Area. We feel it here at this stage. We are stuck in a deep freeze. Alison abc7s tom roussey joins us from siller is spring where crews are work Silver Spring where the crews are working on a water main break. This is just part of the problem out there today, right . Tom it is. There are a lot of affects from the cold. The water main break is one of the worst. This is on New Hampshire avenue. So as you can imagine its wreaking havoc on traffic. I just got an update. Good news. They have made progress. It wont last forever but it will last through the evening rush hour. Thanks to the water main break the traffic was bad even before rush hour started. Bad. Really bad. How bad was the traffic you were in . Bad. Back like 20 minutes. That is right. 20 minutes from the beltway, which you could see less than a quarter mile away. Everything had to merge to one lane. What i dont like about it is the left lane, they think they automatically can get in without any courtesy. New hampshire avenue
Answers arthe mother of two was hit and killed by a hit and run driver. It happened north of lewis brown road. The woman has been identified as Lori Van Walker. We go live now in the news room after speaking with the victims sister. Reporter it is not clear if the woman was walking or riding her bike. But the hit and run driver left the scene of the accident. Tonight as we spoke with that emotional sister of the victim she says she is now caring for those children left behind. It is a terrible loss. Terrible. She was only 27 years old. She has two beautiful babies. Reporter she realizes her younger sister is never coming back. Now she wants whoever was behind the wheel to step forward. Someone has to be out there at 8 40 at night. At a lit gas station to see this woman mowed down. Somebody. Reporter 27yearold Lori Van Walker was killed friday night in an apparent hit and run. According to the police at 8 48 she was walking near sonoma boulevard and lewis brown road when she was hit by
It with one count of murder sexual offenses kidnapping. Those charges filed as an adult teenage pam murdered Madison Middleton official. Charged official we are learning disturbing new details about her death more about the suspect this 15 yearold from classmates who knew him. First regatta kron 4 police yet doing what from senate cruz tonight with the latest on the murder investigation. Reporter the decision to terminate said his office confident in the charges filed now finding it madisons killer with local state and federal lawenforcement she is missing for just over 24 hours her body was discovered. Ag and gonzales being tarred as an adult with her death and charges including murder include kidnapping sexual assault. The special circumstance charge of lying in wait. Court documents show repeated sexual penetration by foreign object. The specifics of the case and specific details on the facts are not something that we are able to comment on. Details will come out during the course o
Getting lighter. Lets check in with meteorologist bill henley and the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Bill . The clouds blocking sunshine for the second day in a row. Skies are starting to brighten up. Clouds are going to hang in through the day. Theres a good chance well wind up with some showers. It hasnt happened yet. Dry in south jersey and delaware. Just to the south, you see a line of showers not looking very impressive. There was a thunderstorm as it moved into maryland. Light showers in southern delaware. It will take time for the activity to move into the area. There is that chance of showers during the day today. Mostly cloudy and cool. In the 50s now. 56 in the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, 55. 54 in the suburbs. 57 in philadelphia. 50s in delaware, too. Delawares most likely to get the showers this morning. Most of the morning, just cloudy. 58 at 7 00. At 10 00, 63. A chance of scattered showers, and the chance will be around through the day. The better chance wil
The chance of showers will be around today and another cool one. 50s, 54 in the suburbs. 56 degrees in the valley. Nowhere near the high of 78. 68 for philadelphia. For new jersey, 66, showers possible inland and at the shore. Fog will disappear. Showers for the Lehigh Valley and a chance of showers and lateday showers and thunderstorms for delaware residents and neighborhoods, only in the 60s today. Warmer weather ahead. That starts tomorrow. Ill break down the forecast hour by hour to show when showers are most likely in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. First, well see how the traffic is moving. Francesca ruscio with an update. Thank you. We have an accident to talk about in new castle, county, specifically middletown, delaware. Along route 1 at Biddles Corner toll plaza a. I marked it with the graphic. You see the left lane is blocked and is creating red. Approaches the toll plaza awere seeing an accident taking out the left lane. We got a notification that train 9597