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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Friday, September 16th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, five people were injured Thursday morning in an accident

during a training exercise at a prison in Montgomery County.

The accident was at the SCI Phoenix Prison in Skipback Township. It occurred shortly before 10 a.m.

The training session was being conducted by the FBI's Philadelphia Field Office and those in attendance included representatives from several state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. According to authorities, three members of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

bomb squad, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, and an FBI Philadelphia agent were injured when an

explosive device went off. All have been transported to area hospitals for treatment. Some

injuries, they said were serious. They had to bring a medical helicopter in and fly somebody out.

Staff from the Montgomery County Bomb Squad were installing an explosive device for a later class when it prematurely exploded, according to a statement from a prison spokesperson.

One of the sheriff's deputies was taken to Penn Presbyterian where fellow deputies were waiting outside Thursday night.

Yeah, this is right in my backyard.

This is right by my house. But it happened. It was around 10 a.m. So, we were here. Oh, yeah, yeah. So I would have seen the helicopter flying in and everything. But I didn't know they did these types of things right in and around that area. Neither did I. And stuff like this is very rare because you have the best of the best, you know, setting the stuff up and...

And something wrong.

Yeah, something. Neither did I. And stuff like this is very rare because you have the best of the best, you know, setting the stuff up and...

And something went wrong. Yeah, something went horribly wrong, yeah.

Department of Corrections staff was not involved in the training. A charred car was seen in a field on the prison grounds. No further details on the accident have been released.

The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police will jointly investigate the cause of the

detonation. A local pharmacist pleaded guilty to unlawful contact with a minor after she was accused of

using the personal information of an underage customer to allegedly prey on her for sexual gratification.

According to the criminal complaint, Angela de Lassandro befriended the then 14-year-old victim and her mother at the

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