. this the wjz baltimore. from the city, to the county to your neighborhood, maryland's news station. michael phelps in a car accident in baltimore. one woman is sent to the hospital as police try to figure out what caused the crash. hello again, mary and dawn are off today and here's what people are talking about. >> it's still under investigation at this hour, eyewitness news at this hour. >> good afternoon, it happened at the intersection, one of the most talk about car wrecks in baltimore in some time. >> exclusive wjz video shows

michael phelps wearing a ravens jersey inside an ambulance. it happened around 9:00 last night. police say the city's top cop got involved because of the publicity. >> we knew it's michael phelps and the media would be interest and we had our best people on it. >> reporter: they say alcohol played no roll in the crash but told wjz they did investigate it. >> it's star when you get into an accident. just like if i got into an accident, they would make sure i'm not drinking. >> reporter: the side air bags went off in the honda. the woman driving was taken to the hospital as a precaution. police say michael phelps were not injure and neither were the two people inside his suv.

earlier this year he was suspended after a tabloid published this picture of him smoking pot. he got a dui on the eastern shore. he holds records with gold medals. one of the cars pinned up against the building, it's under investigation. no citations have been issue. michael phelps is okay. the woman driving, we're not sure what her condition is. >> we're following some breaking news this noon as the hunt for a howard county prisoner continues. gigi live in the news room, she just returned from the scene a short time ago. >> the search for champagne began at midnight. helicopters and k-9 units were called out to help. he was being transported from

the circuit court to the detention center. from the backseat of the car, he slip his handcuffs over the sheriff's head and tried to a grab the gun and when he couldn't, he escape and ran into a wooded area. they believe he ran towards his house which is not far from the detention center. >> the gentleman lives within a mile and a half within the howard county detention center, we believe he fled in that direction. reresponseed and police were in the area. >> the deputy lost conscienceness in the struggle for his gun and was taken to the hospital. a jury convicted him of burglary yesterday. michael phelps returning to -- michael vick sign a deal with the philadelphia eagles, just a short time ago, he spoke

about his return to football and says he's thankful for a second change. >> made a horrible mistake. now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem. >> vick's deal allows him to practice and play many the last two preseason games and he will be fully reenstated. >> he sat down with 60 minutes for an interview, you can see it sunday on wjz 13 at 7:00. there's new information about a metro bus driver caught using a cell phone behind the wheel. the driver has been on leave since a rider photographed her last month. she use her personal phone to call the control center because her radio wasn't working. there's a zero tolerance policy for cell phone use by drivers.

two air traffic controllers on duty during the cash over the hudson river is on leave. >> reporter: two on duty are suspended. one was on the phone with his girlfriend, the other, a supervisor, wasn't even in the building. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: the faa says it probably didn't contribute to the collision over the hudson river, but it's unacceptable. the plane took off from new jersey's airport with the controllers in charge. minutes later, they handed off to a control tower further down the river. >> when you talk about places like the hudson, these are air zones carved out for pilots to fly in with very little in terms of regulation and safety

really is depending on the pilot and not the aviation association. >> reporter: 6 people were on board and it just took off here along the hudson river, all nine people were killed. in a statement, we support any such allegation is investigated before there's a rush to judgment. the controllers will be pay as the faa investigates. in new york, wjz eyewitness news. a funeral for a few of the victims today. three members of the philadelphia family. the sun is shining over baltimore. let's look outside. clouds out there but a calm day so far. we're live with first-warning coverage. marty is in the out back but

tim williams is here in the weather center. >> there are some clouds out there. showing you the satellite. what the cloud cover is and we see the sun peeking through. clouds are not overly heavy. we've seen rain but most offshore. we're seeing temperatures creeping up to around 80 degrees area-wide. 77 in cumberland and elkton. these dog days of summer are heating up. temperatures all around region around 80 degrees. that makes for a good night. more with marty. >> reporter: hi. thank you, tim. good afternoon, everybody. let's talk about what you might be doing tonight which would be the baltimore orioles and the an an and angels. could be some thunderstorms, game time temperature is going

to be most comfortable around 80 degrees and weather will cooperate at camden yards throughout the weekend. we're going to seeain't the beer cold? we're going to wish it will be. meteorologist tim williams has the details coming up shortly. now back inside. thank you. the ravens are the buzz around baltimore today with an impressive start to their season last night. they hosted and joe flacco came out throwing. a short toss to rice who turns it into a long game and led to a field goal on the first possession. the defense up to its old tricks and takes care of a 23-0 win over washington. protected the football, defense played well, young

offensive lineman, a lot of goo things. >> the guys did a great job getting calls, they did some things that shook us up and they made crucial catches down the line. >> couple of bumps and bruises for the ravens in the game, among those, a cut to his forhead when he lost his helmet, ravens take on the jets in the next preseason game, that's august 24th. he kept playing. still to come at noon. saying good-bye, family and friends gather together as eunice kennedy shriver is lay to rest in a private funeral service today. unusual attack on the man who harassed women while dressed in a women's bathing suit. >> let's look outside this noon. tim williams will be back with the first-warning forecast.

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say good-bye to eunice kennedy shriver in massachusetts. >> >> thank you for watching mermaids, having tea parties and always teaching me that girls can do anything that boys can do. >> they took turns to say good- bye. she was the founder of the special olympics. she died at the age of 88. vice president joe biden and oprah were in the crowd. some cooler weather could help the crews today across northern california. 2000 residents have been forced to evacuate and the flames are threatening a thousand homes. more manpower, six helicopters and six planes expected to join the fight today. an ohio man sentenced for harassing women while wearing a woman's bathing suit. he was arrested in june while wearing the green one piece.

he was ordered to spend three years in probation. he pled guilty. he exposed himself along the river bank. back on the road for another town meeting, today president obama is heading to montana where he could run into more protesters. organizers expect about 500 people to show up. he's set to highlight the plan. still ahead at noon, taking a live look outside, stay tuned, you're first warning weather forecast is 15 minutes away. here's a look at the day's my day stock. ??o

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someone's leg. >> he's a friendly dog. he's scared to death on this table. want to find him a home. mr. basement believes we can make a difference for pets. >> quite a nice weekend. still warm, human, we -- humid, we're going to be above for the next few days around the 90 degrees range. the humidity level still pretty high. the win from the east at 6 miles per hour. 30.21 and rising is the reading. 77 in cumberland. 83 in ocean city. 70s around the immediate area. we're seeing again the

temperatures climbing nicely, the sun peeking through the clouds and the clouds have been just kind of dotting the skies, the northeasterly wind bringing in some moisture off of the bay and the ocean. still dealing with effects down to the south and the east. it's keeping ocean city in the zone of thunderstorms and seen showers breaking out through the day. we see some sun peeking out. that front is eventually going to break up and move away. high pressure is starting to do its job around most of the region bringing us dryer conditions, dryer by way of rain, not humidity. the levels are still pretty high. it's in line for the warm air to come in from the south and the southwest. the front goes further away and with that goes the chance of our showers. it starts to look nice as it

gets into the weekend. next high tide is at 2:12 in the morning. bay temperature feels like bath water, 83 degrees. here's your forecast for the day and the night. temperatures around 89 degrees and call it a pretty nice night around 70 degrees and tomorrow around 90, your five-day forecast is coming up. >> we'll take it, still to come, new information about first-time mothers, why women are waiting longer to have their first child.

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i think tomorrow later in the afternoon, could see more of the thunderstorms. sunday sunny, monday, tuesday and wednesday with sunshine. temperatures falling to 88 by wednesday. >> thank you very much. and thank you for joining us on wjz 13. maryland's news station v. a