Investigation, Police Rushed over in the circle for a stabbing report. Police believe it started as a fight between two men that got so heated one pulled out a knife. Both ended up hurt but are expected to survive. The man with the knife will likely face an assault charge. A discussion between two drivers ramped up in alexandria today. Take a look at the damage road rage did to the Travelers Hotel on richmond highway outside the belt way. The driver of this mangled Toyota Corolla apparently started the whole thing. The road rage victim said elmer king got angry when he wouldnt let him cut in. It ended when king hit the victim and another car and jumped the curb into the Hotel Parking lot. No one in the cars or inside the hotel was seriously hurt. The hotel suffered damage to its structure. In Prince Georges County loved ones and police are desperately searching for a woman who somehow mysteriously disappeared from the bw parkway. Scott broom reports that the family fears time is runnin
Larry bowers has been named interim superintendent. The school board still isnt saying why star is leaving but star said the board wanted to go in a completely different direction. Meanwhile there is encouraging news for the future of thousands of young men and women in a neighboring county. Prince georges county is reporting the highest Graduation Rate for students. More than 76 last year. Thats more than a 2 increase over the previous year. And the dropout rate fell by nearly two points. Prince georges county found out whats driving the success. Reporter looking back renee smith knows how she lost her way in school. Her grade point average dropped after a disconnect with her teacher. Now a senior with a 3. 5 average shes planning for college. I feel like i could do better. Reporter renee is one of many students here at central high benefitting from improved faculty training. Stronger student accountability resulting in an 8 increase of graduates. The highest of any school in the coun
Next weather and traffic on the 1s, a meal gentleman a meal wramelia segal will join us live. Crews are starting to wrap up repairs on a broken water main break. D. C. Water has been out all night fixing the broken main. It shut down several the water main broke at connecticut and a streets. Some roads are still shut down. We want to go to Megan Mcgrath with how this could affect your commute. Reporter well, r is still shut down at connecticut avenue. But i dont think that that will be the case much longer. If you take a look behind me you can see that theyre putting the final touches on the repair work here. They put down a steel plate over the hole on r street. And theyre just salting the area getting rid of some of the ice that formed overnight when the water main broke. They have also patched up the hole that is in the sidewalk and were told that they have restored water and completely fixed this pipe. So while they do there work, r will remain closed but they have been making a lo
Fast. There was no way that anyone could get out of this house alive. The tree was 15 feet high and it was very, very dry. Were told a lot of needles were found underneath as well as in the area that collects needles underneath the tree. It provided a big fuel load for this fire to spread. Were told that don piles body was actually found in the great greatroom area. It was normal for him to sleep on the first floor. His wife sandy and the grandchildren were on the second floor of the home. It appears they all did die from smoke inhalation. Again, were continuing to gather new information. A press conference is scheduled any moment now including the anne arundel fire chief and executive. Police credit witnesses who whipped out their cell phones for helping them track down a woman wanted in a parking lot hitandrun. Alexandra menendez is charged with many charges. Heres Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter david culver on columbia pike. Reporter mk auto is back open today but without its own
Not have a sprinkler system. Asked if the sprinkler would have made a difference, a county fire marshal said without a doubt. Officials tell news4 that done pyle was found in the great room, his wife sandy and the grandkids on the second floor in the bedrooms. Can you say whether there was any evidence that mr. Pyle tried to put the fire out . And if there was any evidence to show that some of the victims tried to get out . I think that would be circumstantial at this point. If in respect of the family, we wont go into details. Reporter there were a number of questions that went unanswered today because they said they wanted to be sensitive to the family. That includes exactly where some of these bodies were found. Now, the atf plans to conduct this testing again to recreate what happened using Christmas Trees at their facility in beltsville in Prince Georges County in the next few weeks. In anne arundel county, darcy spencer. Just last month, the university of maryland demonstrated ju