It is have cold outside. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is with us on what you can expect. Hey, tom. Another cold winter morning like yesterday morning. Were below freezing around much of the region. Weve got a clear sky. The winter constellations are showing off this morning. Weve got jupiter rising in the eastern sky. Theres the washington monument. Very clear visibility. No fog this morning. A cold morning and a chilly afternoon but still looking warmer and wetter as the week goes ahead. Some rain likely moving in. But well have a dry day today. Look at our temperatures down into the low 20s throughout much of the Shenandoah Valley. And in the mountains teens and 20s. Prince georges county near 30. Its in the 20s in Montgomery County and near Fairfax County. Near chesapeake bay, were freezing near the waters. Today youll be happy if youre wearing a warm coat. Sunglasses, bright sun. Youll need gloves certainly for this morning as well stay at or below freezing. A look at the
A ba area football star is killed in a crash. Experts say he could havenr survived if it hadnt been for the guardrails he struck. The 24yearold Darrell Blackman died after an accident saturday moing in marin county. The guardrail has been blamed for deaths and injuries across the country. Here is a piece of t car i found at the scene. We dont know whether he was impaired. The chp is down loading data. But a guardrail make that sued the company says he should have survived tla crash. Friends tell the i team Darrell Blackman may have been coming home om work as a bouncer in bar when his car crashed 4 30 saturday morning. He exeled on the Berkeley High football team, played at campus state, and tried out for the 49ers in april afte an injury he hopes to try again next year. Through it, he volunteered coaching berkeley kids. Just amazing to me. Just a nice guy. After blackman died in the crash, crews didnt clean up welch i found pieces alo 101. A head light and aio hazard bag full of blood
A head light and a bio hazard bag full of bloody gloves they did take special care of the guardrail end piece i couldnt find it yesterday i did find a main beam, pulled the bumper out and verified it was blackmans through id number. After phone calls caltrans took me behind black tarps to show me the end terminal at e. P. Plus. That head is responsible for the death of that boy. There is no question. Here is the way its supposed to work the force of the car pushes the end terminal down and it flattens w into a smooth ribbon of steel. That slows the car. In this case, you can see the guardrail bulging out of the channel. How it folded right at the end terminal. They lock up. And it buckled over and buckled up and ripped off. The rail flipped onto the highway. The seabring continued past. After repeated insy lawsuits, 39 states banned the ep plus. Its frustrating to people like the family of blackman. I found stacks of new et plus heads in the caltrans yard, discovering caltrans installe
National news. Police say she is in good shape and talking. They tweeted this picture of her, all smiles, after getting word that she is safe. Lana has the latest. Reporter found alive. Tonight the fbi and Philadelphia Police department have great news. That carlesha freeland has been rescued. Reporter after being abducted just blocks from her home, the search for the 22yearold nurse carlesha freelandgaither is now over. Thank you for being there with us. Im taking my baby home. Thank you. Reporter the fbi released new video of this man, caught on a surveillance camera entering a philadelphia supermarket the same day carlesha was abducted. Of particular interest to investigators, his walk. Authorities hoped by releasing this video, someone would recognize him. On sunday, carlesha was forced into a car. That crime was caught by a nearby surveillance system. In just 30 seconds she was gone. Then eight hours later, more footage. This time from a maryland atm, a state where carlesha lived
Trouble at 9th and water street southwest. At 3 22 heavy smoke was reported at the upper level. At 3 32 the first call for an ambulance. And nearly an hour later, 4 25 the first person taken to the ho. That time line from d. C. Leaders seems to closely match a time line assembled by one of the passengers jonathan rogers. He says he took this photo a few minutes after smoke started pouring in. His iphone time stamped the photo at 3 20 p. M. Rogers said this photo is when evacuations began, time stamped 4 01. At 4 20 an hour after the first photo, rogers took a picture of what he says is the first firefighter he saw. Finally, about two minutes later, rogers is in the tunnel and walking to safe. Now just days after the incident and with the investigation still ongoing, the first lawsuits have been filed against metro. One of the passengers trapped inside the smoky train spoke about the tragedy, and his lawyers explaining why the lawsuit is being filed so quickly. News4s adam tuss has more