red lion and sandy meier police activity jen is telling us red lion is on. that's good news. this say block off of red lion and vre. there in northeast philadelphia. the schuylkill expressway okay but as sue mentioned they have an home gym and had up on the roosevelt boulevard. penndot will work down an put down the cones. roosevelt boulevard between skawl kill and broad streetch the right lane will be taken out from 9 to 3 and they'll also work outta here 422 westbound down to one lane at 9:00 as you work your way west out of valley forge past route 23. chris and lauren back to you. >> police now are hoping surveillance video will give them a clearer picture of what happened. jennaphr joyce with the aftermath of horrific crash, jen. >> good morning, chris, lauren, four families had to learn the devastating news overnight three people dead one in critical condition after this horrifying crash here. all of the victims in their late teens, early 20s victims of a senseless wreck this accident happened before midnight here on sandmeyer lane off red lion road in industrial park in

red lion road right at sandy red lion road right at sandymeier road a black off vree intersection red lion and vree, you have the driving range there. more details on the fatal crash in a moment. septa regional rail lines. trolleys still using. >> bob thank you so much. breaking news this morning a drag racing crash has three people dead in the northeast. >> car hit a tree and it split in half. in half. jennaphr frederick jennaphr frederick jennaphr frederick per joyce, live at the scene. >> it hit a tree and police say split in half perfectly. devastating crash police are calling senseless and three young people are dead and this accident happened before midnight on red lion road near sandmeyer lane in northeast philadelphia. two females and male died and second male in critical condition originally reported to aria torresdale hospital. the accident investigation division has been out here and said absolutely this car was speeding, drag racing, and at this point they have not confirmed involvement of second car. >> car was split in half almost perfectly. when they encountered the tre

such a sad case but avoid red lion at this time in the morning. nicole over to you. >> meisha, thank you. >>> we will begin with breaking newt out of northeast philadelphia, this morning three, people are killed in the bustleton section earlier this morning. police suspect they may have been drag racing at the time of the crash. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with more details on that story justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police tell us several families will be devastated this morning. we know three people lost their lives, one is in extremely critical condition at the hospital. victims here are young between 18 late teens and also into their early 20's. all for traveling in this car here that was split in half by impact of this crash. lets get to you video here police say all four were traveling in what was an acura tl here, two people in front two people in back, traveling at a high rate of speed on sandmeyer lane. they crashed in the tree. police say impact split that car nearly perfectly in half. this happened

"action news" reporter, eva pilgrim joins us live near the scene along red lion road. eva. >> reporter: matt i want to show you the remnants of the car that was involved in the accident it was literally split into two parts, three people are dead one critical after police are calling drag race going they are looking into whether this car was racing this car when it lost control. the happened on sandmeyer lane in the bustleton section of the city. it appears the car was a late 2000 model acura tl. it was going extremely fast, the driver lost control splitting the car in two. three people died on impact, one person was thrown from the car and taken to the hospital in extreme critical condition. >> we're trying to recover video right now from the construction site, the owners of the property to his if there was another car involved with the drag race. right now we don't know if there was another car involved. >> reporter: and police are hoping that video that surveillance video gave them a clue is to what happened and how the car ended up in this condition, there were not

stay up on 63, red lion road to get around that situation.cle to avoid in cheltenham along cheltenham avenue at ogontz avenue. a bad crash in newark in the northbound lanes of 95 right by 896 exit one. expect restrictions as the emergency crews continue their work there in newark. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> let's get to the first of many breaking stories we are following this morning. a huge fire continues to burn and push smoke over a trenton neighborhood. chopper six is live over the 300 block of south olden avenue. the fire, which is now at four alarms began in a row home and then quickly spread to other homes across the row. it is unclear just how many houses are burning right now. firefighters are desperately trying to gain the upper hand. so far no word on any injuries. we will continue to monitor this situation from chopper six. >>> also breaking, witnesses report an explosion coming from a home that caught fire less than two hours ago and residents are evacuating the scene in the city's kensington section. "action news" reporter er

this happened around midnight on san myer road off of red lion road. investigators believe the car was drag racing. four people were inside. three of them died at the scene. a fourth is in extremely critical condition to quote first responders. the captain out here says he was shaken as well as it's one of the worst crashes he has witnessed and as a parent he has a young son. >> the situation where you have young children -- not young children but teenagers. high speed. driving a car. thinking they are having a good time and it only takes a second to lose control of a vehicle and have a senseless loss of life. >> reporter: police right now want to know if this vehicle was drag racing another vehicle in this area so they are spending the morning going through some surveillance video they have gotten from the property where this vehicle crashed. now coming up in the next hour i'm working on a story about what police did out here what investigators did out here to in essence, re-create the scene and we will have video for that coming up at 6:00. reporting

use the alternate red lion road.have a disable vehicle on the blue route southbound ramp to the schuylkill eastbound is block ago this middle lane. just use caution around that area with the disable vehicle. and also we have got road construction here in new jersey schuylkill expressway eastbound around the 42 freeway to route 130, one lane is opened in that area also another area in new jersey, we have some more road construction on 295 northbound route 42 freeway there it is, to route 168, two lanes are blocked there until 6:00 a.m. so two lanes are block only in the 6:00 a.m. that is good news. every where elsie looked, everyone is traveling around at posted speed. that is got news. erika, back over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. >>> president obama is back at the the white house this morning following his trip to africa. marine one landed on the south lawn just after 12:30. on the president's agenda a meeting with house democrats to discuss among other things the iran agreement. >>> a fire fighter and 911 dispatc

red lion road will be your best friend right now nicole, over to you good meisha, thank you. >>> it is a meeting many parent at a local catholic school have been waiting for. >> game president of the waldron mercer academy has called this meet to go discuss the firing of the lesbian teacher. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at the school with the details jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika and nicole this is certainly first time parents got together to discuss their outrage over the firing of the very popular educators. parents have held rallies and threatened to take their children out of this school. tonight these parents will get a chance to address the school administration. this is who we're talking about. marge i winter was fired as director of religious education here at waldron mercy academy in merion more than a month ago now on june between the second. winters tells "eyewitness news" that she believes the tipping point for firing was a phone call to the archdiocese of philadelphia, complaining about her marriage. winter had has been married to he

the bustleton we have a fatal accident this morning, red lion is now opened, earlier i told thaw was closed at sand meyer road, red lion is reopened for those traveling in and around that area, again, we had an accident earlier this morning. nicole, over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. >>> we will begin this hour with breaking news out of northeast philadelphia, three people are killed and one is taken to the hospital. now police suspect this may have been trag racing in the bustleton section overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with more tea tails on the investigation, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that one victim who did survive at last check is in extremely critical condition. the let's show you car all four were in earlier, that car right there split in half by i am pennsylvania pack of that crash. this was a car that was an acura tl with two in the front, two in the back at 11:50 when it crashed on sanmeyer lane crashing in the tree and being split nearly completely in half police say. now travel at a high rate of speed. witness overheard

it happened before midnight on red lion road near san meyer lane in the bustleton section of the city. police say the car is one of the worst they have seen. >> reporter: investigators here tell me it's hard for them to stomach the damage. they say this is where the car initially hit the curb. you can see skid marks and debris here. as we move around the police car you can see the wreckage. police say that they believe the car was going so fast it became airborne after hitting the curve and then slammed into this tree. the car literally sliced in half from the impact. investigators believe the group inside was drag racing when they navigated a tight turn on san meyer road which is off red lion road and say it happened around midnight. this morning, three people inside that car are dead and one is in extremely critical condition. >> we have to be very careful when we are out here driving and being aware who you're getting in the car with and who the driver is that you're getting in the car with because you could have an incidence such as this that happens and families tonight will be v

now police believe the victims were drag race ago long red lion road and sandmeyer lane at the time of the crash. >>> pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah denies any wrongdoing after his indictment on corruption charges. authorities say that fattah misused hundreds of thuses of dollars of charitable and campaign fund. four of his alleged associates faced charges. >>> cbs sports and several other sources report cole hamels has been traded to the texas rangers. the phils have yet to confirm that trade but we know hamels was the 2008 world series mvp and has three years remaining on his 144 million-dollar contract. that is a lot of money. must be nice. 5:44. there is a battle of sexes brewing in office these summer and it is all over the thermostat. cornell university professor says that heating and cooling standard that with set decade ago were, get this, ladies based on the average male: he says that may be why many female office workers complain of the being too cold in the work place and why i have 80 sweaters at my desk. he said woman don't have layers of fat on their ankles and nec

if i were you i would stay on 63 red lion road to get around that.o a crash by the montgomery church of pennsylvania along morris road at wentz church road. watch out for that intersection this morning and overnight construction in south jersey is in the process of clearing out. gone already from 42 and on 295 northbound they were scheduled until 5 o'clock, so they too, should be in the process of picking up their cones. matt. >> okay, matt, thanks so much. >>> breaking this morning three people were hurt in a high speed crash in philadelphia's kensington section. this is what it looked like with the aftermath at f street and allegheny avenue. police say the defer was speeding on allegheny at 1:30 this morning, hit another vehicle at that intersection a man and a woman were injured in that car. they were taken to the hospital and are in serious but stable condition. the driver of the striking vehicle was also hurt. he is now being tested for driver under the influence. >>> and this is new. a double shooting critically injured two men in delaware. the

so your best bet would be red lion, red lion is that one street that goes over the railroad tracks. there is a lot of other local roads that you won't be able to get across the tracks, unless you use red lion, or rhawn, and again that's just off the boulevard there in northeast philadelphia. some good news from septa last night on the way home, we had downed tree, that halted service on the west trenton line septa says all aboard, all of the trains are running as normal this morning. so that's good news. and the three trolley routes this morning using shuttle buses, and for the most part mass transit running with no delays. chris, back over to you. >> let's stay with septa shall we? announce new plan to sell regional passes for the pope's vets it september 26th and 27th, a lottery. are you ready for the lottery? steve keeley filling us in, steve, where do we begin? >> septa figures even greater demand than the 350,000 number of tickets that they're going to sell for that special pope weekend only trip. so after many days of deliberation, they decided to do what the broad street run

best bet in northeast philly, instead of grant avenue, you want to use red lion road.oute 19 bus is on detour. however, that stretch of track is only used for freight trains. knowledge are impacted by the accident this morning, only good news there. south on the blue route, watch for disable on the ramps to the eastbound schuylkill expressway, right there in conshy west trenton line had problems last night on the way home. septa says all of the repairs are made and good to go this morning, and there is your three septa trolley routes still using shuttle buses through the end of the week. chris, back over to you. >> talking baseball, two days away from major league baseball trade deadline, phillies moved jonathan papelbon in deal with washington and now we wait on whether or not cole hamels will stay in a phillies uniform, big daddy graham talking about this all morning long with his listeners. all right, big daddy, good morning to you, sir. >> yes, don't forget the trade deadline for the phillies, rubin amaro today. >> you know, big trades in the past on this day the 2

and sandmeyer red lion is on but there's police activity at the intersection above vre. and nascar weekend beginning today at pocono speedway we see a lot of extra volume heading to poconos. >>. >> police say do got do it you'll get killed and it has happened. >> a car hit a tree cutting it in half. this was late last night san sandmeyer lane three people were killed and into the is critical condition. it doesn't appear at this point that drugs or alcohol were a factor in this accident and jenny joyce is live at the scene where police are hoping surveillance video will tell them if any other vehicles were involved. >> we'll get you throughout in a bit, 6:04 2340u. >> chaka fattah was charged with racketeering, bribery, conspiracy, this is normal. >> this is not deflategate this is a normal issue of was there investigation. >> the u.s. attorney's off said 11 term congressman misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in a series of five schemes in campaign funds and then tried to hide all this. four others in his campaign and congregational staff also being charged. investi

this point and eventually this will fade off the radar scope and another area to the south near red lion, the slit of 206 and route 70 a thunderstorm and three lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, some heavy rain drifting to the east-northeast and not sitting over one location, because southern new jersey parts of cumberland new jersey and gloucester county got 2 to 3 inches of rain this morning. the tropical feeling is back and we have endured quite a busy stretch over the last three weeks and that dew point temperature is back in the lower 70s, any time it's over 70 it's oppressive there are water droplets called water vapor and if you ring that out it literally pours and the busy stretch started three days ago and within our area three weeks we see three tornadoes and one macro burst and a micro burst it's basically the strong winds out of a thunderstorm up to 85 miles per hour and philadelphia international airport we saw the fourth peak wind gust, at philadelphia international airport up to 72 miles per hour. it is in the low 80s from ocean city to cape may, as you lift to the

it happened on sandmeyer lane near red lion road.olice are searching for the driver of the other car. >>> congressman chaka fattah is at work in washington today, one day after the feds handed down an indictment in an alleged racketeering scheme. >> his wife, nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah is not charged but is mentioned in the indictment. today she released a statement to nbc 10. she wrote in reference to the sale of her 1989 porsche that quote, both the indictment and media accounts are incorrect, end quote. meanwhile, the u.s. black chambers honored congressman fattah as their advocate of the year today in washington. the 29 count indictment was returned against fattah and four others yesterday. it accuses the 11-term democrat of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal charitable and campaign funds. chaka fattah has not been arrested and no court date has been set. congressman fattah's push for better education opportunities for young people in our area has helped many children go to college. >> that's right

so use red lion road this morning septa bus on detour, couple of fire locations, in kensington, b street, local detours. here is the scene of the fire. we just showed you few moment ago, from skyfox, up in trenton, new jersey. along olden avenue. that's right across the street from elementary school. so just watch for some local detours, especially, with four alarm ers, and mike your girls in town tonight. you better believe it, ariana grand. >> let's go lick some donuts. >> 7:30 tonight, down in south philly, will impact the evening rush hour. during the day penndot will be doing some work on the schuylkill, cleaning the drains out again today between 26th all the way out to city avenue. right now not bad. starting to see little bit every sunday glare pop up here, on your conshy curve starting to come in to downtown, mike, alec, back to you. >> coming up on 6:19, authorities in texas release new footage, during three days in jail. the video shows bland arriving at the jail, being questioned, making phonecalls, getting her mugshot taken and sleeping in her cell. appears calm except for w

. >>> in the bustleton section of philadelphia off red lion road, a speeding car slammed into a tree and three people were killed and one person was critically injured but lawmen say that a second car also speeding left the scene. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the police accidents investigation division chad what is the lightest there? >> an arrest will happen soon but detectives are still gathering evidence and conducting interviews to nail down why the two cars were going so fast. >> basically disbelieve, it doesn't feel real to me. >> karen lee struggled to fight back the tears where her niece sabrina rose died last night. this is what is left of the 2007 accura that left the road at a high rate of speed and smashed foo this tree. >> she was a good person who loved her sisters and nieces and i just don't want anyone to think the worst or judge. >> police are looking at racing as the possible cause of the accident. >> investigators say that it shows another car going upwards of 75 miles per hour where the crash happened. >> i am told that they drag race here but i

eva pilgrim is near the scene over red lion road and bustleton, good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, tam this is absolutely horrific scene. you can see this car was split into two when the driver lost control drag racing around a sharp curve. three people are dead. one in critical condition. the people in the car were between 17 and early 20s. police are looking into whether this car was racing another car when it lost control. the crash happened on sandmeyer lane in the bustleton section of the city around 11:30 p.m. it appears this is a late model acura tl. the driver lost control literally splitting the car into two around a tree. there were four people in the car, two people in time front two in the back, three died on the scene one was taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition. >> we're trying to recover video right now from the construction site, the owners of the property to his if there was another car involved with the drag race, right now we don't know. we can't confirm there was another car that was involved. >> reporter: and police are hoping surveill

it does appear at some point on sandmeyer the car lost control near the bend here just above red lionfour people, three dead now and one survivor. age range are from late teens to early 20's say police. it is unclear at this time they say if a second car or more than two cars played a a role in this crash. they are investigating. this could have been a case of drag racing. nevertheless police say it is a remind for parents and young adults to have a conversation about safety behind the wheel, take a listen. >> teenagers, high speed, driving a car, thinking they are having a good time and it only takes a second to loose control of the vehicle and have a senseless lost loss of life. very unnecessary. >> reporter: police say on the scene so far no signs of drugs or alcohol that may have played a role in this crash. again looking at surveillance video at this point to see if the second car or other factors contributed to this crash. we have three dead here, two females, one male and one male now in extremely critical condition at aria torresdale hospital. police say they are still activel

it happened on red lion road in philadelphia's bustleton neighborhood. investigators say the driver hit a curb and went airborne and slammed into a tree. three killed and one in krl condition and investigators are looking into whether another car was involved in drag racing that car. >>> just days after pitching his fir career no-hitter, cole hamels is being trade to do texas.n5g olding back as they react to the trade talks. we will walk through the plans and what it means for baseball in philadelphia. >>> a steamy start this morning. 78 degrees at 5:37 and clouds overhead. your hour-by-hour future cast is coming up. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >>> high humidity at 81% right now and southerly wind keeping the humid air examining into the area today. look at wilmington 76 degrees and 74 do

it happened just before midnight on red lion road near sanmyer lean. katy zachry is joining us live from the scene there. the three killed were all in the same car, right? >> they were all in the same car, chris. this is a difficult scene. even police tell us that when we first pulled up. they are having a difficult time processing this because look at the severity of this crash. the captain who was first out here tells us he thought the fire department had cut the car in half trying to get the victims out but it turns out the car was going so fast when it hit this tree that the impact sliced the car in half. now philadelphia police got a call around midnight from a witness who heard the crash and drove by it. you're looking at a 2007 acura vehicle, a sedan carrying four people and police believe they hit a curb and airborne for sometime and smashed into a tree. this morning, three people inside that vehicle are dead. a fourth victim is in extremely critical condition, to quote words of the captain out here. we are working to find out the identities, t

the alternate is red lion road. that's the fastest way to tell you so you don't have to make a million turns through the scene. schuylkill expressway is looking okay. montgomery drive eastbound into the center city area 13 minutes from the blue route to the vine street expressway. east and westbound, not a lot of traffic throughout the area. if you're heading out the door on the pa turnpike, pretty much the same story, even through the active work zone. still a 22-minute trip from route 1 up towards valley forge. >> today more than 100 kids with disabilities will enjoy a day at the philadelphia zoo for free as part of first trust bank's 26th annual zoo day. it's happening in time for the kids to visit the gorilla exhibit. they have mazes for the gorillas to move through. it's quite amazing. >>> on hot days like this parents need to remember to never, of course leave your children alone in a car. and the same goes for your pets. look at this. this dog was trapped inside a hot car in new jersey until some total strang

use red lion and septa route 19 bus on detour. the west trenton line, they have fewer carson some of the trains this morning. so, get ready for some extra crowding. however, they at least are running, and they had no overhead lines last night for the way home. the three septa trolley routes, using shuttle buses there, all due to track work. mike, alex, back over to you. >> hey, firefighters still on the scene, bob, in trenton, new jersey, this thing got to four alarms, started just before 5:00 this morning. this is on the 300 block of south old end avenue. we don't have any reports of injuries, but it was really raging about even half hour ago. the hedge path williams elementary school, if there is anybody going to summer school, probably not develop kids go, in trenton high school, for goodness sake, two blocks away from the scene. beautiful townhomes. more on that in just a second. >> we now know how you can get your hands on the septa papal passes. so, there is going to be a lottery up from get midnight monday august 3rd, that

i think your best bet this morning is going to stay up here on 63 red lion road instead of grant andhis early hour. also watching a crash in montgomery county along morris road at wentz runch road o northeast extension by lansdale we're doing okay. near quakertown there's overnight construction blocking the left lane in both directions. at this point speeds are not impacted a whole lot. overnight construction on the schuylkill expressway out of the way i know it's kind of a dark scene. that's because they took down those construction lights so everything reopened. crews will return though tonight start argue round eight -- starting around 8 o'clock. >> the network hosting the first gop presidential debate next week is changing the rules. at first the fox network mandated two candidate to average at least 1 percent in the five most recent national polls. now, fox says all declared republican candidates can participate on thursday of next week. it says it changed the rules because there's been so much interest surrounding the debate. there are 16 presidential candidates running for the

police say that car packed with five young people, failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree on red lionoad ape sandmeyer lane. sabrina rhodes was one of the two teenage girls died along with a 20 year-old man. sabrina's aunt went back to that scene searching for closure. >> we are all young. we all make mistakes. we have all been there. i get it. i don't blame everybody. i just want you to know sabrina was an amazingly gorgeous young girl who had a bright future ahead of her. >> another passenger a 17 year-old boy remains in critical condition. police say that 19 year-old driver showed up to the hospital a few hours later with his clothes covered in blood. >>> 5:38. rescue on the track, we are hearing from a local doctors who helped perform surgery on a patient under circumstances that were far from routine. a man was hit by a freight train and the doctor was called into action. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has details. >> reporter: einstein medical center er doctor melissa kahn got a 3:00 a.m. call. forty-six year-old man is stuck under a csx train near grant avenue and north

you want to take an alternate because it is closed in both directions and would i use red lion if i were you. keep that in the back burner. i will update you as morning progresses how things are looking in that area but that is what you are dealing w ben franklin bridge we are looking great there, look at this, this is one of my favorite camera shots. nice and easy for those just leaving new jersey heading in to center city looking great there. also i-95 northbound at cottman right lane is blocked due to some construction. this is a project thaw can see cars, easily going by that right now. we will see levels build as we push toward 5:00 o'clock hour and certainly beyond in the 6:00 o'clock hour. mass transit i will let you know especially speaking of that train accident that everything is running on time. so far so good this morning. katie, roads are looking great. how is weather, i know it is hot. >> it is so muggy outside. at least traffic is off to a quiet start and quite frankly if you have outdoor plans you have to get in for today try to get them out of the way now or as early as

police say the car packed with five young people failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree on red lion road and sandy meyer lane. sabina roads was one of two teenaged girls who died along with a 20-year-old man. sabina's aunt went back to the scene searching foreclosures. >> they're young. we all made mistakes. they've all been there and i get it. and i don't blame anybody. i just want you to know sabina was amazeingly gorgeous young girl had a bright future ahead of her. >> another passenger a 1784 old boy remains in critical condition. police say the 19 year old driver showed up to a hospital few hours later with his clothes covered in blood. >>> now knew at 11:00 a rescue on the tracks. to night we are hearing from a local doctor who helped perform surgery on a patient under circumstances that were far from routine. a man was hit by a freight train and the doctor was called in to act. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco reports tonight. >> reporter: einstein medical center er dr. melissa couldn't got a 3:00 a.m. call wednesday a 46-year-old man is stuck under a csx train on track

i think i'd stay up on 63, red lion road to get around that. tam. >> in fact matt let's give you that update that is breaking at this hour. a man in the hospital after being pinned under a train in northeast philadelphia. police say the 46-year-old man was stuck under the csx train near the 1600 block of grant avenue near welsh road. matt just showed that you on the map. it happened around 2:45 this morning. police fire and ems responded along with a surgical team from einstein. it took them about two hours to get him out from under that train and they had to amputate to do it. >> we had to amputate one of his legs to get him from under the train. >> police say the man is in the hospital in stable condition. they say the train will remain there on the scene for another hour or so while they wrap up that investigation. >> also breaking this morning three people were hurt in a high speed crash in philadelphia. it happened -- >> actually we've got -- you're taking a live look at breaking news coming to us if tusculum street up in kensington. matt

police tell us that they have since removed the car from sand myer and red lion.ar behind closed doors. we've also learned that at midnight last night two females and one male were killed instantly when the 2007 acura tl slammed into this tree. one male is in extremely critical condition at jefferson and in surgery. another male is at einstein. he's talking but somewhat disoriented. the five are between the ages of 16 and 20 all from the northeast part of the city. one from bustleton. the officer on the scene admits he was stunned when he saw this car. >> it's very severe. the car was split in half almost -- almost perfectly when they encountered the tree. it's very, very devastating. >> now i asked the commanding officer here at a.i.d. if there was any indication of impairment. no, no drugs, no alcohol, but they do say the car hit the curb went airborne before landing on the tree. that's what one witness told them. police are also reviewing surveillance videotape from businesses in the community and at 2:00 here at a.i.d. police plan to lay out what they have at

when the driver navigated a tight turn on sand meyer road in the bustleton section of the city off red lion road. the driver apparently lost control and the car was airborne for sometime before slamming against this tree. three people died at the scene and one passenger is in extreme critical condition to quote police. >> we have to be very, very careful when we are out here driving. being aware who you're getting in the car with and who the driver is that you're getting in the car with because you could have an incidence such as this that happens and families tonight will be very, very devastated at this loss of life. >> reporter: police say they are >> reporter: this morning they are looking at surveillance video. they want to see if the vehicle was drag racing. police say the victims range in age between 17 and early 20s. they have not released their identities yet. reporting live in bustleton, indicate i didn't zachary, nbc10 news. >>> 6:04 and 78 degrees. one of our region's longest serving congressmen indicted. chaka fattah is accused of participating in five schemes and years of ille

a look at the downpours right now in parts of new castle county, the glasco area, moving toward red lionark, looking at some heavy rain and all of this is lifting on off to the north. we're talking about some brief downpours in new castle county, then take a look what's moving out of kent and sussex counties in delaware. crossing parts of the delaware bay, some of this might hold together and move into section of cumberland as well as northern parts of atlantic county over the next hour or so. then, towards parts of the lehigh valley and the pocono mountains, looking at a downpour just to the identification of the allentown area, so be on the look-out for. that will but nothing is severe. we have 86 right now philadelphia, low 80s wilmington, 79 degrees in dover, it is 83 degrees right now in atlantic city. but, the dew point the measure of moisture, in the atmosphere, any time it is above 60, starts to get little sticky. we have dew points in the 70s take a look at this, 79 in dover, dew points, 72 in wilmington, as well as millville. so, once you move to above 70, we are talking down r

reporter: police want to know if the driver was street racing down a stretch of sandemire lane off red lion road when they crashed in northeast philadelphia. investigators believe the acura was doing more than 75 miles per hour. >> it could have been the boys showing off and scaring them you know, like, and didn't expect that to happen, and it did. >> reporter: police say the driver survived and is cooperating. >> when we talked to the driver, he was still traumatized and didn't really remember a whole lot about it. >> reporter: sabrina's mom worried about dangerous driving with friends before. >> i tell her, don't get in the car, and maybe it's not the same people. i don't know for sure. >> reporter: while police continued to investigate, the rhodes family is preparing to say a final goodbye to a daughter and sister who brought joy to so many lives. >> i love her to death, and she was such a good person and -- >> police also want to speak to the driver of another vehicle that was at the scene. police do not suspect alcohol or drugs to be involved. iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> p

sources tell our dave schratwieser the alleged burka bandit was actually just scene at another bank on red lion. coming up at 6:00 we'll tell you why the feds say these robbers might be getting more dangerous. chris and dawn. >> sabina. thanks in the middle of those two incidents another bank robbery in center city. police say before 11:00 this morning, a man in his 30s walked into the beneficial bank on the 1600 block of chestnut street. investigators say he handed the teller a note demanding cash. it's unclear how much he walked away. police have his description and are looking for him tonight. >>> developing now a lock down at two new york area coast guard bases. authorities say the orders were given when a retired police officer witnessed people on sat 10 island hold wagon appeared to be an assault rifle. he told police they may have been paintball guns, but he was not sure, and took photos and sent them to investigators. the lock down has been lifted at the coast guard facility on staten island but there's no word on whether the all clear has been given yet at the base in sandy hook, new j

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. >> the accident happened just before midnight on this stretch of sand meyer lane off red lion road. the quarter mile straight away leads to a tight left hand curve near the construction company. the speed limit is 25 to 35 miles per hour. >>> there was another vehicle really close to that vehicle. so it appeared they were both going at a fast rate of speed. >> i don't know what they were racing or. what but it's sad -- my heart goes out to their families. >> reporter: accident investigators spent the day reviewing surveillance footage from three cameras closest to the crash site. hoping to find out exactly what happened. they interviewed the 20-year-old driver of the car that crashed. he left the scene and showed up later at a hospital. >> when we talk to the driver he was still traumatized and didn't really remember a whole lot about it. >> reporter: friends and tally members arrived at the scene. some were too shaken to speak. >> it's sad that parents lost three children. >> speed did it and the reckless recklessness did it noun there's a couple people dead as a result. report roa

two women and one man were killed in the crash just before midnight on sandmeyer lane in red lion roadnow another man has shown up at einstein hospital with injuries. police believe that man is also connect to the deadly crash. >>> lets get a check of the forecast, lots more hot weather coming our way, right, katie. >> not quite as much humidity, but starting tomorrow and we have got to get something to trigger the drop in humidity, and that will come in the form of the line of showers and thunderstorms as the day progresses. we have had a few speckles showing up on the area radar indicating a pop up shower here and there. very warm. very steamy, at this point and we do still have an excessive heat warning posted until 6:00 x values that will still spike near 100, guys, as those counties shaded in the pink. the thousands office people through usual a an corridor affect by this once again today. when storms come in we will talk mid afternoon toward evening and then it sips out of here and takes humidity and moisture with it. it doesn't knock heat back off but the sun will come back and

in critical condition after what police are calling a street racing crash here on sandmeyer off red liond. all victims young one 17 the others in late teens early 20s and police say they found no sign of drugs or alcohol involved with this crash just speed and a lot of it. and now three lives are lost and several more are forever changed. >> not pretty. very chaotic. especially with the loss of life with young people. it's just senseless. we actually got a call from a witness on location, they heard the accident. they lived in the area and heard the crash. and they came to the location and they called police. high speed, driveing a car, thinking having a good time and it only takes a second to lose control of a vehicle and have a senseless loss of life. it's very unnecessary. and i have a son myself. i tell them the same thing you know listen we're in no rush to get anywhere. you want to get there safe. >> the car landed in the lot here of this contractor the owner of the company gave surveillance to police which they're hoping shed more light on what happened. tag a look at the scene yo

the red lion is the portion line is the portion of the workforce accepting disability benefits.aybe this can tell you something about behavior and arms and how this has changed. to conclude, we talked in the public square over the past many years about our endangered middle class in the united states, and we talked about globalization and skills and public policies and how ungenerous it is and about many other things. one thing we haven't talked about is the phenomenon of applying for and accepting benefits that are supposedly based upon the need and apollo - and poverty. with the american population accepting poverty need-based government social benefits at this point do we see an additional threat to the middle class mentality? i submit it is difficult at one and the same time to maintain the notion that one is a traditional self-reliant member of the american middle class in good standing and also to go out and seek the policy benefits. >> thank you. what would then drink - ben franklin say about that in this country? spirit i have to not say the first thing i thought. then f

it happened on sandmeyer lane off red lion road.s go over to matt pellman with a look at the blue route. >> reporter: we're expecting the storms later on, nice dry conditions for the thursday morning ride a little bit of traffic along the blue route, northbound side by the route 1 media bypass. northeast extension, watch out for extra traffic today because it is nascar race weekend in the poconos and campgrounds open around noontime. normal delays on i-95 southbound by the betsy ross bridge. and slowing on i-95 near cottman. and crash by the royal bank and one hung ton pike at byberry road. and watch out for a broken down vehicle on the ramp from 55 northbound to deptford center road. >> let's head outside to david murphy, i bet it's sweaty out there. >> reporter: warm and humid for one more day. 80 degrees in philadelphia. 81 in wildwood. everybody else climbing through the 70s quickly. this afternoon we're going for a high of 90. not as hot as yesterday, but humid, there's a heat warning because the feeling there could heat index

stay up on 63 red lion road to get around that and on 95 a southbound accident giving us big delays comingof the vine street expressway as the -- has the left lane blocked by tasker. matt. >> thank you very much. >>> let's take a live look at the shore. one of the sources of relief from what would be one of the hottest days of the week. dave murphy now with accuweather. david. >> all right matt, well, we are looking at a heat warning today so let's go ahead and grab the time on that. it starts at noon and goes until 6:00. heat indix values could make it feel like it's 100 in those counties highlighted in purple on that graphic. 78 degrees warm and muggy right now in philadelphia, 73 down the shore and this afternoon's high will be 94 but again it will feel like 100. excessive heat in place. tomorrow will be on the hot side and humid with a high around 90 but in the afternoon and evening a cold front will come through and matt, those thunderstorms could be gusty but behind them the humidity will trop for friday. >> okay, thanks, david. >>> we have updates on several breaking stories that we

may have killed a role in a violent crash that killed three people overnight and happened off of red lionroad in bustle tton. three people died and one in critical condition and police reviewing surveillance video to see if another car was involved. more in 25 minutes. >>> 7:30 on a thursday morning. 30th day of july, 2015. >> we have a lot of people out on the plaza for another hot steamy day here in the northeast. we're going to have a hot concert tomorrow morning from jason aldean. if you're in the area, come on down. >>> back inside tuesdstudio 1-a. >>> the discovery of airplane debris. a major lead in the 16-month old search for malaysian airline flight 370. boeing investigators have looked at the video and believe it's part of a wing from a boeing 777. that's the same model as the missing plane. >>> the search for the two florida teens missing at sea remains active and open according to the coast guard as the search enters the sixth full day. crews have searched some 40,000 square nautical miles from florida to south carolina. so far, they have only recovered the overturned boat. >>

red hot. >> reporter: a worldwide outpouring for this lion. david wright, abc news, new york. >> david, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the oven recall making headlines tonight and concerns about possible burns. we will tell you which kind of oven. >>> also new fallout after a deadly shooting. a 911 operating hanging up on a frantic caller trying to save a young life the operator telling the caller you can deal with it yourself. that boy did not survive. >>> the big quiz for american drivers tonight. can you guess the new average age of cars on american roadways got our attention. >>> and made in america is back tonight. we're with the mother/daughter team and the million dollar recipe that was sitting in their own kitchen. it will have you thinking about your own recipes. don't go away. >>> next tonight, the outrage after a 911 operator answered a call from a frantic woman trying to save a young boy's life. you are about to hear the moment the operator tells her to deal with it herself. ma

warning for people living in the south bay after a neighbor crosses paths with a mountain lion walking a dog. >>> also, a red light for uber. what could cause a slow down for the ridesharing company. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com ==michelle/topvo== a ttle too >>> good morning. it is 7:11. a live look outside morgan hill. the rain and crazy weather coming our way. we will have weather coming up later. >>> a little too close for comfort. a gilroy man out with his dog took this picture on his cell phone of a mountain lion tailing him apparently. this is the third sighting in that area the last week. wildlife workers say the drought is drawing mountain lions out of the hills as they look for water. >> with properties with a fair amount of land on them, the cats are coming here with deer and turkey looking for food sources, water sources. >> hikers are warned to travel in groups, keep small children close. if you have pets, bring them inside before the sun goes down. >>> a fede

red hot. >> reporter: a worldwide outpouring for this lion. david wright, abc news new york. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton has agreed to testify before the house committee investigating the 2012 benghazi attack. the committee made the announcement late today saying it will take place october 22nd. it sets the stage for a surefire media spectacle involving the front-runner for the democratic presidential nomination being grilled by antagonistic republican lawmakers. the committee is expected to question clinton about benghazi and her e-mail account that was housed on a private server. >>> meantime university of california president janet napolitano testified on capitol hill today. she is talking with lawmakers about sexual assaults on college campuses. napolitano says training to deter assaults should begin on the first day of school. >> every person every freshman reporting this fall will receive the same training throughout the system, and that training will then include all other students faculty, and staff. >> a senate commi