Doug kammerer. As we turn towards a colder pattern, the chances for snow are going up into next week. What i am watching is a storm system to your south. If youre leaving out of washington, run into some of this rain, you can see it down to our south along i95 right to raleigh back to roanoke and towards atlanta, some rain in those areas and because of that, temperatures start to fall and 46 right now in downtown. We could have issues and then looking cold for christmas. You mentioned snow chances. I have those for you, too, see you back here in 20 minutes. You got now its time to have the nbc washington app on your phone. You can see the forecast at any time, anywhere. Were staying on top of breaking news. Members of a virginia family killed in mexico. They were riding in a bus that flipped on tuesday morning. The skies were clear when the crash happened. News4s Jackie Bensen is in the lorton neighborhood with more. Jackie . Reporter you know, so many of us in this area dont know our
Effects. Well have Team Coverage of the holiday rush all morning. More details emerge after a bus overturned on tuesday killing 12 people. We now know that a group of family members from lorton, virginia, are among the dozen that lost their lives there. Anna behar and her son died. Daniels grandmother was also killed. Moises behar was killed. Friends are now mourning the loss of daniel. He was always the life of the party. Very energetic and happy. He always has a joke and makes everyone laugh. Just like energetic and loved the world. The family was on its way to see the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over. A preliminary finding shows excessive speed and the drivers neig that driver is now facing vehicular manslaughter charges. Police have reopened some of the lanes on the interstate highway in Washington State where a train derailed and sent railcars tumbling down to the road. Last night, work crews cleared the southbound side of i5. The right lanes remain closed as they clean up th
35 in annapolis. 28 in martinsburg. Cold start this morning. But there will be plenty of sunshine start to finish today on the shortest day of the year. Sun is up at 7 23. Down at 4 50 today. Afternoon temperatures into the low and mid 40s. What about the bik weekend leading into christmas . That part of the forecast in a few more minutes. Chuck, thank you. A car has plowed into pedestrians in melbourne, australia. Were getting the latest from the live desk with molette green. What are you hearing . Weve been listening to a News Conference with Victoria State Police this morning. Heres what we know from police so far. At least 14 people hurt. It happened at 4 00 in the afternoon local time. They have two men in custody. The driver of the car is a 32yearold australian resident originally from afghanistan. Hes known to police and has a history of drug use now that second man who was arrested is a 24yearold seen videotaping the crash. He had a back full of knives on him when he was arrest
Im eun yang. Im chris lawrence. Aaron has the morning off and well check in with your weather, see what its going to be like heading into christmas weekend. Before we go to your forecast, we have breaking news on the roads. We go to jack taylor in for melissa mollet. Jack, what are you seeing . The tough part its in centreville, 28 at 66. As you see on the picture, take a look at this. Southbound travel, where everything is lit up. The only thing moving is the ramp from 66 west to go 28 north. The truck, the tractortrailer and the car were all involved in the crash. Now were hearing hazmat has been requested because of a possible fuel spill. There is no access from northbound 28 staying on 28 past 66. You must exit on to 66 east. The ramp to northbound 28 remains closed. 66 west is, again, the only traffic moving on to northbound 28. Selfdivert early if you can. Make alternate plans if youre trying to get to Dulles International airport. In. Heres what we have going on, on the roads. W
Slow for about four miles this morning. Beltway at kenilworth avenue, a little bit of volume. No problem there. In laurel, brock ridge road between Whiskey Bottom and 198, still the overturned vehicle. A look at 95 northbound here through dale city, the slowest spot at 29 miles an hour. Back in ten minutes with travel times. Right now, your commute is about to get easier. Heres a live look from inner loop of the beltway at virginia in Northern Virginia. In less than an hour the crews will open the shoulder from the express lanes to the g. W. Parkway parkway. News4s Megan Mcgrath will show you whats happening. Some relief, megan. Reporter well, this is the choke point, the merge area where the northbound express lanes end and that traffic has to go over into the regular lanes. Well start driving it now to see the merge point here up ahead. You can see all the traffic that we have here. Those are the folks in the regular lanes. Were in the express lane. Well have to go move over and that