We declared this as a mass casualty incident. Reporter eastwest highway is very aptly named. It is especially on days when we have more traffic like we do. People not taking metro, people trying to avoid it, trying to get to the beltway. It is a shortcut to get from upper northwest, bethesda, chevy chase, to the Georgia Avenue exit on the beltway. Very popular with people who know their way around here and it is jammed going east right now. You definitely want to avoid this area. We also understand metro is in the process right now. You can see the officers inside the bus there behind me. They are reviewing the tapes from the buss cameras because we hear there is some type of discrepancy between the bus drivers account of what happened and the person who was driving the other vehicle that it collided with. What a mess out there. Thank you. Also new tonight, Team Coverage as metro rail riders deal with another rush hour of big delays because of that massive Safetrack Program. Metro says
Its 5 00 a. M. Im arab giaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Well keep you posted on how things move. Right now we want to get you posted up on the forecast. Tuesday off to a nice quiet start there. No rain out there just yet. There is just the tiniest little chance for rain showers today between about noon and 5 00 p. M. Tropical storm coal lip oig will be moving offshore and a taste of canadian coolness is coming our way starting tomorrow. Right now temperatures are in the upper 60s to around 70. The way the next 24 hours are shaking out for you, near 70 at 7 00 a. M. , rain chances today best between about noon and 5 00, but by 7 00, showers over, temperatures near 80 and a nice cool breezy dry start coming up for your wednesday morning, as well. Well detail the afternoon highs coming up. Now time day two of the morning rush hour on the continuing track work along the orange and silver lining. Single tracking between East Falls Church and ballston, so plan ahead for the potential of ex
Thousands of hotel, restaurant, and hospital workers are scrambling to find new ways to get to work. Tom sherwood talked to one restaurant group, clydes, trying hard to make it easier on its thousands of employees. Reporter from georgetown to downtown to the suburbs, the Clydes Restaurant Group runs 14 restaurants with about 2,400 employees. Most of which are hourly employees working shifts, you know, from early in the morning until late at night. Reporter cfo jeff owens says metro trains and buses are critical. He says theres an urgent need for employers to help their workers commute during the metro safe track. So many of our employees rely on the metro. Reporter with repairs underway, clydes is trying to manage commutes, shifting schedules, consolidating hours, and even handing out an app to follow. Its called d. C. Metro hero. You can bring up realtime information about where trains are. Reporter clydes and many restaurants stay open pa now with no latenight rail service to match b
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