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WATCH: Mummers Serenade in South Philly

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The mummers serenade took place on South 11th Street Saturday to honor the winners of the Fancy Brigade division. Take a look.

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WATCH: Polar Bear Plunge at Jersey Shore

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Thousands braved the freezing cold temperatures and took a dip in the bone-chilling Jersey Shore waters.

Wildwood, New Jersey hosted the annual Polar Bear Plunge Saturday afternoon. This year’s event took place at 1 p.m. on the beach outside the Wildwoods Convention Center.

This year’s event raised money for the Special Olympics of New Jersey.

Drone cameras as well as cameras on land captured this year’s event. Take a look at the view from the drone in the video embedded above and the view from land in the video embedded below.



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Mom Accused of Setting Baby on Fire, Killing Her

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The details of this story are graphic and may be upsetting for some

A New Jersey mother is accused of burning her newborn baby to death.

Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township, New Jersey, is charged with one count of murder after she allegedly doused her newborn daughter with an accelerant and then set the child on fire.

Pemberton Township Police officers were called to Simontown Road just before 11 p.m. Friday after a resident reported a fire in the roadway. When they arrived, they found the baby girl on fire and quickly doused the flames.

Davis Joseph said he saw Dorvilier set her baby girl on fire.

"She said it was poop," Joseph said. "She said her dog pooped in her car and she was burning the poop on the side of the road."

Joseph told NBC10 he realized moments later however that what was on fire was actually an infant with the umbilical cord still attached.

"My wife heard the baby scream," Joseph said. "And then I slammed the door shut. She tried to run for it. Then I put her to the ground. That's when we saw it was a baby." 

Dorvilier denied the child was hers, according to Joseph.

"It's disheartening, like a nightmare what I saw out there," Joseph said.

The baby was airlifted to Saint Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia around 11:15 p.m. and was still alive and breathing. She died from her injuries two hours later however.

After investigators determined Dorvilier was responsible for her child's death, she was taken into custody at the scene of the crime. She was lodged in the Burlington County Corrections and Work Release Center in Pemberton Township on $500,000 bail.

"It's a tragedy," said Robert Cannon, a Pemberton resident. "I'm a parent, [to] a newborn too, actually. I can't imagine doing that to a newborn or an adult." 

Authorities say Dorvilier could have dropped the infant off at a police station or hospital anonymously as part of New Jersey's safe haven law.

"It's a crazy world," said Mount Holly Fire Company Lieutenant Nick Allen. "I wish she would have taken better action on it, dropped her off at a hospital or fire company, called the state or police department to take care of the baby." 

Strangers created a memorial for the unnamed baby girl with flowers and teddy bears.

An autopsy on the baby will be performed by the Burlington County Medical Examiner. The details on the girl's birth are under investigation.



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Woman Recovering After Student Falls on Her

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A 44-year-old woman who was injured after a Temple University freshman fell on top of her continues to recover.

The woman, identified as Erica Goodwin of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, is currently in serious condition, according to a Hahnemann Hospital spokesperson.

Goodwin was walking outside the H&M store on the 1600 block of Chestnut Street Thursday night when Rebecca Kim, 18, landed on top of her. Shoppers and pedestrians who were in the area at the time said Kim slipped and fell off the window ledge of an apartment building.

Kim later died from her injuries at Jefferson University Hospital. Goodwin suffered a broken vertebrae and missing teeth after the incident. She continues to recover at Hahnemann Hospital.

Officials continue to investigate the incident.

 



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Water Main Break Impacts Center City Hotel

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A water main break in Center City left several properties without water, including a hotel.

A 12-inch water main broke underground on 12th and Market streets around 6 p.m. Saturday. Officials with the Philadelphia Water Department told NBC10 several properties in the area are without water due to the break, including the Loews Philadelphia Hotel on 1200 Market Street.

Around 500 guests are currently staying at the hotel. All of the guests are without water, according to officials.

"That made it a little challenging to take a shower," said Jarod Ricci, a guest at Loews.

Officials told NBC10 water service likely won't be restored until Sunday morning.

"It will take about eight to 10 hours to restore water to the hotel," said John DiGiulio of the Water Department.

The electricity at the hotel was also briefly shut off but was restored shortly after.

"It's not exactly what we would like to have this evening but we are trying our best to accommodate our guests," said Jaimi Gordon, Director of Public Relations for Loews. "We are offering them other options in the city if they would like. A lot of our guests are hanging out in the lobby." 

The water main break closed down 12th Street which will remain closed to traffic until the repairs are finished.



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Water Restored at Loews Hotel After Main Break

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Nearly 12 hours after a main break left a Center City hotel without water, crews restored the service.

The approximately 500 guests of the Loews Philadelphia hotel got water back around 5:15 a.m. -- about the same time officials reopened 12th Street between Market and Chestnut streets, the Philadelphia Water Department's John DiGiulio said.

Service also returned to other nearby Center City properties affected by the 12-inch main break, which occurred around 6 p.m. Saturday near 12th and Market streets, DiGiulio said.

The underground main break made for an interesting stay for hotel guests, who also lost electricity for a short time period Saturday night.

"That made it a little challenging to take a shower," said Jarod Ricci, a guest at Loews.

Guests were offered other options throughout the city while the PWD fixed the issue, said Jaimi Gordon, Director of Public Relations for Loews.



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Scholarship to Honor Murdered Graduate Amber Long

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Nearly a year after a Philadelphia architect was gunned down, her alma mater is honoring its young graduate lost too soon.

A gunman trying to swipe her purse shot and killed Amber Long on Jan. 19, 2014 along Front Street in Northern Liberties. Long was just 26.

Amber and her mother Stephanie were walking to their car when two robbers attacked them. One robber snatched Stephanie’s purse and ran away while the other stole Amber’s, according to surveillance video released by Philadelphia’s homicide unit. Before that robber fled, he shot Amber in the chest at point blank range said Cpt. James Clark.

Shortly after the shooting, police received a tip and questioned two men that fit the robbers’ descriptions but the men were eventually cleared of the crime and the tipster was charged with falsifying reports to police.

Despite a $37,000 reward for information, Amber’s murderer and the other robber remain at large.
Long graduated from Philadelphia University in 2011 from their architecture program and then went on to work for NEST architecture in Center City.

So far the university has raised $19,000 of their $25,000 goal they hope to reach by Monday for the Amber Long ’11 Scholarship Fund to help future deserving architecture students at PhilaU.

A flier advocating people to donate to the scholarship fund put out by PhilaU reads, "Make a Difference! Give to the Amber Long '11 Scholarship Fund, and assure that other rising stars with her passion for Sustainable Architecture Design can carry on her dreams. Amber made a difference to everyone around her. She took joy in every aspect of her life, and she excelled not to beat anyone, but to do her personal best."

The scholarship will be awarded to a student with that same passion for sustainable design enrolled in Philadelphia University's Architecture program.

If interested in giving to the fund, click here to donate.



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Woman Shot 3 Times, Man Shot in Face in Frankford

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A woman was shot three times -- twice in the chest and once in the arm -- and a man suffered a gunshot wound to his face in a violent altercation in Philadelphia late Saturday night.

The shooting occurred around midnight in Philly's Frankford neighborhood, although it was unclear exactly where the crime took place, police said.

The man, who is in his 20s, was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he remains in critical condition, while the 28-year-old woman was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she is in stable condition, officials said.

Police searched two homes, one along the 1500 block of Adams Avenue and another along the 1500 block of Deal Street, as part of their investigation, authorities said.

Both houses are a short distance from Kensington and Frankford avenues.

Anyone with information about the crime is urged to contact police.


Car Hits Pedestrian in West Philly

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A 40-year-old man is hospitalized after he was struck along a West Philly street early Sunday morning.

The man was walking near the intersection of 54th Street and Baltimore Avenue around 2 a.m. when he was struck by a red Jeep, police said.

The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police, according to investigators.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

No charges have been filed. Authorities continue to investigate.

Icy Conditions Shut Down Area Bridges

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Authorities closed both the Walt Whitman Bridge and Ben Franklin Bridge, along with several other bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania early Sunday morning as slippery road conditions caused major backups and dangerous conditions throughout the region.

The Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman were shut down in both directions shortly before 8 a.m., according to the Delaware River Port Authority, which also closed the Commodore Barry Bridge and the Betsy Ross Bridge.

About an hour earlier, as many as 22 vehicles were involved in a chain reaction crash in the westbound lanes of the Walt Whitman in South Philadelphia. One of the vehicles involved was a police cruiser. Officials did not immediately have an update on whether anyone was injured.

All lanes of the Ben Franklin were reopened in both directions shortly before 10 a.m.

The Commodore Barry Bridge was also shut down for several hours, but reopened around 10 a.m. 

All other bridges reopened just after 12 p.m.

Multiple law enforcement agencies have urged motorists to stay home.

 

1 Dead, 30 Hurt in Massive I-76 Pileup in Montco

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Icy road conditions led to a massive and deadly pileup involving more than 50 vehicles on Interstate 76 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday morning.

One motorist was killed and 30 others were hurt in the crash that happened in the westbound lanes of I-76 near the Gulph Mills exit in Upper Merion around 7 a.m., according to officials.

"When we got here, there was heavy smoke coming from a lot of the cars," said Kaitlyn Maier, a driver caught in the jam on I-76. "People had already stopped and were sitting outside of their cars."

The deadly expressway accident was one of more than a dozen reported on roads around the region on Sunday morning, some causing closures while others just blocked lanes.

At least two people were also killed in a multi-vehicle accident on I-476 near Marple Road in Broomall, police said. A third deadly crash took the life of a fourth person on Route 55 in Gloucester County, authorities said.

Westbound lanes on I-76 remained closed more than four hours after the crash occurred as rescuers loaded the three dozen injured onto a bus to transfer them to local hospitals.

Once all those hurt were transferred to area hospitals -- just after 11:30 a.m.-- crews began working to open one westbound lane of traffic. They used cranes to pick up cars mangled in a mess of steel and plastic on the highway.

 

At least three local hospitals are treating patients involved in the I-76 crash. At least 15 people were transferred to Bryn Mawr Hospital, 11 to Paoli Hospital and five to Lankenau Medical Center, officials said.

Slick roads also caused collisions that closed parts of Interstates 95 and 476 in and around Philadelphia. Along the Walt Whitman Bridge in South Philadelphia, up to 22 vehicles, including a police cruiser, were involved in a chain reaction crash in the westbound lanes.

The Delaware River Port Authority closed the Walt Whitman and its three other bridges linking Philadelphia and New Jersey for a time Sunday morning while workers salted the bridge surfaces.

"The most difficult part about this is that a flash freeze like this, the moisture can freeze on contact with the pavement," PennDOT spokesman Eugene Blaum said.

Authorities from multiple counties are urging drivers to stay home as road conditions are dangerous throughout the region.

PennDOT had nearly 150 trucks out treating roadways before daybreak, when it became clear that conditions would be slippery, Blaum said. A freezing rain advisory was in effect in the area through 10 a.m. but temperatures were forecast to rise into the 40s later Sunday.

The freezing rain also turned roadways in other parts of the Northeast hazardous. A swath from Pennsylvania up to Maine was under a freezing rain advisory, according to the National Weather Service.

In New Jersey, state police reported more than 425 accidents. New Jersey Transit bus service was suspended in icy areas.

In New York City and its northern suburbs, the dangerous conditions forced sections of roads to close all over the area. City authorities received so many 911 calls related to the weather that New Jersey sent 10 ambulances to the city to assist emergency responders.

Cars inched along on local roads, where braking at stoplights meant unexpected swerves as drivers tried to get traction on slippery surfaces.

In Connecticut, an 88-year-old Woodbridge woman died in one of 40 crashes in New Haven Sunday morning amid treacherous, icy conditions.

Meanwhile, ice and heavy fog caused a pile-up involving 70 cars and 17 semi-trucks in Oregon on Saturday night, according to Oregon State Police. At least 12 people were injured in the crash, police said.

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Police Urge Drivers to Stay Home, Icy Road Conditions

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Slippery road conditions are causing massive delays and crashes throughout the Delaware Valley Sunday, leading authorities to shut down several major arteries for a portion of the morning.

Authorities warned that multiple highways, including I-95, I-76, the Vine Street Expressway, Roosevelt Boulevard and Henry Ave, are all treacherous, and urged drivers to stay home and avoid driving.

Rescuers responded to the scene of a deadly pileup involving more than 50 vehicles along I-76 near the Gulph Mills exit. The crash occurred around 7 a.m. and caused a jam for several miles.

Another fatal crash involving mulitple vehicles occurred in the southbound lanes of I-476 near Marple Road in Delaware County, police said. Two people were killed and several others were hurt, authorities said. Officials have not yet released details on the deceased or the conditions on those killed.

A third deadly crash took the life of a fourth person in Gloucester County. The one-car crash occurred on Route 55 near Exit 53 in Mantua Township around 8:15 a.m., authorities said.

Authorities also closed several bridges early Sunday morning between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including the Walt Whitman Bridge and Ben Franklin as cars were stuck in "parking lot" like conditions.

The Delaware River Port Authority announced just after 12 p.m. that all bridges between New Jersey and Philadelphia have been reopened.

Along with the highways and bridges, local streets are also in poor shape. Driving should be avoided, according to multiple law enforcement agencies.

Public transit is experiencing delays too, according to SEPTA officials.

Suburban Station was also closed for about 30 minutes before reopening around 10:30 a.m. The closure was unrelated to weather.



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2 Killed in Deadly I-476 Crash in Delaware County

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Multiple accidents have occurred across Delaware County Sunday morning, including a deadly crash on Interstate 476.

At least two people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident on I-476 near Marple Road in Broomall, police said.

Several people were also hurt in the crash, according to authorities. Their conditions are unknown.

The fatal pileup is one of many accidents that happened across Delaware County Sunday as icy roads caused dangerous conditions for drivers. Authorities announced drivers should stay off the roads as the slippery conditions remain.

Community Closings Caused by Icy Conditions

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Dangerous roadways and icy conditions has lead to closures of some religious and community activities Sunday. Please check back for updates to this list.

Mt. Moriah Pentocostal Church
Stenton Ave., Philadlephia, PA
All services cancelled

The Baptist Worship Center
Philadelphia, PA
Service begins at 11
9 AM cancelled

Rising Sun Baptist Church
Philadelphia, PA
All services cancelled

Center of Peace
Elkins Park, PA
Delay until noon

Second Chance Community Church
Thorofare, NJ
All services cancelled

Mount Olive Baptist Church
Linwood, PA
All services cancelled
 



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NBC10 First Alert Weather: Sunday Soaker

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A wet Sunday ahead is causing icy road conditions throughout the area. Temperatures started below freezing Sunday morning, but should climb above 32 degrees by the afternoon.

NBC10 First Alert Weather: Rain, Freezing Temps

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First alert meteorologist Michelle Grossman reports that because the rain came before temperatures reached above freezing, the roads became icy and dangerous for drivers. Temperatures will rise to the 40s as the day progresses.

Deadly I-76 Pileup

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The icy roads have resulted in a deadly pileup on the I-76. One person is dead and at least 15 others have been injured. They have been admitted to Bryn Mawr Hospital and other hospitals in the area.

Shots Fired Outside Vice President's Home

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Gunshots were fired outside the private residence of Vice President Joe Biden in Greenville Delaware.

YOUR PHOTOS: Ice Snarls Traffic, Claims Lives

Dangerous Traveling Conditions

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Heavy rain will cause possible flooding in local areas while re-freezing will occur tonight to create dangerous traveling conditions. NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist Sheena Parveen has the details.

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