a bus crash, 10 hurt. alison: the ntsb is on the scene, trying to figure out what triggered the deadly chain reaction. jonathan: tim barber has the latest from baltimore. you spoke with somebody who almost got on the bus? tim: just moments before the bus crash happened. the good news is no kids were on the school bus. the bus kept going and crashed into this pillar of the cemetery. the bus kept going until it hit the mta bus. the aftermath of the bus crash looks like a bomb went off. this witness said it sounded like one, too. her husband was just about to leave for work when the crash happened. >> this bus is normally here.

this school bus slammed into a mustang, damaged part of the cemetery, and for the side off the mta bus. six people died and 10 people were injured. the mustang was torn apart but the driver walked away. >> when i looked up, the bus was on top of me. tim: the driver of the school bus is among the dead. we are told that he worked for the contractor aa affordable transport service. >> it's also a small town when things like this happen. tim: the ntsb has more than a half-dozen investigators looking into the cause. >> we will continue to gather factual information with the goal to determine the cause of the crash. tim: this woman cannot help but be thankful to have her husband. >> thank god.

again, no kids on the school bus. as soon as we get the names of the people who were on the bus, we will let you know. tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: terrible situation. new at 11:00, horror at a halloween party, two teenagers shot to death at a capitol heights halloween party this weekend. one of them was 14 years old. tonight, remember the victims of senseless violence. the motive is still a mystery. jay: frustration and sorrow echoed through this capitol heights apartment complex tuesday night during a vigil for todd webb, a 14-year-old gunned down after a weekend party turned violent. the last of remains from the gunfire. the police say early sunday morning, at the tail end of the

argument erupted. more than one person fired a gun. six were hit, two killed, includingwebb and 18-year-old brian davis of northwest washington. police allege that 22-year-old freeman shot and killed webb. nearly three days later, a community activist made this plea to the young people of the community. >> it's never too late. jay: jay korff, abc 7 news. jonathan: developing now, composite sketches in a no objection and sexual assault case october 22 on columbia pike. a woman met two men at a restaurant. when they got in their car, the minnesota her at gunpoint and dropped her off at the side of the road. few recognize these men, the police would like to hear from you. alison: the police say he tried

administrators. why is he going to a halfway house? it's on a technicality. a judge said that prosecutors took too long to indict him. he was ordered to a halfway house just two weeks before a 17-count indictment came down. family members of the victims will make a plea friday to keep him behind bars. and this just into the newsroom, a man arrested after his son brought a gun to school. child whiz carrying a loaded semi automatic pistol. his father now faces several charges. jonathan: popular d.c. neighborhoods and parks teeming with rats. tonight, talking solutions and how to get rid of the rodents. tom roussey reports. tom: d.c. delegate eleanor

d.c. residence. some had different concerns about the parks. among them, dupont circle. >> it's absolutely impossible to walk at any time of day and not see a rat. tom: it's not hard to spot rats in the circle. it is an issue that has gotten attention. >> we get a good laugh out of it , but that is not taking care of the problem. tom: city government would take your of rats on city land and the park service would handle rats on park land. now there is a new agreement where the city can go after rats everywhere. >> we know the rats don't know the difference between the land. tom: the park service has one rat control employee on staff, but this agreement should help limit what has become a big problem.

come even on live television right now. there are several running around. city residents are urged to call 311 if they have a rat problem, whether on city land or national park land, in the city will take care of it, even on national parkland. the park service says that it will reimburse the city in situations where city rat control employees have to come to areas like this one to get rid of the rats. reporting alison: nice of them to come out for the cameras. we are one week away from election day. both candidates are sprinting to the finish line. hillary clinton now just a slim point behind donald trump in the latest abc news/washington post poll, both making their final pitches to voters this week, this is the fbi continues to investigate hillary clinton's

released files about bill clinton and a pardon he made while in office. hillary clinton's camp called that "odd." jonathan: later, a special report, criminals cheating you out of money by giving you a fake e-zpass. we are digging into it after the newscast. steve: and we have a big warm up on the way tomorrow and

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steve: wake up temperatures tomorrow morning a bit on the cool side. don't forget the sunglasses, upper 40's, middle 50's. upper 70's for daytime highs with lots of sunshine. futurecast, a beautiful day tomorrow, but a cold front thursday that promises to bring showers, maybe some rumbles of thunder in the afternoon. once the front moves through, the wind changes direction, more out of the north and west, and the temperatures will fall into the 50's friday.

in jeopardy because of the cold front. saturday leaf raking looking good, redskins tailgating sunday looks good, and election day looks drive. showers wednesday and thursday, much cooler friday, upper 50's. windchill factors about eight to 10 degrees cooler. daylight savings time ends early sunday morning. election day looks really nice, upper 60's with lots of sunshine. jonathan: thanks for joining us to

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>> from abc 7 news, this is a 7 on your side special report. jonathan: as a business eversole sold product? alison: we are looking into misunderstandings and wrongdoing to work tirelessly to get results for you. jonathan: for example, a woman only had her car for several weeks. she went to drive to work but her car was gone. it was not stolen, and the bank had not repossessed it.

the twisted tale. horace: tony bennett could not be happier when she bought her first car. a good looking car, just perfect to get her three small children today care and her to work and back again. everything was fine until about six weeks after she purchased the car. which he walked out the front door of her apartment, just like normal, over to her parking spot outside her front door, and her new car was gone. >> horace: not exactly. >> i automatically assumed the bank had it because i was late on my payment. horace: just two weeks late, but the bank did not have her car. rockville auto had it. the bank had the lien on the loan and told her they were not looking to repossess. 7 on your side went to rockville

who said he had worked for the company for 11 years. you don't think it's a good business? >> because the company gets the cars. horace: the woman came here a few weeks before us, looking to get her personal belongings, but they said they moved car to another used car lot a couple miles away. 7 on your side found the gates locked and customers with questions to call a number, which belongs to the rockville auto group. and now nobody answers the phone. where are all the cars? many of them are total way by the bank that in large part bankrolled rockville auto, westlake financial, the same bank that finance the loan.

toe her car and does not have it now. >> nothing on my accounts is anything about a repossession. horace: she had to take the bus every day. >> i put $2500 on that car. i just want my money back. horace: westlake financial agreed to refund her first car payment and refund her for two car seats come in all of about $800. >> have done by myself. alison: e-zpass owners beware, authorities strongly recommend that you check your online account. some creative criminals have come up with a new way to cheat you out of money, stealing your e-zpass and replacing it with a fake one that is identical. chris papst has more. chris: chamberlain contractors

40th year. for role of them, harold greene has led the way. with his signature laugh. in his four decades, ts seen a lot, but there is one thing he did not see coming. and he is not laughing about it. >> never crossed our mind. i never would have thought that an e-zpass transponder could be a license to steal. chris: this crime is remarkably open. when he gets inside the truck, he takes your e-zpass, replaces it with a fake one. in less than five seconds, a crime that can cost you for months, at least until you figure it out. kim figured it out at chamberlain. she noticed e-zpass bills do not look right. on a whim she compared the gps in the truck with the time and date of a recent toll charge.

nice job investigating. >> i was really shocked. i was trying to figure out how they were doing it. chris: she analyzed 11 weeks of polls in 2015 and found $52,000 of e-zpass charges to vehicles not owned or driven by chamberlain employees. when you saw that number, what did you think? >> how in my going to be compensated for the loss that has been perpetrated on our company? our attorney. chris: maryland e-zpass and the u.s. justice department have launched investigations into this crime, which we know includes chamberlain and other local companies. until charges are filed, the feds won't tell us how widespread the crime is. meanwhile, the company is protecting itself. all transponders have been personalized with simple designs so if any are stolen and

culprits are and bring them to justice. chris: chris papst, abc 7 news. alison: since the story aired, more companies have reached out to 7 on your side with similar stories of e-zpass fraud. the department of justice told the i-team the investigation is ongoing and we will be alerted if and when any arrests are made. jonathan: he lost his wife and children in a car crash, and now is demanding action after he truck cost his loved ones their lives.

northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive immigration reform. both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists. and comstock-trump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics. time for luann bennett: comprehensive immigration reform now. common sense gun safety laws. bennett tells congress: do your job. i'm luann bennett

jonathan: now a story that you will see only here on abc seven news, an alarming trend in schools. chris papst collected data from local schools and found the troubling spike in our region israel. -- is real. last year, a 14-year-old took a knife to school and stabbed a student. the district that's all the biggest spike in weapons interest is -- incidents and how they responded her stay at 11:00.

lost his wife and three kids is demanding action after he says missing tape cost his loved ones their lives. by law, reflective tape must be on every truck on the road. kimberly suiters shows us how a few dollars may have saved more lives. kimberly: these are the tears of a heartbroken father. arturo's three children and his wife now road where their vehicle crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer in march of last year. a florida highway patrol traffic investigation found the trailer they hit was not properly connected and the reflective tape was dirty and peeling off. he believes have the reflective tape been in place come his family might still be alive. federal ball requires all tractor-trailers built after december 1993 to have reflective

trip, we found this trucker at a local rest area near dale city. like most trucks come he has two strips on the back of his trailer. >> lower cars, you will see this first. a lower vehicle may not notice that, but they should see this. >> the reflective tape should be on the bottom like this, and usually across a little higher. kimberly: having place is a federal law for all 18 wheelers. we wanted to find out how many were following the law. we recorded 20 minutes of semis rolling through. out of 65 trucks we only found one with no tape at all. there were eight others with only the lower strip of visible, including this u.s. mail truck. and this truck that had issues. >> we noticed you don't have both strips up there. are you aware of that?

trailer. kimberly: virginia state police have grounded it for several reasons. the reflective tape possibly the easiest fix of all. >> it takes five minutes to grab some fresh and put it on. kimberly: a few minutes and a few dollars that may have made a life-saving difference. kimberly suiters, abc 7 news. alison: it's the phone call that comes at the most improper tune -- the most inopportune time, robo calls. for many, they don't stop, no matter what we do. robo callers have zeroed in on our area, but why? horace holmes explains and shows why if you answer, you could open up a world of trouble. [phone ranks] >> they call all day long. early in the morning until late at night.

are robo calls that anyone can receive. a survey or informing you you have one something. >> congratulations, you have reached the sweepstakes entry line. horace: if you think they are more frequent than in the past, you are right. according to a private company that tracks the robo calls, last month those calls it a all-time high in the u.s. of 2.6 billion, up nearly 10% from july. that is 986 across the country. justin d c area code 202, there were 19 million in august. the ones marketing or trying to sell a product are against federal law. >> these are a whole lot of numbers. horace: he has had enough. >> i have a whole lot of people that are bothering me. horace: for more than a year, robo callers have pestered him

he says continually call his home phone. >> we have had the calls from about3:30 in the morning, waking me up out of a sound sleep. horace: he says it is nerve-racking, 10 times a day being harassed by telemarketers and scam artists. he has reached out for help. >> calls to the phone company, the federal agency, the same excuses, there's nothing we can do. horace:hi protection. >> technology is so cheap and available, they can blast out millions of illegal robo calls and folks are not care about complying with the law are making those calls. horace: this woman thought putting her name on the do not call list would solve her problems. >> it didn't do any good. >> she would actually be getting more calls than she is getting

commission and phone carriers are coming up with a new technology to block the calls, but there is no solution to stop the problem entirely just yet. despite all her efforts, she keeps getting pestered. >> what i hope for is a day where consumers have pools to block most of the calls they do not want to receive. horace: horace holmes, abc 7 news. alison: so frustrating.

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