northwest closed down the thoroughfare between fox hall and arizona avenue and as our surae chinn tells us, the crash could have been weather related. reporter: tragedy this morning, two lives lost and it could have been caused by an icy patch in the roadways. the car coming the other direction hit a patch of ice and came into their lane. and hit them head-on. reporter: jim crow said his son and a friend were going to work in a pickup truck heading south when two people in a jaguar came into the opposite direction, slid out of control and the truck broadsided the jack war. the two people in the jaguar, the two people in the car died. so the dad don t freak out. my son drives a pickup truck. f-150 ford pickup and thank god he s okay. reporter: the crash happened on canal road near fletchers boat house before 5:00 this morning. it forced canal road to be shut down at fox hall road and arizona avenue causing a tremendous backup at chain bridge and the surrounding are