Walter reed and beth swesda andh in the intersection. There was no construction today so it opportunity appear to be a constructioncaused accident. Instead, it appears to be a wssc, Washington Suburban sanitasa Sanitation Commission line. Crews have been looking for the source of the break. I talked to a crew member a few minutes ago. Heres what he had to say. How long will this take to fix . Probably all night until in the morning rush hour. Reporter shutdown Rockville Pike the whole time . Well have a couple lanes open after we get it under control. Reporter now, we are back live and youre looking at the reason why the southbound lane is shut. That is the wssc, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crew, working on what they think is the source of the leak. You see the water cascading down behind the side of Rockville Pike here and as i already told you, they opened this fire hydrant trying to, its a 16inch pipe. Now, thats not the biggest weve ever had if you river on remember roa
And what type of repair its going to require. Kellye so the spokesperson says that fixing this could take four to six hours. However we did speak to one of the workers out here who said it could go into tomorrow morning. Reporting live in bethesda, kellye lynn, abc7 news. Alison what a mess out there. Leon im telling you. Alison all right. Well, a public outcry tonight over a video showing a metropolitan Police Officer forcefully handcuffing a teenager. Leon outing to the outrage here the teenager was never even charged with a crime. Stephen tschida has been searching for answers for us tonight. What have you learned . Stephen this is where the video was shot yesterday. This is where demonstrators halted traffic today. They say they are denouncing racism and police brutality. But a representative of the officer says this is an example of good police work. The video on twitter shows a young man on the ground as police cuff him, he screams repeatedly. The shrieks sparkled a protest today
Southbound 270 as you head all the way down through clarksburg, you are a little slow. Eun . Thank you, melissa. Another traffic problem right now. Only two lanes open in both directions of Rockville Pike where crews are fixing a water main break. This is in bethesda at the intersection of cedar lane. Take a look at that. In the last 15 minutes we learned that wssc removed the 74yearold pipe. Now they have to put a new one in. This has been an issue since about 2 30 yesterday afternoon. The old pipe cracked open flooding that intersection. About 250 customers without water are getting their water supply from Montgomery County fire this morning. At least one school in the area is impacted by this water main break. Water is shut off at stone rinl. As a result school will open on a twohour delay. That means school will start at 9 50 for the lower school and at 10 50 for the middle school and upper school. The pres. A. T. Scheduled for today will be postponed until wednesday, october 28th.
Im eun yang, news4 midday starts right now. Im Megan Fitzgerald in reston where fire broke out at about 6 40 this morning at this townhouse behind me on Purple Sage Court. In Fairfax County firefighters arrived on scene and say they saw flames shooting out of the first floor window that is boarded up. They had to rescue a couple that were upstairs. Were told who dogs and two cats lived inside, unfortunately they did not make it out alive. Investigators tell us this all happened at around 6 40 this morning. They say that this home video was shot by a neighbor, his name is james moran. He said he woke up to sirens, came outside and saw several fire engines on scene battling the blaze. Fairfax county fire official says it took about 40 firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish the flames. Moran says he didnt realize anyone was inside until he saw crews walking up the ladder to the second floor of the home. Down the ladder, got him on a stretcher, they put him in an ambulance, took him ove
Place in sutland. Investigators dont think this is a random crime. News 4s Meghan Fitzgerald is headed to the scene. Well have the updates for you. Bw parkway, Melissa Mollet has the delays. This will be a nasty one. Northbound on bw parkway shut down. If you have to get off of the 32 ext there you can get off at nsa. If youre headed to the airport, definitely want to take 95 north bound instead. Slow going there this morning. Probably not out of the way because of the serious crash because of the next couple of hours. In bethesda, northbound lanes and southbound lanes closed at cedar lane road and pooks hill road. 66 no major problems. Triangle is a pretty short stretch but you have to stay less. Its going 8 miles per hour. Guys . Thanks, melissa. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. The water main break is impacting one school this morning. Stone ridge school is on a twohour delay today. Wssc crews worked overnight to fix the 74yearold pipe that burst yesterday a