Whats going on. Looks nice and clear and vacuum looks light. Dont have to worry about that any more. 270 southbound, we had a crash. Theyre going 23 miles an hour as youre approaching buckys town pike there. So folks probably normal vacuum and then theyre looking to the left at this accident. Route 1 at groveton street still have the road closed because of wires down. Melissa, thank you. 6 01. Were staying on on the of breaking news. West virginia in the northeast is shut down for a police investigation. Lets get to news4 with more on how the sunrise might affect this investigation. Derrick. Reporter well, we expect as more of the morning commuting traffic starts to come through this area, it will become an issue for commuters. Its certainly now an issue for investigators here on West Virginia avenue in the northeast. Were in the fifth district. Take a look at the scene here. The scene is focused around that car there with the drivers door open. This happened sometime around 3 00 a. M.
Alexandria section of Fairfax County where police are searching for a hit and run driver who mowed down an elderly man last night it happened in this area of franconia road near brooklyn avenue. Not far from edison high school. It happened just before 11 00 p. M. We are about two lights down from the big intersection of franconia and south van dorn. The 69yearold was crossing and stopped in the unprotected median to wait for passing traffic. Thats when he was hit. The driver left the scene. The injured man died. I think this intersection really theres a lot of things to be improved on as far as, you know, the police over here directing traffic to just people aggressive drivers. Now, Fairfax County police dont have much to go on. All they know is that the striking vehicle may have been a white van, possibly white. Not even exactly sure on the color, or some sort of box truck. If you know anything, give Fairfax County crime solvers a call. Residents have told me in this area, its grown,
John this afternoon fairfax water crews are digging away in the heart of falls church. Take a look at the huge hole in the road. This is where a sixinch pipe ruptured at 2 00 this afternoon this morning and it left the entire area underwater for some time area crews are now working to make those repairs in the meantime. Sometime. Crews are now working on making those repairs in the meantime. On the other side, businesses out of commission, they will be losing a lot of money today. We spoke to some of these folks. It is not coming in in the time that we planned it. If we dont have water, we cannot do it because doing the dishes and the mops. We try to get out here to make the repairs quickly so that everyone can get back to business. John the cause of the break is unknown, but temperatures have been fluctuating. As it gets colder we will see more and more of this. The start of a busy water main break season. In the meantime in falls church you definitely want to avoid this area and lawl
Thank you very much. So, we learned that six people were injured. Five students rushed to hospitals in the area. Three of them went to Inova Fairfax. Horace holmes is there with an update on how the students are doing this afternoon. Horace . Horace i just got off the phone seconds ago with the hospital officials here at i nova. All three of the students who were rushed here to the emergency room this afternoon have been treated. They have been released. They are now back with their families and fine at this moment. They were all rushed here to the hospital after the accident occurred, treated for mow of the afternoon. All of them have been released and back with their families. Horace holmes, fairfax. Jonathan that is good news. Thank you. Three students accounted for. Inova is reporting a student was taken to Childrens Hospital and the other to the burn unit at medstar hospital in d. C. We have updates on the conditions as soon as we debt them get them. Alison stay with us throughout
Entry. The police told me he was dead. That is it. I dont know. Stephen coopers death determined a homicide. Robinson, suicide. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Maureen thank you. Scary scene in the lunch hour at a wendys restaurant in chantilly. A driver slammed a car in the front of a restaurant injuring three customers. Now police are trying to figure out just what happened. Diane cho is live at the scene tonight. Diane crews are still out here trying to clean up the mess. They have been able to make a pile out of some of the rubble here, the debris and the bricks that were caused from the impact of the crash. I want to show you the tables and the chairs here behind this window. How blows they are behind the window and how close they were on the other side. They injured people standing or sits at the time that happened before 1 00 today. There were 30 people inside when a driver crashed in a restaurant. They are trying to figure out how it happened. A building is trying t