Two cars collided with a trolley in West Philadelphia this morning leaving three people on the trolley hurt.

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The Route 15 SEPTA trolley collided with the vehicles at 41st and Girard Avenue around 8:40 a.m.

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According to SEPTA, two passengers and the driver suffered undisclosed injuries.

Passengers should expect possible delays.

Rte 15: Shuttle buses will operate between 26th & Girard and 63rd & Girard due to an accident.

— SEPTA (@SEPTA) May 12, 2014

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead a short time later, the trolley could be seen with two sedans to one side.

SEPTA said that normal service resumed on the line shortly after 9 a.m.

The cause of the wreck remained under investigation Monday morning.

A person was rescued from a burning home in West Philadelphia on Monday morning.

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The fire started inside a home along the 5500 block of Ludlow Street around 9:30 a.m., fire officials tell NBC10.com.

Officials say firefighters arriving on the scene were met with heavy fire on the first floor of the two-story home.

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One person was rescued from inside the home, officials said. They were taken to a nearby hospital. The person's condition was not immediately available.

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The Philadelphia high school where the victim of a hot balloon accident attended paused this morning to remember her with prayer.

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Archbishop Ryan High School students and staff took time to remember alumni Virginia Doyle during morning prayers Monday.

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Doyle, a one-time star of Ryan's Girl's Basketball team and Philadelphia native was aboard a balloon involved in a tragic accident in Virginia Friday.

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The 44-year-old worked as associate head women's basketball coach at the University of Richmond. She had graduated from Ryan in 1987 -- the same year she was named to the All-Catholic second team.

"Basketball was the love of her life," said Pat Mathis, who coached Doyle in volleyball for two years before she left the team to focus on hoops. "Ginny was an unbelievably good, quality person."

Just minutes before a hot air balloon crashed around 8 p.m. Friday in Virginia, Doyle tweeted her excitement.

Getting ready to go up! http://t.co/jKYADRMpwJ

— Ginny Doyle (@gdoyle33) May 9, 2014

Authorities say three people were aboard the balloon during a festival in Meadow Event Park in Caroline County, just south of Fredericksburg, when it struck a live power line and caught.

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The pilot tried to extinguish the flames and manage the situation, but an explosion occurred and then the balloon and gondola separated, according to witnesses at the scene.

Family members of the pilot, Daniel Kirk of central Delaware, confirmed he was operating the balloon and University of Richmond officials confirmed that Natalie Lewis, director of the school's basketball operations, was also on board. 

Doyle, who has been named to the Archishop Ryan Ragdolls Hall of Famers, was a model student, embodying the Catholic high school's values.

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"She could have been the poster child for Ryan," Mathis said. "She lived our present slogan of 'belong, believe, become.'"

Current School President Mike McArdle added: "She exemplified the ideals of Archbishop Ryan High School."

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After Doyle graduated from Ryan, she went on to George Washington University. She spent two years at the school and then transferred to University of Richmond, where she played two years for the Spiders basketball team.

"Words cannot begin to express our sorrow," said Keith Gill, Richmond's director of athletics. "We are all stunned by the tragic news. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their loved ones."

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As a player, Doyle helped lead the Spiders to the 1991 Colonial Athletic Association Championship and the NCAA tournament.  She set the NCAA Division I record for consecutive free throws made with 66 -- an honor that stood for 18 years.

Doyle remains the women's basketball program's career leader in free throw percentage.

She graduated from Richmond in 1992, joining the staff in 1999 after stints as an assistant coach at two other colleges.

During her 16-year tenure with the coaching staff, Doyle helped the team achieve nine winning seasons, an at-large berth to the 2005 NCAA tournament and a first-ever appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2009.

Checking on a knock at the door turned deadly for a Philadelphia man overnight.

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Someone shot the 29-year-old through a makeshift peephole of a home along the 6200 block of Magnolia Street in the city’s East Germantown neighborhood shortly after midnight.

“According to family members who were in the house at the time of the shooting, there was a knock on the door,” said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. “The 29-year-old victim then looked through a peephole on the side of the door. When he was looking through this peephole at least two shots were fired.”

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The victim was struck in the face and died at the scene, according to police.

The shooter, who was possibly with an accomplice, ran away on foot. Investigators said that no one ever entered the house.

Police spoke to the family members that were present at the time of the shooting and also searched the neighborhood for clues and possible surveillance video.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Philadelphia Police.

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County officials say a woman's sensitivity to glue prompted the lockdown of a South Jersey hospital on Monday.

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Emergency crews shut down Virtua's Berlin Hospital around 1 p.m. when a woman arrived at the hospital saying she was suffering a burning sensation on her hands after opening an envelope, Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin said.

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The woman, from Winslow, N.J., drove herself to the hospital, he said.

As a precaution, the woman was quarantined in a waiting room near the emergency room and the county hazmat team was called in to investigate, Laughlin said.

Crews from the Cherry Hill Fire Department could be seen gearing up in hazmat suits outside the hospital before heading inside through the emergency room portico.

The envelope, which the woman brought with her to the hospital, was tested as a precaution and deemed safe about an hour later.

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Laughlin said the woman has a history of skin sensitivity to glue and it appears she had an adverse reaction to the glue on the envelope's flap.

"All precautions were taken as part of our normal operating procedures. No other patients or employees were ever at risk," hospital spokeswoman Peggy Leone told NBC10.com.

The hospital was reopened around 2:30 p.m.

Virtua's Berlin Hospital features 95 beds, an emergency room and surgical rooms, according to the health system's website.

PHOTO: A police officer blocks the entrance to Virtua's Berlin Hospital in Berlin, N.J. on Monday afternoon. Officials are responding to a hazmat situation near the emergency room.

Crews worked quickly this morning to free a worker who slipped and fell into a manhole in Delaware County, Pa.

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The dramatic rescue played out along the 1100 block of Mason Avenue in Upper Darby around 10:45 a.m.

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Police said that a man working on an underground sewer line for Upper Darby Township slipped and fell into the 14-foot hole.

The worker hurt his foot in the fall and was treated for minor injuries.

A large rescue response could be seen in the moments following the entrapment.

Fire rescue pulled the man out of the hole around 11 a.m., according to county dispatchers.

It's unclear why the man didn't have a rope attached to him at the time of the fall.

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At least two people are recovering after a boat caught fire in Florence Township, Burlington County.

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Officials say the boat was in the area of Newbold Island on the Delaware River when it somehow caught fire.

The Coast Guard and rescue crews were called to the scene and the fire was placed under control.

At least two people on the boat suffered burns. Officials say their injuries are minor however.

Officials continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates.
 

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Union members clashed Monday morning outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City, as some influential labor leaders escorted their "rank and file" across a picket line.

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Striking carpenters and Teamsters howled as workers from the stagehands' and electricians' unions entered the convention center for work.

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The move comes after four of the six unions at the convention center signed new agreements and the carpenters and Teamsters initially balked.  So the center's management inked a deal with just four unions that's designed to make the center more exhibitor friendly, leaving out the carpenters and Teamsters.

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Electricians Union Local 98 head John J. Dougherty says the 10 year deal with 3 percent raises is a good one. He says the carpenters are fighting to keep jurisdiction so convention goers can't use power tools or two-foot ladders.  He says the walkout came at the expense of everyone else in the building and the hospitality industry in the region.

"No one I talked to when I explained to them what was going on understands how a union cannot take a 10 year deal plus 3 percent with very few competitive adjustments in it," insisted Dougherty, saying this is the first time he has ever crossed a picket line.

Dougherty says he believes the carpenters led the Teamsters down a bad path and cannot believe the Teamsters union head Billy Hamilton was in Dougherty's words "talking tough" while staying in Las Vegas instead of negotiating in Philadelphia.  We reached out to Hamilton and the Teamsters leadership in general to get a response to this charge, but never heard back.

“The facts are, we’ve lost a significant amount of shows," said Dougherty about how business suffered under the old work rules. "We were offered a 10 year agreement at full rate with 3 percent increase. I had 77 Philadelphia residents working around the clock last week. This is not only good for the region, not only good for the hospitality community, this is not only good for the small businesses in that area. This reaches into neighborhoods.”

Dougherty says he wonders why the other two unions didn't accept the offer by last week's deadline, only to come back a few days later asking to be included.

"This is nonsense, everybody knew that we had a deadline," insisted Dougherty.  "Anybody that tells you that we didn't have a deadline is absolutely lying."

Ed Coryell the head of the Carpenters Union, also sits on the board of directors of the convention center and was involved in the deadline talks, but did not return calls for this story.

Pete Peterson, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Convention Center says management currently has no intention of re-opening talks with either the carpenters or the Teamsters.

"We don't see any need to re-open this at this point," he said. "We are able to perform the work and meet our customer needs."

While the carpenters and Teamsters have not spoken to us for this story, they keep protesting outside the center.

It was dismissal time at Copper Beech Middle School in Abington Township, Pa. a few weeks ago when a car ran off Easton Road, jumped the curb and hit a school crossing guard.

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The guard was thrown into another woman – both hit the ground, suffering injuries that required hospitalization. The 41-year-old driver, police say, had fallen asleep at the wheel. The man had apparently started a new shift at work and dozed off on the drive home.

"We kind of lucked out that day,” said Abington Township Police Traffic Safety Officer Al Freed. “On a normal day we would have a lot of children out on the sidewalk. But because it was raining a lot, many were waiting inside to be picked up by car.”

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Two days before, in a different part of Abington Township, a 28-year-old man slammed into a parked car at 2:30 in the morning. Freed said that was also a case of falling asleep at the wheel. Freed says the department has increasingly seen incidents where drowsy or fatigued driving is a factor.

“It is a problem and is actually, at times, more dangerous and impaired than drunk driving,” the officer said.

Over a five year period, from 2009 through 2013, Abington Township has seen a total of 13 drowsy driving crashes -- between two and three a year, according to the most recent data from PennDOT. Six of those cases involved injuries. Expanding out to the county level for the same period, an average of 94 drowsy driving crashes happened each year resulting in three fatalities and 244 injuries.

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Regionally, the drowsy driving crash numbers are trending upwards year-over-year. According to PennDOT data, drowsy driving crashes jumped 23 percent from 2009 through 2013 in the five-county area: Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties. There have been 1,729 such crashes over that time frame resulting in 8 deaths and more than 1,300 injuries.

Drivers stopped for drowsy driving can be cited for careless driving, resulting in a $127 fine and three points on their driving record, and worse – injury or death.

Freed said drivers need to be extra vigilant -- just as they are about not driving after drinking -- to not get behind the wheel if they are feeling drowsy.

"People need to take the proper precautions – whether that’s pulling over, getting coffee, opening the window for fresh air, or stopping the car and calling someone to pick you up," he said.

Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter.

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A woman was struck by an Amtrak train in Marcus Hook, Delaware County after she allegedly stabbed a man inside a nearby hotel.

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The woman was struck by the train Monday, around 6:15 p.m. at the Marcus Hook Train Station on West 12th Street.

She was taken to the Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Officials have not yet revealed her condition.

Several witnesses as well as an investigator told NBC10 that the unidentified woman stabbed a man inside a nearby hotel moments before the accident. She then allegedly ran out of the building and onto the tracks before she was struck.

Officials have not yet revealed what led to the alleged stabbing or the man's condition.

Amtrak service from Philadelphia to Washington was shutdown for about 45 minutes. It has since been restored.

Passengers traveling along SEPTA’s Wilmington/Newark Regional Rail Line may experience delays of up to one hour as police investigate the incident.

This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates.
 

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A%!ville Next Left.

That’s the message (albeit not censored) that greeted drivers as they passed a digital construction sign along busy State Route 49 in Upper Township, N.J. this weekend.

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“That’s sinful. That’s not right,” said Helen Tambourino, a resident of campground near the sign.

The digital sign, which the New Jersey Department of Transportation says belongs to contractor South State Incorporated, was tampered with by a vandal who was able to gain access to the controls, officials told NBC10.com. The message was supposed to warn drivers about a change in traffic patterns up ahead.

“I come down here to escape, not put up with stuff like that,” said resident Al Lund.

The NJDOT said the company went and removed the message last night after residents called to complain about the offensive message. A receptionist at South State Incorporated simply said the message had been fixed, but would not comment further.

NJDOT did not respond to questions as to whether the sign’s controls were left unsecured or if someone broke into the control box. Police are not investigating the incident.

While the message had been changed Sunday night, NBC10.com found the control box unlocked and partially open on Monday morning.

Upper Township Mayor Rich Palombo said road crews need to make a better effort to ensure the sign’s controls are secured.

“If somebody can break into it, and easily change the information on here, it could happen to any town,” he said.

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Over 200 teachers in Camden will be without a job next fall. During a school board meeting Monday night, officials with the Camden City School District announced that 206 teachers in the district will be laid off by the end of the school year in order to meet a $75 million budget deficit.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer also reports that an additional 66 employees in the district will also be laid off.

One of the Camden teachers who heard the news is Karen Pazienza, who has taught 1st grade for 11 years.

“The way they thank me is by giving me a letter Friday morning and eliminating my position by Monday afternoon,’ she said. “I had tears coming down my eyes.”

Officials first announced last February that the reductions would be made as part of a plan to meet a $75 million revenue gap heading into the next school year, according to the Inquirer. The Inquirer reports that the district cut $29 million through non-personnel reductions and $28 million through personnel cuts, leading to an estimated 45% reduction of the Central Office and 15% reduction of all school-based vacancies and positions.

Brendan Lowe, of the Camden City School District, says the layoffs were also made to reverse seniority in order to balance the district budget.

“We had a spending freeze,” Lowe said. “We cut non-personnel costs by $29 million. We cut central office positions and vacancies by 45%.”

Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard told the Inquirer that the district’s 9.1 student to teacher ratio will increase to 11.1 due to the layoffs but classes will still fall within state recommendations.

School district officials insist there won’t be any more additional layoffs. Some of the teachers who were given the pink slip say they won’t report to class on Tuesday.

“You’re their mother, you’re their doctor, you’re their teacher,” said Shirley Saed, one of the laid off teachers. “In a community like Camden, you play even more roles.”
 

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A young girl is in the hospital after police say she was shot several times in Trenton.

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The 9-year-old girl was on the 200 block of Bellevue Avenue around 2:45 p.m. when an unidentified gunman opened fire. Officials say a bullet struck the girl's shoulder, another grazed her leg and another grazed her ribs.

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"I heard six shots," said Sadie Toney, the girl's neighbor. "This little girl came running up the streets crying. She was holding her arm. I saw blood trickling down her arm. Then she went into my neighbor's house."

The girl sat on her neighbor's porch as he called 911. She is currently with her parents at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Officials have not yet revealed her condition but say she is expected to survive.

Law enforcement sources say the girl was with her stepfather at the time of the shooting. They also say the stepfather, who has not yet been identified, was arrested for charges not related to the shooting.

Police believe the girl was an innocent bystander. They are currently searching for a gunman and trying to determine who the intended target was.

This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates.
 

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At least one person was hurt after a fire broke out at a barn in Chester County.

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The 2-alarm blaze broke out Monday night at a barn on the 220 block of Slonaker Road in Spring City. Officials say at least one person suffered a minor injury during the fire.

The fire was placed under control around 10:30 p.m.

Officials have not yet revealed whether any people or animals were inside the barn at the time of the fire.

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After a public backlash from neighborhood residents, a zoning board made a final decision on the building of a Super Wawa in a Montgomery County community.

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The Cheltenham Township Zoning Hearing Board approved the application for the building of a Super Wawa in Wyncote, Pa., during a meeting Monday night.

The Super Wawa will be built adjacent to several townhomes in the Wyngate community bordering Ogontz Avenue, Limekiln Pike, MacDonald Avenue and Clubhouse Lane off of Route 309, according to Montgomery County News.

Montgomery County News reports that the Super Wawa will consist of a 5,585-square-foot convenience store, a fueling station with eight gas pumps and 66 parking spaces.

The zoning board first reviewed the application for the Wawa back in July of 2013, which was submitted by local developer Bruce Goodman.

Many Wyngate residents immediately opposed the building of the Wawa, citing traffic, property value, air quality, noise and crime concerns. They also claimed that the Super Wawa violated the contract they entered when they purchased their homes since the roadways and curbs in the community would be open to public use for all vehicles entering or exiting the store.

“As part of our home purchases the homeowners entered into a contract with the builder (Matrix/Fairways),” said Angel Hall, a Wyngate homeowner. “Our contract (Public Offering Statement) was supposed to afford us certain protections and expectations. Namely it spelled out that the roads in Wyngate are private and for the exclusive use of homeowners and their guests.  It also mentioned that a vacant parcel (parcel #2) would later be developed with a C-1 business.  Finally, it assured us that there were no hazardous materials on site including petroleum products or underground storage tanks.”

According to Montgomery County News, officials with Matrix/Fairways, the builder of the homes, released a statement claiming that the parcel adjacent to Wyngate could be developed by any permitted uses within the C-1 zoning district. The statement also claimed that Wyngate residents and their guests have the exclusive right to use the roadways and curbs in their community. Finally, the statement denied claims that hazardous substances would be on the property of the Super Wawa.

“A super sized 24/7 WaWa is not a C-1 business,” Hall said. “Also, the petroleum products and underground storage tanks that come with a Super WaWa are contrary to the contract as well the use of our private roads.”

Hall says she is “devastated” by the Zoning Board’s decision.

“The board showed no consideration for the impact that the Wawa would have on the community and totally disregarded the safety of residents and most importantly the children and seniors,” she said. "The Wyngate community is considering its next steps."
 

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Sitting on the corner of the 2300 block of W. Montgomery Ave. in North Philadelphia is a massive, three story house with a partially-collapsed roof, broken windows, and untamed vegetation growing on and through the building's exterior brick walls.

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The house is vacant and has more than 10 violations cited by the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) that date back to 2011.

Now, thanks to a new demolition bidding process under L&I's newly created Emergency Services Division, the building could be gone -- demolished -- in just two days.

Monticello Contractors, one of 26 companies pre-qualified by the city to work on demolitions and other city projects, won a quick, 5-minute curbside bid on the Montgomery Ave. property on Monday.

Director of L&I's Emergency Services Division Scott Mulderig said the 'instant' curbside bids are one way the city is looking to gets its most dangerous buildings demolished quickly, and before they collapse.

"On this type of bid, where it's an emergency, they have two hours to mobilize and come out here and start the demolition. We hold them to a 30-day time limit to get the whole thing done. We try to get to these, the worst of the worst first," Mulderig said.

The property is one of 135 buildings in the North Philadelphia area on the city's radar for being in danger of imminent collapse and one of an estimated 25,000 vacant properties that the city hopes to assess and secure before they become more precarious structurally, or havens for people who create another realm or risks including drugs and fires.

The Emergency Services Division, which launched in January, invites pre-approved contractors to bid on the more than 500 imminently dangerous properties in the city, through what is normally a two-day process.

"We go out on the site, we have the contractors meets us there, we go over the specs of each property, and the bids are due in to the procurement department by the next day. They award it to the lowest bidder," Mulderig said.

When a building is inspected and cited as imminently dangerous, the city goes through a notification process for the homeowner that includes violations as well as necessary repairs. If the owner does not respond, and if the property is in need of emergency demolition -- like the Montgomery Ave. property -- the city can conduct a curbside bid to hire a contractor to demolish the building, almost immediately.

For years, L&I has been making changes to speed up the demolition process, according to Mulderig. In 2010, revisions to the bidding procedures cut the demolition process from 90 to 30 days, and allowed contractors to bid on packages of multiple homes instead of only one home at a time.

L&I's Chief of Emergency Services, Albert McCarthy, said his department now secures contractor bids to demolish roughly 30 properties per week. With a recent infusion of $3 million added to the Department's 2014 fiscal year demolition budget, the department has paid contractors to demolish a total of 120 properties in the last 30 days.

Bill Pecarsky of Gama Wrecking, Inc. has been working on demolitions in the city for more than 30 years. He says, the city has a daunting task on its hands.

“You have all of these houses that are all in bad shape. It’s so dangerous. They’re just doing the best they can with worst of the worst that they can identify," Pecarsky said. "With most of these houses, it’s not a matter of if they're gonna collapse, it’s when they’re gonna collapse, and who’s gonna be in front of it when it happens.”

Mulderig said the swift bidding process is critical to preventing unexpected building collapses.
"When we see something visibly falling apart, the city's got to step in. So, we use this process to do that. We’d like to do it sooner in some instances, but it’s not as easy a task as everybody thinks," he said.

Personal injury attorney Bob Mongeluzzi said, when it comes to demolitions and safety, faster is not always better.

Mongeluzzi, whose law firm represents victims in last year’s fatal Market Street building collapse, argues that the city is not following its own rules, which require contractors to submit an engineering survey to L&I before beginning demolitions on structures higher than 3 stories. That rule was one of several changes the city made in response to the June 5 collapse. Six people died and 13 were hurt when a 4-story building that was being demolished collapsed on top of the adjacent Salvation Army Thrift Store.

The city's demolition planning code now states that a competent person employed by the demolition contractor for all demolitions must develop a site safety demolition plan or what’s more commonly referred to in the industry as an “engineering study.” Those plans, at a minimum, should outline the method of demolition, inspection of adjoining properties, potential hazards and plans for protecting neighboring structures as well as people. For demolition of structures taller than three stories, the engineering study must be completed and submitted to L&I by a licensed engineer.

“A site safety demolition plan is critical for projects in which the removal of materials poses risks to the safety of people or adjacent properties,” the city code states.

Pre-approved contractors that participate in the two-day curbside and procurement bids are not required to submit engineering surveys before their demolitions.

"Their own rules say that an engineering survey has to be done and submitted before a demolition permit can be issued. They’re not following their own rules and it exposes demolition workers to hazards," Mongeluzzi said.

We attempted to reach Mulderig for a response to that criticism but did not hear back by the time of publication. In previous conversations, he has said that most imminently dangerous buildings are fewer than four stories and don’t require engineering surveys for contractors who are pre-approved to work on city-administered projects.

A worker for one of the contracting companies that does demolition business with the city, but did not want to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said contractors go over the same items required in an engineering survey, verbally, at the demolition site. If they had to invest the time to submit surveys to L&I, “the work wouldn’t get done. It’s impossible to get a permit now because regulations are so strict.” Sometimes, he argued, the “worst of the worst” buildings are in such bad shape, the danger of collapse outweighs the need for an engineering survey.

"If they’re being done without an engineering survey it is a violation of federal law and it is a violation of the City’s own rules,” Mongeluzzi said. “OSHA requires that an engineering survey be performed by a competent person (not necessarily an engineer) before demolition begins on ANY demolition project.”

• Road Rage Leads to Shooting in Center City

Police are investigating the shooting death of a man inside a home in Southwest Philadelphia.

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Investigators say the unidentified man was found inside a home on the 5600 block of Florence Avenue Monday night with a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators later determined that his death was a homicide.

This story is developing. Be sure to watch NBC10 News beginning at 4 a.m. for more details.