Philly flights to Brussels expected to resume mid-April

Pedestrian killed by SEPTA shuttle bus in Montco

A 93-year-old man was struck and killed by a SEPTA shuttle bus in Glenside, Montgomery County, on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The accident happened about 1:10 p.m. on Glenside Avenue near Limekiln Pike, SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said.

The Cheltenham Township Police Department said Edward Hill Sr. of Glenside was attempting to cross the street as the shuttle bus was turning south on Limekiln Pike from Glenside Avenue.

Hill, who was pinned under the bus, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver stopped immediately and was cooperating with the investigation, police said.

The shuttle bus was operating because of track work underway on the Warminster Regional Rail line. It was at the end of its line and did not have any passengers at the time.

The accident will be investigated by police with assistance from SEPTA, Busch said.

- Julie Shaw and Chris Brennan

1 killed in Pa. Turnpike crash

One person died in a fiery multivehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County early Saturday morning, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 5:05 a.m. in the westbound lanes near Exit 312 for Downingtown, in Uwchlan Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

The driver of a 2014 Hyundai drove into the rear of a tractor-trailer and spun off the highway, bursting into flames, a State Police report said.

That driver, who remained unidentified, died in the flames. The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured.

Traffic in one westbound lane was closed for four hours. - Chris Brennan

Two men shot in SW Phila.

Two men were hospitalized after they were shot in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, and one person was in custody, police said.

About 1:20 p.m., police found a 21-year-old man shot once in the buttocks and a 23-year-old man shot once in his right leg on the 1700 block of South 58th Street.

Both men were rushed by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where they were in stable condition.

Police have not yet released the name of the suspect. A weapon was recovered. - Julie Shaw

Flights to Brussels to restart

The Brussels Airport on Saturday announced that it would resume partial service of passenger flights starting Sunday after the deadly bombing attacks March 22.

An American Airlines spokeswoman in Philadelphia, Victoria Lupica, said the airline is now expected to resume its Philadelphia-to-Brussels flights in mid-April. But that is subject to change. Customers booked on canceled flights are being accommodated through other airports in the region.

American, which operates 76 percent of the flights at Philadelphia International Airport, has the only nonstop flight from Philadelphia International to the Brussels Airport. - Julie Shaw

Weather halts free concert

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Saturday it had to cancel a free preview performance in Rittenhouse Square because of inclement weather.

In advance of its spring benefit concert next weekend, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary planned to hold a free flash performance with selected soloists in the Center City square from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The full concert still will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. next Saturday in St. Martin of Tours Chapel at the seminary, in Wynnewood, and will feature sacred and classical music. For more info, visit www.scs.edu/mmfconcert. - Julie Shaw