we're live in lower moreland i'm steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thanks so much steve. >>> penndot meantime says the pedestrian bridge over roosevelt boulevard at solly avenue in rhawnhurst is safe. inspectors were called out to take a look because it appeared that a section of the bridge had shifted. the boulevard was shut down for a short time for this inspection but all lanes have reopened. >>> the first philadelphia female firefighter to die in the line of duty was honored today. the philadelphia second alarmers association presenting a canvas print tribute to lieutenant joyce m. craig. craig died battling a fire in west oak lane back in december of last year and today fire commissioner derek sawyer officially accepted the print for engine 64, the firehouse where craig was stationed. >>> a little girl dragged by a school bus. she is doing just fine tonight amazingly but investigators are trying to figure out why the bus didn't stop. justin. >> and heat and humidity will continue this weekend as we track more showers and storms. i'm break down the full forecast coming u

reporting from the washington township police headquarters, steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve thank you so much. >>> also now police have identified the woman who was pinned under a duck boat and killed yesterday in chinatown as 68-year-old elizabeth karnicke of texas. the accident happened yesterday afternoon on the corner of 11th and arch streets. she tried to cross the street against the red light while looking at an electronic device. no charges are expected to be filed against the driver in this case. police meantime are looking for surveillance video to corroborate witness accounts. >>> five people injured in a crash involving several cars in philadelphia's mayfair neighborhood. "eyewitness news" on tyson avenue. the impact forced an engine out of one of the vehicles. they all suffered major damage. authorities say the crash victims are currently in stable condition. the cause is still under investigation. >> and authorities are searching for a montgomery county teenage here has been missing for nearly three weeks. upper merion township police are asking for the p

memorial day weekend kicks off the unofficial start of the summer steve patterson is live on independence mall with all the excitement here in the city. steve. >> reporter: natasha, i've been in philadelphia about a year and a half now, been down here to independence mall about maybe several dozen times but i have never seen what i saw today. so many people coming down to check out history. i want to show you some video from earlier today. obviously this is one of the busiest times of the year but here's something else i've never seen before, natasha. maybe you have and i just haven't been paying attention. we saw one line forming to get in to see the liberty bell and because that line was so long, another one started outside near the closest window, just to snap a picture inside. this weekend thousands from all over the world coming really to see the cradle of this country right here in olde city and all weekend scheduled concerts, reenactments, flag ceremonies, all happening right here. we spoke to people, tourist abouts why they came out. >> living here on the east coast is so much dif

live in the sat center tonight, i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve, thank you so much. >>> and like his father 46-year-old beau biden was a devout catholic and attended the wilmington church that has been the bedrock of the family for many years. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio spoke with members of that parish today about the tragic loss. >> ♪ >> reporter: saint joseph's brandywine here on old church road is a small church in a small town. >> we all know each other republican, democrat whatever, we all love each other. >> reporter: but it's home to beau biden a man many say had a big heart serving his state of delaware as attorney general, his country in the national guard and in iraq and all those who need a hand. >> i just can't fathom someone so young and so kind having passed. >> reporter: carol terranova says her five sons played with beau when they were children and were on the same little league teams. her husband, sam was the coach. >> it's just so sad. >> reporter: monsignor joseph redmond says beau and his wife attended regularly until

but as "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson shows us dozens who gathered in the city today said that was the wrong message as they called for peace. >> reporter: it was the sound of sunday. ♪ >> reporter: no show of anger no crys of outrage no call for justice. just peace. >> i believe peace is the only way to love it's the only way -- >> pastor desmond bird led the members of the philadelphia prayer clinic search in a demonstration calling for prayer full solutions to the problems plaguing inner city america >> many people are acting out because they don't have anyone who care. >> we're here for them. >> reporter: but tame this was happening so was this. investigators trying to to determine who would scroll something they call so ugly in this old city alley. the message leftover night bold in red cop lives don't matter. >> i mean it's a disgrace and we'll hopefully hubs you down and find you and prosecute you. >> reporter: fraternal order police president condemned act and says it does nothing but stain the work of good policing and stifle the active pro testifying. >> every

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson joins us along the turnpike in bensalem. he's got the very latest. steve. >> reporter: natasha police and officials tell me the driver in this case was pronounced dead at the scene. meanwhile as you mentioned four workers affected by this crash, four of them injured two of them sustained minor injuries, they were taken to the hospital treated and released and another two in that group sustained serious injuries. one of them had to undergo surgery this afternoon. we're checking back forup dates. in the meantime this comes just a month into a major safety campaign from the pennsylvania turnpike commission telling drivers to slow down especially when they are in these work zones. for hours the only traffic left on this busy stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike didn't even amount to one car. officials say it happened shortly before 5:30 saturday morning. police say this car traveling eastbound near the bensalem interchange entered a construction zone, struck a construction vehicle injuring four construction workers. the driver o

steve patterson is live at temple hospital where the girl is being treated. >> reporter: after that 13-year-old girl was shot she was rushed here to temple university hospital. now, we have been speaking to the family throughout the day. they tell us her condition is improving but their disposition is not after a full day where their child nearly died and no one from their community has stepped forward with information. >> stop worrying about being snitches, stop worrying about being rats. my niece needs a hero at this moment. >> reporter: when shots are fired in kensington, heroes can be hard to find. >> she needs justice. she needs answers. she needs to know why. she was outside playing. somebody shot a bullet at her. >> reporter: ada ortiz says her hero is likely on this block. she believes someone here knows who pulled the trig they are put her niece in the emergency room. all she wants is that person to step forward. >> i'm just hurt for the fact that nobody is standing up for her. >> reporter: police say shots were fired here in the 1300 block of stounton street about 11:30 frida

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has the story. >> reporter: seconds to react. >> i opened my door and just scene foresight shooting out the windows report roar exclusive video from eyewitness shawn barber shows the harrowing seconds after flames rage out of this home in the 5700 block of grace avenue. not the mother' days morning next door neighbor yvonne expected. >> it was coming shooting out of that door and everything. >> police say her neighbors a man in his 20s and woman in her 50s were inside when the fire broke out shortly before college. man able to escape by running out. the woman neighbors name juanita trapped on thislily way awning with billowing black smoke behind her. >> she was covered in soot and she was very scared. you could tell by her face. she was disorient. it was very scary. >> reporter: eyewitness tyra who didn't want to be appear on camera watched her neighbor call plummeting on to the car parked below. >> she hit her face on the car. >> reporter: tyra who has only been in the neighborhood two weeks decideed to take action. checking for injuries an

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson talked to family members who are demanding the gunman turn himself in. >> stop worrying about being sniffles accurate. my neice needs a hero at this moment. >> when shots are fired in kensington heroes can be hard to find. >> she needs justice. she needs answers. she needs to know why when she was outside playing somebody through a bullet at her. >> aida says her hero is likely on this block. she believes someone here knows who pulled the trigger that put her neice in the emergency room. all she want is that person to step forward. >> i'm just hurting for the fact that nobody is standing up for her. >> police say shots were fired here, at about 11:30 friday night. aida's neice 13 year old diamond, and three other children, were sitting on a neighborhood porch when they heard a gun go off. diamond ran home, when she felt the stray bullet in her side. >> the second time i heard at this came outside. i seen people running. >> neighbor destiny heard the shots from inside her home. police say at least two of the people witnesses saw fleeing had gu

tonight a high school janitor tells "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson he's lucky to be alive because he happened to walk into another room at just the right time. >> reporter: it was a matter of time. what took hours to pull out only took an instant to go in. >> it was bam and it was out. >> reporter: school janitor dan said if that instant was just a few seconds earlier he would would be dead. >> i i would have been gone. no question. it blew it apart. yeah i feel lucky. >> reporter: police say shortly before 2:00 this afternoon, this black pickup truck drove straight into a wall at lower moreland high school. eyewitness josh, says he watched the car accelerate with no sign of braking. >> i saw a black truck. i saw it rev its engine and smoke coming from it. i her it gun down the parking lot all the way down until i heard this gigantic whack. >> the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the truck struck several water pipes causing flooding and cutting power to the high school school. less a minute away from changing dan's lifer. >> i've already thanked god more than once.

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has reaction tonight from princeton university where nash was a famed mathematician. >> john nash was one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. >> reporter: he inspired a generation of thing kearse and his story became inspiration for hollywood. >> the only way out of a matter. >> reporter: princeton mathematician john nash is celebrated for break throughs in math science and economics a field in which he won the nobel prize. he's famous for doing it all while battling mental illness with his wife alicia and winning winning. all making this weekend that much more tough to take. >> not just that, but for a man like him to die in a car accident, it's not right. >> reporter: saturday john and alycia were just back from receiving an award in norway at about 4:30 that afternoon the yellow cab the couple was taking back to princeton from the airport slammed into a guardrail on the new jersey turnpike. john and alicia were killed after being ejected from the vehicle. >> it was brutal. you know, he'd get -- you get a huge emptiness. very sa

the latest from bensalem i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> in wilmington, the investigation continues into a suspicious fire at a vacant building. fire crews raced to the 100 block of bancroft mills road around 1:30 this morning and found huge flames at the vacant bancroft middle complex. historic bang lost mill was compromised in the fire. no injuries were reported. >>> and police have located a penske truck that was stolen in south philly this week. it was recovered empty on the 1100 block of rising sun avenue early this morning. the search still continues for the u-haul truck that was stolen in hunting park. police say this man was one of three suspects who stole it.ere are no credible home land security threats relating to the truck authorities wanted to find them as quickly as possible. >>> now a celebration in britain over the birth of a princess. the duke and duchess of cambridge took their new daughter home from the hospital today. tonight landmarks in london are a glow in pink in celebration of the royal babies birth. cbs news correspondent susan mcginnness has more

reporting from the campus of princeton university, i'm steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve, thank you. >>> the stars and production team behind a beautiful mind are mourning the loss of john nash today. actor russell crowe who portrayed nash tweeted stunned. my heart goes out to john and alicia and family. an amazing partnership. beautiful mind, beautiful heart. director ron howard also shared his grief in a tweet. rip brilliant nobel prize winning john nash and his remarkable wife al leash shaft it was an honor telling part of their story. >>> and producer brian grazer reflector on nash's life. john nash gave a world a window into humanity. how the disabled may think and feel inside. >>> this accident that killed john nash was within a mile of the crash that injured comedian tracy morgan and left another comedian dead. morgan was traveling northbound near cranbury township last june when his limo van was hit by a wal-mart truck. morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury and several broken bones. he has filed a lawsuit against wal-mart. the truck driver, kevin roper has been

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson previews his visit. >> camden is my home. >> reporter: she was born here she was raised here, and about a year and a half ago will he sean today carter started her first business in camden. >> here will be the kitchen. >> reporter: carter started a personal care service for area veterans. she gave us a tour of what she says will be the first home for vets in camden. >> and i thought why not make this a business? and help people that needs help. >> reporter: carter is an example of what city officials hope is highlighted in the next few days much entrepreneural spirit and positive change. >> i think within the neck 10 years the redevelopment of the city will be a national model an national story of progress. >> reporter: monday president barack obama will visit camded to tour the newly stabbed camden county police department formed during the height of the city's infamy for being unsafe but things have changed. violent crime has dropped nearly 30% compared to this time two years ago and in those two years, the murder rate has nearly been cut i

it's the latest from old city, i'm steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve thank you so much. >>> also in baltimore today mayor stephanie rawlings blake listed lifted the curfew. the curfew went into effect after protests turned to riots. this afternoon a crowd rallied in front of city hall protesting police brutality. mayor rawlings blake praised transition into peaceful gatherings. >> what we saw over the past few days is not just the resiliency of our city but also our communities coming together. we want to heal our city. we know we have challenges in baltimore, we know that there's work to be done. >> mayor blake toured the mall today saying the majority of the stores damaged in the riots have now reopened. >>> police in philadelphia are investigating a deadly stab in a home on the 5800 block of christian street in west philly. police responded to reports of a person screaming and found a 35-year-old man lying in a hallway. he was covered in stab wounds and medics pronounced him dead at the scene. the victims name hasn't been released. >>> philadelphia police have found

steve patterson was there. >> reporter: on this memorial day, city officials on hands to honor the lives after estimated 40,000 americans who died in the korean war. >> for years we never new what every happened to him. >> for more than 06 years that number did not include the story of robert higgins the 20 year old declared mia in 1951. and for all of those years, their families, forgotten son lost to what some call the forgotten war. >> every once in a while my dad would bring him up, we would talk about him he said i'll guess i'll never know what happened to my brother. >> but one year ago that all change wad single phonecall. >> it was out of the blue. >> the military took possession of hundreds of remains from the war, two samples discovered in the 90s were submitted for dna testing, that can now be done with phones and a match came back. robert was coming home. >> we just said that is miracle. it is -- how can this happen? >> reporter: here lives corporal his inches, after his family took possession every had his remains, they burried him here. closure some six decades in the makin

the 3500 pounder was north of brigantine yesterday and our steve patterson tells us the shark's arrival has some beach lovers pretty nervous. >> tough guys, gregg senior, gregg junior, planning to ends friday with a little dip in the ocean. now they're not so sure. >> little apprehensive, and scared little bit. you know? makes me little nervous they're so close. >> afraid of lady named mary lee, who i guess we should mention is also a 3500 pounds 16-foot great white shark. >> i think it was 1975, the movie jaws? that's still with me. >> mary was tag back in 2012 by the research non-profit osearch. so every time her fin pops up above the water she is pinged on additional map. three years 20,000 miles later, her latest ping just 10 miles from the jersey shore. >> swimming out in the ocean we are in fact swim being sharks whether we want to ignore that fact or not. >> marine biologist says people shouldn't be worried about becoming dinner, but if fear drives interest in research that's not a bad thing. >> raising great awareness. >> mary lee now more than 18,000 followers on twitter beside

now, high school janitor tells "eyewitness news", reporter steve patterson that he is luckily to be alive because he just happened to walk into another room at the right time. >> it was a matter of time. what took hours to pull out only took an instant to go in. >> bamm, it was out. >> reporter: school janitor dan fox said if that instant was just a few second earlier he would be dead. >> if i was this there i would have been gone. no question. i saw enough of that, just blew, blew it apart, it is a mess. yes, i feel lucky. >> reporter: police say shortly before 2:00 this black pick up drove straight into a wall at lower moreland high school. eyewitness josh said he watched the car accelerate with no sign of breaking -- braking. >> i saw my truck i saw it rev it engine, just smoke coming from it, i heard it gun down the parking lot all the way down until i heard this gigantic wack. >> the driver pronounced dead at the scene. the truck struck several water pipes in a electrical unit causing flooding and cutting power to the high school n less than a minute away from changing dan's life. >>

high school janitor tells "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson that he's lucky to be alive because he happened to walk into another room, at just the right time. >> it was a matter of time. what took hours to pull out only took an instant to go in. >> it was bamm and out. >> school janitor dan fox said if that instant was just few seconds earlier he would be dead. >> if i was in there i would have been gone. no question. i saw enough, it blew it apart. just a mess. yes, i feel luck. >> i police say shortly before 2:00 this black pick-up truck drove state no a wall at lower moreland high school. eyewitness josh said he watched the car accelerate with no sign of braking. >> i saw a black truck. i saw a revving engine, just smoke coming from it, i heard it gun down the parking lot all the way down until i heard this gigantic wack. >> the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. truck struck several water pipes in a electrical unit, causing flooding and cutting power to the high school. less than minute away from changing dan's life. >> i already thanked god more than once. >> the work

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live at the scene tonight with the story. steve. >> reporter: natasha, crews say that fire likely started in the front of the row homes behind me but for a few harrowing moments it forced one of the occupants to the back. want to show you. take a look at the awning you see behind me right there. flames forcing a woman on top of that and then an eyewitness says she tumble, fell onto the car and then the ground. we spoke to that eyewitness but the first thing i want to do is show you just how intense those flames were. seconds to react. >> i opened my door. i seen fire shooting out the window. >> reporter: exclusive video from eyewitness sean barber shows the harrowing seconds after flames rage out of this home in the 5700 block of grays a not the mother's day morning surprise next door neighbor yvonne outlaw expected. >> police say yvonne's neighbors were inside when the fire broke out shortly before 11:00. the man able to escape by running out the woman names neighbors name as juanita trapped on this alley way awning with bla

patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> police have identified the woman who was pinned under a duck boat and killed yesterday in chinatown as 68 year old elizabeth carnicky of texas. the accident happened yesterday afternoon on the corner of 11th and arch streets. police say carnicky tried to cross the street against a red light while looking at electronic device. no charges are expected to be filed against the driver in this case. police are now looking for surveillance video to corroborate witness accounts. >> now, five people were injured in a crash involving several cars in philadelphia's mayfair neighborhood. "eyewitness news" on roosevelt boulevard at tyson avenue. the impact forced an engine out of one every these vehicles. they all suffered major damage. authority say the crash victims are in stable condition. the cause of this accident is still under investigation. >> philadelphia 22nd police district held a beef and beer fundraiser today in honor of slain officer robert wilson. "eyewitness news" at the park land youth organization, in the northeast today. several items were auc

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson interviewed a woman who helped her but did not want to appear on camera. >> the human human being so that's what made me run out and help him because i would want someone to help me in that situation. >> a hospital treated this woman for minor burns and bruises. >>> family members of an upper darby man missing since last week are growing concerned very concerned about his safety. rasheed young is 20 years old and has severe developmental disability. young was last seen getting into an s.u.v. around the 69 street terminal on wednesday. family members say his cell phone was discovered the next day on market street just few blocks east. they are holding out hope he is still safe. >> i say no news is good news. but then i say but no news, you know, so i go back and forth up. >> err darby police are investigate. they say they are not sure if foul play is involved or not. police ask if anyone has any knowledge of young's whereabouts to please get in contact with them. >> four people are in custody in mississippi nip connection shooting death of two po

one woman who talked to "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson did not want to appear on camera. >> she was covered in soot. she was very scared, you could tell by her face, and very disoriented. scar. >> i victim treated for minor burns and bruises. >> on the health watch this morning, new recommendation toss protect infants from whooping cough. infectious disease experts say that whopping cough has re-emerged in developing countries, putting babies and small children at risk. since babies are too young to get vaccinated, researchers recommend all pregnant women get the whooping cough vaccine. they also say that newborns and immediate family should also get vaccinated. >> this may be disturbing, morning cup of coffee could contain more than just caffeinement ten single serve coffee machines were tested, scientists discovered bacteria found in fecal matter, e-coli, among others in those coffee machines. >> which one would you be most concerned about? i think the high amounts of fecal material, or the organisms, that would probably be concerned about. >> so need to clean that more

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reporting from lower moreland, steve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> and now to the latest developments, in the amtrak tragedy. federal officials ordered amtrak to improve safety in the area of tuesday's deadly derailment in port richmond. eight people were killed, and more than 200 injured. trucks were seen caring what an i peer to be bent railroad tracks away from the derailment site sunday. that will area has been closed since the train went off the tracks. amtrak says rail service between philadelphia and new york will resume on tuesday. five crash survivors remain in critical condition at temple university hospital. and the ntsd interviewing septa engineer had had something strike his train just minute before the amtrak crash. henna daniels with the latest. >> reporter: amtrak agreed improve safety measures in heavily traveled northeast corridor the federal railroad administration circumstance ewing an emergency order. requiring technology that will alert the engineer when train is over the speed limit and automatically applied the brakes if the train doesn't slow down. >> travelin

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