21-year-old was shot in the back and 23-year-old shot in the leg. they were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition. police believe the shoort -- shooter was 30 feet away when at least 11 shots were fired. >> the

accident in phoenixville route 29 at gravel pike and then lower merion an accident at mill creek and grays lane. we have a what the are main break on route 130 south right here near betsy ross and we are seeing delays south of i-95 into girard avenue. mike and alex, back over to you. >>> our lead story yesterday morning was about this taxi cab. >> yes. >> a tax that i killed two pedestrians over near city hall. >> now we are know more about the victims. they have been identified as 25 year-old amanda a degrilamo of phoenixville and brian boti of baltimore. both were killed crossing broad street yesterday morning. both had been attending made in america festival. police say the driver is a 41 year-old driver for rosemont taxi cab. he was taken the two hospital for chest pains. they are awaiting tax coming results. witnesses say the driver was speeding. he was going about 50 miles an hour in a 25-mile an hour zone. >> 25 miles an hour, you are supposed to be going 25 miles an hour, he is going 50. >> 6:19. >>> run, joe run. that was the chant heard in the annual labor day parade on mon

hearts were heavy at ymca in phoenixville tuesday as members and staff came to grips with the tragic death of 25-year-old a money today. she was a wonderful vibrant young woman. had her whole live in her. >> amanda and 2584 old brian of baltimore were killed early monday when they were struck by a taxi cab on broad street near arch. both had been attending the made in american festival. >> any time you hear something like that happening, it's just tragic. for everybody involved. the families and friends and everything. >> reporter: amanda lived in phoenixville and started working at the ymca as an intern in 2013. her mother and two sisters also worked here. >> we loved having her as part of our family and we'll truly are going to miss her. >> very difficult for everybody involved and you just hope nothing like that ever happens to you or a loved one. >> reporter: police are still investigating the crash. the 41-year-old cab driver from rosemont taxi stopped at the scene but had to be hospitalized with chest pains. witnesses told police the driver may have been doing as much as 50 mil

they are amanda digirolamo of phoenixville and bryan botti of baltimore. both 25s old. they were in town for the made in america festival. the accident happened just after 4:30 a.m. at broad and arch streets. a witness told police it looked like the cab driver was going 50 miles an hour, 25 miles an hour over the speed limit by the way. the 41-year-old driver did stop at the scene. investigators are still waiting for toxicology results tonight. >>> meantime a woman is recovering after she was shot by a pellet gun while walking near a trail on kelly drive. it happened just after midnight. the woman was walking near boathouse row when four or five men jumped out of the shadows and shot her with a bb gun. the men took off. she was treated and released at hahnemann hospital. police believe this was a random incident. >>> one person is recovering after a hit and run car crash in mantua township early this morning. it happened around 1:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of route 55 in mantua township. one car slammed into another, then took off. police tried to pull over the str

phoenixville seeing heavy rain still. it's not moving out quickly and the precip rates are coming in at about an inch and a half per hour so that could be an issue for some local street and creek flooding, especially in lower-lying areas. you can pretty much expect some roadways to start to flood if you haven't seen it already. some more heavy rain up towards richland, bed minister, parts of upper montgomery county, seeing heavy rain across 476. near allentown, heavy rain up into the poconos across all major interstates here and into berks county. so reading is kind of on the border now between where we are seeing the very heavy rain and really improving conditions. there you see the back end of the heavy rain moving into berks county, reading finally will start to see a break very soon. that rain starts to lighten up a little bit. pennsville moving in from wilmington, it's very heavy rain across the major interstates here, right across i-95, 495 and it's sliding into the philadelphia area. down near riverview, dover, see

flames ripped through three townhomes on armstrong lane in phoenixville yesterday. a viewer sent us this video of flames and black smoke shooting into the sky. investigators are working to determine the cause of this fire. >>> more viewer video from montgomery county where a car burst into flames. the fire here spread to three other vehicles. this happened in the parking lot of the towers of wyncote apartments. no one was hurt. >>> talking sports now, this morning, tim tebow's future in the nfl is up in the air. the eagles cut tebow after coach chip kelly said he wasn't good enough to land on the roster. tebow is one of 22 players released yesterday. coach kelly said tebow is a hard worker who showed improvement but needs more experience to play in the nfl. >> i think he really improved his arm throwing motion from a couple years ago. he worked extremely hard on it. deserves credit for that. i talked to him earlier today when we released him. i think he just -- he just needs more playing time. needs to get out there and get actual reps. i think he's done a ton on hi

. >> reporter: somber mood hung over the ymca in phoenixville tuesday as members and staff tried to dealith the tragic death of 25-year-old amanda. >> she was a wonderful vibrant young woman, um, had her whole life in front of her. she lived life to the fullest. >> reporter: amanda and brian botti of baltimore died early monday weren't when they were hit by a taxi cab crossing broad street near arch. both had been attending the made in america festival. >> any time you hear something like that happening, it's just tragic. you know, for everybody involved. the families and friends and everything. >> reporter: man today lived with her familiar until phoeni phoenixville and started working at the ymca as an intern in 2013. her mother and two sisters also worked here. >> all i can do is put them in my prayers. >> reporter: police are still investigating the crash. the 41-year-old cab driver from rosemont taxi stopped at the scene but had to be hospitalized with chest pains. witnesses told police the driver may have been going as much as 50 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour speed zone. >>

both of the victims were 25 years old, amanda of phoenixville and brian of baltimore were struck at broad and arch streets at 4:30 yesterday morning, they were in town for the made in america festival, the driver of the taxi did stop and was taken to the hospital with chest pains. >>> the woman that survived the on air shooting that kill aid reporter and photographer in roanoke, virginia, is out of the hospital. vicky guardner was released yesterday, a gunman ambushed all of them and later killed himself after a police chase, parker and ward died of gunshots, and gardner was shot in the back and never saw the gunman coming becausest bright camera lights. >>> authorities have been searching a river for the body of 27-year-old dalia yaya, she went to nepal to help victims of devastating earthquake, a local teacher volunteered to host her and later killed her with a hammer. >>> a couple is reunited with their newborn son after a doctor switched him at birth. she gave birth in her country of el salvador in may. they noticed something different in the features and they had a dna test, real rev

, phoenixville pike between ashbridge road and green hill road.ake pottstown pike in this area this morning. like we said before, the whole crew is heading down to wildwood, they are at they said this all week schillinger and the boardwalk at 6:00 a.m. whole crew at the 7:00. >> my favorite place is flip-flops. >> oh, really. >> yeah. >> okay. >> okay, buddy. 4:16 is the time. >> search is on for a gunman who opened fire on the college campus. >> it took place yesterday in the parking lot at sacramento city college, it left one man dead and two others hurt. reports indicate this was an argument right before the gun fire happen. police confirmed that two victims were students. campus put on lock down and later evacuated. students were alerted to take shelter. >> they were running through the campus like a bat out of hell. they told us to go to the admission of record and we could not leave. >> there were people in the area. our officers are diligently working to contact everybody get witness statements or any possible surveillance footage in the ar

down tree in phoenixville along the phoenixville pike, it is closed between ash bridge road and green hill road. you can take pottstown pike as an alternate and there they are in wildwood, they will be on the boardwalk, come say hello, schillinger. i will get that by 6:00 o'clock, i promise. we will could on it. >>> millions of americans will get financial relief this labor day weekend. prices at the pump tanking with the gallon of regular gas below $2.50 nationwide. >> so, what do you do when price at the pump goes down? you say let's go plan a trip. fill her up. triple a a is saying it will be the the busiest labor day weekend in a long time since 2008. patricia starks has more on this. >> reporter: i'm glad it is going lower for once. goodies on the wallet g news if you plan to hit the open road this holiday weekend. where drivers are expect to pay the the lowest labor day weekend gas prices since 2004. >> we are at 2.4 $3 a gallon a full dollar below where we were a year ago. not quite at 1.85 we saw in 2004. >> reporter: triple a predicts more than 30 million americans will take

up in phoenixville today, the hometown of one of the victims, we encountered an entire workplace community in mourning. 25-year-old amanda digirolomo studied exercise science as an undergrad and when the time came for an internship and job, the phoenixville native joined her mother and two sisters working at their local ymca. today that entire workplace is in mourning. >> she was a wonderful, vibrant young women. >> reporter: the director tells us digirolomo was a wellness center attendant here. witnesses tell police the taxi driver who hit her and her friend, bryan botti, had the green light and the victims were crossing on red around 4:30 yesterday morning. sources also say that drive volunteered to give a blood sample to prove he wasn't impaired. in this neighborhood where digirolomo grew up and at the ymca where so much of her family worked, there are few answers. >> just tragic for everyone involved, especially the families. >> we have a very small family here at the ymca of staff, employees and everybody's just going through a difficult time and just needs a little bit of some peace.

. >> a phoenixville family learned whether their three year old almost died.ewitness news" reporter david spunt, has the story of how a devastating accident sent local mother on mission to bring awareness. >> i'm fine. but sometimes it doesn't stay. >> relationship between doctors, and three year old wilson, is a special one. to put it plainly, she saved his life. back in may, a family member was mowing the lawn on an industrial sized tractor, when ran out from behind the bushes and was run over. >> in my wildest dreams,. >> i didn't feel i would run into a man caring his child covered in blood. >> phoenixville hospital, and operated on callen, minute after he arrived. he was almost cut completely in half. doctor was able to help him, thanks to ipad, and technology called telle medicine. >> secure way of obtaining expertise at a moment's notice. >> about hour later, was in a helicopter on his way to dupont in wilmington where he underwent nine hour surgery. he continues to come back to wilmington for therapy with his mom, alicia. she still thinks about that da

reporting live from phoenixville, walter perez, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> all right, walter, thank you a. >>> let's take you to breaking news right now a forest fire is burning in burlington county new jersey. chopper six is live over woodland township. that fire is between 60 and 80 acres right now but since it hasn't rained in so long firefighters do expect this to continue to grow. flames are not far from route 72. crews say they don't expect to close any roads but if they do, that could cause trouble for people who are coming back from lbi this afternoon. we'll keep following the stories to your and of course bring you any new updates as soon as we get them. >> a fierce fire rips through several southwest philadelphia row homes today forcing almost two dozen people out on the streets. the action cam was here on the 4900 block of say brook avenue. that's where the flames started just before 9:30 this morning sending huge clouds of smoke into the sky. the fire damaged five homes are before crews were able to put it out. that affected 22 people

falling over portion s of up are montgomery county, chester county see this heavier rain around phoenixville and heading down toward main line. this will impact travel along lancaster avenue and of course along schuylkill expressway. the thinks all pushing in the city at the the moment and we can expect another round of potentially flooding downpours before things improve overnight and into tomorrow. i will have more on the timing and seven day forecast in a few minutes, jessica. >>> new 59:30 today mayor held his eighth papal visit update and a we have learned about what businesses and cars within secure zones will to have do before pope francis arrival. "eyewitness news" reporter, greg argos is live with details on that, greg. >> reporter: good afternoon, guys. mayor announced those parking restrictions for pope's visit. in fact each car park within a secure perimeter that go in effect in ten days september 20th which means all these vehicles right here, any vehicle within one of those secured perimeters i should say if they are moth moved by the 20th, well, they could be towed. pope franc

the event took place in philadelphia and phoenixville today. veterans and families of fallen soldiers as well as local communities. >>> still to come, huge wildfires are ripping through parts of the western united states right now. thousands of people are already evacuating. see more of the incredible damage that said been left behind. >>> berks county taylor swift is facing a lawsuit. it's all the star's fault he got fired. >>> get ready for a sunny stretch in the forecast alon . >>> devastation of a new wildfire in california, this about hundred miles north of san francisco, we now know at least one person killed. andans as cbs compends daniel noting him re has no shows you this is one of several fires scorching california tonight. >> reporter: the valley fire explodeed in northern california. flames exploit home after home about 100 miles north of san francisco. embers rained down on residents trying to escape the wageing wildfire. >> the fast moving fire is still growing. the governor has declared a state of emergency, vacate wheeze fear th

flames ripped through three townhomes on armstrong lane in phoenixville yesterday. a viewer sent us this video of flames and black smoke shooting into the sky. investigators are working to determine the cause of this fire. >>> more viewer video from montgomery county where a car burst into flames. this happened in the parking lot of the powers of wyncote apartments. nobody was hurt. >>> this morning, tim tebow's future in the nfl is up in the air. the eagles cut tebow after coach chip kelly said he wasn't good enough to land on the roster. coach kelly said tebow is a hard worker who showed improvement but needs more experience to play in the nfl. >> i think he really improved his arm throwing motion from a couple years ago. he worked extremely hard on it. i talked to him earlier today when we released him. he just needs more playing time. needs to get out there and get actual reps. i think he's done a ton on his own from an individual basis, it's about playing the game and taking the next step. >> on thursday, tebow threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns against the

flames ripped through three townhomes on armstrong lane in phoenixville yesterday. a viewer sent us this video of flames and black smoke shooting into the sky. investigators are working to determine the cause of this blaze. >>> more viewer video from montgomery county where a car burst into flames. the fire here spread to three other vehicles. this happened in the parking lot of the towers at wyncote apartments. nobody was hurt. >>> a police dog from berks county being treated in philadelphia is doing better, but he's still in intensive care. the dog named cody was helping officers check a school for intruders when he fell more than 15 feet from a catwalk. the canine was flown to the pennsylvania veterinary hospital because of concerns of internal bleeding. the vets there are optimistic about his recovery. >>> today patco riders will begin following a new schedule. this is a live look at the ben franklin where a track rehabilitation project is entering its final stages. work requires revised schedules from thursday midday through sunday night that will last through

police say, 25 year old amanda, of phoenixville, and brian body, of baltimore, were crossing broad street near arch when they were hit by a cab. witnesses told police the driver was speeding. no charges have been filed. pennsylvania state police now assisting in this investigation. >>> free ticket will be available today if you want to be within just a few blocks of pope francis during the papal weekend in philadelphia. the archdioces says 10,000 tickets will be available on line at 4:00 this afternoon for the september 26 closing festival of the world meeting of families. another 10,000 ticket will be available on line at 8:00 tonight for the september 27th mass on the parkway. going get those quickly. they always go fast. now your official shop dedicated to the worlds meeting action of families now open at the aramark tavern in center city it, will sell merchandise, regular hats, t-shirts, as well as religious items. store organizers expect a busy month. >> resident, visitors, are going to be able to come here to this pop up location and search the beautiful souvenirs and official momen

. >> the victims have been identified as 25 year-old amanda degrilamo of phoenixville and brian boti of baltimore. both were killed by a taxi cab while crossing broad and arch streets yesterday morning. both have been attending the made in america festival earlier. witnesses say the driver may have been going upward of 50 miles an hour before impact and the zone was only for a 25 . >> causing them to go up in the air and land some 100 feet away. >> 100 feet they were thrown. >> look at the damage in front of the tax there i. >>> police say the driver is 41 year-old and works for rosemont taxi. remained on the scene before taken to the hospital himself for chest pains. they are awaiting the results of the blood test before decide if you go charges will be filed. >>> all right. here was the chant yesterday, run joe run. not forest. joe. joe biden. that was the chant heard at the annual labor day parade on monday. that was yesterday. this is in pittsburgh. hundreds urging vice-president joe by tone throw his hat into the ring for president. the vice-president is said to be seriously con

one from phoenixville. the other from baltimore. they were crossing the street at broad and arch right around 4:30 this morning. police say that a taxi heading north on broad hit the two of them. they were thrown into the air landing about 100 feet from the cab. witnesses say that cab is going close to 50 miles an hour. that's what they saw. the cab driver stopped at the scene and ended up at the hospital for chest pains. we do not know that person's condition or if that person faces any charges. >>> president obama spent most of labor day touting a new executive order. the president signing that order granting federal contract employees as many as seven days of paid sick leave. it happened today. president obama also calling on congress to pass a national law that will benefit hourly worke workers. the president says paid sick leave will help businesses grow. not hinder them that's what he says. something he says the republicans can't seem to get behind. >> in their world, the only way to help the country grow and help people get a

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monday morning, after the made in america festival, police say 25 year-old a amanda degrilamo of phoenixville and brian boti of baltimore were crossing broad street near arch when they were hit by a cab. witnesses told police that the driver was speeding, no charges have been filed but pennsylvania state police are now assisting in the investigation. >>> would the man federal prosecutors called the master mind behind the so-called basement of horrors is taking responsibility for her crimes. linda westin pleaded guilty to charge that he is she kidnaped and abused mentally disabled adults over a decade in a steam to steel their governmental benefits. she faces life in prison plus 80 years. attorneys for both sides say at agreement offers closure to the victims. >> ultimately the decision was made that this was the most just resolution, taking into account our current situation as well as background of miss westin. >> it was a good decision for everybody including the victims in this case. >> a former sentencing for westin has been scheduled for november 5th. >>> pennsylvania pennsylvania senato

phoenixville native amanda digirolomo followed in her family's foot steps. after finishing college, the exercise science major joined her mother and two sisters working at the freedom valley ymca near their home. tonight, that one family's tragedy is rippling through the larger workplace family. >> she lived life to the fullest and we loved having her as part of our family. we are truly going to miss her. >> reporter: the executive director deirdre wood described the young woman as vibrant. today we confirmed that witnesses are telling police the taxi driver who hit her and a friend, bryan botti, had the green light and the victims were crossing on red around 4:30 yesterday morning. but witnesses also say the cab was speeding, perhaps double the 25 mile an hour speed limit. it could result in criminal charges depending on what investigators find. >> we have a very small family here at the ymca of staff employees and everybody's just going through a difficult time and just needs a little bit of some peace. >> reporter: the driver volunteered to give a blood s

police identified the two victims as 25-year-old amanda digirolamo from phoenixville and 25-year-old bryan botti from baltimore, maryland. the cab struck and killed them yesterday morning at broad and arch streets near philadelphia city hall. both were in town for the made in america festival. >> the witness approximated their speed at being over the speed limit. that's all i can give you at this point. that has not been confirmed. >> now, police have not released the cab driver's name. he was in a rosemont taxi. >>> a rollover crash in center city last night left at least one person injured. an suv flipped over in the 2000 block of south street after hitting at least one parked car. the driver was rushed to jefferson university hospital. >> if you want to see pope francis at independence mall, tickets will be available online starting this afternoon. details on how to get them coming up in our next half hour. >>> pope francis plans to announce today a new stream lined process for annulling marriage. many catholics have complained the current system is cumbersome costly and often unf

downed tree, phoenixville pike, closed, between ash bridge road and greenhill road.t alternate of pottstown pike for those of in you and around this area. and, also, the made in america festival this weekend, as fun as that is, it will cause problems for a lot of the commuters trying to drive around, closures friday, saturday, ben franklin parkway, kelly drive, martin luther king drive. it will be a busy one, nicole, over to you. >> well, vice president biden says, he's not sure about a run for the white house. speaking at synogogue in at lan tax he made it clear that his family comes first. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. some my hit that is not appropriate. >> biden's son beau biden died of brain cancer in may, the vice president sought the oval offers in 1988 and 2008 but dropped out. >> a house panel is interviewing another member of hillary clinton's inner circle this morning. yesterday, former aid, cheryle mills, underwent more than nine hours of questioning behind closed doors. we're told

. >> i went to high school with patrice in phoenixville. always had great shoes i remember and was always super smart and motivated and i'm not surprised to see her doing so great. she said to tell you hello by the way. >> hello patrice. what great story. >> fantastic. >> now to the forecast. here we go. >> here we go. it's on. >> it's on and we are continuing to watch the chance for showers. i say the chance because it's not set in stone. but you definitely want to pack the umbrella pack the rain gear if you are planning on heading into the city or any outdoor activity especially on sunday thanks to a coastal storm that seems bent on putting a damper on the papal visit in philadelphia. you can see logan circle the parkway all lit up what a beautiful shot that is our yeah ya'll view seeing this parkway cam quite a bit here on cbs3 as we head through the weekend and throngs of people will be in those streets in just a couple of days and let's hope the weather will be as nice as it was today. unfortunately the clouds look like they'll roll ba

are trying to determine why attacks i struck and killed two people in center city, amanda, of phoenixville, brian body of baltimore, were crossing broad street near arch early yesterday morning, when that cab hit them. both were 25. detective are trying to find out just how fast that taxi was going. she worked at the ymca. >> just so charismatic and young and vibrant and very mature for her age. >> the cab driver stopped at the scene, then went to the hospital after suffering chest pains. no charges have been filed. >> 5:05 right now, and the countdown is on for the launch of the late show with stephen colbert. debuts tonight. finally it is here 11:35 on cbs-3, jan carabeo joins us, she took a trip up to new york, is outside the edel sullivan theater. and this had undergone a huge overhaul since letterman left. good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning, very exciting day on tap for stephen colbert. he has a new gig and new place here at the ed sullivan theater, and the front page of the new york daily news says it all. tonight is the night. of course he is taking over as the host of the

slow down, phoenixville closed between ash bridge and greenhill road. use the alternate of pottstown pike for those of you in that area, and also the made in america festival, this weekend, so check your local schedules for all of those closures, nicole, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. burlington county school community is in mourning, after losing two of its members in tragic accidents. student and teachers at helen ford middle school attended vigil honoring fellow classmate and teacher killed in unrelated car accidents. thirteen year old sheinelle died on august 20th from injuries sustained in a accident. one week later her seventh grade teacher, allison macinnis, struck and kill while jogging. >> so cool. i can't go in her classroom. i have to turn the other way, can't, there are so many memories in that room. >> the victim's families who attended the vigil say they're overwelmed by the support they've received from that school community. >> well, the 22 days to go before pope francis begins his historic visit here to philadelphia. and now you wil

police identified the two victims as 25-year-old amanda digirolamo of phoenixville and 25-year-old bryanti from baltimore, maryland. the cab struck and killed them yesterday morning at broad and arch streets near philadelphia city hall. both were in town for the made in america festival. >> the witness approximated their speed at being over the speed limit. that's all i can give you at this point. that has not been confirmed. >> police have not released the cab driver's name. he was with rosemont taxi. >>> a fire along the jersey shore caught the attention of people enjoying the last hours of their labor day vacation. the million dollar home in stone harbor caught fire at 5:30 yesterday evening and went to two alarms. the house is on a cul-de-sac on the 10,000 block of golden gate drive. people took pictures from the water showing the smoke pouring from the house. fortunately no one was hurt. >> the refugee crisis overseas continues to grow as hundreds of thousands of refugees flood into europe fleeing brutal violence in the middle east. pressure is mounting on european countries to prov

you're coming down from phoenixville, chester springs you're looking pretty good.penndot out there with the arrow board but no big problems right here right now. let's go over to montgomery county. we've got a problem here with the sandbag that had been stuck on the road but it has since cleared, someone picked it up and moved it off to the side so 422 eastbound approaching royersford, no problems right there. in souderton montgomery county main street and chestnut street, we've got a new accident just coming in to us right here and another one that's in horsham on diane avenue at saint davids place so a couple early morning accidents. in ocean township in new jersey, we've got this downed pole and police are on hand. they're directing traffic around the scene. route nine is closed still at 554. you can use the garden state parkway as your alternate for that one. with route nine being shut down that's kind of a big deal in that area. on your commuter traffic report we found someone talking about the construction here on the turnpike southbound past exit three. so w

eastbound go the taillights away if phoenixville and collegeville headed in towards oaks with no problemsxtra overnight construction. you're looking good on 422 now but later on that won't be the case. at 10 o'clock tonight they're going to close the westbound lanes of 422 in the pottstown area right at the exit for route 100 in the ongoing work zone. >>> all traffic is going to be forced off, forced up to high street. if you're on 422 westbound overnight tonight and then again on thursday night, i think i might stay down on 724, schuylkill road as a good alternate. there's going to be a lot of traffic on high street as that's where they're sending all the detouring traffic. over in camden county, right by camden county college, some construction going for the next 45 minutes along 70. it's westbound between springdale and greentree roads. and in cumberland county, a couple different zones last until 6 o'clock. there's one in bridgeton along route 56 near morton avenue by the fulton bank taking out a lane. another along 55 like we often see on the northbound side past 49. again one lane b

amanda, of phoenixville, and brian body of baltimore, were crossing broad street arch street when the taxi struck them around 4:30 yesterday morning. the driver with the rosemont cab company did stop. >> the good thing here is he didn't lever the scene. so we have a lot more than we would have for all of those that do leave. he did the right thing. >> the cab driver went to the hospital with chest pains, police say there were no passengers in the cab at the time, no charges had been filed. >> lawyers for the kentucky commercial who refused it issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, has been in jail since last thursday, after she ignored a judge's order to issue a license. she object to same sex marriage for religious reasons. crowds will gather again today outside the jail to show support spore davis. >> minnesota dentist who killed cecil the lion said to return to his dental practice today. walter palmer made headlines when he hunted and killed cecil back in july. palmer still disputes accounts of the african hunt. he maintains the kill was legal in zimbabwe. he said if he had k

flames ripped through three townhomes on armstrong lane in phoenixville yesterday. a viewer sent us this video of flames and black smoke shooting into the sky. investigators are working to determine the cause of this fire. >>> more viewer video from montgomery county where a car burst into flames. the fire here spread to three other vehicles. this happened in the parking lot of the towers of wyncote apartments. no one was hurt. >>> get ready for another day of outdoor music and fun in center city. this is time lapse video of 70,000 people crowding the ben franklin parkway for the made in america festival. in just a few hours, the second and final day of the event begins. jesse gary has more from the parkway. >> reporter: this is the last opportunity for city officials to music as a means to fine tune pope security plans. the made in america music festival is expected to draw in 70,000 fans. amid the sea of people, philadelphia police fine tuning security plans when pope francis arrived in three weeks. officials say they're using this scale gathering as a dry run to

. >>> amanda of phoenixville and brian were killed when they were hit by a rose monlt cab early monday morning. the victims were crossing broad street in march when a cab driver hit them. >>> new castle county workers are being rewarded for sticking it out through tough times. they've approved a one time $750 bonus for any full time employee who's been on the job at least 60 days. the county was forced to cut costs last year, as they faced a projected $2 million deficit. >>> lots of radio listeners are making a difference for some kids in some tough situations. the annual two-day radio thon is underway at the ai dupont hospital in wilmington. our partners from wdel f.m. and their sister stations from around the region are all broadcasting from the hospital's new atrium. they're raising money for research and raising money to help give children a happier hospital stay when they need to be here. >> pet therapy, music therapy, and all the different things that when a child comes through these doors make their stay as good as it possibly can be. >> the radio thon runs through tomorrow afte

the general direction of the downpours and malvern, and chester county and king of prussia and phoenixville, crossing 422, a lot of the roads pretty tough to get through tonight. and 202 as well and this is producing rainfall of an inch and a half per hour. torrential rain and high humidity, the flash flood watch is posted until 8:00 tonight and what we are looking at is heavy rain in a short period of time. we have flooding in poor drainage areas, turn around and don't drown, it only takes two feet of water to really take your car down through the flooding. we'll talk about more rain heading your way for the weekend, coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily, 6abc.com/weather is your go to resource as the heavy rain moves through the area, checking in with stormtracker 6 live double scan for the very latest. >> we are just 15 days from pope francis's arrival in philadelphia. anticipation and concern is building among residents that live in the francis festival grounds also known as the traffic box. particularly troubling for several people living in apartments and condos a

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