it is certainly without on the schuylkill. find black ice very easily on areas especially any roadway that is elevated. is there a freezing rain advisory until 10:00 o'clock this morning areas shaded in the purple and that is philadelphia included and areas points north and west and just to our immediate eastern new jersey suburbs for possibility of picking up a .1 of an inch of ice in philadelphia, .3 of an inch of ice through allentown area. it can be slippery this morning until it starts to warm up and it will warm up, quickly with a lot of rain. we will talk more about that and time the rest of that out coming up, nicole. >> carol, thank you. >>> meanwhile guests at lowes hotel in center city of running water again. 12-inch what the are main break shut down what the tore that hotel and surrounding properties for most of the night. it happened at 12th and market streets around 7:30 last night. water filled up in the basement of that hotel and as a precaution tell temporarily shut off office power and brought guests down to t

take a live look chopper 6hd over the schuylkill expressway. that car landed on top of the other car in the wreck on the schuylkill expressway. >> an suv slams into a house overnight and the driver is nowhere to be found. >> a student fell 8 stories to her death out a center city window landing on a pedestrian below we're live with the investigation into the case. >>> good morning 6:30, january 16. matt o'donnell is off, eva pilgrim joins us. let's go over to karen rogers, karen it's been a terrible morning on some of the major highways. him. >> reporter: this is the schuylkill expressway westbound at montgomery drive, we have a vehicle that landed on top of the other. we showed you this before anybody was there to help these people. now we have a number of emergency workers blocking the two left lanes. chopper 6 is at the schuylkill expressway westbound at montgomery drive. i want to show you a shot of backup here. you can see how traffic is stopped, this is approaching montgomery drive, westbound traffic jammed from past spring garden to montg

at this point here on the schuylkill expressway the road is wet. it was an ugly scene around 7:00 a.m. if you were out on the roads no matter you were you likely witnessed an accident. the worse at the gulph mills and it one person killed a chain reaction of cars. multiple accidents. there were so many people injured state troopers had to bring the bus in to bus all the injured to area hospitals. talking to state police they say they have a tough time responding to the accidents because the roads are so treacherous. to give you an idea how bad it was, in delaware, a state trooper was injured he was responding to an accident in claymont delaware, on naamans road. a car slid into him. he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. there was an accident involving a fire truck it jackknifed and slit and involved in another accident. a spokesperson for the philadelphia police is urging drivers to stay off the roads if you can. you have many bridges that are shut down, have yet to reopen, because the roads are bad. philadelphia police,

now this part of the schuylkill expressway is like a parking lot. we are bumper to bumper but we do see that the eastbound section in this areas opened and people are driving along and there is a multi vehicle pile up up ahead, that we're trying to head toward. when we did get on the schuylkill expressway we saw several minor accidents. of course, we are relating that to the weather, icy conditions on the road. a lot of people coming out not realizing how bad it is because it looks like just rain but it is very icy on the road. if you are heading out please be careful but pennsylvania state police have been suggesting for a lot of folks just stay indoors if you don't to have travel right new, because it is pretty dangerous out here and folks, if you are on the road please leave the shoulder opened for emergency vehicles. a lot of folks have been trying to drive on the shoulder and they are starting to have a backup on the shoulder which then causes emergency vehicles no where to go when they are trying to get to the scene of an accident. and that inc

can't really determine the temperature, same thing on the schuylkill. 06, you'll feel like you're not even moving. that's really traffic in general. ninety-five, seeing delays southbound, and the nor east, down through to the vine street expressway, pa turnpike westbound, seeing delays, throughout montgomery county and if you are traveling on the westbound side of the pa turnpike before valley forge we have accident there. and since we're here, if you are traveling on the eastbound side of 422 being expect delays out of trooper, and close to 20 minute delays if you are traveling paoli thorndale line. ukee? >> vet tore crashes thank you. more than 2,000 j.c. penney workers will lose their jobs in just a few months, now that the chain plans to close dozens every stores of the total of 39 struggling stores across the country will shut down around the beginning of april. that includes the j.c. penney stores at the granite run mall, in media and the cumberland mall in vineland, new jersey. >>> the florida developer area interested in buying the former revel

live along the schuylkill expressway chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." back to you guys. >> let's go to gene blum on the phone, can you hear us, good afternoon. >> yes i can nydia. >> one lane of the schuylkill expressway eastbound is open to traffic? >> reporter: eastbound lane rat gulph mills open ten minutes ago and people are getting through on eastbound 76. and 202 northbound north of routes 201 been advised that stretch will be opening shortly. >> we're looking at a live picture of the schuylkill expressway it will be sometime before that area is cleared particularly in the westbound lanes. >> that's correct, it will be several hours before the highway is cleared of the vehicle and the highway reopened. motorists traveling westbound taking an alternate route. >> reporter: any other areas you're concerned about? >> we have our crews on they highways this morning, they were out since the on set of the storm. and we'll have our crews out today as long as necessary until the temperatures rise and any threat of icing is gone from the philadelphia region.

let's check the accident on the schuylkill expressway. t's out here, but off to the side. we have a vehicle that spun out facing sideways on the schuylkill expressway. this is westbound near conshohocken watch tore this, slowing past the curve it's mostly off to the side at this point. a good idea when they moved the vehicle looks like there was an icy patch right there. you have to be carefully because even on the main roads that look clear you can see the icy patches here and there with the snow that may have been blown over. look at the temperatures, 4 degrees in martins creek, 7 in pilots and 5 in warrington. 10 degrees is the current temperature in center city. 8 degrees in browns mills and glassboro. 1 in dover delaware. it's a day to bundle up and give that car enough time to warm up, too, tam. >> new on "action news," a bucks county prison guard has been charged with harassing the inmates. he asked inmates to expose themselves. mullen locked in one inmate and wouldn't let them out until they hugged each other and played the game pa

this is the schuylkill expressway westbound approaching conshohocken. they have what looks like from this vantage point the lanes back open, but expect slowing on the schuylkill expressway. a good reminder even though the main highways look okay, you've got to watch for the slick spots. you have to be carefully about that one that's the schuylkill westbound. 724 near keim street in north coventry township we have a disabled vehicle that cleared. a water main break could be causing icy conditions route 100 northbound douglass township montgomery county. heading into new jersey, 168 we have problems construction blocking two lanes, this is both directions between ferry avenue and nicholson road that may cause a problem. in belmawr a disabled tractor-trailer, we've seen a couple of problems with disabled vehicles disabled tractor-trailer blocking the ramble northbound to 168. don't forget you can join waze, but you can be part of the team, log on and hit team and you will see 6abc, and is, of course, your favorite team you can be part of it. that's a good w

lets go back outside over that accident on the schuylkill expressway. been a mess this morning. an accident on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway right the here near montgomery drive with one koran top of another one right here near montgomery drive. what we are looking at here is our look from center city. this is backup that begins on the vine expressway on to the schuylkill all the way up to montgomery drive. there is only one lane, maybe two getting by, possible on the schuylkill expressway but this is impacting everybody that is leaving town this morning. even crossing town trying to get out towards city avenue or towards king of prussia your best betties to use kelly drive or martin luther king drive. leaving the city to at least get out to city avenue and further your trip further west. there is also a crash on the walt whitman bridge, it is on the philadelphia aside, heading into new jersey right here near the toll plaza that is causing delays for anyone heading in to south jersey. we have the new jersey turnpike a tractor trailer j

we do have incident on the schuylkill we'll get to in just a second. ing right now on the roosevelt, southbound commuting, do have few more vehicles jumping on the roadway, but real now major delays only 5:46. usually don't see the bubble of a rush hour, until about 6:15 or soy. so we have little time. unfortunately, for the schuylkill expressway, it is a little bit different. eastbound on 76, we have incident overturned vehicle accident, at the onramp to the eastbound 76 side from gulph mills. as you will notice, traffic still using the onramp, but you do have emergency teams on scene. the last time i looked at this shot it, did look like tow truck was none -- now on scene to remover the overturned vehicle right up on the embankment here, causing bit of gaper delay. still have flares on the gown, still very active scene if you are traveling in that area. i would suggest avoiding it if you are jumping on the eastbound side of the schuylkill. try and get on before or after that point. and, also, watch out for accident, in montgomery county, this is at ri

this is the schuylkill and this is the ramp here from belmont avenue to the schuylkill eastbound. ne. traffic is slowing past the z. now eastbound on the schuylkill you're kind of stop and go from the conshohocken curve to belmont. westbound you're jammed more so with your normal volume from past the boulevard to belmont right there. let's go to the big picture and talk bo some other problems in the area. that's the accident on the schuylkill where you see 13 miles an hour westbound past belmont at this point so a slow go there. in the wynnefield section we still have 57th street blocked and that's because of a water main break. so just watch for that if you're headed in that area. slow speeds on i-95 about 16 miles per hour southbound on i-95 southbound near girard, 27 miles an hour southbound near cottman. we have a couple of accidents on the turnpike. past willow grove an accident involving a pickup truck that reportedly ran into the guardrail. it's blocking the right lane so causing some slowing on the turnpike eastbound here. in chester county, a couple of accidents going on.

this is the blue route northbound past the schuylkill. nndot here blocking the left lane. they have the flares set out and with that left lane blocked traffic jamming up on the blue route northbound near the schuylkill here approaching the schuylkill to past the schuylkill because of this accident involving a pedestrian. we've already seen a couple ambulances and police leave the scene but till blocking the left lane. wilmington newark still seeing delays with this because of downed amtrak wires causing a problem and also the norristown high speedline they're having construction delays between township line and wynnewood you got to board the outbound traffic on the inbound side so watch for that. >> karen my twitter follower dave in the northern side of wilmington reports 28 degrees and we're at 31 in philadelphia this morning. so if you're dressing the kids it's definitely coat weather. this afternoon though they can go a little bit lighter on the gear because we are looking at temperatures climbing back up into the 40's. for your day pla

tieing three men up in a southwest philadelphia home and stabbing them even dumping them into the schuylkill river. two men died, the third managed to swim to shore and get help. after months on the run, u.s. marshals captured lee in ashland virginia on tuesday, he is tide to vietnamese gangs. >>> a delaware teacher is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. he is charged with several counts of sexual abuse. police say he engaged in inappropriate behavior with a girl 9 times on school grounds and a number of other times at his home. >> turning now to take a look at accuweather. doesn't feel so bad out there. >> reporter: not as bad the wind is not as strong. temperatures are not as raw but you need a coat. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we're dry. that's a good part of the story and it's nice to start with something good. as we look outside, we have a fairly tranquil angle of the airport. it's not bouncing as much, because the winds are in the single digits. today we're starting with a milder day today it will be cool but we're getting a break temperature-wise. we hav

along the schuylkill. natasha brown. cbs 3, eyewitness road. >> icy roads were to blame for this deadly accident in delaware don'ty, southbound on i-476 marple road and broomall police identified the two victims thomas brennan lansdale and jason anderson of dover. investigators say their car slammed into a jack knifed tractor-trailer. many drivers were stranded on the road for hours after the crash. >> it was horrific. i caught a glimpse of. it i saw come ago around downhill i saw cars kind of out of lanes to the side. i started pumping my brakes and just hoping i would stop. >> lease closed the -- police closed blue route five hours while they investigated and cleared the scene. >> and in tee in that case energy until dozens of people were injured. slick companies caused more than 400 accidents in the garden state. >> joe biden will speak today at the organization of minority women annual dr. martin luther king breakfast in wilmington tone and the secret service is investigating shots fired near his home. secret service

on the schuylkill, 422 as you've seen, 95, even little on the roosevelt boulevard. good news traveling mass transit wise still okay. erika? >> to to vet tore crashes thank you. tragic accident in bergin county, new jersey, seven year old boy dies after folding bench collapses on top of him. police say the 108 pounds bench had been secured to the wall of the gym of berkley street elementary school in new milford. it fell open and hit brandon jordan in the head wednesday. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. some local parent are upset with the school. >> i'm very angry right now. i found out from facebook that a child died in my son's school. >> i've seen them. they don't look very safe. i mean, i've never been comfortable with them. but i'm not completely shocked that one could fall. >> now, it is not clear what caused that bench to fall. police say they do not anticipate any criminal charges at this point. >> jury selection in the aaron hernandez murder trial begins today in massachusetts. the former new england pay tree the is charged with killing semi pro

start first at the schuylkill expressway. six westbound approach the area of montgomery drive right out of the gate at girard avenue. dealing with a accident, cop pro misting the left as well as left center lane. very serious accident, involving a vehicle that spun into the guardrail if you will. so traveling in this area, you will want to give yourself more time. you have the wean delay stemming back toward the vine, and you also have an eastbound gaper delay on top of return hour now close back toward city avenue. ukee? >> vittoria, thank you. phillies known for a loft things, cheese steaks, liberty bell even of course rocky. >> yes, but now the sit can i add premiere shopping destinations to the list. that's for fashion pretty much everything else inbetween. syma chowdhry explains. >> ranked it the third best place to visit in the world. now, travelers rang philly the second best international shopping destination. >> it is wonderful to see everybody appreciating the good things the city has. >> mag seats notes vintage shop

. >>> a body was pulled out of the ice cold schuylkill river. crews converged on kelly drive last night where they found the body of an african-american man. there's no word on how long he was in the water or how he died. >>> a bucks county mansion is at the center of an insurance fraud investigation. it is one of three fires to hit the same home in buckingham township. a total of five people were charged. insurance firm aig paid out $20 million in the fires. the couple was seeking another $20 million in claims. the oarnl cooled the -- owner accused the firefighters of stealing jewelry while they were in the home. >> i have a great dedicated group of guys here. >> reporter: the family participated in a wide rage of fraud to fuel a lavish lifestyle. >>> a 17-year-old girl said she was attacked on the route 15 septa trolley on wednesday morning after she got on to a crowded trolley at broad and girard to go to school. she said the book bag kept hitting the man next to her. he became is angry he threatened her. he hit me like 3 or 4 times in my face

crews pulled the west chester student's body from the schuylkill over the weekend. a viewing will be held a at st. john baptist church in manayunk. the medical examiner has determined that montgomery died accidently. >> it's 4:38. new information is coming up in the airasia tragedy. next up at 4:30 we'll tell you how the airline is helping the loved ones of those on the domed flight. >>> the could you byes beat -- cowboys beat the lions. plus govern governor christie has choice words for eagles fans. >> reporter: thisthis afternoon well be hover a around 35, 36 degrees with a strong wind. i'll have the day planner forecast and word of snow coming in tomorrow, that's all ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast this is turkey? yep. turkey sausage. good, right? it's great. like really great. tastes like... sausage? turkey sausage. yep. get big taste with dunkin's turkey sausage flatbread. it's a delicious way to start your day. people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and s

the body of 21 year old shane montgomery is pulled from the schuylkill schuylkill river just before noon. good evening everybody i'm joyce evans. i'm karen hepp, shane's body found just before noon right near sheers lane in manayunk, our dave kinchen following the story ever since the beginning. he's live there right now dave? >> reporter: karen, i spoke to the mother of shane montgomery. she was absolutely devastated as you can imagine. it was one of the most difficult conversations i've ever had in a story like this. shane's body was found by a group of volunteer divers, now, the family is trying to process this all. a heart wrenching embrace by the family of shane montgomery after learning from investigators the body of the missing 21 year old was found in the schuylkill river behind the manayunk brew club. the discovery made by the garden state under water recovery team. >> where he was about waist deep. >> divers say in the water with 9:00 a.m., found slain just before noon in the party of river that runs along 4100 block of main street, closure brought to devastated family. >> that

headlight headed westbound on into the schuylkill expressway. no problems in the eastbound lanes headed toward 95. now, over on the roosevelt boulevard right around fox street, everything moving along great there. northbound, no problems. no problems all lanes open in the southbound lanes there as well. now, out in mt. laurel, new jersey overturned fuel tanker actually has cleared out of the way. that was on 295 southbound just past route 73. but there is still some clean up crew, in the northbound lanes, on the opposite side. so we can at least be thankful it is cleared out of the wayment dealing with some clean up and residual delay there. now, overturned tractor trailer in east nottingham, route 272 closed between route one and route 222. take conowingo road for the time being. flashing lights on south street just coming offer the schuylkill expressway westbound. so those are on flash right there. use some caution when traveling through. ukee? >> jessica, thank you. the central bucks school district meets tonight to discuss the status of a hig

otherwise the schuylkill is looking good coming into downtown. on i-95 out of the great northeast bridges looking good mass transit running with no delays chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> at 5:19, she was born with the rare spinal condition that forced doctors to amputate both of her legs but at 7:00 years this little girl is already exceeding expectations. >> she has learn to ride a skateboard. fox's lisa has her incredible story. >> reporter: this is a little girl who lets nothing stand in her way. rosie's mom was told that she would be immobile now she's anything but the seven year-old was born with her legs stuck in the crossed position, and a gap in her spine. the rosie's condition is rare, she's one of just three in the world to undergo life saving and pioneering surgery. her legs were amputated below the knee. >> she's just a child that when you met her you realize that she has got something about her. >> unaudible. >> she conquers everything. nothing is impossible. everything is doable. you know she makes things do. if she can't do

looking live at the schuylkill. this is the ben franklin bridge right now we see the ben is moving fine. westbound traffic coming into the city, eastbound is okay. the bridges and overpasses use a special caution but for the most part things are looking good right now. penndot has been fairing all night and all morning to prepare for the wintry mix. >> katherine scott is live along the line that the wintry mix is going to ride along. it could be a tricky commute. >> reporter: right now we're seeing a light rain in bensalem. it's been cold lately, the ground has been cold. there's the conditions for slippery conditions. there are not many cars out here the road surface is wet but the cars we have seen are moving along so far. salt truck also are out for the commute. penndot is loading up for the storm. 182 state trucks are on the road but penndot expects to add contractor trucks and expect to see crews across the philadelphia region and west anticipate south jersey. along with crews in delaware they will be treating r

we're in the 40s on some parts of the schuylkill. traveling in the low 50s on nye fie and the blue route. -- on i-95 1k3-9 blue of traffic. that's eastbound traffic approaching gulph mills, you have snow coming down making it slick in spots. new castle county a water main break murphy road westbound and two lanes 2 oh, 2 -- 202 northbound. this is exton, 202 they are slowing with the snow on the roadway. >> french police said they are closing in on the two mothers who murdered a dozen people on wednesday. they are holed up in a business and taken one person hostage. shorts have been fired at police now authorities have asked the residents to shelter in place in the meantime and a school has locked all the students inside for protection. hundreds of police and armed cars and helicopters have surrounded the building where the hostage scene isic at thatting place. -- where the hostage scene is taking place. this follows a police chase north of paris ris -- with two men matching the description of the suspects. >> the search is on for a g

. >> fortunately volume is light this is the schuylkill expressway at city avenue westbound things are moving along nicely but the roads are wet, watch the bridges, the ramps and it's overpasses and the secondary roads and even roads treated like the schuylkill expressway have slippery spots. we just saw an accident cleared on the schuylkill. and speeds are reduced here to 35 miles per hour because of the low visibility and moving along to the 42 freeway, this is creek road southbound and northbound and steady snow there fortunately salt trucks are plentiful out there. the new jersey turnpike southbound and northbound have reduced speeds as well as the garden state parkway and an accident at upper state road, the road was blocked in both directions and that has reopened. back to you jim. >> our coverage of this wintery weather continues on 6abc.com. we have the future tracker maps to show you the panel of the snow, as always you can see the latest weather reports on "action news" along with the hourly and seven-day forecasts it's there at 6abc.com/weather. >>> the action news morning t

tragic end to the nearly 40 day search for shane montgomery family members say a body pulled from the schuylkill river in manayunk is that of the college student who went missing. >>> a remarkable story of survival, we will have more on the seven year-old girl who was the only person to walk away from a plane crash, in kentucky. >>> today is sunday january 4th, good morning thanks so much for joining us i'm nicole brewer. the it is 6:00 o'clock right now. lets check a forecast. it will be pretty warm today carol. >> how about adding 20 degrees to what we have right now. it went be raining all day. we will get a break. it is perfect day today whatever you need to to because we have a incredibly cold week coming up and a foggy start. look at this, this is down by those lights in ocean it i otherwise, pretty hard to see anything. the just know you will encounter reducedded visability traveling around this morning. yes, ocean city we have rain drops on the lens at palmyra cove nature park in new jersey. 41 degrees it is the temperature there. pretty quite it this morning. we are find ago lot of the

the incident. as we continue let's talk about rush hour. schuylkill expressway do you have some sun glare to watch out for. that will would be your eastbound commute heading down through to the vine. eastbound practically delayed from just about conshohocken all the way through the vine street expressway. you'll find some breaks but you're basically hitting the brakes the entire way. also, switch things up now head over to the roosevelt boulevard. looks great. finally improve that southbound side. southbound northbound, moving well. how much, once you get to 76, all bets are off. because speed censors are still in the teens. thirteen still your average on 95 headed out of the northeast down through to the vine. traveling on the pa turnpike we've gotten little better there, as well, still watch out for minor slow downs on 476. in either direction around route one. >> happening today don tollefson fall trade resumes in bucks county following interruption that put it on hold. yesterday the trial re is he dollars after former philadelphia sport caster sai

this is the schuylkill expressway westbound at 202 in king of prussia. out a lot of the slick spots mostly on the secondary streets but i think even on those main roads you've got to watch for that especially on the sides of the roads. we have issues with slick spots. an accident on the schuylkill, accident on i-95 proving the point matt and tam glynn deed. thank you karen. >>> we could feel the coldest temperatures of the year so far today and the coldest we've felt in a year. wind chills could drop below zero later. "action news" reporter katherine scott decided to get her reporting done early. she's live talking to commuters at the frankford transportation center. >> reporter: temperatures are plunging. this is not a day you want to be shy with those layers also throw them on. here at the frankford transportation sent you can see people heading off to work and school boarding their bus tying to minimize their time outside. they're hoping their wait is a short one. ice, snow and bitter cold. walk outside this morning and expect a blast of arctic air. >>

watch out for the schuylkill because it looks like the schuylkill. erika?, vittoria, thank you. we have video here you just have to see. burglar strikes a southwest philadelphia church run by police chaplain. surveillance video captured the braids end thief climbing fence at the straight gate church on elmwood avenue early sunday morning them later leaving with too large bags. inside, police say was $8,000 worth of copper pipe and plumbing fixtures, pastor had this message for the suspect. >> i just think awful. that you think that it is okay to go in there and steel and rob. one of the greatest things our church will not feel like we are at a disadvantage, because of what he has done. >> application say break-in last month is tied to the same man. the pastor tells us, both burglaries have caused $18,000 in damage. >> 6:37. and we are continuing our coverage this morning of wing bowl 23. >> oh, ya. the party is underway at the wells fargo sent, matt rivers kindly volunteered to return this year, to cover it for us, matt how crazy things? >> good morning to

at least 30 others injured on the schuylkill expressway near the gulph mills exit.an ice covered roadway. >> i saw a lot of people just not paying attention. driving way too quick. >> 10 minutes later a bunch of cars piled everywhere. so i had to back away. >> clearing the path through the wreckage was no easy tasks with salt trucks finally opening the westbound lanes eight hours after the initial collisions. we spoke with penndot's gene blaum sunday night about the man hour it took to hundreds of miles of slick roads cleared. >> we had 146 trucks salt throughout the region this morning and into the early afternoon. >> by the time temperatures warmed enough to mel the ice hundreds of accidents had been reported throughout philadelphia montgomery, bucks and delaware counties. some proving deadly. on this night drivers happy to put a dangerous morning behind them welcoming the site of salt trucks leaving a safe path ahead of them. well as kathy did mention a short time ago, the big concern now as the temperatures drop overnight is refreezing. so you do have to watch o

the schuylkill is closed in both directions around gulph mills. of disernts disernts -- accidents in other places conshohocken the blue route, i-95 at columbus boulevard. the walt whitman bridge, the ben franklin bridge tacony-palmyra and burlington bristol bridges are shut down. please send your photos, do not take them or send them while you're driving use hash tag 6abc ice. >> let's get a check on the weather. terrible conditions out there. >> reporter: i'm going to urge everyone who lives in these highlighted counties to stay home. government camden, northwestern burlington temperatures will rise around 9:00, 10:00 a.m. this morning. that's when when the ice will melt. ment areas above the white line is we're seeing the heaviest rain. the shades of blue is moderate freezing rain pushing into camden and burlington gloucester reporting moderate freezing rain. temperatures are hovering around 30 31 degrees the magic number is 32 we have to get the numbers above 32 to see the ice melt. cumberland atlantic, cape may county reporting heavy rain. pla

>> dave, thank you. >>> to the schuylkill expressway now. fox 29 viewer sent us this picture of a scary scene in her side mirror. we found her and she described her terrifying ordeal on the highway. our team coverage continues tonight with jennifer joyce live at the gulph mills interchange. jennifer? >> reporter: well g evening, iain. earlier this evening pennsylvania state police identified the man who died in this crash as 31-year-old eric blah of philadelphia. we talked woman driving about 10 cars behind the crash. she says it was all surreal. >> i really have never seen anything like that. >> reporter: witness caitlin myers of center city and her boyfriend jonathan goldstein say the chain reaction 60 car pile up on ice bricked schuylkill expressway sunday morning was like a scene out of a movie. >> conditions changed really rapidly. >> you see like end of the world movies and crazy weather conditions happen on tv but to actually ab part of it's always something else entirely. >> reporter: meyer tweeted these photos as she sat still strand

watch this past the schuylkill. the tow truck is on the scene. on the big picture we have an accident north philadelphia, police on the scene 18th street. watch for that. a downed pole in piles grove township in salem county. they have shut down route 40 that's the main road in the area near kings highway, 620 watch for that. a water main break in mercer county route 31 northbound past olden avenue. tam. >> developing this morning a 42-year-old man is in extremely critical condition after an overnight shooting. it happened on ludlow in west philadelphia. police on routine patrol were flagged down by a woman who said the man was shot inside the car. the victim was in the driver seat of the car and shot by someone in the back seat of the car. the man had indeed been shot once to the head and four times in the arm. investigators are checking surveillance video. >>> as well an investigation is going on right now into the death of a temple university student who fell 8 stories from a center city highrise landing on a pedestrian below. katherine scott

we come off this holiday the schuylkill, and the rest of the majors, look like this.eed censors high up in the 50's, and are green, and not only in pa, also maneuvering around delaware, and even into new jersey, where you're average speed is 62 on 295. brought street line, switching problems. lancaster avenue still closed due to fire location between 40th and 41st. so, your best alternate is to take haverford avenue or you can always take 42nd street err dismay. >> thank you, bar fight in virginia, leads to murder charges, caught on camera, too. >> celebrating the cowboys win over washington sunday, when he got into an argument, with a group of redskins fans. now, it got violent. and police say ronnie sisco killed except he will, then stepped over his body on his way out the door. his fiancee saw it all happened. >> they walked out like they did nothing like it was just, you know, like okay, we're done drinking, we've had our time, good times. i'm out the door. >> he is behind bars. the medical examiner says he died from a torn artery in his neck. police are still inv

the 21 year-old's body was found yesterday in the schuylkill river. shane's family thank everybody who helped in the search and also asked for private thecy while their family grieves. our syma chowdhry has been live there all morning long in manayunk with more on that story, syma? >> reporter: good morning, nicole. shane montgomery's family has confirmed that the body that was pulled from the schuylkill river is that of the missing 21 year-old student. they spoke with the media just yesterday. >> to take we have done what we have promised. we have found and we have brought shane home. >> reporter: family of shane montgomery begins to get the closure that they need after confirming a a body pulled from the schuylkill river saturday, is the missing west chester university student. the body was fund by a group of volunteer divers just before noon time in 4 feet of water in a river bank behind the manayunk brewery a along main street, that is less than half mile from where the the 21 year-old difficulties a appeared after leaving kildares irish pub early

family members say a body pulled from the schuylkill river is that of the missing college student. >>> and we're off to a soggy and foggy start a live look at storm scan three shows us rain overtop of us right now, carol will have details on drastic swings in the temperatures mother nature just can't make up her mind this week. today is sunday january 4th good morning, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. it is 7:00 o'clock. let's send it over to carol. more on this hot, cold whatever it the may be. >> i say weather has a angel and a devil over our shoulder. >> it doesn't nose who to listen to. >> i think for today it is the the angel because temperatures are in the 60es a and then the devil could be cold air we have got coming up and it gets cold around here as we move into monday, and every day, after that. right now we're dealing with fog. this has a very either fall or spring-like look to it with the fog out there this morning and it is, 43 degrees in center city philadelphia right now. storm scan three shows us the the showers that we will continue to find in the are

divers pulled shane's body from the schuylkill river saturday after searching nearly 40 days. he vanished early thanksgiving morning after leaving kill dare's irish pub in manayunk. on facebook shane's family thanks supporters and asks for their continued prayers. the viewing for shane will be held at the manayunk church where search teams gathered. saint john the baptist thursday night from five until 9:00 and again friday morning before the funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. donations in his name may be sent to the garden state underwater recovery aoun knit milford, new jersey, or the friends of saint john the baptist. >>> 6:07 right now. a philadelphia police officer is recovering after a dog attack ends with the death of that animal. neighbors at 30th and girard say a dog was trying to get into a gate where another dog was being held. officers reportedly tried tasering the aggressive animal fearing nearby residents and officers were in danger. the dog bit an officer in the arm, and then the dog was shot and killed. one man heard this happen. >> i heard shots saw -- i thought the gu

traffic lights are on flash at the south street off ramp, of the schuylkill expressway. that will be a hot mess unless you are out there and hit that reset button from the beginning of the morning rush hour. that overnight accident that is along 295 cleared out of there. they clean up the oil spill that resulted from the crash but, again, they are still there, right here near that route 73 working in the media. they have flashing lights there all lanes are opened, i think you're okay to use 295 heading that way for the morning. turnpike eastbound right before valley forge a tractor trailer accident that is a off to the shoulder, market frankford line broad street subway looking good this morning. outside we will go to a live look at i-95. no problems on the major roadways but again just watch it, on and off ramps, your secondary roads, your driveway that first step out of the front door this morning could still have that slippery glaze that could send you for a ride in the way you don't wanting to for a ride. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> bob, thanks very much.

also an accident on the schuylkill expressway, causing big old problem westbound. old delays. we'll be right back with a >> evidently invincible, we already new this, wearing the costume of star wars "desert storm" trooper for charity walk across the australian out back. king brown steak then tried to bite him but its poisonous fangs couldn't get through his star wars gear. he has raised more than $33,000. >> the force was with him. >> yes. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" this morning, braking news, search for driver who slammed an s.u.v. into home overnight. >> plus, a local college student falls eight stories to her death. she also lands on a woman walking by, we're live with the latest on that woman's condition. >> and, hometown favorite bradley cooper stars in the oscar nominated american sniper. i got a chance to talk to him about it, we'll have that preview whether we come back. >> happened 4400 block of north 18th street. people were inside the house at the time of that crash. a young neighbor we spoke with says he woke up to the sound tha

traveling on the schuylkill expressway westbound we have an accident involving a septa bus, no laughingr here. traveling on the westbound side of the schuylkill at belmont compromising the off ramp to belmont avenue we have this incident and really rush hour delay sprinkled all over the place. give yourself some more time. be careful. >>> well, a seal is turning head down under. >> we have a new seal land first seal sunning him stuff on the steps of the sidney opera house right there. there was another seal on the steps last fall so-called seal expert, thinks this may be the same fellow back for a return engagement. >> ahh are that is how i feel about right now. >> australian authorities are making sure that the opera fan is okay. >> within more time. >> play by play, two steps to go, over to the leleft and done. >> notice how that was so nice. >> that was pretty good. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly. for more local news weather traffic and sports and a few seals we are always on cbs philly.com. >> check out talk philly at noon on cbs-3. we will be back within more

a big example of that would be on the schuylkill expressway so would i say about 15 to 20 minutes ago we had an earlier vehicle on the westbound side of 76, that spun out on to the roadway and was turned into a horizontal position approaching the area of conshohocken. as you will notice there are emergency teams on the scene. it looks like there is a disable truck now on to the shoulder but if you are traveling on the westbound side of the schuylkill you you will note thinks activity off to the right and we will also notice a little slow down on your left stuck in it and it toss seem that more emergency teams are arriving on the scene and that will be compromising the right-hand lane as well. so traveling in this area give yourself some more time. anyone traveling on any major any roadway, even residential areas the the snow is still out there in a big way whether it is pack snow residentially or black snow or black ice rather on the highways. look at the burlington bristol bridge which is now expecting to be opened, so it is on stand by. try to avoid that if you can ukee. >>> more on

and the schuylkill expressway, looking good. 55 miles an hour now. but later on today they're going to be working on the ramps from the schuylkill eastbound to city avenue beginning around 9:00. guess who is coming to dinner the president tonight expect motorcade delays, and shutdowns of i-95 between the airport and old city between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00, and alternate again just forget that there is a river here, and jump many on jersey side back to northeast philadelphia, the evening rush hour will be a mess, chris lauren, back to you. >> all right breaking news out of south philadelphia, firefighters on the scene of a deadly fire. >> steve keeley also live on the scene with new details hi steve? >> scene got more secure since we arrived. yellow crime scene tape, and neighbors several doors down, police putting this tape up. that may indicate that this is more than just a fire, and maybe suspicious at this point. they are bringing the fire marshall in now. you can see that van lifting the yellow tape on the other side of the street. notice the

the just like schuylkill expressway. eventy-six, if you are traveling westbound, that is this area here approaching city avenue you are jam from the boulevard all the way through, to just about the stretch of conshohocken. you have eastbound delays in your western suburbs as well and approaching the vine street expressway. the delays on the schuylkill are affecting the roosevelt boulevard as they usually do. lets talk about the southbound side, of new jersey turnpike. we have a fatal accident. we have reports of possible multiple fatalities. we will keep you updated on that. right lane is block due to the investigation, ukee. >>> former philadelphia sport caster don tollefson is behind bars this morning after nine hours of deliberations, a jury found him guilty on all counts in his fraud trial. >> the jury has spoken, and i believe in our legal system. >> handcuffed tollefson was taken to prison in doylestown, bucks county after the verdict came down yesterday. a jury found he scammed people and charities out of $340,000

no problems on 202 northbound from route 30 into the schuylkill. 4 minutes there. nice and clear. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you jess n sports the cowboys moving on in the nfl playoffs, but not without some controversy. one referee called this fourth quarter play pass interferance, but then another said no. i think it was about 19 seconds later officials pick up the flag. what's up with that? might have been more than one penalty on that play. tony romo and cowboys score on next possession to take the lead on the lions. detroit was up ten at half time. but it is the final score that counts in the end. yes, cowboys win it 24 to 20. meanwhile new jersey governor chris christie is hearing it after rooting for the cowboys again. social media blue up after his high five attempt was ignored and the governor attempted awkward embrace with jerry jones. he has attended last month's game, he says the cowboys his favorite team. the governor areas brother may have ignited another fire storm by taking it out little bit on eagles fans on facebook. doug crus

s the schuylkill is moving nicely. that's the eastbound traffic coming into the city. looking at the big picture because of the icy conditions we have speed restrictions on the area bridges they are open unlike yesterday but 25-mile an hour speed restrictions. watch for the traffic lights out in upper darby landsdown avenue state road and garrett road. use caution in that area. otherwise the speeds are up. i would take it down a notch. we have a new accident in whitpain township, montgomery county. stenton avenue, to give you an example what's happening out there. it's slick out there tam. >> let's go live to katherine scott, cinnaminson street in roxborough that's an area that's often slippery in weather like this. >> reporter: we're seeing an improvement compared to yesterday, but you want to look out for ice as you walk out the door. we're along ridge and cinnaminson in rocks -- roxborough. the salt trucks are auto salting. in an accident yesterday one man died on the schuylkill expressway that involved 60 cars. there was another scene on 4765 tractor-trailer jackkn

eight is your average on the schuylkill expressway affecting the boulevard.ffected to and from the schuylkill and traveling on the blue route and pennsylvania turnpike we have those minor delays in the usual spots. mass transit watch out for delays for new jersey transit ukee. >>> lets give you a quick update on our breaking news from this morning. chopper three over bristol township bucks county where a worker is believed to be trapped in the craps have of a cile owe near the the delaware river. a police officer on routine patrol discovered that collapse. >>> also some breaking news from overnight in france, a suburban paris police officer is dead and another person critically injured. this is after a shooting earlier today. the violence comes as french authorities search for two suspects in yesterday's attack on a paris satyrical newspaper. twelve people were killed in that attack. a third suspect is now in custody. >>> a disable veteran is first fire death in the city of philadelphia in 2015. fire tore through the veterans home on rose lynn street in ogont

now that the young man's body was found if in the schuylkill river. saturday night the big story is tragic conclusion to local mystery that lingers since thanksgiving day. a college student simply disappeared. plenty of questions and tonight the search for shane is over. "action news" reporter skep live in manayunk with full details. kenith. >> walter those close to the investigation say there appears to be no foul play to shane montgomery's body. >> green ribbon and flyers have been a fixture during the search for shane montgomery. now shane has been found. his body discovered fully clothed in the schuylkill river saturday just before noon. his cellphone still on him. his grieving roxboro parents were there. >> today we have done what we promised found and brought shane home. we want to thank everyone for their support and prayers and love and ask they continue to pray for our family at this trying sdmrim shane disappeared nearly 40 days ago after a night out with friends thanksgiving morning last seen leaving kildare's closing time and stumbling acro

crews pulled his body from the schuylkill over the weekend. a viewing will be held in manayunk the funeral service will follow the next morning. the medical examiner determined that montgomery died of accidental causes. >>> time to take a look at accuweather. you say it's a bundler of a week. >> reporter: it is, if you look at the temperature you could be fooled a little bit. storm tracker 6 live double scan there's no precipitation from the rain yesterday. as expected it's gone. as we look outside, you can see the airport. you might see the camera wiggle around a little bit. we have a significant wind, at times it's gusting a bit. temperature is 42 degrees, when you see that it looks like it's not that bad. but out to the west we have windchills around the freezing mark. satellite shows you the rain is gone but the colder air is coming in. you can see it any precipitation falling to the west of us is falling as snow not rain. that colder air is on its way here as we speak. by 8:00, i expect it to be around 38 degrees. 11:00, it's one of those

jess to you. >> katie 6:15 we're starting things on the schuylkill. things moving along long great so far. nothing really in the way of volume. headed east or westbound and the roadways are a little could shipy and shiny doesn't necessarily mean only wet that could mean a little sciencey as well. definitely slippery. use caution. we have apartment fire cecil b. moore and montgomery and for the time being police are on the scene. you take 24 or norris street. a disabled car on 42 freeway northbound approaching walt whitman bridge blocking right land lane. building in headed nobody. that's what you see here. new jersey turnpike southbound past 195. blocking out the that ramp. ukee back to you. >> thank you. take a look at this picture. the driver nearly crunched in suv sandwiched between two tractor-trailers. he's thankful to ab live. chain reaction crash in oregon involving more than 70 vehicles saturday left caleb trapped with another room to survive. >> i looked out my back passenger window i could see lights coming at me and at that time all i could

look at this fellow, facing the wrong way, on the schuylkill expressway. d lanes, two cars facing the wrong direction here. this is eastbound at the city avenue route one interchange. we are jammo, from conshohocken, all the way into city avenue there. let's see, two cars off to the shoulder, those other two are facing the wrong way, you got the hook and ladderment look only the far right lane. so the schuylkill down to one lane right now, coming into philadelphia, again, with the sun glare in the morning rush hour, we are bumper to bumper to bumper from conshohocken on in to downtown philadelphia. if you are getting ready to leave the house right now, i would suggest not using the schuylkill. if you are trying to get to the airport, maybe work your way down the blue route, 476, or jump off and use the kelly drive or the martin luther king drive to get into center city. that will at least avoid half of this delay here. but again, we're looking live from skyfox, eastbound, schuylkill expressway, only the shoulder getting by at city line avenue. alex, back ov

speedsen down a notch or two on the schuylkill expressway. not slowing because people expecting a slick area or two a couple of water main breaks, 19 the and federal and front and oregon matt and erin. >> thanks very much, let's go live to katherine scott she is in bensalem, berks county. what's going on katherine? >> reporter: matt, a light rain falling here, it might have been picked up a little bit in the last half-hour. the big difference that we've seen the temperatures is sliding a few degrees. it feels colder out here. we're standing on street road in bensalem. you can see the surface of the roadway is a little bit wet. the cars that are out are moving along okay and the road has been treated. you can see salt on the road. so far along the stretch no issues to report. penndot crews reported for duty around midnight. load up tore for the storm. 182 state trucks are on the road in the five county area. penndot expects to add contractor trucks to the number. i expect to see crews whether it's in bensalem, philadelphia and west, south jerse