Photo by West Philly Local reader Joel DeGrands.

Many residents who live near 46th and Spruce streets were awoken this morning by a car crash and witnessed a flipped SUV lying on its side in the middle of 46th Street and the driver talking to police. Reportedly, the car hit two others in the crash and a total of four cars were damaged. The accident happened shortly after 7 a.m. We’re trying to get more information and hope that no one was injured.

63-year-old Robert Jean-Louis who suffers from dementia and who went missing on Tuesday morning, has been found, according to a neighbor who knows his family.

Mr. Jean-Louis was found by the police on Wednesday night at about 10:30 p.m. and taken to the hospital where he later was reunited with his family. Many thanks to everyone who shared the alert about him and who helped look for him.

SEPTA announced today that the trolley tunnel to and from Center City will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 until midnight on Monday Aug. 12. The 11, 13, 34 and 36 trollies will reroute to 40th and Market Streets where passengers can connect with the Market-Frankford Line, which will not be impacted by the tunnel work.

Shuttle buses that are currently being used along the Route 10 line will run to 40th and Filbert Streets during the repairs instead of 33rd and Market.

SEPTA crews will spend that week replacing overhead wire and doing ceiling work in the tunnel, according to a statement.

“We use the tunnel almost 24 hours a day, which means we have very limited opportunities to obtain track outages for extensive repair work,” SEPTA’s deputy general manager Jeff Knueppel said.

Editor’s Note: The trolley tunnel shutdown starts at 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2., not at 10 a.m. as originally stated in the post.

Public help is sought in locating 63-year-old Robert Jean-Louis (pictured) who has been missing since 8 a.m. Tuesday (July 23) morning. He was last seen on 50th street between Warrington and Springfield. He is approximately 150lb, 6’2”. He has dementia and currently does not have any ID on him. He is wearing a white striped button down shirt, navy blue khaki pants, black dress shoes, and has olive green carry-on luggage. He speaks Creole.

Please call his family at 267-808-4714 or 215-910-9415 with any information. Police have been notified too so you can call them if you see him.

We are very sorry to report that a West Philly boy died on Saturday, two days after he was pulled from a swimming pool at Cobbs Creek Recreation Center (210 S. 63rd St.).

A lifeguard found 7-year-old Jabriel O’Connor underwater and unresponsive at about 1 p.m. Thursday. The lifeguard administered CPR and the boy was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was placed on life support. Four lifeguards were watching the pool.

Jabriel was at the public pool with a camp group of about 25 children and four counselors. Jabriel lived near the corner of Walnut and Melville Streets in the Spruce Hill section in an emergency shelter for homeless families, according to neighbors.

Mayor Michael Nutter issued a statement yesterday concerning the boy’s death:

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Jabriel’s parents, family, friends, and all of the young people present at the Cobb’s Creek Recreation Center on Thursday as they grieve.  The City will continue to provide support services to Jabriel’s family, the camp staff, City employees and community members affected by this tragedy. It is my hope that they can find strength and comfort from the support of their loved ones and the entire Philadelphia community at this difficult time.”

A neighbor wrote in an e-mail that Jabriel lived nearby.

“This child is our neighbor at Melville and Walnut. So, so sad. Other kids from his house witnessed his drowning, just awful. Don’t know if anything can be done on a community level to help  his mom/family, but thought I would e-mail you just in case.”

We have contacted the agency that sponsored the camp for information about how community members could help Jabriel’s family. We’ll post any information we receive back.

We’ve been getting reports of a power outage near 46th and Farragut between Spruce and Locust Streets. A neighbor, Christina Bach, tweeted today: “51 residents of S. 46th St without power since 9:45 p.m. last night. We are sweltering!”

West Philly Local reader Ellen Liebman whose friend Christina lives on that block sent in a note that PECO is finally on scene. We are trying to contact them for more information about what’s going on.

“It seems to be underground, so they are just going to be digging holes in everyone’s back yard until they find the problem,” writes Ellen. “They have already spray painted the lines. Christina had to take her three dogs in her car to a friend’s house, but she can’t stay overnight. No one has been in contact about a place to shelter – and taking three dogs to a hotel is a challenge.”

UPDATE (5:20 p.m.): About 100 customers are experiencing a service interruption due to some issues with underground equipment and cable in the area, according to PECO spokesperson Liz Williamson. “Crews have been working to make repairs to both the equipment and the cable and we anticipate having power restored to those customers by this evening,” Williamson said in an email. But some neighbors affected by the outage were told that the power should be back by midnight.

We’ve also received a report from a resident near 57th and Market who says her power has been out since 8 p.m. last night. “This is a mess! Every time we call, there’s a different reason why the power is out and a different projected time as to when our power will be back on,” Lori Coleman posted on the West Philly Local Facebook page.

UPDATE (7/19/13): The power near 46th and Locust was restored on Thursday around 8 p.m.