child was pronounced dead on the scene, the boy was with several of his sisters when he was hit. and we spoke to one resident that heard the deadly collision and rushed to console the siblings. >> i was holding one sibling and trying to keep them calm at this time. during all the commotion. there is no words to describe what i just experienced. i never experienced anything like that. i really for sorry for the family. >> as you take a live look here at tioga-nicetown, the upset male driver was taken in for questions, they say he was not speeding and this all appears to be a tragic accident. family members including the boy's mother rushed to the scene

and it was quite emotional when she learn that her little boy would not be coming home this evening. we'll have the latest here on "action news." reporting here in nicetown, kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you kenneth. we are also following developing news out of washington, d.c., the director of the secret service, julia pierson has just resigned. this comed after security lapses involving the white house and president obama. karen travers live now with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, it seemed to be just a matter of time before julia pierson stepped down, the calls were growing from lawmakers for her to do that and details came out about another security breach involving the president. they said it's painful to leave when the agency is reeling. with pressure mounting on the secret service, director, julia pierson today offered her

resignation. >> she believed it was to the best interest of the agency of which she dedicated her career. pierson was on the hot seat at capitol hill, as lawmakers from both parties blasted the secret service how they handled the security breach at the whitehouse. >> this is disgraceful. >> omar gonzales, a homeless iraq war veteran jumped the fence and made it all the way to the east room. this prompted growing concerns about the secret service, pierson was the head of the agency for just 18 months. lawmakers called for her resignation. >> i don't see how she can make the changes necessary in this position or how she could stay in this position. >> it's incident on september 16th was the last straw, president obama was visiting the

cdc that day and in the elevator, he encountered a security guard and started to act unprofessionally and taking photos. and they did a back grown check and found he committed a crime in the past, he would not have been allowed to be there. >> white house fence jumper pled not guilty to charges of that september 19th security breach. he is held without bond. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now to the latest on the battle against isis, coalition air strikes continue on key targets, there were 28 air raids in iraq and syria in the past two days, for the first time british war planes joined into the effort and syria offered to help bombers on operations in iraq and isis is closing in on a

key border town called cobboni. >> world news will have more on these stories following "action news" at 6:00. a major construction project along i-295 along route 42 promises to ease congestion for millions of drivers, for one neighborhood it broad headaches and sleepless nights so far. epp has the story from bellmawr tonight. >> at all hours of the day, this is what residents in bellmawr are living with. >> the whole house shakes. >> this is video inside of barbara ferrara's home of a water bottle sitting on a table, you can see the water shaking, it's shaking because of this construction project, the second largest road project in new jersey, the $900 million project started in late 2013 and hopes to ease traffic up by creating a

direct connection of 295, route 42 and 76. the family says the vibration from the work is so bad it has cracked their driveway, the floor in their garage and even their chimney, but the real concern is the toll it is taking on their son who just came home from cooper hospital. he came home hoping for peace and his bedroom backs up to the construction and to make things worse, their home is smack in the middle of two construction sites. route 42 at the end of their street and the overpass around the corner. the family says the noise never stops with crews at one of the two sites working around the clock. >> i would like to see it stop if possible. >> the family doesn't expect the construction to stop. >> i would like to see some grace hours at night, maybe 6 or

8 hours, some quiet and my son can get quality sleep. >> the department of transportation has been in contact with the family and provided them with a construction schedule and most of the construct is during the daylight hours. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." a 25-year-old man is arrested for the hit and run of a 7-year-old girl, jamar banks accused of hitting and dragging the girl in mantua, she remained hospitalized with a fractured skull and broken ankle. awi witness was able to capture clear video at the scene. two police officers are on the other side of law with drunk driving offenses stemming from an accident last month. they were off dutdy driving on

carmel road, mcloughlin lost control and slammed into the ukrainian catholic church and both men were thrown from the vehicle and both tested positive for elevated alcohol levels after the crash. philadelphia police say they caught the man that stabbed a man to death in east mt. airy. police say that a 54-year-old man was stabbed multiple times and medics rushed him to the hospital but he died a short time later. for unknown reasons the suspect returned to the scene of the crime and that is where police arrested him. so far no charges were filed. investigators released video of an armed robbery, and hopes of catching the gunman on 1600 block of baltimore avenue and cobb's creek. the suspect walked in at 9:30 a.m. and approached the counter

at work and the man got a handful of cash and ran off. fortunately the clerk was not hurt. from the delaware newsroom, the men wanted for allegedly pulling off four burglaries in dover, all within an hour. 60 minutes. surveillance video linked norman young and christopher robertson to the crime spree last thursday. it allegedly smashed the front door of each business, elite liquors and china king were some of the businesses. a busted water main is causing traffic delays and problems tonight for residents in upper ambler county. chopper 6 hd was over butler park where they were digging up part of the street, they shut off access to the road in spring garden, with a leaky water line at a nearby home.

they shut down a water service and that should last until 8:00 this evening. we'll see where else the traffic trouble is brewing tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. run it down for us. >> we are on the brakes because of the water main break, shutting down balts more pike at spring garden street. go with mount pleasant avenue as an alternate. and in montgomery township, a clash at allentown road, we are of course delays on westbound side of 422, from trooper to 429, and there is on overnight construction zone and you are without the lanes. we are getting ready for the tacony palmyra bridge opening, head for the betsy ross at this point. and 15th street is still blocked in tioga-nicetown.

and shuttle busing on the 15th trolley is delayed and northern delaware, a crash and traffic lights are out at marsh road. plenty of problems, back to you. >> more to come on "action news," stick aro

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or visit goxarelto.com time for sports, shady mccoy having the worst year of his career and he it talking about that. jaime apody is here. >> one place the eagles are struggling is the running game but the st. louis ram, has allowed an opponent for 200 yards or more this season. maybe this is the weeks that shady breaks out. it's not all his fault, he has to run behind the makeshift offensive line. through four games he has just eight fewer carries he did in 2013, but rushed for more than twice as many yards last year, more than twice as many yards per carry as well. shady doesn't want to talk about

the running game and admits it's been tough. >> it's hard, you know the type of player you are and you want to put the numbers up. and if teams come in to try and stop you and they are successful with it, that is another frustrating moment. again, i know who i am, i am still confident. it doesn't bother me much. you want to maintain that level of play. we are winning games and that is the most important thing. in order to continue to win games we have to get the ground game going. >> last year shady had his entire offensive line the entire season to run behind and surely not this season and he felt the absence of jason kelly, and he had a double hernia repaired and he is targeting november 10th

against the panthers for return. >> a week out of surgery, typically it's a six to eight week injury, it feels great now so hopefully we can be on the earlier side of that. >> how much is it killing you now? >> it's not fun, any time you watch, and unfortunately i have done too much of that the last three seasons but you try to help out the guys that are out there. >> and how about darren sproles, named the nfc's player of the week for the 82 yard return against the niners, the second time this year he got an award. and player of the week offensively. and we'll start with the eagles game day kickoff at 11:30 a.m. and then eagles post game after

the game. >> and don't look now but hoop season is on the horizon, get ready sixers fans, they took part in day two of their camp at stockton college, in new jersey. we'll see what finally, got to see this from last night. boy do we miss playoff baseball, did you see what happened with the a's and the royals, after two come backs salvador perez singled in the win in the 12th,

a ur9 9-8 win, with the champagne shower, it's been 29 years since they played in the post season. surely it tasted sweeter after being aged for three decades. >> hopefully not. thanks jaime. >> now they get to play in the playoffs.ime. >> one of philadelphia's most iconic spaces, right up there with independence hall and liberty bell. now they were awarded with a big award. shory williams joins us with the details. >> there is so much good food there. now philadelphia's famous downtown food market is also in the national spotlight. reading terminal market was named one of the best public spaces in america, it came on the 2014 list, it's vibrant seating area and accessibility

to residents and tourists help the market claim the title and all the merchants are locally based. and standing strong for 122 years, city leaders say that the reading terminal is a great place a long time. >> we know so many of the merchants are sitting here listening, it's a testament to all of you that you hung in there together to make this unique and special blend of offering that are so much a part of this civilized life of this city. >> some say it's about time. so one of the top ten public spac spaces, congratulations on that award. and a bald eagle from the home wood park zoo will greet fans at the plaza prior to kickoff. the live bald eagle will appear kickoff. the live bald eagle will appear on the field for

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time for accuweather but you better find a jacket for the weekend. >> we'll bounce back up by the middle of next week. clouds up stairs in spots but

the sun is trying to go to work this afternoon warming the temperatures west of philadelphia, and the action cam out and at one of our local waterways, can you use the drink of water, you can see the exposed rocks on the edges and we'll get a rush of rain so to speak at the beginning of the weekend, accuweather live lineup, satd light and radar, we are track that front that pulls through here first thing on saturday morning. trenton just 64 degrees, the same for beach haven and the boardwalk, we have the northeasterly wind bringing the numbers back north and east of philadelphia, but where the sun shining a little more temperatures are in the lower 70s from dover, wilmington and into reading. satellite and radar shows low pressure bringing rain into eastern and southern new england and throwing the clouds back again especially philadelphia points north and east and sunshine in the lehigh valley

right now. 74 degrees and any morning low clouds and patchy drizzle will give way to sun and seasonable for this time of year. winds go out of the south here on friday and partly sunny and dry before the front approaches, you can see how narrow a window of rain there is with this front on friday, as it pushes through it won't linger through your entire weekend. as we take a look at the chill that arrives behind the rain on sunday morning at 8:00 a.m., the jet stream carved way down to the south and the jet stream is moving quickly and this moves in and moves out and even though we get a blast of fall this sunday, we bounce back to normal here on monday. >> for tonight, clouds and spotty drizzle could develop and late 52 to 58 degrees for your overnight low, your exclusive accuweather forecast, shows a couple of great days ahead, 74 tomorrow and 75 on friday and more in the way of sunshine on friday compared to thursday, a wet start, we can see a half

inch of rain and here is future tracker at 11:00, the ribbon of rain passing through, by 11:00 it starts to dry east of philadelphia and wet of philadelphia, not until 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon and then comes sunday, the october chill is here in time for the eagles, 64 degrees and sunshine and a few clouds and on the breezy side, overnight lows in the city in the 40s and maybe upper 30s to around 40 and then clouds and sun monday and tuesday with a couple of showers near 70 and comfortable wednesday at 72. sunday is just a little preview of what late october is really like. is just a little preview >> thank you. >> thank you adam. the phillies season is over but still a great day for baseball. human services teamed up with the miracle league of northampton township to host a baseball clinic for more than 100 adults with disabilities.

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right now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. we are learning more about the pennsylvania state trooper killed in an accidental shooting at a gun range yesterday. and more on the revel casino and the company that won the bid.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. the big story on "action news" tonight is a dramatic development in the deaths of the cooper ceo and his wife. an investigation reveals that the fire at the home of john and joyce sheridan was intentionally set the investigation continues and they say this is a case of arson, firefighters were called to the home of skillman, new jersey, early sunday morning,

the flames were contained to an up stared master bedroom. john sheridan died at the scene and his wife was taken to the hospital where she later died. and a 7-year-old boy was hit and killed at the 3600 block of north 15th street. he darted out into traffic and the child was hits by a brown buick lasaber and was dead on the xoon. we are learning more about the pennsylvania state trooper that was killed yesterday, trooper david kendra was killed during training in conshohocken. that is where david henry is now live. >> reporter: yes, investigators are trying to unravel how this tragic accident could have happened. in the meant