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Of 595. Later in the evening, some of the rain around roanoke, virginia will make its way up toward our area. The weather headlines, evening showers. You are going to need the umbrella if you are going out. More weekend rain, yes. It is going to be heavier for some. Im show you the impact its going to have on the area. Of course, well talk about the impacts of bertha, also. Thanks. You can stay ahead of the weather with the storm team 4 weather app. Well, its been entertaining at times and at times salacious in the courtroom with the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor and his wife. Johnny williams, the star witness for the prosecution has been grilled about his relationship with the mcdonalds, including his exchanges with them over text and email. Northern Virginia Bureau chief, julie carey joins us live from the courthouse in richmond with the latest today. Julie . Reporter well, the johnny wiiams we are seeing on the stand is different than the star witness we saw being questioned by prosecutors yesterday. The difference, hes answering defense questions. He repeated the words, i dont recall over and over again as they challenged his version of events. Yesterday, when attorneys asked about his dealings with the couple, he had detailed answers, including exact conversations. Not today, we are hearing lot of i dont recalls. They face corruption charges for accepting 150,000 in gifts, trips and loans to promote williams company. Defense attorneys say the first couple couldnt have conspired because their marriage was a wreck. Maureen mcdonald has a ruch on williams. Defense attempted to show williams and the first lady had a relationship that went beyond business. They pointed out there were 1200 text and emails sent between maureen mcdonal and williams between april of 2011 and february of 2013, some of those coming late at night. Williams claimed on the stand that the majority were business. But, the defense for the first lady concluded with an email sent from maureen to jonnie williams. That email just read, i felt the earth move and im not even having sex. Coming up, ill tell you more about what he had to say about the text and emails between the two. Reporting live from richmond, news 4. Thanks. Julie will continue to tweet everything she learns about the case. For the latest developments, follow her juliecarey nbc. A deadly crash involving a state police cadet. Investigators say an 18yearold cadet on assignment in an unmarked state vehicle made a uturn on the outer loop. Witnesses claim he was speeding, lost control and hit two suvs. One of the suvs hit a barrier, killing the driver. All outer loop lanes were shut down several hours while police investigated. That police cadet is now on leave. A busted water main sent 6 million gallons of water gushing over a local road. The mess is not over yet. This is what rhode island avenue looked like in hyattsville. Its enough to fill two olympic swimming pools. This was breaking news yester y yesterday. Reporter oh, no, no, no. Theres a lot more to be done chris. Take a look over here. This is the hole. That is the gravel that will fill that hole. Once they get those new pipes in place. Now, over here, high powered lights. You see, this is going to turn into an all nighter. This could be a six figure fix. This is what it looked like yesterday. More than six million gallons of water rushing down rhode island avenue. This is what it looks like now. No big time water main break today. But, still a lot of big time work to be done. Look at the size of that hole. Its nine feet deep and they say they have to make it bigger. Theres more compromised pipe down there that must be fixed before they can think about repairing the road. So, how long is this all going to take . Its going to be a long repair. We are going to spend all day today, friday, working to fix the broken pipe. We have a big section of route 1 here to get to the rest of the pipe. Reporter rhode island avenue, its hyattsvilles main street. Its also route 1, a major commuter road. This work will keep several blocks shut down. Our melissa moe lay has a work around. Kenilworth avenue will get you around that break. Reporter she knows her roads. What does this mean for the businesses around here . More on that coming up at 5 00. Live in hyattsville, pat collins, news 4. Thanks, pat. He wasnt found guilty, he was innocent. Still, a high profile sexting case is going to spend a year on probation. News 4 broke the story of trey sims, 17 years old, two child pornography charges sexting with his girlfriend who is a minor. It sparked international reaction. Prosecutors thought to take explicit photos of the teenager to compare with the evidence. They never executed that. We heard from his attorney. There was no finding of guilt. Trey was not not found guilty. He wasnt found innocent, either, he wasnt acquitted. He has the opportunity to have the charges dismissed and for that, we are happy. Reporter sims will be back in court in a year to determine if the charges will be dropped. Ahead at 5 00, you will hear more from sims family following the ruling. Major developments in the death of a new york man put in a choke hold by police. Wendy rieger has more. His death got national attention. Today, it was ruled a homicide. The medical examiner says that who he can hold from a Police Officer caused garners death. This cell phone video was taken of a new York Police Department officer putting garner in a choke hold. While on the ground, he said i cant breathe. The medical examiner said asthma, Heart Disease contributed to the death. That compression on his neck and chest from the choke hold was the primary cause t. Officer who put him in the choke hold has been stripped of his gun and badge. Two parra medics were put on leave after that. Its unclear if criminal charges will be filed against that Police Officer. Back to you. World leaders set to convene in a summit here in washington. That means motorcades traffic. We have the where, when and what you need to avoid. Reporter two americans with the deadly ebola is headed to the u. S. Whats behind a social media trend . Teens setting themselves on fire. How to protect your kids from this dangerous online game. We are getting a better idea of what if new fbi headquarters might look like if it moves to greenbelt. These renderings show what makes up the metro station. A parking garage will be built by the campus. There will be plans for apartments, hotels and private offices. The government announced the property is one of three finalists for a new headquarters. The other two are the landover mall property and the site in springfield near i95 and franconia road. Sunday, more than 50 heads of states are heading to washington for the africa leaders summit. They are coming to build ties with the u. S. Through security investments. They will have an impact on traffic. This sz a u. S. Africa summit is kicking off, we are talking street closures, detour parking. The areas to avoid are around the white house and east of the title basin. Ddot says expect motorcades and protests to impact traffic. Lets take a closer look. F street between 14th and 15th. 29th between k and m noe and the curve lane on e street from constitution and a dozen metro bus detours as well. Back to you. Troubling news for women, some Birth Control pills linked to Breast Cancer risks. Two patients with the deadly ebola are coming to america. Well talk to the well, its confirmed, the two american aid workers affected with ebola are among the patients being transferred here to the sites. One will be transferred to emory hospital. Today, president obama said he is taking this outbreak seriously. Sarah has more from atlanta. Reporter good afternoon. Right now, there are plans in place to bring back multiple americans and emory hospital in atlanta is preparing to receive one of those patients. They have one of four specialty isolation units designed with the cdc to treat patients with serious illnesses. We dont know when they will arrive or the identity of the patients. Kent brantly and nancy whitebol. Theres a chance no one could arrive here at emory. Their health might be so bad and determine it is not safe for them to travel. Something as little as a bumpy road, a bumpy dirt road could kill a seriously ill ebola patient. The health of both americans deteriorated overnight. Im sarah, nbc news. News 4 is working for you. We posted the top ten things you need to know about this deadly disease on www. Nbcwashington. Com. Turning now to the weekend, we are going to have a wet one for a change. Its been awhile. Yes, it has been awhile. We have been lucky. The fact that theres only so many more weekends left before school starts, this is valuable time. Folks, theres one day this weekend that looks like it carries the highest risk of a wash out. Follow me. Ill show you whats going on. Outside, a gray sky. Theres the wheel if you have not been on it at national harbor. Currently coming in at 77. Cooler than average degrees. Yes, typically this type of year, we are at 88 degrees for a high temperature. Sunsets at 8 18. We are at 80 degrees. Showers east of i95 and along it. It will carry the threat of showers up until 8 00 or 9 00. 72 at 11 00 p. M. With an overcast sky. Here is the rain. Areas in green, you know, you have been seeing the rain throughout the day today. Down south, too, areas of southeast virginia, around coastal north carolina. In fact, its the coast allocations that are going to see the most rain out of this weather pattern that we are in, if you will. You have a weather system off the coast here. You have all this flow coming out of the south. Along with the fact the temperatures arent too high, we have higher humidity. Its going to start climbing through the weekend. Here we go, through the next 48 hours by tomorrow morning. Showers off the coast. More around leonard town and cambridge. The afternoon, occasional showers coming through. If there was anytime this weekend where we have the best chance of seeing drier periods of pockets, it is going to be saturday afternoon. Let me take you back to saturdays evening. More breaks. Sunday is looking wet. We start add 8 00 a. M. Frederick, d. C. , waldorf, some rain across the area. I dont think its going to be anything like we are going to see starting at lunchtime. The rain continues to come across the area and will continue up until 10 00 or 11 00 p. M. We could see high amounts. Some locations picking up over an inch, ill show you where later. The weather impact tomorrow, low to moderate with the fact is going to be gray, showers, cool. All of that, look at the storm team 4 four day forecast. Not just saturday, but sunday, too. 80 degrees on saturday. 79 degrees on sunday. 79 degrees and isolated thunderstorms. Agarngs sunday is the day looking like next week, the heat starts to build. I have that coming up, the extended forecast with more heat and what else, besides showers could get in the way of your commute early tomorrow morning. Chris . Thanks. As dry as it has been, we are overdue. Since lebron james announced hes going home, cleveland cavalier fans have been celebrating. A lawmaker want as new vanity plate. They want a lebron plate called witness 2. 0. It honors the return home of a champion. It would cost drivers an extra 20 bucks. Half the proceeds will go to charity. Could your Birth Control be putting you at risk for Breast Cancer . Some scientists believe it could. 1,000 women with Breast Cancer took part in a study. They were found to be 50 more likely to have used the pill over the past year. Birth control pills with estrogen were linked to the greatest risk. The findings are preliminary. For some, the benefits of Birth Control may outweigh the cancer risk. Hundreds of children left in hot cars across the country. The technology that aims to put a stop to the hot car deaths. Bendable tvs. The technology that is cutting edge. They are not cheap. Im Erika Gonzalez. Ill tell you how much you can expect to pay, coming up. Spider bites are on the rise. The remedy that Health Officials suggest is maybe shocking. Bites from the brown recluse have increased. The bite is considered poisonous. Doctors say doing nothing at all is the best treatment. If a spider bites your child go to the doctor. They are smaller than an inch. You can recognize them by the violin shaped marking on their backs. Kids in cop cars are a dangerous combination. We are barely half wii through summer and 19 children have died. Half of the deaths are from people who say they forgot the child was in the car. Chris clackam reports more parents are stepping up to keep it from happening to their children and others. Reporter after strapping ava into her car seat, she fires up an app that reminds her ava is back there. Hire is the preshl cargo icon. When you get in the car,hilates. Reporter the app was developed by kimberly and her husband, sean, at their home in north carolina. Its simple. Pair your bluetooth in your vehicle. Once you reach your destination, an alarm sounds. We have gps technology, also mixed in. Gps, you select a destination. When you drive at the location, you get out of the car and thats when the alert will sound. Reporter theirs is the latest in a list of ideas people are coming up with to help stem a string of hot car injuries and deaths this summer. Certainly in addition to the app, you can put cell phones or keys in the back, maybe a stuffed animal in the front, anything to remind you that baby is in the back. Theres the invention from albuquerque teenager. You place it under the childs seat. Its a pad called the hot seat. It works with a key chain, app and car alarm. Loud enough to grab peoples attention around the vehicle and remind the parent on their key fab or cell phone. Reporter the attitude, whatever it takes. Chris clackam, nbc news. Thanks, chris. This sounds simple, but never leave a child alone in a car, even for a few minutes. Teach your kids, cars are not places to play. If you use a day care, ask the caregiver to always give you a call, if the child does not show up. In a lot of cases, parents think they have dropped off kids and they havent. A blood test could predict if your loved ones are at risk of committing suicide. Well somehow you how it works. They were married 51 years. Today, news 4 sat down with a husband of a woman hit by a bus and killed in Prince Georges County. It is a powerful interview. What he wants to say to the driver of that bus. Welcome back. Im Chris Lawrence if nor jim tonight. Im pat lawson muse. A mess of roads in houston, texas. Take a look at this. This was the scene in the downtown area hit by some of the worst flooding. Several cars were strandsed including one that got stuck in high water that pooled beneath an overpass. The water receded a bit now, but travel in and around houston has been tricky today. Looks pretty bad. What can we expect from rain this weekend . Veronica johnson is tracking the changes in the weather center. Hey, guys. Not talking flooding for the upcoming weekend. Driving around with the fact showers are in the forecast for this evening. We are not going to have tricky conditions on the roads. Roads pavement is wet right now especially east of i95. The overcast sky across the area, the temperatures have been making their way to the upper 70s. Reagan national, with the wind, five miles per hour. The light wind allows fog to form. Waldorf, Calvert Beach all wet. We are going to see the rain hang to the east. Meanwhile, as we get into the overnight period, look at this. All the wit that you see, that is fog. Its going to start forming during the overnight. A foggy start to the day tomorrow. Fog hangs out longer east and around leonard time. Tomorrow, we are at 76 to 82 with possible thunder. In a few, how much rain your neighborhood could get. Thanks, vj. Remember, you can stay ahead of the weather with the storm team 4 weather app. Download it for free on itunes or google play. A virginia campground is open after being torn apart by a tornado. Hundreds of volunteers worked nonstop to clean out the debris at the camp. The ef1 twister ripped through the campground. It killed a new jersey couple and injured dozens more. Right now, we know the name of the woman hit and killed by a Prince Georges County transit bus. She was 69yearold patsy burton. She lived in la play da. She was in the crosswalk in Upper Marlboro when she was hit by the bus. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. It appears it driver may have hit the gas accidentally or just didnt see burton crossing. Her husband tells news 4 he last saw his wife when she left for work yesterday morning. About ten minutes after 7 00, every morning, she would get up and say i have to go. She walked out the door and said to have a good day. I told her to have a good day and saw her walk out the door. I got the news about 1 00 that the accident happened. They had been married more than 50 years. He says he has no ill will toward the bus driver. In fact, he says he would like to meet the driver and reassure her that everything will be okay. Darcy spencer will have more from the family on news 4 at 5 00. Amazing amount of compassion there. In the next story, he said its the best way to put this behind us. A lawyer pleaded guilty for causing a deadly crash. Mark was driving drunk last october when he slammed into a couple riding motorcycle. He was a navy veteran. He and his wife were killed. Today, he pleaded guilty to two charges of manslaughter. Hes on bond and has to turn himself in next thursday for sentencing. Burning incense starting a fire in an apartment building. It displaced at least nine people. This is on burnside drive. Fire investigators say the blaze started in the second floor apartment this morning, then spread to the third floor. It did more than 75,000 worth of damage. Investigators say the smoke alarms in the apartment worked. Right now on capitol hill, the countdown to the congressional summer break is over. Lawmakers are going home before everything is solved. Steve handelsman is live with more. Reporter this move by House Republicans to stay in town and pass a border plan sends a message. It wont solve the border crisis because Senate Democrats and president obama arent buying the plan. With funding for highway projects running out and the surge of children from central america, lawmakers were set to leave on summer break without agreeing on the fixes. This is a crisis. Reporter on immigration, they want three plus billion dollars to speed up the hearings that Central American kids are entitled to. Not to be met with a barrel of a gun and oneway ticket back without considering whether they are justly in this country. Reporter House Republicans end the right to hearings. Then just 660 million and send a message. If you come here illegally, you will be deported. No nation can survive. A conservative revolt led by ted cruz killed the gop plan. Cruz does back a bill to block okay, these things happen. That was obviously a package from yesterday, before the house actually went on their summer break. We are trying to clean that up for you later in the newscast. Meanwhile, the fight over gay marriage in virginia could be headed to the Supreme Court. Wendy rieger is at the live desk. A Circuit Court asked them to stay the ruling on virginias ban until the Supreme Court chimes in. They struck down virginias ban on gay marriage. Now, court clerk has filed a motion to stay that ruling until the case can be argued before the Supreme Court. The ruling did not immediately allow couples to get married within the commonwealth. If the stay is granted, it could be a much longer wait for samesex couples in virginia. At the live desk, im wendy rieger, back to you. It was one day before september 11th. A new audio tape is out of former president bill clinton talking about how he could have killed Osama Bin Laden. Why didnt he . Well play the tape for you. Winners and losers tat world cup. Which companies scored with consumers, coming up next. Another recall to tell you about. A recall that has to do with ignition switches. Thats right. Here is the catch. It has nothing to do with your car. News 4 reporter, Erika Gonzalez joins us to explain. Chris and pat, that ignition switch recall that plagued chrysler and general motors, well, now you can add harleydavidson motorcycles to that list. The recall affected 3300 dyna low rider bikes. They are part of the 2014 fxdl line. The company says ignition vibration turns the switches from run to accessory. That, in turn, can cause the engine to shut off while in motion. Potentially, causing a crash. The company says there have been no crashes or injuries reported from the problem. Harleydavidson says dealers will fix the problem for free. Cheers of victory. It turns out some companies were big winners and losers, when it came to how the games affected business. Lets break this down for you. More than 100 Companies Already talked about how the world cup impacted profits. According to the wall street journal analysis, among the winners, Starwood Hotels where the teams stayed. Tv sales up. A whopping 64 in latin america in may. So, Electronic Companies also won big and the losers, believe it or not, whirlpool. Not a lot of washing machines sold. Turns out people spent money on tvs instead of clean clothes. Stanley, black and decker saw a dip in sales as the world cup distracted the masses from completing Home Improvement projects. If you thought a bendable tv was a thing of the future, think again. Samsung launched the first bendable tv. Viewers can control the angle of the tv with the push of a button based on how many people are watching. 78 inch displays are available in south korea. When it hits it u. S. Market, the price is projected to be about, 59,000 for a television. Start saving the pen anies. If you have a story idea, we would love to hear from you. Send us an email, consumerwatch nbcwashington. Com. Phone in your ideas. All right. Pretty expensive entertainment there. Yes. Yes. Teenagers setting themselves on fire . Its a disturbing trend on social media. How to protect your kids from this dangerous online game. Hours before the september 11th terrorist attacks, president clinton describes how he could have killed Osama Bin Laden but chose not to do so. We have the tape. Hear it for yourself. A wet weekend for us. Here is how much rain we could see this upcoming weekend. Watch the numbers for laurel, bowie and hyattsville. One to two for the beaches and what impact will bertha have on the beaches . Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com why would you want to avoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee, your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in, it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. New audio recordings just emerged in which former president , bill clinton says he had a chance to kill Osama Bin Laden. Get this. It was recorded one day before the terror attacks on september 11th. Mr. Clinton was speaking to a group of australian businessmen about the hunt for bin laden. He had a chance to get him, but chose not to. I nearly got him once. I nearly got him. I could have got i could have killed him, but i would have had to destroy a town called kandahar and kill 300 innocent women and children and i would have been no better than him, so i didnt do it. There are reports clinton knew that conversation was being recorded. In any case, about ten hours later, the first plane hit the trade center. What drives someone to want to take their own life . Maryland researchers say the answer could be in the genes. A study at Johns Hopkins uncovered a biological indicator in people most susceptible to suicidal thoughts. We look at this Ground Breaking discovery. Reporter scientists stay danger may already be inside a persons body. Researchers in this Johns Hopkins lab pinpointed the gene sk82. Abnormal levels of that gene, cortisol are found inside their brains. You may intervene to save lives. Reporter his work appeared in the american journal of psychiatry tested 300 people for variations to that one gene and said it predicted, with 80 accuracy, who had history of suicidal attempts or thoughts. We like to think of it like a faulty brake pad. Once we are stressed, we are going to realize we are in trouble. 30,000 americans take their own life. Thats more than are murdered. Suicide is the leading cause of death between 15 and 24 and second among adults 25 to 34. Its promising, but not always that simple. Genetics is not destiny. There are many genes involved and many factors, biological, psychological, social and environmental that contribute together suicide. Reporter they say more studies are needed but some day there may be an fda approved drug test. It points out, looking at gene regulation as way to predict peoples disease ahead of time hold as lot of promise. Its unclear how long it will be before theres a test you can get at your doctors office. Researchers stress any genetic indicator is one part of the suicide prevention. Those who need help should rely on crisis hot lines and counseling. If you need help and are struggling with suicidal thoughts, there are resource that is can help go. To www. Nbcwashington. Com and search changing minds. Looking ahead to this weekend. It seems like you can get outside and get some things done, but you are going to have to pick your spot. Exactly. Most of the spots will come saturday, not sunday. So, lets hit it, folks. We want to hit the ground running for this weekend, right . Of course we have an overcast sky outside quickly. You know its great out there. We are at 68 degrees tomorrow morning. There will be some of that fog forming tonight. I think its going to hang on until 9 00 or 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Clouds by noontime. This is the chunk when you will be able to squeeze outside time in this weekend. During the early part of the day, showers moving through. Then a chance for showers, maybe isolated thunderstorm during the afternoon. We are at 71 degrees. Saturday, your pockets will come some time from late morning until the afternoon. For sunday, thats the day when we could have a washout across the area. Heavier rain moving in around noontime. At the beaches, the temperature at the water, 76 degrees. Right now, looking very wet. 78 and 77 degrees with some of the breaks in the cloud cover coming on saturday. Bertha, we are tracking it. It makes its way east to the bahamas. There could be rip currents around our beach locations wednesday of next week. As we look at the seven day forecast for you, well put that out. This weekend, cooler than average. 87, 90 on tuesday. We get the heat next week. Chance of showers and storms wednesday and thursday. Of course, its friday now. That means backyard weather time. We toss it to doug. Guys, i have to tell you, i have got one great backyard weather for you today. The backyard is one thing, then the group that we have is something completely different. We are here with the nova roller derby ladies. Here they are. Say hello, ladies. Yeah, you can see we are going to have some fun here during the afternoon. This is the president right here. You are mary lou. Correct. They have fantastic nicknames. We are going to talk about them later. They have given me a nickname. It was well done. I dont know who came up with that. Dont get it now. We have it coming up later. We have all kind of great things planned later on. Are you ready to have fun . We are. We are going to talk about your lead coming up later on. They dont care what the weather is inside but outside we have a great day. They came prepared, brought a tent here. No problem at all. No showers in the region right now. Well talk more about the forecast at 5 00 and meet some of these lovely ladies when we come back. Yeah, doug. Thats one of the biggest groups hes had out there. We have to tune back in at 5 00. Again, a few showers. More coming up for the weekend. Thanks, vj. On capitol hill, lawmakers are heading home for a summer break without agreeing on a plan to solve the humanitarian crisis on the border. Theres plenty of finger pointing on both sides. Steve handelsman has the latest on capitol hill. Reporter despite the surge of Central American kids straining Law Enforcement and swamping detention centers, there is no fix president obama can sign and he blamed the gop. House republicans are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere. Reporter the day before their summer break, divided House Republicans did come together with two goals number one, secure the border. Reporter send in more National Guard and block president obama ordering more Migrant Children can stay in the u. S. You think you are going to legalize 5 million to 6 million illegal foreign nationals, we say no. Reporter it would end the right to an asylum enranging democrats. The republicans want to indiscriminately return children to their death. Strip away rights from children is unacceptable. Itis aun american. Reporter the obama plan to speed up the hearings, not end them is so different from the gop house plan, neither can become law. What we do today will be useless. Reporter its a show of republican unity and purpose. Better to say you did something than nothing. They can shift the blame back to the senate and president obama. Reporter the blame for what everyone agrees is a crisis. Im steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. Thanks, steve. Its called the fire challenge. This online game has deadly consequences. Teenagers are setting themselves on fire and filming it. Plus, she almost got away with a scam that took advantage of local families. New at 5 00, do you know what your teenager is ined in online . A disturbing trend called the fire challenge. Several young boys and girls have been severely burned playing it. Keith garvin has the latest. All right, obviously theres a problem with the package there. Basically, what the report shows is this is a game teenagers get involved in online and share the videos on social media sites in which they set themselves on fire. Facebook is deleting all the fire challenge videos from its w well, right now at 5 00, fast cars, expensive watches, racy emails. More jolting evidence today in the trial against virginias former first couple. Storm team 4 is tracking showers in the Washington Area and they could be just the start of a wet weekend. First, a wild and deadly crash on the beltway. State police were surprised to learn who was behind the wheel. That crash cause zed huge delays on the maryland side of the beltway. It started with a state police cadet. The 18yearold cadet started the threecar wreck near route 50 in Prince Georges County. Another driver involved was killed. The outer loop lanes were shut down for hours. Adam tuss joins us live now. Adam . Reporter pat, its hard to imagine trying to make a uturn on the beltway at rush hour. Thats exactly what Maryland State Police say one of their own cadets did this morning. As you mentioned, it started a deadly Chain Reaction crash. Chopper 4 flying over the aftermath near the route 50 exit about 8 30 this morning. It happened when a young Maryland State Police cadet made a u turn from the emergency crossover from the inner loop to the fast lane of the outer loop. He stepped on the gas and lost control of the ford expedition. He was accelerating when the investigation indicates he sideswiped a 2000 lincoln driven by a Prince Georges County woman. That lincoln lost control and crashed into the jersey wall on the shoulder. Reporter the driver of the lincoln, 59yearold Karen Holt Williams of temple hills was taken to Prince Georges Hospital and pronounced dead. A third vehicle was involved, but they were not hurt. Was he authorized to make that turn from the inner loop to the outer loop . As a cadet, he does not have police authority. Itis something the investigators will be looking at. Reporter the cadet was out on assignment weighing trucks at the 95 495 truck scales before the crash. Why did he make the decision to make the uturn. They are there for emergency vehicles. The Police Officer or the ambulance driver or whomever needs to be able to justify their use of the crossovers. Thats something we will look at in the situation. Reporter now, there was also a second cadet in that car with reyes. He was not hurt. Coming up at 6 00, what exactly happened to that 18yearold reyes now . Reporting live, adam tuss, news 4

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