greg argos is live in upper darby where he spoke with that victim today, greg. >> reporter: that is right, jessica. it has been so beautiful last night around 7:30 the six three-year old victim was walking down sansom street near intersection i'm standing at tear field avenue and upper darby police say two men blind sided him there behind and seriously beat him. battered and bruised. >> he steel my wallet and my money. >> reporter: six three-year old john, concerned to show his full identity is glad to be alive. >> i'm lucky because i put my hand on high face, like that. >> reporter: yes. >> don't kick high face. >> reporter: knee bandaged, bruises on his face and arms john was walking near sansom and fairfield avenue on a calm early evening wednesday in upper darby. >> just walking through the neighborhood which he does all the time. >> reporter: when upper dash boy he lease superintendent michael chitwood says two men approached him from behind. >> apparently they run up on him, they knock him town, give me your money, mother fer. >> yes, and he did that, down. >> reporter: thursd

from upper darby where three septa trains were involved in a crash near the 69th street terminal. chopper 6 hd as over the derailment and we learned that one victim is in critical condition. it's tuesday afternoon and we begin with the developing investigation into how this happened. "action news" is live with team coverage. john rawlins is following the impact for commuters and first katherine scott has the latest from septa. >> reporter: two septa operators and two passengers were injured and one of those septa operators is in critical condition. there is a lot go on here this noon. the investigation is ongoing, they just halled in a lot of equipment and this investigation will have to rerail the equipment and get it moved. three six car trains were involved. seven cars derailed at 69th street terminal. four people were injured and the scope of the damage is being determined. >> we are trying to stabilize it and start the fact finding now. stopped train, waiting to approach the hey collided itderailed and sideswiped a third traing i dire>> the signal will keep the train separad

bruce gordon says classmates actually helped tip off authorities. >> reporter: when the pup per darby high school senior arrived on campus by bus wednesday morning, school officials were waiting armed with information from a student or students. >> it was reported to us by word of mouth that there was a rumor more that this person may be in possession of something that he shouldn't have in school. >> reporter: security officers and upper darby police say they wrestle from the 12th greater and his 11th grade companion this metal box. inside a 9-millimeter handgun ready for use. >> it was loaded with a clip. two rounds in it in the clip. >> reporter: police said they also found four vials of marijuana in that box. both teens were charged with weapons and drug offenses. security officials praised the kids who brought them the information and the adults who headed off a dangerous situati situation. >> that handgun never made it into school. it was headed off before that situation occurred and that is a testament to our school security and our administrative team that work well together wi

that a student tried to bring a loaded gun to upper darby high school. two 17-year-olds are under arrest and facing a list of charms. it's wednesday afternoon and i'm rick williams. >> and i'm sara bloomquist. the big story on "action news" is the loaded gun taken from a teenager as he arrived for school this morning. john rawlins joins us live from the upper darby police department where investigators announced new details. >> reporter: some rather bizarre details that is for sure. upper darby has 3600 students and two of them were arrested this morning as the bus as rived at the school, a 12th grader and 11th grader they were arrested after school officials said they were tipped off that one of them would bring a gun to school today. >> so the 12th grade student that got off the bus with the box in his hand. when he was being restrained from the security officer attempted to hand that off to the 11th grader and at that time. it was inter accepted and i took control of that. >> inside of this black metal box they found this .9 millimeter handgun and marijuana. this happened outsi

out of west philadelphia, through the 69th street terminal in upper darby before entering a loop, which allows them to turnaround and then reenter in on the system. speeds are limited to 10 miles an hour in the loop, upper darby township shared this drone video with cbs-3 giving us a closer look at the position of the derailed cars. septa confirms that the use of train controlled technology, that should have prevented a collision. >> is there an automatic train control system at signal system. train move under signal authority and signal system will keep them separated. >> reporter: operator of the striking train was taken to the hospital in critical condition. another operator and two passengers on board were also treated for minor injuries. >> i feel pretty safe on the el. i don't worry about anything happening to he on the train. >> reporter: every passenger we spoke with was aware of the incident at 69th street terminal. each said they weren't ready to question the safety of the system. >> it is first time i actually found something wrong with septa like it never happened bef

upper darby we continue to have victory avenue shut down near route three, that's for that train accident investigation from yesterday so just is it ick to state road as your alternate. live on your air bridges like the ben westbound traffic coming into the city moving just fine with no big problems matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> work continues at this moment at the scene of that septa train collision in delaware county. "action news" reporter katherine scott is lie at the 69th street station in upper darby with an update. katherine. >> reporter: matt, crews have been here trying remove the cars from the tracks and you can see right now they have a huge light set up so they can even work in these overnight early morning hours as they try to move these enormous trains. trucks are lined up here along victory avenue and the investigation continues. the injured in this include two septa operators and two passengers. three of them were treater and d released but one septa operator remains in critical condition. the passengers should have gotten off the platform by the time thi

donovan, rahel is on assignment. joe holden live at the upper darby police department with more on this dangerous discovery. joe? >> good afternoon, to you, upper darby school officials describe what happened this morning, as very concerning, 12th grade student this he say brought 9-millimeter loaded handgun on to the bus, road the bus to school, police say tried to bring that gun into the high school building, now, that gun was in a box, according to investigators, police say that 12th grader tried to hand off the gun, to 11th grader on the bus with him, we're told the 11th grader then got into a scuffle with officers, one of the officers we're told was cut on the forehead. both the 11th grader and 12th grader are 17 years old. police say they're now working on charging both as adults, school officials say they learned about the student may have been armed, through a rumor, school police were waiting for him at the door. >> loaded 9-millimeter, was loaded with a clip and two rounds in it. >> police say that 12th grader also had marijuana in that box. school officials telling us th

>>> septa trains collide. four people are injured after an incident on the tracks in upper darby. >>> condemning anti-semitism. president trump makes a new statement about a recent wave of hate crimes. >>> warm weather is returning, temperatures will climb again, and this time they could go even higher than they did this weekend. >>> right now a train accident along the market frankford lines that sends four people to the hospital. the trains were not in service at the time of this wreck. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. the injured victims were on board two separate cars. this all happened near the 69th street transportation center. pamela osborne starts us off live from the scene. what are you hearing about the four people injured in the collision. >> reporter: a 57-year-old man who was operated that train is in critical condition. about a half dozen cars are off the track right now. take a look for yourself. here's what else we're being told by investigators. one train, train number 57, hit a stopped train on this seam track. another train that was moving in the opposite direct

us now inside the 69th street transportation center in upper darby with the latest. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that's right, the investigation continues. in the meantime septa is saying that service this morning along this stretch should look pretty close to normal. at this point they are unable to use this loop here because as you can see, there are still crews at work trying to move the affected train cars from this stretch. but so right now this loop remains out of commission. however, they're able to turn the trains around at the terminal. so hopefully service should look pretty close to normal. morning rush was under way yesterday when it happened around 8:10 a.m., a collision at 69th street terminal involving three six-car trains. seven cars derailed. >> when i got up here they said the train that i was going to be on was in an accident. >> reporter: federal investigators from the national transportation safety board were called to the scene in upper darby last night. septa crews are now working to remove the cars involved which weigh about 37

a freshman, she says her daily 20-minute walk to upper darby high school got her in trouble. tardy arrivals led to saturday detentions. when she skipped detentions, she was suspended. again and again. >> like, every week or two weeks, yeah. >> reporter: so your punishment for being late to school was missing more school? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: parts of ariana's experience are very common. when we analyzed the most recent available data on discipline rates across the country, we discovered districts in our area with suspension rates far above the national average of about 5.5%. the pleasantville public school district reported a rate more than four times that. at 23% of students suspended at least once. it was the highest in our region. followed by william penn, chester community, reading and southeast delko districts rounding out the top five. upper darby is number eight at 14%. >> removing a kid from school has become the easiest and all-purpose form of intervention. >> reporter: harold jordan of the aclu of pennsylvania authored the group's review of discipline and policing in

." >> breaking right now at noon, chopper three live over the tracks in upper darby delaware county. two septa trains collided. one of the cars jumped the tracks. >> now, down to ground level, for different view of the accident happened just over three hours ago, near the end of the morning rush. >>> more than dozen train cars involved in the accident. good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'll rahel solomon. several people taken to local hospitals. joe holden live in upper darby. joe, what's the latest? >> reporter: good afternoon, there is so much to talk about and so much going on behind me right now. there are dozen of septa workers basically building what appears to be a bridge, they had to remove an entire section every fence and right now they're assembling makeshift platform to be able to access the tracks from victory avenue here. very, very complicated process, as you see, number of strain cars are still lopsided, and they have to get them out and essentially re-rail what they can. some of these cars are damaged. now, let's go ahead, take you liver up back in the air to chopper three,

upper darby of course about 8:00 this morning. the impact sent those trains into a third, four people are hurt including the train operator who is in critical condition. fox 29's chris o'connell live now at the 69th street terminal in upper darby. chris? >> reporter: lucy, that team of investigators with the national transportation safety board arrived on seen about four hours ago. that investigation continues work lights have been brought in to help those investigators work through the night. meanwhile, septa customers, the people who ride on these trains, the people who ride on these buses every day say if it is not one thing, it's another. >> something breaks down at least once or twice a week. >> reporter: as the investigation begins into septa's upper darby train derailment commuters wouldn't, what's next? >> i've about had it. they keep raising prices and just dropping service. it's getting rough. >> reporter: commuters complaints are just the tip of the iceberg for what has been even by their own accounts a bad year for septa. last summer, a third of the brand new silver liner

upper darby. what's going out there katherine. >> reporter: matt, right now crews are working to remove some of these cars from the track here and you can see they have these huge lights set up so they can continue to work. the injured in this include two septa operators and two pap jersey. three were treated and released but one of the septa operators remains in the hospital in critical condition. this investigation continues though o the passengers should have already gotten off on the platform before this happened yesterday so it's unclear why those two were still on board. federal investigators from the national transportation safety board were on the scene in upper darby last night after a collision tuesday morning. three six car trains were involved. seven cars in all derailed. morning rush was under way when this happened around 8:10 a.m. >> saw the second train pulling in and slowly stop. then i saw three cars tip over. >> reporter: septa officials say a moving train on number two loop collided with the rear of a stopped train. the top train had been waited to approach th

critical condition tonight after two trains collided at the 69th street terminal in upper darby this morning. luckily the trains just preparing to go out or it could have been a whole lot worse. the ntsb is now on its way to figure out exactly what went wrong. >> while septa riders are again left with another headache for the evening rush. fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live at 69th street terminal in upper darby. dave? >> report roar iain, that's right. ntsb taking the case tonight we can also tell that you while train service is back up and running at 69th street station there will be no ab express service tonight we're told by septa that you should be ready for some potential delays and overcrowding. in the meantime, questions are being asked tonight. investigation is under way in upper darby as septa crews try to find out what caused seven cars from two trains to derail during a morning crash at 69th street station. it shut down a chunk of the market frankford line for hours causing headaches for commuters. >> i work with children. i work at children hospital, differ hospitals. i

collide instead upper darby yesterday. four people were injured in that crash that knocked several cars off the tracks. a few of the trains involved have been taken out of service this morning. >> nbc 10 matt delucia live in upper darby with the impact it could have on the morning commute. >> vai and katie, just heard from jessica. up and running today. septa says that they don't expect much in the way of delays. things should be running somewhat normally today. despite what you see behind me here. see all the septa workers here at the 69 street transportation center, they have been here all day yesterday and throughout the night trying to fix damaged trains and get them back on the tracks to get them out of the way here. the septa bus driving by here again. this has been quite an ordeal over the past 24 hours. little less than that. happened around 8:00 yesterday morning when the trains collided. two of the trains crashed into each other. they were not in service at the time. so no passengers were on board. as katie mentioned there, four people were nird. four workers including on

is live in upper darby where that woman spoke about her a hazing getaway. >> that woman says she's glad to be live tonight after the suspect locked her in the bathroom here at this laundromat and assaulted her. she was able to escape run across to the 7-eleven and called for help but not having turning suspect's gun on himself. for the last ten years, seven days a week, she has work graveyard shift at this 24 hour laundromat on garrett road in upper darby but it is what happened around 3:00 in the morning on wednesday, which has her they ever wanting to return. >> i don't ever want to work there again. >> reporter: twenty-three year-old take kwan brooks went inside. as she goes this is supply closet to get cleaning materials he follows her. armed with the loaded 9- millimeter gun. >> he kept the gun pointed at me and just, strip your clothes completely. i said i can't. i got nothing. i don't know. i was like, he asked me to to it again. i said no. >> reporter: with the handgun point at her head she knew she had to fight. >> i still got the gun, and i said, you know what, either liv

septa. day after several training collide instead upper darby. four people hurt in the crash that knocked several cars off the tracks. few of the trains involved have been taken out of service this morning. >> nbc 10 matt matt delucia live in upper darby. impact it could have on morning commute. >> normally this spot is fairly quiet at this time of day. not right now. take a look behind me. quite a bit of activity at the 69th street transportation center. some of the septa workers have been here all day and night trying to figure out what caused the trains to crash into each other yesterday morning. might be able to see the large dent in one train car right there. take a look at video from yesterday. different angles of this. even with all this activity, septa says service will be running pretty much like it normally does, just with a few cars less than they normally have. this was a slow moving crash yesterday morning around 8:00 in the morning, but it was enough to injure four people. one train operator was critically injured and the impact also knocked a third train out of the

"eyewitness news". >> our greg argos is in upper darby with his story, greg. >> reporter: ukee, jessica, good evening. the upper darby police say six three-year old victim in this case was enjoying weather taking a stroll here near sansom street in fairfield avenue in upper darby last night when approached from behind, by two men, and attack the it all happened around 7:30 last night, superintendent michael chit wood says that the victim, does not want his identity released, was rushed to a nearby hospital and now lee covering with serious bumps and bruises. chitwood says motive for this a robbery, those suspects able to getaway with just $40 in cash. >> i'm lucky because... un audible. >> just come in and they come into this predatory act and could have been more serious then it was. >> victim was not able to get a good look at these suspects since he was attacked from behind but coming up tonight at 6:00 i will tell you what police are searching for that could help them fine these two men. we're live from upper darby, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see

one democrat to be there for anything to move forward. >>> two upper darby students behind bars trying to sneak loaded handgun into school. police say one of the two is no stranger to law enforcement. news of the discovery certainly scary. >> but authorities say, they have classmates to thank for preventing the tragedy. our bruce gordon is live in upper darby. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, guys. we hear it all the time from law enforcement. if you see something, say something. well, apparently some students in upper darby high school heard something an explosive rumor more. so they passed it along to authorities. >> as the students arrived at upper darby high school wednesday morning, school security and the principal were waiting. >> we had a rumor more that a kid maybe in possession of a weapon and so we went to investigate that rumor more. we met that student as he came off of his schoolbus. >> reporter: after a brief struggle authorities took from 12th grade boy this metal box. inside a 9-millimeter handgun ready for use. >> it was loaded way clip. two rounds in it in the clip.

have to get back to breaking news out of upper darby two trains they crash at 69th street terminal head on. we know at least two to three cars are off track this is a live picture here, there were no passengers on the train but we will talk to upper darby superintendent mike chitwood and said a few minor injuries with the employees, workers there on the the scene of the time. we are trying to get more information but still very active scene. we will keep you giving you more updates. (avo) this holiday... ...get the presidential treatment... ...with a special trade-in offer... ...february sixteenth through the twenty-eighth... and let enterprise car sales... flip your thinking about buying your next vehicle. >>> we will go right back to the scene of the septa train crash because steve keeley is there on the ground giving us more update, steve. >> reporter: this is probably one of those cases where it looks worse then it is, you see what are normally known as passenger railcars but none were on them. it looks like they are every which way here at 69th street this upper cash i where t

in upper darby have been removed from the scene and now the railroad tracks are being thoroughly inspected for any damage they may have received. the national transportation safety board is now leading the investigation into what happened. four people were injured including a train operator who is said to be in critical condition. >>> the white house said today that they will revoke guidelines for transgender students. they will not be allowed to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. >> they called it confusing and hard to implement but the nation's largest teachers union says it endangers children. >>> and they are considering way to overhaul the affordable care act but the city cannot afford to lose it. today dr. thomas farley and mayor jim kenney laid out the hardships that many philadelphians could feel. one in six residents gained coverage because of the law that provides funding for key health service zbrz we are learning new details about the the man accused of -- fletcher made it all get back at police. fletcher talked about an earlier robbery w

students arrived at upper darby high school wednesday morning school security and the principal were waiting. >> we had a rumor more that a kid may be in possession of a weapon, and so we wept to investigate that rumor more. we met that student as he came off of his schoolbus. >> reporter: after a brief struggle authorities took from a 12th grade boy this metal box. inside a nine mill neither handgun ready for use. >> it was loaded with a clip and had two rounds in it, in the clip. >> reporter: authorities also found four vials of marijuana. the 12th greater and his 11th grade companion were taken into custody and charged with weapons and drug offenses. school officials praised the student or students who came forward to rhee report their concerns and security officers in upper darby police who headed off a near calamity. >> you have procedures and protocols for situations that occur just like today. and those procedures and protocols were followed to a tee. this is why you train much this is why you practice report roar police say the 12th greater has been in trouble before. tw

transportation center in upper darby. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and i spoke to a septa spokesperson this morning and they said that the service this morning should look pretty close to normal here though at this point this route is still out of commission. as you can see crews are still working here. they're trying to remove some of these cars from this track. so, instead this morning they're going have to turn around trains at the terminal. it won't be quite as efficient but they said hopefully customers shouldn't notice the difference. the investigation into what happened continues. morning rush was under way around 8:10, a collision at 69th street terminal involving three six-car trains. seven cars derailed. >> when i got up here they said the train that i was going to be on was in an accident. >> reporter: federal investigators were called to the scene in upper darby last night. septa crews are now working to remove the cars involved which weigh about 37 tons each. septa officials say a moving train on number two loop collided with the rear of a sto

year for septa. federal investigators on the scene right now in upper darby after a crash on the rail lines yesterday. how this could also impact your morning commute. >>> and emotional mother, thankful her young son is still alive. all because of the quick actions of three police officers. how this reunion changed her outlook on life. and on police. >> also could it be a record? soaring into the 60s, put away the heavy coats, break out your spring jackets, if you can, call the boss, play hooky. we're going see some record warmth starting today for the rest of the week. >> are you telling people they should be playing hooky? >> i would never in a million years. >> your boss is where are you? well, karen told me not to go into work today, so i'll just hang outside. >> no, no, but do take lunch outside, walk around your building as you breathe it in, the sun. >> i love it when we have great weather here. good day to you, it is february 22, 2017. hopefully it means it will be start of good day. but we are dealing with some delays at the airport, bob? >> good morning, everybody, 6:01

reaction train crash in upper darby, four people in all were hurt two worker and two passengers. it happened at 8:30 this morning in upper darby and seven cars in all derailed. officials say that the trains involved were out of service at the time and it's unclear why the passengers were on board and police continue to direct traffic away from the terminal and they are operating shuttle buses from the 63rd station and the cause of the crash is under investigation. we'll continue to follow the sorry and bring you new developments here on the air and online at 6abc.com. >> we are constantly updating this story on the 6 abc app. we bring you images on the air and on the ground. be sure to download the 6 abc app for continuing coverage. in other news, two women were kidnapped a week apart in delaware. the same male suspect kidnapped the two victims and is on the loose at this hour. bob brooks is live with more. >> reporter: this isn't something that police are taking lightly it's not good that a man like this is out there on the loose, we just spoke with police here and they want him ca

loop which allows the train to turn around and reenter service. david spunt is live in upper darby where investigators are trying to figure out why things went so wrong. >> reporter: just after 8:00 tuesday morning, a train rear-ended another at the turn around loop at 69th street station. seven cars derailed. four people injured but expected to be ok. >> it's extremely dangerous. it would be great to know that philadelphia has a way to make public transit same little bit more safe >> jennifer is a proud septa rider but re but admits pride has been in question lately >> even on the train itself i feel a little nevertheless. >> reporter: tuesday's crash is another safety related incident involving septa over the past nine months. in july, officials had to pull 120 units after someone discovered cracks under the cars. >> i'm glad they caught them before something dangerous happened. i would have been very unsafe. >> reporter: assistant general manager for safety hears commuters concerns. >> we look at our commitment. we're not going to run anything that's not safe. we want to make su

rush hour ended, an ntsb crew arrived from washington d.c. to check out the collision in upper darby. the number 57 and 67 trains still displaced hours after a slow-moving crash which hurt four people, including a critically injured train operator. the impact knocked a third train out of service too. tonight sep did a clear train service a go for tomorrow morning. >> it's still undecided. we're going to have to be able to use the loop first thing in the morning. >> reporter: this shows two damaged trains at the curve. we learned at one point they impacted traffic on westchester pike. evening rush hour train service was back. just this time for thousands of people to get home from work. >> they got it together. now we want to go -- >> this is just the latest incident in a long list of recent problems for the transit agency. septa's assistant general manager of safety says those problems have tested the resiliency of the market frankfurt line. however, there is still enough train cars to support the more than 187,000 riders. >> yes, it's certainly been challenging, but i think that the

in upper darby over impartial road fear long lane one person rushed to the hospital >>> a fire break out in bucks county. the small fire caused by an electrical malfunction started in a classroom and quickly brought under control. control officials say crews will be working through the night to clean up. and we're told the building is expected to be open in time for classes tomorrow morning. >>> tonight, astronomers are celebrating a major discovery and it has many people here talking about it. seven earth size planets are orbiting same star. the hunt begins for signs of life. all eyes are on space tonight and we have the perfect view from high atop the cbs broadcast center. that's where david spunt is live to show you the planet. >> reporter: there's a lot of talk about space and satellites tonight with this new news. it's not unusual for nasa to hold a news conference, but what officials said today is incredibly rare >> i'm so happy, maybe we'll be able to communicate to another life form we thought was never there. >> reporter: the excitement is real. seven new planets with

boulevard in essington. five people were injured. a cargo flying into a building in upper darby over impartial road fear long lane one person rushed to the hospital >>> a fire break out in bucks county. the small fire caused by an electrical malfunction started in a classroom and quickly brought under control. control officials say crews will be working through the night to clean up. and we're told the building is expected to be open in time for classes tomorrow morning. >>> tonight, astronomers are celebrating a major discovery and it has many people here talking about it. seven earth size planets are orbiting same star. the hunt begins for signs of life. all eyes are on space tonight and we have the perfect view from high atop the cbs broadcast center. that's where david spunt is live to show you the planet. >> reporter: there's a lot of talk about space and satellites tonight with this new news. it's not unusual for nasa to hold a news conference, but what officials said today is incredibly rare >> i'm so happy, maybe we'll be able to communicate to another life form we thought wa

. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at 69th street transportation center in upper darby, where commuters are experiencing a shortage of trains during peak hours, joe. >> reporter: jessica, good evening. i just checked with septa. they say it is a little tight but they believe because of the super bowl these trains are no where near as crowded as they could expect to see them tomorrow. the train behind me here on the platform just pulled in, what i saw basically a lot of folks standing, a few empty seats here and there but big question is how long will this go on until they can get all of these trains back on the rails. after a routine inspection friday night, septa says that they have been tearing up the floors, of the market frankford fleet. this is after a mechanic found a series of cracks around the vent on 58 trains. the most serious part of this on two trains, those cracked had spiders into a main, load bearing member. >> being it is very big. where there is no vent welded to it, those beams are fine. >> reporter: union representing transit workers first told cbs-3 about t

uprising. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused this train crash in upper darby. four were injured when a train crashed into two other trains during the morning rush. nbc 10 is at 69th street live terminal where this accident is causing commuter headaches. randy gyllenhaal, what can you tell us? >> reporter: they've turned the on the lights and the generators. it's clear this investigation is going into the night. the ntsb has officially arrived on scene. we've seen one of their investigators here. the ntsb is sending three investigators here to the scene as crews continue to clean up the debris and lift off the derailed cars from the tracks. federal investigators will comb through the bent metal and tipped-over train cars to find out why one septa train rear-ended another. >> it looks like a pretty bad wreck, if you ask me. >> reporter: it caused a day of headaches for commuters but 69th street station back open just in time for rush hour. >> i was very lucky, but it's crazy. >> i said train crash, what? a train crashed? >> reporter: the crash involved three sep

upper darby tonight with more, joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. those technological safe guard do exist on this line, and septa says so, itself. the questions tonight remains, why did yesterday's collision even happen in the first place among the dozens of miles of elevated subway, regional rails septa says technology is in place to monitor speed of trains, and substantially decrease possibility of the collision. on the system 10 out of the 13 regional rail routes have positive train control or ptc, system is multi layered with track signals, on board training equipment and central command center all relaying data. broad street and market frankford lines have a related technology called automatic train control, or atc. that system is in lays in the horseshoe loop of track where a train slammed into two other trains on tuesday morning. but questions persist about how the collision happened, it is automatic train control was present and working. >> it is not safe they will have a problem with their trains. they have had problems fixing trains. all of a sudden now this

cleanup in upper darby at the site of yesterday's septa crash. the national transportation safety board is taking over the investigation as crews are removing the derailed train cars. katherine scott joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: sara, as the train operator remains in the hospital this noon in critical condition, the effort to clear all of this up and the investigation continues. you can see the crews are still at work here on this loop. they have been focused on that section of the train now for hours. as far as service this morning was concerned. there was no significant delays reported due to this incident. >> in the overnight hours, and into the morning septa crews were still at work engaged in the tedious process of removing the train cars from the 69th street terminal. and cars inched along pull ago way from the site of the accident where two other cars remained. this happened at 8:00 a.m. yesterday morning. three trains collided. the stopped train was waiting to approach the terminal and the force of the impact pushed the lead car on to the path of a third train on t

cracks were found on two cars. annie mccormick continues our coverage live in upper darby. annie. >> reporter: matt, you hear karen talking about the extra buses they will have hand the shuttle buses. septa will have personnel in the station monitoring the crowds to see if they can direct people to the train plat formation or take the shuttle buses. they are telling everybody to be prepared to do so. they are doing the best they come in dealing with pulling estimated 30 to 40 cars out of service. >> it's frustrating but not unexpected any more. >> reporter: septa riders are anticipating longer waits after septa announced it is down 40 rail cars on the busy market frankford line. cracks in the support beam were discovered in two cars. the transit system is used to having 144 cars during peak travel time. the transport workers union spoke to "action news" by phone. >> it could not be any worse that is the most parent part of the car that keeps the wheels to the body and the wheels on the track. >> reporter: septa officials say this is a temporary shortage of rail cars. last summer

upper darby where investigators are trying to figure out why things went so wrong. >> reporter: just after 8:00 tuesday morning, a train rear-ended another at the turn around loop at 69th street station. seven cars derailed. four people injured but expected to be ok. >> it's extremely dangerous. it would be great to know that philadelphia has a way to make public transit same little bit more safe >> jennifer is a proud septa rider but re but admits pride has been in question lately >> even on the train itself i feel a little nevertheless. >> reporter: tuesday's crash is another safety related incident involving septa over the past nine months. in july, officials had to pull 120 units after someone discovered cracks under the cars. >> i'm glad they caught them before something dangerous happened. i would have been very unsafe. >> reporter: assistant general manager for safety hears commuters concerns. >> we look at our commitment. we're not going to run anything that's not safe. we want to make sure that we take care of our passengers, our customers every day. >> reporter: he admits i

just outside the upper darby platform. three trains were involved. a total of seven cars derailed. >> i heard a big ban, then all of a sudden i heard the fire engines and all. i knew something big happened. >> reporter: septa says it all began when the number 57 train came around the loop and rear-ended the number 67 train that was stopped ahead. >> after that collision, train 57 derailed. >> reporter: the derailment causing a third train on another track to collide. septa says an electric signaling system should have prevented this. >> there's an automatic train control system, it's a signal system, the trains move under signal authority and the signal system will keep the trains separated. >> reporter: the ntsb will have to determine why that signal system failed. i'm told those trains were going at max ten miles per hour. there's one train operator still in critical condition, another less seriously injured as well as two passengers who were actually not supposed to be on board. they also suffered injuries. live in upper darby, randy gyllenhaal. >>> there's more trouble for sep

upper darby doctors office. computers containing personal information for thousands of patients. vernon odom has more now. >> reporter: good evening sharrie police here tonight continue their hunt for a pair of computer thieves that remain at large this hour. and they struck early, before rush hour on tuesday morning. and they got away clean. but after this story runs it may not be the case for long. >> this is video of a burglary in progress and quickly the picture goes out because the hooded thieves pulled the wires on three wifi computers that were their targets. one of the suspects actually removes his hood. and both of them have hoodies up and you can't see them one guy takes his hoody off and you can see his face. so hopefully we can identify this idiot. >> the bandits were inside four minutes with three stolen apple computers containing some 1,000 patients personal information but all supposedly password protected files. but the superintendant cannot help but wonder. >> when you have access to people's personal data it's explosive. if you have ten pieces of dat you can cr

. randy gyllenhaal is live at the terminal in upper darby. >> this crash still causing problems for people trying to get home right now during the evening commute. >> and new information in just the past couple of minutes. a septa official tells me that the national transportation safety board has taken control of this investigation. they have a team on their way from washington here to upper darby as we speak. this accident happened here along the loop in the backside of the 69th street train station. this is where trains turn around at the end of the line and head the other direction. for some reason one train slammed into the back of the other, the ripple effect causing commuter headaches. it was a slow-speed collision, less than 10 miles per hour. >> it looks like a pretty bad wreck, if you ask me. >> reporter: but still it caused quite a mess. >> how it tipped over? >> reporter: in total seven cars tumbled off the tracks, three trains were involved. a chain reaction leaving some without a ride to work. >> i heard a big bang, then all of a sudden i heard the fire engines and all

coverage live from upper darby. annie? >> reporter: matt we're here at 69th street. right behind me you can see a market frankford line train. we're just getting into the morning rush. you heard karen say about the possibility of taking a combination of train and shuttle also. another thing to know when you get to the train, septa personnel will be on the platforms they will tell you if it's too crowded to head to the shuttle, if it's not crowded you can do your commute as normal. >> it's frustrating but not unexpected any more. it's like, what's next. >> reporter: septa riders are anticipating longer waits after septa announced it is down 40 rail cars on the market frank line. cracks were discovered in the body bolster or support team were in two cars. the transit system is used to having 144 cars during peak travel time. joe coachio from the transportation union, spoke to "action news" by phone. >> it could not be any worse. that is the most important part of the car that keeps the wheels to the body and the wheels on the tracks. >> reporter: last summer septa pulled one-third of

darby before turning around and heading back in the city. speeds are limited to 10 miles an hour and septa does confirm that train control technology is installed here that should have prevented this crash. >> is there an automatic train control system, it is a signal system, so trains move under signal authority and the signal system will keep the trains separated. >> reporter: so there are a whole lot of unanswered questions this morning, one, what caused the crash, also, why were there two passengers still on the trains when they were out of service in the loop. all four people who were injured are expected to recover, and coming up in our next half an hour we will hear from frustrated passengers who are tired of septa having all of these issues and as rahel and meisha, jim mentioned the market frankford line is back on line, this morning, but you can expect some residual delays. we're reporting just outside 69th street terminal this morning, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim back to you. >>> we will check in next hour >>> in other news philadelphia police fil

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a lane and just cleared a second ago. a new one to replace it over here in delaware county in darby chester pike right now near pine street. some restrictions with that accident. starting to get heavy on the vine street expressway. this is your westbound traffic and you could see at times we're seeing kind of a jam as you head towards the schuylkill expressway. we had an accident here that just cleared on the ramp from south street to the schuylkill westbound so now traffic's moving a lot better. it was partially blocking that ramp and a bunch of other accidents have come in. here in pottstown one on hanover street at wenler circle. another in norristown on main street at colonial and also in new hope we have a downed tree branch that's kind of partially blocking pineville road so watch for that one in bucks county. handful of things happening right now, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> it's a great day to travel today but it's a good bet that tomorrow going to be a very different story. several airlines are already reacting to the coming snowstorm easing restrictions on their change f

upper darby with the very latest. steve? >> reporter: if you look right now you can see work obviously 20 hours after this crash probably going non-stop. you can see cranes on both sides. they essentially a strap underneath one of the smashed trains to lift it up. and these trains surprisingly to me, at least, are weighing 37 tons, we're told by septa. 74,000 pounds, who knows, they're very heavy, that's the bottom line. average car ways three to 4,000 pounds. you can see it now moving tilting to the side as they try to figure out the clearest way to get these tracks all clear of the smashed trains. looks like they've made a lot of headway since i was here yesterday right after the crash. still a lot of work to get done here. this is the turn-around known as the loop to septa where the trains come to the end of the line. that's where this crash occurred. so here we go again. work going all night. you can see they got the big construction lights here. so it looks like daylight out here, like a philly's night game. to get to the bottom of how and why this happened, the bottom l

problems though, accident on i-95, one in darby , construction, change toes patco all coming up but first we will take a quick break. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right >>> well, good morning i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm rahel solomon. it is 6:30. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> i grabbed the the gun. >> robber didn't realize business owner had a gun, he was able to shoot, injure one of the suspects. other man police say is responsible for five robberies >>> state of emergency declared in louisiana after multiple tornadoes, touched town. >> we just got to move forward . >> i came to the floor to shut me down. >> senator elizabeth warren was temporarily barred from speaking on the floor after delivery highly critical speech against attorney general nominee jeff sessions. >>> pay someone to travel the world and drink cocktails. >> absolute company which makes absolute vodka and cream is looking for a manager of sensory strategy design. >> okay. this person should have a quote, billion dollar nose. >> i am a light weight wait when it comes to vodka, one dri

you updates as soon as we get them. >>> also tonight, a student came to upper darby high school with a loaded handgun. after officials were tipped off that the student may be bringing a weapons and met the student as he got off the school bus. authorities say he was carrying a box with a gun and marijuana inside. authorities say other students were never in danger. >> with 3,650 kids. if i didn't think upper darby was a safe school, i wouldn't be there. i think we're prepared to handle any situation that comes up in the school. >> an 11th grade student was also arrested after he allegedly punched an officer. >>> promising news for millions of americans who have trouble conceiving. >> a new test calls e.r.a. can improve the odds that in vitro fertilization will work. the test that tests the fertilized embryo so that it will take. it's giving couples new hope. >> it changed my entire life. had this been allowed when we first started i wouldn't have had to go through five cycles 00 ivf. >> it focuses on each woman's windows of implantation. >> you can get more on the story night on

avenue and up by broomall upper darby and a crash in hill town, bucks county, blocking off 113, i would speak with perkasie and blooming glen. and here in chester, 41 at newport pike remains blocked. and bordentown, burling tonight county, a crash at donees mill road. and one many hammonton downed wires reminding us of yesterday at fairview after few, a lane is blocked there as well. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> all right thank you. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. justice for the family involved in one of the most high-profile missing children cases in history. the murder of aton patz. >>> and new hope that women undergoing cancer treatments could avoid one of the most troubling side effects. >> and winter is on hold and 44 in philadelphia and temperatures will be going well above normal through much of the seven-day forecast, and we'll have the numbers and more "action news" after the break. >>> a burlington county man was found guilty of murdering eton patz, one the highest profile missing children cases. hernandez of maple shade confessed in 2012 and

for at least a few days. looking nice and clear this morning. live view from upper darby. snow leftover. anything on the groundover night is frozen solid this morning. we had drying winds blowing during the day yesterday and a cold day today with a breeze blowing. not as strong this morning. wind below 20 miles an hour. temperatures below freezing for most of tv day. sunshine to start things off and clouds will be moving in later this afternoon and evening. these clouds will not require an ice scraper. we'll stay dry. and cold. 12 is what it feels like in philadelphia. six in coatesville. 12 in vineland. we will see sunshine. in fact starting to glow right now. getting a little bit of light ahead of sunrise this morning. 23 right now. upper 20s at noontime. nearly freezing in philadelphia this afternoon. sunshine in the suburbs will warm from 18 degrees this morning into the low 20s at 10:00. close to 30 degrees by 2:00. lehigh valley set for a sunny start too. cold one. 20 degrees right now. 12-mile-an-hour wind making it feel like in the single digits in the lehigh valley. 20

pennsylvania in upper darby this is just outside of philadelphia. two trains crashed head on. act two hours ago. you can see look to the right of your screen. some of the train cars are off the tracks. a few train workers may have been hurt. we are told that they are expected to be okay. the cause is under investigation. there have been reports a signal problem in the area. about an hour before this crash again. this is in upper darby pennsylvania right outside of the city of philadelphia. these are live pictures we will continue if report on this. >> a flood warning for alameda creek and niles canyon in castro valley. with the the rain overnight emergency officials want to make sure people are aware of the danger. if it over flows it's more concerns but many who live near say the warning made them want to go look for themselves. >> interesting to watch the river gluing like this. >> very lived here since 1955 with the continuing rain all the time it just keeps building and building. >> flooding and mudslides have shut down parts of niles canyon road. >>> david cast day said is he battling

. ♪ >>> a woman in a fight for her life at upper darby laundromat when man with a gun follows her into a bathroom. >> and she says it was either her or him. she recused herself. >> shawnette tells us the desperate move she made that got her out alive. >> yeah, i was scared. i was scared. you know but high to do what i had to do. >> reporter: she is woman take a chance and fought off a man armed with a nine mill neither gun. >> arm wrestled with the, um, with the gentleman there to save -- to keep -- save my life and i did. >> reporter: this surveillance video from the 24 hour laundromat on garrett street in upper darby shows the suspect leaning against the machine. watch as he pulls out the gun as the victim walks by. then forces his way into the bathroom behind her. >> pushed the door open and he locked the door and he kept the gun point the at me and like strip all your clothes completely. i can't. i was like i told him no. >> what the video doesn't show is what happened in the moments before the suspect identified as 23-year-old brooks held the victim inside. she made the quick