this is 108 north salford street once again in west philadelphia.here are at least 10 violations dating back from as far back as 2000 sand eight. we're waiting to hear from l and i officials about the safety of of course this building and the surrounding structures. we're about to hear from officials in just a few minutes here on scene but once again partial building collapse happened around 10:20. incredible operation. rescue operation by philadelphia fire and fortunately that construction worker that demolition worker inside the home was removed continues and alert from the scene here in west philadelphia. for now we're live in west philly, i'm greg argos, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks a lot, greg. >>> meanwhile the national transportation safety board releases the probable cause behind last may's deadly amtrak derailment in frankford. >> investigators say several factors led to the crash. they believe engineer brandon bostian was distracted by radio call about a disable septa train that had been hit with an object nearby. investigators also s

the building at 108 north salford street in west philadelphia according to neighbors has been an eyeoar for a long time. they've complained that it was dangerous and wondered why nothing was being done. >> it was bored up for at least three, four years. i've been here since 2010. and my neighbors say it's been in this condition at least 20, 25 years that's back -- date back to the '90's. >> construction workers were on the scene surveying the damage when fear became reality. the first floor collapsed on top of a man in the basement. >> we had workers inside the dwelling two-story dwelling up the street here. 108 north salford. the building was under demolition and the first floor collapsed and we had a person trapped. >> reporter: rescues workers took over an hour to free the man from the debris. and while neighbors applauded the rescue, the questions quickly turned to why the man was in the house that authorities say he had no legitimate season to enter. >> person who was found in the basement was illegally on the proper. was not lawfully on the property at the time. >> he was not a

we've got a large tree branch kind of hanging down blocking the road on perkiomenville road at salfordtion road in upper frederick township. an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound near fort washington has cleared. we had another one that cleared here that was route one northbound at franklin corner road but a bunch of early morning accidents with so much water on the road, tam. >> let's take a look at those roads live now karen. there's mobile6 out there on the move 76 westbound that's where it's headed and you can see the wipers are going and you can see how slick the roadways are. a lot of rain out there this morning. reiterating what karen is saying, a good morning to take a little bit of extra caution. >>> with heavy rain and thunderstorms in the forecast, be sure to keep 6abc.com/weather close at hand. storm tracker6 live radar is the perfect way to know when and where the heaviest of the storms is going to hit. >>> going on now, montgomery county woman entrusted with children is now facing charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student. "action news

perkiomenville road at salford station road avoid this area. stick to valve pike route 29 or use snyder road instead. you might remember a little bit ago i was zooming into storm tracker and showing you how that heavy rain had moved from i-95 to 295 and the new jersey turnpike. now we've got an accident right there where that heavy rain is pushing through so this is a new one here in gloucester county. 295 northbound just past delsea drive that's exit 25 watch for an accident right here. it's on the left shoulder but you can see the area of yellow, it's causing some slowing on 295 in that area, matt. >> thanks, karen. >>> developing overnight, a shooter takes aim at two young cousins in north philadelphia. they manage to stumble to a house while wounded to get help. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live outside temple university hospital where they are being treated. annie. >> reporter:. >> reporter: matt both shooting victims were taken here to temple university hospital. we're told they're in stable condition, one of them just a teen

perkioman ville road, at salford station road. so, all lanes are blocked right now. you will have to use alternate. gravel pike seems to be the best bet right now. as they try to move the large tree branch out of your way, all lanes block there right now. construction here, route 42 south bound the ramp to 295, off ramp just reopened, good news for those every in you jersey in and around that area, jim, brooke, back over to you. >> two people are recovering after being shot overnight in north philadelphia. >> police tell us the victims account of what has happened is not matching the evidence. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live outside temple hospital with the latest on the investigation. jan, what have you learned? >> jim, brooke, good morning. first and for most, philadelphia police are trying to figure out exactly where this shooting happened. they say the victim's story just isn't really adding up this morning. in the meantime, two victims, two cousins, are behind me here at temple university hospital this morning recovering. >> cousins, caught up in gun

down through here, perkioman ville road, closed near salford station road. you will have to use alternate. gravel pike is going to be your best bet right now, still has not cleared, so causing some slow downs in that area. jim, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha. this sunday the parkway will be filled with thousands of breast cancer survivors for the annual susan g. komen race for the cure. >> absolutely. each one of them has such incredible experience to share. actually talked to two friends, right at their church, about how they conquerred their battles with breast cancer. >> these two friends, have a lot in common. they go to the same church, at one point, had the same job. both proud parents. and now, they are both breast cancer survivors. >> regular checkups, like, you know, go to the -- go get your mammogram. you expect to get the little letter saying, you know, thank you for coming in everything is okay, negative, make your appointment for next year. >> but i got a phonecall. >> for me, a shock. even though i knew, i found the lump myself. but to hea

this is home right here behind me at 108 north salford street in west philadelphia basically just a shell of a house, freshly boarded up after investigators say the first floor of it collapsed in to the basement, injuring one man inside. this man in his teens is going to be okay but you what led him being rushed to presbyterian hospital. 10:20 tuesday morning philadelphia fire fighters arrived at 108 north salford street in west philadelphia after reports of a partial building collapse. >> the first floor collapsed, and we had a person trapped. >> reporter: special operations units removed the man trapped have after 50 minutes. >> it was like in operation. >> reporter: using air bags to create space around him. >> they put air bags in and they lift up the material and on top and to pull him out. >> reporter: licenses and inspections officials say home has multiple violations and contractors were at the scene to make repairs to the structure when the floor gave way and felon to the the victim who was not authorized to be inside. >> our understanding at this point is that gentlemen was not

. >> reporter: the building at 108 north salford street in west philadelphia according to neighbors hasan eye sore for a long time. they've complained that it was dangerous. and wondered why nothing was being done. >> it was boarded up for at least three, four years i've been here since 2,010 and my neighbors say it's been in this condition for at least 20, 25 years. dates back to the '90's. >> reporter: today construction workers were on the scene surveying the damage when fear became reality the first floor collapsed on top of a man in the basement. >> he had some workers inside the dwelling, two-story dwelling up street 108 north salford. the building was under demolition, and the first floor collapsed and we had a person trapped. >> reporter: rescue workers took over an hour to free the man from the debris. and while neighbors applauded the rescue, the question quickly turned to why the man was in the house that authorities say he had no legitimate reason to enter. >> the person who was found in the basement was illegally on the property. was not lawfully on the property at the time

"eyewitness news" on the scene on north salford street in west philadelphia special operations units removed the track, after 60 minutes, licenses and inspections says that the home, had multiple violations, and contractors were there to make repairs to the the structure when the floor gave way and felon to the victim. no word on that victim's condition. >>> positive momentum continues to grow along the camden waterfront at their last meeting the city planning board approved a new apartment building to compliment an enlarger redevelopment project in the works. new jersey reporter cleve bryan takes a look at the future of camden. >> reporter: when it comes to growing a business, experts say location is key. for weathermax a digsal marketing firm moving to camden two years ago was a right call. >> it has been a great move. every day we have clients coming to our office people are amazed and say, and how beautiful it is and how great camden is. >> reporter: that secret is out and with the growing new jersey assistance plan camden is seeing billions of new investment. subaru and holtech

"eyewitness news" on north salford street.pecial operations units remove the trapped miniated about an hour. licenses and inspections say the home has multiple violations. and contractors were there to make repairs to the structure, when the floor gave way and fell on to the victim. no word on the victim's condition tonight. >>> talk about sticker shock. imagine opening your tax bill and seeing an increase of 10, 15 and in some cases $25,000. it will happen to some philadelphia residents friday is deadline to appeal. david spun has more on who has to pay and why. >> walked into this house and i loved it i fell in love with it. it was my house. >> reporter: between queen village resident would never think about living her home. she call it a hidden gem when she moved in 23 years ago. >> half the houses on this block are boarded up this really was not a desirable neighborhood. >> reporter: schiller recently got this letter in the mail informing her that her abatement will be reduced and she'll pay a few hundred dollars more in p

officials say two workmen and a third man were inside the row home on the 100 block of salford streetn at least one floor gave way. firefighters had to pull one man out of the house through a basement window. philadelphia's department of licenses and inspections said the home had code violations dating back to 2008. in the lehigh valley, substitute teacher kelly aldinger is facing champs after a police officer discovered her having sex with a 17-year-old inside a car in the easton cemetery. investigators say the 49-year-old met the victim while working at easton area high school. aldinger has been charged with institutional sexual assault. >>> the fbi and philadelphia police are celebrating success tonight in catching four suspected or suspected bank bandits. as we had reporting, there have been a number of robberies, recently a spate of robberies including two sprees in center city. the feds arrested 52-year-old ruben jackson for three holdups in the past three weeks. at a citizens bank, a polonia bank and pnc. philadelphias me have arrested 35-year-old ryan macha tear in custody for

"eyewitness news" on north salford street. special operations units remove the trapped miniated about an hour. licenses and inspections say the home has multiple violations. and contractors were there to make repairs to the structure, when the floor gave way and fell on to the victim. no word on the victim's condition tonight. >>> talk about sticker shock. imagine opening your tax bill and seeing an increase of 10, 15 and in some cases $25,000. it will happen to some philadelphia residents friday is deadline to appeal. david spun has more on who has to pay and why. >> walked into this house and i loved it i fell in love with it. it was my house. >> reporter: between queen village resident would never think about living her home. she call it a hidden gem when she moved in 23 years ago. >> half the houses on this block are boarded up this really was not a desirable neighborhood. >> reporter: schiller recently got this letter in the mail informing her that her abatement will be reduced and she'll pay a few hundred dollars more in

lower salford, as well, as pottstown and reading where it has been raining g all morning, seven day forecast does brighten up eventually, see quite few clouds today. quite few tomorrow. type friday. saturday not so much. we have coastal storm coming that should take out the whole day on saturday. basically just hoping for quick exit saturday night. so that we can get sunny day sunday. so some, italian festival, both days, i think, we will do better on sunday than on saturday. because of all of that rain. >> okay, this is special edition of the empire rap. can you believe it? the finale empire is tonight. >> i'm excited. >> you're excited? >> super excited. >> well, there are at love questions from this season that we hope that this finale will answer. so of course i have quincy harris, normally does the empire rap with me, we will break it all down. things you should be looking for tonight, okay? so, for the first mystery, who pushed rhonda down the stairs causing her to lose her baby? >> really, who do it? so, they've been hinting at boo-boo kitty. our theory all along has been it is not he

heading toward bensalem a few spotty showers as well as in abington bedminster, montgomery, lower salfordrristown out of the woods you'll just see mostly cloudy sky through the evening. temperatures not going very far today with a cloud cover. 68 in the city. 67 degrees in millville. 64 in trenton. we still have ocean water temperatures in the 50s. it will be chilly for the memorial day holiday weekend and it usually is especially in the water. but not on the land. right now on the boardwalk it is 55 degrees. ocean city 62. avalon they call it cooler by a mile. not so bad. 61 in wildwood it is 60 degrees. we will watch as an area of low pressure moves far offshore. we stay in the clouds overnight. some clearing during the day tomorrow. and fare weather high pressure begins to move in from the west. so tomorrow we see a mix of sun and clouds. some morning clouds with a weak trough. weak area of low pressure. we draw with a dotted line but it will create some lift and a possibility of seeing a few pop-up showers during afternoon tomorrow in the daytime heating. not everyone will see one, bu

construction workers were at the home surveying on north salford street when the first floor collapsedtop after man who no one new was in the basement. the home was dangerous and had been an eyesore for awhile now. >> it was boarded up for at least three, four years. i've been here since 2010. and my neighbors say it has been in this condition for at least 20, 25 years, so that dates back to the 90s. >> the person who was found in the basement was illegally on the property. was not lawfully on the property at the time. he was not a part of the construction crew. he was not associated with the owner. >> neighbors say they were relieved their a joining homes weren't damaged after short inconvenience, everyone allowed back inside their home. >> to montgomery county, police in one town telling people to keep their eyes open. >> guess what they are looking out for? a bear. take a look at the video sent to us from a viewer. franconia township. >> it is a bear, running through a field. so it looks cute right? police are warning, do not approach the bear. it is just common sense here, people.

rescue workers carefully worked for over an hour to free a man trapped in the basement of 108 north salfordtreet in west philadelphia when the first floor caved in. neighbors applauded when the man was rescued but questioned why anyone would be allowed in a building in such bad shape. >> i've been here for seven years, and a lot of snow and rain been going through that house. hit no roof. so it doesn't surprise me and i'm don't understand they allowed them in the house l and i. they didn't have a license or sticker on the door or anything. >> reporter: construction workers were on the scene surveying the building after the owner received notice from l and i that it was a hazard. as bad as the building was, the collapse was still a surprise as l and i told us predicting collapses is far from an exact science. >> to prioritize what -- where work needs to be done first, it's not always a hundred% accurate. there are buildings that are unsafe that collapse. there are buildings that are unknown to the department that collapse. >> reporter: on lookers relieved that the man trapped in the debris w

a large tree branch partially blocking the road on perkiomenville road at salford station road.y have been trying to move that branch out of there. they've now allowed traffic to come by here on perkiomenville road. accidents, a lot of rains out there and problems with parts of trees coming down tam. >> thank you karen. >>> let's take another look at what it looks like out there. we've got mobile6 making its way around the city right now. it is on its way it looks like it's trying to get on the ben franklin bridge to head over to new jersey and you can just see how much water's coming down. those wipers constantly moving. reiterating what karen is saying, it's a stormy morning out there. make sure you add a little bit of caution. >>> and with heavy rain and thunderstorms in the forecast, be sure to keep 6abc.com/weather close at hand. storm tracker6 live radar is the perfect way to know when and where the heaviest of the storms will hit next. >>> going on to news now a montgomery county woman entrusted with children is facing charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship wi