announcer: from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. kimberly: that breaking news is from prince george's town where firefighters are reporting for deaths. let's go live to the scene for more on what happened here. i will update those numbers in just a second. look behind me here -- this has been described by everyone here, witnesses and fire officials as a horrific scene. on the scene in prince george's county and a mutual aid assist from prince george's county. four for tallies, three adults and a child. as many as 12 people injured. three of those were so critically injured they were flown to area trauma centers.

just before 5:00 is when this happened. witnesses say they heard a loud boom, came outside and saw flames shooting into the air at least 20 feet high or so. the account witnesses have given to fire department officials is that down by the metro bridge, there was a pickup truck that struck one vehicle. that pickup trucks tire caught on fire. and inck kept going about 200 feet, it struck a 15 passenger van. that is where most of the injuries and damage occurred. a fiery crash involving at least four people dead and 12 people injured and multiple units on the scene. we are as close as we are allowed to be right now. in theber of fatalities

from where the last strike happened in this three-car collision. those fatalities and injuries and just a horrific scene here that they are beginning to just about to get to the bottom of all that is happening. as we get more details, we will bring it back to you. we will continue to follow that breaking news throughout the newscast. you can sign up for breaking news by going to wjla.com and simply eing your phone number. shaking, plaster falling and an huge cracks and condemnation. that's what a woman experienced at her building and land him. forcingfe conditions residents out of two big holdings. we have more now on the

investigation into what caused all of this. it sounds like an earthquake. are they suspecting that at all? it is unknown at this time. they say they did feel some shaking and i want to walk over here a little closer to the building so you can see what we are talking about. there's a crack in the window and the wall at some parts, large enough to actually slide your fingers through. it goes all the way up to the top. this woman, who did not want to be identified, shared the photos she took before the fire department team the building unsafe. in thean who lives apartment complex says she called the fire department last night after she felt the building shaking. >> the icing on the take -- icing on the cake was when the building shook and the plaster

started falling off. reporter: the entrance was boarded up after taking a look and noting obvious and significant structural damage. the general manager for the company posted letters this weekend saying that they have been asked not to allow access to the building until they can have an engineer investigate the cracks. they resident we spoke to said she first noticed a few months after she moved in but didn't think much of it until last week when someone else raised concerns. she said after she felt the outding shake, she called of caution not thinking she would be forced out of her home. >> they said this is more dangerous than i had even thought. the general manager says they are working to make sure all the resident effective have temporary housing. a building inspector will be out

to take a oser look at the damage. --berly: simply unstoppable that is what the redskins learned today while taking on the undefeated patriots. the redskins could not pull out a win -- not even close. we have more now from the game. the redskins did not really help themselves out. no, and they are extremely frustrated. they fell behind and could not get out and the patriots did what they do best. edelmany finds julian down the goal line for an eight yard touchdown and washington could not get anything going. brady hitting the stride and the final nail in the coffin as the redskins lose 27-10.

they are three and five out of the season and they are going to just try to forget about this one. they will get ready for the saints. >> what we did today wasn't good enough. the miscues, the coaching was not good enough. but at the midway point, we are three and five and we have to turn the quarter -- turn the corner and get ready for the carolina panthers and the bunch of division games coming up. we have to play better and coach better. players aree extremely frustrated but still a lot of football left to play. coming up, drew brees and the saints, and then the panthers, so we -- things are not going to get any easier. kimberly: checking the weather right now, a nice and to the weekend but changes are ahead for the beginning of the week.

we have a first look at your forecast. the only opportunity to get out tomorrow will be in the morning and than a cloud cover comes back and we have to talk about rain. a snapshot of the nation's capital with temperatures falling rapidly in some cases. 58, on target for 59. these are real time with culpeper almost into the 30's. manassas and leesburg at 36. some frosty areas there. cloud cover and showers going on south but it's going to be a while. the cloud cover is more clearly -- more clear than building. at the bus stop, you're going to have to think about hats, gloves and coat. overnight, with a

peak at veterans day and beyond just a few months away. a housekeeper is in trouble, accused of not just cleaning up but cleaning out the elderly, stealing precious labels. on forsay this went months. kevin lewis reports. reporter: on paper, here and $11 an hour working as a housekeeper in silver springs. but court documents allege the 20-year-old took home a lot more . between may and october of this year, seven elderly residents reported their valuables stolen. items like an apple laptop, a camera, insist. jewelry. including one woman's diamond engagement ring. in all, $35,000 gone. today, no answer at the apartment where he lives with his mother.

>> i don't know what to say about that. i see he works at the hospital. that's heartless and cold-blooded. sold 147 he allegedly items upon shops, including this one, receiving pennies on the dollar. police say he clearly picked his victims due to their infirmity and potential incapacity. >> how can he do that to older people? that's a sad story. i don't know what to say. reporter: after resigning from this assisted-living center, he had the gall to apply to another local elderly home. on his employment there. he's due back in court later this month. such a shame. coming up on abc seven news at 6:30, a wild scene outside this i hop -- a massive sinkhole 400

feet long swallowing more than a dozen vehicles. trump: you used to call me on his cell phone. kimberly:

kimberly: we continue to follow breaking news from hyattsville with a horrific accident there. for people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after massive accident and massive response on the scene. we are still trying to learn the details as to what caused the crash stop we understand there were at least three vehicles involved, one of them catching fire. abc seven news at wjla.com for updates on this breaking news story.

a giant sinkhole opened up in and i hop parking lot in meridian, mississippi, swallowing at least 14 vehicles. is at least 50 feet wide, 30 feet deep, 400 feet long and fortunately, not a single person was hurt. rain in the forecast could theer recovery efforts but vehicles could be removed within three to five days. to the whitece house, the reviews are mixed but the ratings for last night's show hosted by donald trump are not. the show pulled in its largest ratings in three years. the impairments -- the appearance took place during trump's comment about latinos. he tweeted reviews of snl cast members. have everything going, the world is waiting for you to be president, so why are you hosting "saturday night live? the answer is i really have

nothing better to do. dr. ben carson is hoping to put doubts about his biography behind him. at a rally in puerto rico, he says the u.s. territory should become the 51st state. -- devon isat 6:30 back with your work week fore

kimberly: i don't mean to mess up the order of your forecast, but did you say 20's tomorrow morning? devon: that's in the mountains in some areas but we will be freezing, a cold start to tomorrow morning and it will be cold downtown. our nation's

capital and clear skies allowing temperatures to drop rapidly. likely to beots freezing, 52 at reagan national. you can look southward and see some cloud cover. the cloud cover and it will eventually make the return here along with the south flow. the bigger picture is it's cold tomorrow morning and the cloud cover is in and then we will talk rain. is rain going into monday and tuesday. general picture. let's reset toward tomorrow morning.

even frosty and leesburg and manassas, you've got the car parked outdoors and you have to think about scraping. the rain just out of the area as we get into the evening and night time hours. aspen hill at 56. deanwood at 56 or 57. in southern maryland, we could be looking at cooler temperatures with sick or clouds . about 54.aryland, nighttimento the raining by the rush hour but it will let up as we go throughout the day.

the seven day forecast as we have a cold front coming through , we will talk about your commute cast and make sure you have the hats and gloves ready. only up to 50 by the noon hour, but i would have a small umbrella because at the earliest opportunity, we could have some light rain at that time. up toly: let's head back foxborough and gillette stadium where we can get a recap of the redskins and patriots game. can you show us robinson picking off brady over and over again so we don't have to feel so badly about the rest of the game? reporter: if you are trying to be optimistic, you could look at it as the score could have them a lot worse. but the redskins are licking their self-inflicted wounds.

announcer: and now, the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. drops, missed opportunities, self-inflicted wounds -- those are the words coming from the players, but credit the patriots for doing what they do best. that patriots waste no time marching down the field. julian edelman and leaps over the goldline -- over the goal line. the patriots would recover and onside kick now they are on the move again, but washington's defense comes up big. he's stripped by will blackmon and recovered i will blackmon and a possible momentum change but, unfortunately, it didn't

last. kirk cousins hits here garcon on and it's picked off by logan ryan, given -- giving the patriots the position inside the 30. the first, the skins defense makes another big play. this time it is keen and robertson who takes off. after aally tripped up 44 yard gain, but the redskins offense stalls. they go for it on fourth and 11 trying another pass that would have been a first down. nothingon could get going for most of the second half, but in the fourth quarter, brady hits brandon bolden in stride for 18 yards, the final nail in the coffin as th redskins lose 27-10.

they are now three and five on the season. >> i can't explain it. we had guys who drop balls that don't drop balls very often. i throw it to them again and again and i don't expect it to drop. games, you have to be near perfect and we made a lot of mistakes. >> i think it was a good test to see a team doing things at a high level. come backst us to this weekend say if that's what it takes to do it at a high level, let's work a little harder to try to play up to where we know we are capable. reporter: you got the since the redskins are truly better than what they did on the field today. to d.c. united, i thought this was going to and in a draw but the red bulls had

other plans. the red bullswith on the attack. the red bulls win the game and win the series on aggregate goals, so united is done but congratulations on a great season. as for the redskins, their season is not over -- plenty of football to play as they try to forget about this loss and focus on the saints. kimberly:

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