During a desperate get away. A shoplifting situation turned into this. Plus, would you drive through these flames to get to work . New footage from the fire burning from a california freeway. First at home, a cooldown is coming. If you think today is cold, you really need to bundle up this weekend. I see temperatures in the 29 up there. These are current temperatures and the sun is not up. Good point chuck. But we are. So whatever. You still have to walk outside in it. Unless we work from home. Take turns. Well take turns. Meanwhile, weve got breaking news on the commute. We have breaking news on the roads this morning. This is in chill em. We know this is an investigation and lanes are blocked. Between road. University boulevard. Live pictures from the scene here this morning. Another investigation down south in la plata. Between bell alton, and cooksey road. Youre able to get around with police on the scene. Around that one. Another situation, westbound 50. The crash there with all l
Towed away a suburban a few moments ago. Behind us, it appears to have skbroos crashed into the power pole behind us. Two cherry pickers trying to repair the pole. They have to stabilize it and remove. It does not appear any power is jeopardized to the area here. You can see why traffic is closed in the area of eastwest highway between riggs and also New Hampshire and why both lanes are congested at this time with this crash response. That is the latest live. Justin finch. Back to you, melissa. Good to see whats happening there from the ground. Eastbound 70, 85 e street. Two right lanes blocked by a crash. Inbound east capitol, near rfk, truck blocking the center of the road as well. This is what chopper was over a short time ago in the sunoco gas station parking lot and the outside area there. Northbound road. No major problems. As far as your travel times, 66 inboubd is fine. 95 north is also looking good. Top of the beltway rolling along. Listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in you
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Not yet. Of course, thats going to change as the morning wears on. If they dont clear this accident soon. Were trying to get some information about the timeline here. But for the moment, all lanes of 95 south are closed. Theyre going to be detoured in dumfries. As for the northbound lanes, theyre moving at speeds. The express lanes are open as well. That doesnt seem to be affected. Well have to wait and see whether we get any rubber necking delays on that side or not. Well keep an eye on it. Melissa, back to you. Thanks, megan. Well be checking with megan throughout the morning. Heres the other closure. Southbound bw parkway being pushed off. This is another crash investigation with all lanes shut down. Northbound is open and unaffected this morning. Taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you dont have any worries there. Everything is looking quite good. Same situation if youre headed northbound this morning on 270. No big problem there either. Beltway, inner loop and outer loo