I thought the car was going to go deep down. Reporter the sinkhole caused by the water main break is right off the familys front door and steps from the neighbors, some nervous. Im not going to touch my car today. Im not going to move it because i dont want to move it and same thing happen to him happen to me. Reporter wssc says it wont get bigger. Its not a sinkhole where we see cars or houses swallowed into the earth. We know why this happened. Its localized, contained. Theres no danger of it spreading. Reporter the family that escaped their car, lost their vehicle, and their home is flooded. They trudged through the wet street carrying what they could of their belongings. A little boy with quite the story. My dad didnt know the hole was right there, and and then he he said to get out of the car. Reporter wssc is putting up mainer and his family in a hotel tonight. Looich in bladensburg, Kristin Wright news4. Thanks kristin. The winter storm that brushed our area is still causing som
I told my mother that i loved being her son and i told my kid i love being their dad. Reporter 53yearold rich telling a packed ce roo reporters the Text Messages he was sending as the railcar he was riding on fill to the top with smoke. Ill tell you, i just didnt see any way that we were going to get out of there because the smoke was encapsulating and all you could see out the window was darkness. Reporte tomorrow morning d. C. Law firm cohen cohen says it will file a suit sloil against metro claiming negligent maintenance, negligent inspecti and a negligent respono an emergency situation. Attorney kim brooks rodney former assistant general counsel for metro, is hand thlg case. Why is it being file sodd so soon without all the facts on the table . Filing it so soon because frankly we need to know what the heck happened in that subway tunne reporter the ntsb still investigating, a preliminary report expected in the coming days. At this point everything points to a massive electrical si
Childs point road. Fire Officials Say six people are unaccounted for. Theres already teddy bears and flowers outside the gated home. Caroline has been inside the home before. Utter shock because it was a smart house. So i dont know how it got to the point that somebody would not survive a fire. Reporter its owned by don pile and his wife. He is an i. T. Executive and philanthropist. Theyre known as Good Neighbors who enjoy spending time with their grandchildren. Just really thoughtful, you know if you were sick youd find theyd send a truck with flowers in it or candy or Something Like that. Reporter these people have lived in the neighborhood for years. They were awakened in the middle of the night and saw the flames. They were nearly in tears as they spoke about the fire. I mean, property can be replaced im sure theyre insured, but people cannot be replaced. So a lot of heartbreak and it makes you wonder how quick things can change our lives. Reporter now, the atf has activated its Na
Derrick wa joins us live from Lenphant Plaza metro with the latest. Rep as you said indeed, we eo hear from the National Transp very soon about details, at le a preliminary report into what happened o an incident in the extreme, but not completely rare. Smoke in the tunnel happens every day. Metro says its almost a daily occurrence tra the rails resultin smoke. But with mondays incident where one woman died there is now a height and response like the one at the boston metro station this morning. A similar report at ft. Totten and another reported at twinbrook earlier in the afternoon. Injuries minor delays that was the extent of it. Riders are taking it in stride. I feel pretty secure on the metro. Maybe on the yellow line we get stopped the tunnel coming in but ive never felt unsafe. Reporte as the time line emerges, d promising her own inquiry focusing on response by police and fire. Weve captured all of the 911 calls during that period of time. Thi as the ntsb takes the lead in a th
The early rush hour should be fine. The afternoon rush may be okay too. Well continue to wacht. Ill have the latest on School Delays or cancellations at 15. Thank you, doug. The snow could make for dangerous driving in maryland tomorrow. Heres interstate 270 in Montgomery County. Crews are already pretreating the roads to help keep your car from slipping. If you have to drive tomorrow take it slowly and stay alert. In less than three hours president obama travels to capitol hill to address congress and the nation. He has laid out the foundations of his speech for the better part of this week, so local debating how those proposals could be impacting us. Chris lawrence has more. Reporter this is really ground zero when you look at the fact that the top 5 of households in our area make upwards of half a million dollar, the bottom 20 around 10,000. Thats like a 501 gap. Income inequality means a lot to the people who live in our area. Thats why the president wants to give a 500 credit to a