Pedestrian are at the hospital after the officers cruiser hit the man in the crosswalk. It happened along connecticut avenue at l street. Stephen tschida is there live with an update. Still an active crash scene investigation going on at the intersection. You can see behind me. I spoke with lieutenant ron wilkins nine minutes ago and he gave me the latest information. The pedestrian struck described as an elderly man who is in serious condition. The officer taken to medstar with nonlife threatening injuries. A witness cell phone caught confusion, fear, shock in moments a Police Vehicle struck a man in the crosswalk. He was going 90. Excel rating. Witness say the Police Cruiser was moving extremely fast the investigators still are not confirming the officer was responding to a call or whether the siren and the lights were on. It looked like the police were trying to avoid hitting him. That is why they ran up on side. Where he did get struck. Stephen inside nearby shots workers heard the sound of the collision and they raced outside. They found the man on the pavement. He hit the guy. The guy fell on the back of his head. Throughout the afternoon the main artery through the heart of d. C. Remain closed and those who witnessed the collision wondered about the pan who had been hit. He said he believes the passenger was struck by the side of the vehicle and did not inflict as serious of an injury as could have resulted from this. Connecticut avenue is still closed down southbound. Good stretch of l street closed down. We understand a crane should be here within an hour. Or in at least an hour. Then get the vehicle out of here. Leon what a scene. Thank you. A startling statistic out of virginia tonight. More people in the commonwealth are dying after overdosing on heroin than in car accidents. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in the newsroom tonight with a closer look at the numbers. What a wake ul call. Jeff this wakeup call. Jeff this is a trend we have seen. Decrease in fatalities on virginia highways, a positive trend. But what is troubling is the increase from the death of Drug Overdose fueled in large part by a heroin and Prescription Drug problem only getting worse. There is simply no other way to put it. Heroin use in virginia has become an epidemic. 25 years. I have never seen something this dramatic. Jeff jane is a clinical director at phoenix house, drug Treatment Facility in arlington and she is not surprised that fatal Drug Overdoses in virginia exceed deaths from highway crashes. According to the office of the attorney general in 2014, 728 people died because of overdoses compared with 700 died on the virginia highways. It does not seem to be getting better. It seems to be getting worse. That is the terrifying part. According to the experts the surges in the opioid Prescription Drug use started in 20082009. It drove users to heroin that is strong or mixed with other deadly drugs. I was getting more depressed and more anxious than i was before. That is how cat felt as the heroin addiction took hold of her life two years ago. A 19yearold from springfield is 35 days clean and intends to stay clean. Its not going to help anything. You think it helps at the time. But its so much worse. Virginia attorney general made this a priority focusing on the tougher penalties on drug dealers and greater outreach for those struggling with addiction but the problem still persists. Coming up at 6 00, well hear more on why she continued to use heroin and what life is like now that she is clean. Until then live in the newsroom, abc7 Jeff Goldberg, a7 news. Alison thank you. Tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in virginia. This year general election is november 3. Several local seats are up for grabs. You can register online or in person until 5 00 tomorrow. Next year is the big one when we go to the polls to elect a new president. Tomorrow the Democratic Candidates will meet for the first debate. Hillary clinton, bernie sanders, lincoln chaffey, marty omalley. They have another podium in case joe biden chooses to join the race at the 11th hour. We have a live report on the debate beginning tomorrow at abc7 news at 4 00. All right. Well, the threeday weekend was a thing of beauty when it cames to the weather. Leon have you had a better weekend than last week . No. It was perfect. It continues today. We could be in for changes tomorrow morning. Leon lets get the latest on that. Brianne carter in the Weather Center tonight. I brian van de graaff is in the Weather Center. I hope you dont have bad news. Brian we started off with fog and cold numbers. Live in the belfort furniture Weather Center on a glorious afternoon. We got down to 39 this morning. Look at the color at sky valley live. We are seeing beautiful color out there. When you wake up, the clouds are increasing. By tomorrow you could see showers, too. You want the umbrella handy. I will have the latest future cast. Leon thanks. Iranian state run television is reporting that a secret court convicted Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian of espionage. The terms of the sentence has not been released but they are calling it an outrageous injustice. He is finding out there is a conviction on tv. But he still doesnt know what he has. Leon they are denying he works as a spy there. Alison new information tonight on the car that ran into an Apartment Building in Capitol Heights a week avenue yag. Tonight the police say the driver was murdered. Diane cho explains. Police are reporting that she was suffering from a gunshot wound when she came barreling in the Apartment Building a week ago. Witness said she hit the fence first and was in the parking lot before the gunshot rang out before the car ended up inside an apartment forcing a dozen people out of their homes in the 1900 block of rochelle avenue. The fact that she was shot. Diane this woman didnt want to be identified and said she ran to the scene to help her but they werent able to get to her. She was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. They treated this as a Death Investigation but now the medical examiner says she was murdered. The details on what unfolded in the moments before she died are unclear as they try to piece together what happened. If you have information you are asked to call the police department. Diane cho, abc7 news. Leon coming up on abc7 news at 5 00 decision day. Find out what the prosecutors in similar zimbabwe plan to do. Alison what seems like a simple child toy was anything but child play. The story behind the bear still ahead. Leon and this is insane. Tractortrailer decimated by water spout. The controversy flag that has everybody talking. Erin there was the slide. And chase utley decided to appeal and have the issue resolved before game three tonight in new york. But the utley representative and the Player Association asked for time to prepare the case which makes him eligible to play until a hearing takes place. He could play. But it could get ugly. Leon he never tries to touch the bag. He never went for the bag. He went for the leg. You are right. He said if his leg wasnt broken we wouldnt talk about it. But wed say hey, you should have broken his leg. But you could say that out it was out there trying to help the team win by trying to break up that double play. He could have been injured as well. A jerk move by a met when it should have been a nat on that. Erin got it. Alison whoo. Look at this. The truck, this is amazing. Overtaken as the water spout approached the skyway bridge. The postal leader was driving it at the time and he only suffered bumps and bruises. I started to feel a gust of wind. I thought oh, no. Is this what i think it is . I have never been to hell. But i thought it was hell. The first thing he did when he got home is hug his son. It damaged a small boat and several signs. Talk about a lucky man. Leon is that the luckiest or the unluckiest man in the world. Water spout. Brianne it was nice at the beach at the wedding. I will say that. Congrats to our buddy al. Outside this morning we had fog in some spots. Show you the weather bug camera from this morning in great falls. Nothing but blue skies since then. We are seeing transition already. Lets talk about the numbers out there on monday afternoon. We are looking at 73 degrees in winchester. Cooler spot we saw earlier this morning. Some places in the 40s early on. Culpeper at 74. Keep in mind the average temperature is 70 degrees. The numbers are pleasant for october afternoon for sure. This is chris call clear here and we have good sunshine. Although the sunshine we have out there is dwindling. The sun is setting earlier and earlier. We have a cold front from the upper midwest. As it swings through, it will change. The sunshine now will change by tomorrow morning. I dont see a sun of moisture with this. There could be added clouds. Its good thing. It will be milder tonight. There could be showers behind it. So by tomorrow afternoons commute there could be showers or two. We will notice cooler air that will start to spill in behind it. So by the time we get to wednesday and another push thursday and friday, we are looking at the cooler weather for later in the week. By the weekend we definitely have an autumn feel. Not as bitter as this morning. As far as the timing and the future cast, locally we see sprinklals. Have the umbrella handy and prepare for extra minutes in the commute. Through the day, clouds here and there. Isolated sprinkle by the afternoon. A few more shower chances could pop up. Some people will stay dry. Look at the forecast overnight. Partly cloudy. Not as cold as it was early this morning. Its a nice change there. The winds are out of the southwest at five. So combination of that and the cloud cover will make things feel better. A system on friday could bring rain is slight. Leon did you get alex the shoe as the wedding gift . Alison youre going for a run later. Leon they tuned this hour. Alison exciting. Alison find out what could be next after the latex spill in potomac. A new way to pay. How feeding the meter will be different in the district. These children and young adults got a chance to skate with the nhl best hockey players. Im suzanne kennedy. Coming upping on abc7 news at 5 00 ill tell you who it was and why they got to skate with him. Alison but first a look at what is coming up tonight at abc. Look at brians shoes. Leon also coming up. Leon a panel of doctors will be coming to the studio tomorrow. We will have a phone bank tomorrow at 6 30. Call until 8 30 a. M. Tomorrow. Alison capitals took to the ice today to find out why. Alex liggitt is taking alex over ove is taking time to help others. Ovechkin spent time on the ice with developmentally disabled children and adults from the washington area. I help them. They help me. Ovechkins relationship with the special Hockey Association started last year with a skating session. This is the second one he has held. For us having fun and skate with him. He is a nice, generous man. 11yearold ann shaw became friends at last years event. She could hardly wait to see him again. A Therapy School for the kids and the adults. This event will give them extra shot of confidence. They are able to see people. For them, its big. How about that . Isnt that wonderful. Athlete of the year. Warms your heart. It doesnt cost him time. All right. Still to come on abc7 news at 5 00 taking a leap. How a 92yearold is showing you are only as old as you feel. This is linked to an extraordinary story of surviving the hol holocaust. Thats ahead. A beautiful afternoon on the Eastern Shore turns deadly. Im brad bell. Coming up, how a teenager may discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own mmm foot wow food for giants oooo no wonder no one has eaten this sandwich kids discover the world with their mouths detergent is harmful if swallowed, so keep laundry pacs up and away from children brought to you by tide announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Alison a man takes three teenagers hunting and tonight police are trying to figure out which of those customers accidentally killed that guide. This was out on the Eastern Shore. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is in queen anne county with the details. Such a sad story, brad. Brad this should have been a perfect day. Setting much like this. Weather exactly like this. Police are investigating trying to figure out what happened. A 750yearold hunting guide is dead and it is believed that a 14yearold boy pulled the trigger. The saturday afternoon, a man and three teens led by a 75yearold local hunting guide legend. Moving across the field. They should have been following safety practice. Each hunter knows where they can swing the gun and the direction they should fire. Police lieutenant says something went wrong. The hunting guy. Attempting to flush a bird. The hunting guide was shot. Marvin was killed on the spot. Two of the teens including a 14yearold fired. Police arent sure who hit him. His employers at traders sout door said everybody at the shooting and the hunting business which is open today is devastated. Their trayiers are with the family prayers are with the family and the teenagers and his family. He is a charter fishing captain and a hunting guide. Accidents sadly can happen. You will be in front of the people sometimes. Sometimes it lines up that arent supposed to. The police will do a reconstruction of revents and they will be interviewing the witnesses. They are waiting to determine what happened in the field but they believe that this was an accident. Queen anne county on the Eastern Shore, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you. New information now, zimbabwe say that palmer can return as a tourist because they say he did not break hunting laws. They said he had all the papers necessary for proper hunt. Alison checking the other top stories. How did this happen . Alison the family of lubin phipps is demanding a criminal investigation in the disappearance and death. He disappeared last month in a picnic with the residents of the whit moore house assisted living facility. He suffered from dementia. Leon a d. C. Police officer and a pedestrian are in the hospital after the officer hit the pedestrian. Witnesses say that the officer was driving fast but its unclear if he was responding to the call or the lights and the sirens were on at the sime. Alison for the first time, Overdose Deaths from heroin and the other opioids are outpacing traffic facilities. There were 728 Overdose Deaths in the state last year compared to 700 fatal traffic accidents. The opennoid related deaths are up 60 statewide in five years. Leon new tonight, inspector with the department of the environment is recommending investigation after paper mill spill. They were responsible for the latex leaking in the Potomac River last month and it concluded they violated environmental regulations and could be fined 10,000. Members of Virginia Task force one are back home after arriving in chantilly an hour ago. The elite search and rescue team spent a week in South Carolina after the historic flooding that hit the state. Alison 7 on your side with a consumer alert as the gas prices are inching up for the first time in months. But for the First Time Since 2009 the drivers in every state pay less than 3 a gallon for regular unleaded. You can find the best gas prices in your area at our website wjla. Com. This will let you pay to park rather than going to the kiosks and then back to your parking. They start it next week between e and h and third and 11. Leon professional Networking Network linkedin offering unlimited Vacation Days for the employees. The policy goes in effect next month. Instead of a set number Vacation Days the managers work with the employees to plan their time off. That is in addition to 17 paid holidays. Linkedin wants to focus on performance not the number of the hours worked. Alison all right. 92yearold man in florida making headlines after becoming one of the oldest people to skydive. Jack stephen completed his jump saturday morning. Sky dive city in sever hills. On the ground a crowd of people gathered to watch including the buddies from the american legion. Post 186. The world war ii veteran said he was just looking for adventure. Never done it before. Lets try it. Try it more often. Alison doesnt he look great . Leon i would have never guess he was 92. Alison he loks forward to jumping again, maybe when he is 95. He said it made him feel young. He is doing a good job at staying young. Leon way to go. Alison coming up here at abc7 news at 5 00 working out the kings. The latest as southwest tries to get back online from the weekend meltdown. The u. S. Marshals searching for the two men. He is accused of breaking into a womans apartment and accused of stabbing a victim in the eye. The wall of brian a quick peek at the weekend. Falllike weather. It has an autumn type of feel. 62 by sunday. I will be dry. By the weekend you will get a feel for a chill. Longer term to next week we will get a little rebound. Bottom line is we are getting into that autumnlike weather here in washington. More coming up after this. Alison breaking news now of herndon, virginia, after a man died after setting himself on fire at the sunoco gas station. The man bought 56 cents of gas. Set himself obfire. They tried to put it out with water. But he died. Jennifer im jennifer donelan. This is the 7 on your side wall of justice. First up, he has been on the wall for weeks but the police tell us conworth wanted for robbery is in custody. The fifth wall of justice fugitive the police put behind bars. Next we have seen the u. S. Marshal task force in action on the local streets. Tonight they are asking for your help in two cases. Ro bingeson is wanted in d. C. For breaking in womans home, beatk her up and stealing from her. They are searchin