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october 13th, 2009, january roberta got a call from the family friend, two members of the national park police were at the front door. >> that's when my heart stopped beating. >> her daughter had been a passenger on the suv on the george washington parkway in northern virginia, the suv went off the road at high speeds and crashed into a bridge abutment. the vehicle split in hatch feel ha. ashley roberta died at the scene. >> i was screaming on the floor, when they told me what happened. >> reporter: the driver, maria espinosa of howard county walked away from the crash. but police de...

country and local companies sharing the rest, most say the tax is way too targeted. >> how would you feel if one industry is being asked to bear an excessive taxation an excessive burden, and i really think this is highly discriminatory. >> a common complaint council members heard all day as they tried to spread the cost of running baltimore city. now most of today was just hearings, votes on the proposed nickels and dimes will come later. brian keebler, abc2 news. a proposed bottle tax met with huge resistance, in businesses, streets and restaurants in baltimore. now that it's fiz...

link and animal abuse and human violence, that this is a public safety issue. >> reporter: griffen says the beaten puppy didn't have its adult teeth and weighed under 6 pounds, making it impossible to defend itself. in southwest baltimore. abc2 news. >> griffen says many pit bulls are bred to be aggressive animals, and those that remain passive tend to become the targets of such abuse. a dog attacked by a man with a machete in northwest baltimore is back with his family; but we want to warn you the picture is tough to take a look at. police say it happened last tuesday. the man wal...

>> a very outgoing guy. he would do anything in the world for anybody. very scary, because you know, we live off the main road which, you would think nothing like this would happen. all of a sudden, there it is. >> reporter: now, again, state police are still in the scene. the names of both men are withheld pending notification of next of kin. police say the woman wasn't injured in the shooting but was taken to carroll hospital center for observation. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. the woman accused of killing her infant son whose body was found buried in druid hill park will remai...

swoope. homes and basements have been flooded thanks to all the water. as abc2 news joce sterman explains that's made wringing out some real big business. >> reporter: it's the soggy reality many are realizing. when the ground is already this wet. >> we're having technical difficulties. we'll get back to that shortly. floodwaters receding across western maryland but roughly a dozen roads remain closed and washington and frederick counties, all c & o camp grounds and boat ramps are closed. when will we start drying out? wyatt eberhart has a look at the forecast. >> we've been watchi...