laguardia airport after a airplane carrying vice presidential nominee mike pence skidded off the runway. nobody was hurt, but a huge police response. the airplane was intact. pence was tweeting tonight, thinking first responders and supporters. he will be back on the campaign trail tomorrow. stay with abc 7 as investigators try to figure out why the airplane skidded off the runway. alison: good news tonight, the children who were impacted by a crash in northeast are all doing ok, but scary moments for parents. jonathan: now a race to figure out why a charter bus and metro bus would collide during the evening rush-hour. anna-lysa gayle has the investigation happening now. what are they saying? anna-lysa: right now the crash is still under investigation,

the emergency room. a woman whose child was on the bus was near tears. >> you always worry about your children. and i got my call. anna-lysa: frantic parents and faculty members rush to eastern avenue thursday afternoon where a bus carrying dozens of charter school students collided with a metro bus around 4:30. the students were on their way shook up a little bit. one young lady had something wrong with attorney. anna-lysa: the school principal said the kids on the bus range from 3 to 13. according to d.c. fire and ems, 42 children and one adult were transported to the hospital. they are listed in good condition.

really -- you never really can get over something like this. when you are on a bus, you just pray. anna-lysa: he is thankful there were no fatalities. >> when you look at the buses colliding. anna-lysa: the charter bus is owned by a private company. others were evaluated but were not transported because they refuse treatment. live outside children's hospital, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison: new at 11:00 -- >> just sad that something happen to such a hard-working person. alison: a woman bed ridden with severe injuries, hit high a vehicle in arlington while standing outside of a bar.

earlier this month. jonathan: tonight, a fundraiser to help pay for medical bills and a chance for loved ones to lean on each other for support. alison: tim barber was there. tim: this is what the crash look like in clarendon, and this is what it did to 34-year-old victoria gonzales. >> she is a strong woman. tim: his husband -- her husband says his wife suffed but needs another. the driver was charged with d.u.i. tonight, friends and customers gathered at the mad rows where gonzales worked. they raffle prizes and raised money for her. >> definitely want to support her and her family come just for everything she is going through.

focused on the financial problems as he is on his wife's health. she is finally getting ready to go to rehab and trying to get back on her feet. >> i'm happy. i told her good job, baby. alison: and first on 7, condo residence in temple hills left homeless. this week they were given 72 hours to leave their homes because the power had been turned off. tonight ,a ray of hope. building until next friday, but the power will remain off. the utility company involved was not at today's hearing, so a ruling on that could not be made. steve: a few showers right now, not amounting to a whole lot more. the skies begin to gradually clear overnight. if you are watching around chillum and beltsville, just a lingering shower. tomorrow morning, a light

you will need them not only during the morning when we will be in the 40's, but at noon time. the wind will pick up. could have wind gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour. the weekend and the marine corps marathon outlook coming up in a few minutes. alison: steve, thank you. less than two weeks away from the presidential election. a lot of the ball counting down to cast their ballots on tuesday, november 8. started today, and if the turnout is any indication of how many people will vote this cycle, it was incredible. record shattering crowds turned out. one out of every 31 registered voters in maryland has already cast their ballot. tom roussey joins us now with more. tom? tom: yeah, alison, it was unreal how many people came out.

was the end of a very long line. more than 125 thousand people voted in the state of maryland today, way more than four years ago. >> i parked over here. tom: as the clock ticked closer to 8:00, the parking lot was so packed that cars had to circle to find a space. >> we are trying to prepare ourselves for a lot of people, but this is really a lot. >> i was floored. it's great that people are coming out to vote. tom: the wayne curry sports and learning center in landover is huge, but even it had a hard time containing the line. how long did you have to wait? >> about an hour. >> 45 minutes.

voting. this year there are nine locations in prince george's, 10 in montgomery. even though it may have been faster to go on election day -- >> i want to get it over with. tom: worth it? >> yes. tom: every day through next thursday, all of the early voting locations in the state of maryland like this one in landover will be open from 8 jonathan: the candidates not voting yet, still campaigning. donald trump in the battleground state of ohio. keep in mind no republican has ever been elected without carrying ohio. trump was blasting clinton over-and-back -- over a hacked e-mail.

dangerous for the former president. for the first time in this campaign, first lady michelle obama appeared with hillary clinton on stage today. they spoke at a rally in battleground state north carolina, where early voting is already underway. michelle obama praised clinton for her experience and announce donald trump is being too divisive and thin-skinned to be president. alison: this just into the newsroom come a special police officer robbed of his gun. this happened road northeast. there is an active search right now for the person responsible. the exact circumstances are still under investigation. developing now, thousands of rape kits untested in maryland. "the baltimore sun" reports 3,500 kits have not been tested, the most in montgomery county where 1,100 kits still need to be tested.

the police a some of them were not tested because chargers were not filed or prosecutors refused to take the case. the maximum sentence for a drunk driver who killed a police officer last year. he will spend 10 years in prison for the hit and run death of montgomery county police officer noah leotta. he gave a tearful apology in court today, saying that he drove drunk so many times over 30 years, it was amazing he did not kill someone before. his alcoholism and help others. jonathan: an educational video credited with the arrest of an alleged rapist. students in prince william county watched videos to learn about inappropriate touching. afterward, a nine-year-old came forward. now a person is facing rape charges, and is not the only case. a 10-year-old girl came forward and accused a 17-year-old of sexually assaulting her.

are an important tool in empowering children and protecting them from abuse. alison: 7 on your side with a health alert and a long accept it remedy is now in question. cranberry juice and other cranberry products, often recommended as a way to prevent and alleviate urinary tract infections. a new study says that may not be true. it found that cranberries did not impact the prevalence of u.t.i.'s. jonathan: and the contractor case of stealing secrets. prosecutors say harold martin stole the names of several covert agents. they call him a fright -- a flight risk for stop the former booz allen worker was arrested in august. alison: still ahead, when you call 911 in an emergency coming you may wonder if they will get there in time, but you don't

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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] jonathan: every single day, americans place over 650,000 calls to 911 and assume they are minutes away from getting help. alison: about 70% of the the i-team came up a shocking results when we tested the accuracy of these calls. jonathan: they discovered 911 operators are often as helpless as the victims they are trying to get to. >> 911, what is the address of your emergency? lisa: 31-year-old michelle anderson was about to drown. despite the 911 operator's best

accurately locate her in time. >> give me the address one more time, it's not working. lisa: moments later the cell phone connection is lost, as she drowned in her suv at the bottom of this georgia late. the situation all too real for 911 operators across the country. >> it is infuriating we cannot find this person. lisa: sherry save lives. >> that's why we took this job. lisa: the 911 system uses technology that relies on the individual's cell phone carriers. unlike apps on your phone that pinpoint and send information about where you are, 911 computers have to communicate with individual cell phone networks to search for you using less accurate technology. >> it's really frustrating to

problems when we have a better, more accurate way of locating customers for pizza. lisa: they run one of the largest 911 call centers in the u.s., based in fairfax, virginia. they agreed to let us test cell phone accuracy for the four largest carriers. i placed the calls from ground zero. here you are. lisa: t-mobile places me more than a quarter-mile away. >> this is over near the you had to rely on the technology, you would not find me. using my personal cell phone on verizon, i placed the next emergency call. >> this is where it showsyou, piney branch road. lisa: that's about three blocks from where i actually am. next at&t. the call is not properly routed

it takes nearly a minute, 52 seconds, to get me on the line with someone who can actually send help. finally i try our last carrier. >> that puts you hear. lisa: 4725. a mile or more away? in every single case, there was a problem. >> technology exists to make sure that does not happen. why would we not use it? lisa: of public safety and homeland security. sadly he says the results of our test were no surprise. explain to me why the carriers are not required use better technology and location accuracy. >> you pay for the gps chip in the phone. the government pays for the gps satellites. every other solution costs money. i think the carriers like to think this is good enough.

i lost her. lisa: none of the four major cell phone carriers would talk to us at the test results. they referred us to the lobbying association for the cell phone industry, which also declined to comment on camera. the telecom industry says they are working with the fcc to bring 911 into the 21st century. lisa fletcher, abc 7 news. jonathan: clearly this is a complicated issue and lives are in the balance. find out more information at wjla.com. steve: any lingering showers out there have fizzled out. that is good news. skies gradually clearer overnight, the wind is kicking up out of the northwest at about 10 to 15. nighttime lows in the middle 40's in the suburbs, 50 inside the capital beltway. tomorrow morning, a bit on the chilly side.

40's, but the breezy conditions will make it feel about five to seven degrees cooler. have a warm, comfortable jacket on hand. the highs tomorrow, near 60 degrees, lots of sunshine. don't forget the sunglasses. the wind out of the northwest at 15. 25 mile-per-hour wind around lunchtime, but then they begin to ease afternoon and into the evening, not as windy tomorrow night. a lot of friday night football games, it will be cool but drive. the marine corps marathon, a warm-up on the way for the upcoming weekend, middle 60's by 9:00 in the morning, about 70 by 11 a.m. 1:00 in the afternoon, most of the runner should be done, temperatures around 70 to 75 degrees.

the fall color change looks good from frederick to middleburg in charlottesville. moderate color around the immediate metro and southern maryland. halloween forecast monday, it will be dry, partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50's. maybe a light jacket. otherwise looking nice. the seven day outlook, middle 70's sunday, lower 60's mond the middle of the week, back into the middle 70's. eileen and veronica will be here bright and early with "good morning washington." everybody is asking what is that on monday. that is a dancing mummy. jonathan: who knew they had such good moves. coming up next, a consumer alert you need to know about.

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centers in india would pose as government agents and threaten people with arrest, fines, deportations if they did not pay up. tonight, victims are speaking out, telling you, watch out. >> they prey on -- they make you feel desperate, and you always have time to move on. alison: the scam mostly preyed on the elderly and immigrants who fear deportation. it's estimated there are some 15,000 victims. jonathan: suing amazon after a hoverboard fire destroyed their home. they say that amazon never warned them or their customers about fires tied to these toys. they escape the house jumping out a window earlier this year. they are seeking $30 million in damage. the 7 on your side first to bring up safety concerns about those popular hoverboards. big soccer game tonight. erin: there was a big game, and

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season is done. >> we showed some life slowly but surely as the game went on, but it was too late. i'm not sure if they thought it was going to be easy and we were going to walk to the championship, but that's not how it goes. erin: one and done knockout round is tough. josh norman and jordan reed were they are both in the league's concussion protocol, but this is a positive sign for their availability sunday against the

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saturday around 70. the marine corps marathon starts in the 60's, into the low 40's. and the halloween forecast, dry. northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive immigration reform.

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