closed for president's day but students from parkville middle school spent the day piecing together the events that led to the death of a classmate. we have more on the death of a 13-year-old boy and the alcohol that allegedly contributed to his death. behind the balloons, the teddy bears and candles, there's an outpouring of sympathy for michael truluck. memories of his life give way to the debate of the alcohol allegedly behind his death. >> it's an energy drink that's alcoholic. kids can't handle alcohol like that. >> reporter: police say michael fell out of a moving car on har fire department-- harford road. others hope they can learn from the death. >> the energy drinks are a no,

no. if he hadn't been hit by the car, he could have died from a heart attack. he didn't have his seat belt on. he fell out of the car and was hanging out. >> while some of michael's friends refused to assign blame. >> i don't think he died because of the drinking. >> it's not the driver's fault. >> it's in the the person who bought the alcohol. it's nobody's fault. he asked for the alcohol. >> reporter: others say police should not let this go eye hope they find who gave him this drink because it wasn't funny. the boy was only 13. god help his parents. >> reporter: baltimore county police say they're awaiting the results of a toxicology test on michael. only then can they determine in he has been drinking and if they can pursue who might have provided to him. jeff hager, website whoib news.

>> for substance abuse experts, michael's death is the reason to get families to start talking about the dangers of drinking, especially something like this, four loko. one can holds the same power as four beers. after a ban was put in place in 2010 caffeine was pulled from the cans but you'll still be able to find some of the products on store shelf wls just as much alcohol. substance abuse expert mike dpim bell said it -- gimbel said it's attractive to kids. >> teenagers want to get drunk quickly. >> mike said families should be discussing the risk of drinking with examples of real life disietions like michael's death. now to our continuing coverage of the murder trial of george huguely. today court is not in session

due to the holiday. it won't be in session tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict, so the jury will begin deliberations on wednesday. stay with abc2news.com for continuing coverage. you can get the latest information on the case. when the jury gains deliberations, you can follow this with our tweets from christian schaffer. you can find it at abc2news.com/love murder. the need to educate yourself about teen dating violence is there. this is national teen dating awareness month. during the trial prosecutiontors painted a picture of george huguely as a man hob seesed with yeardley love. to that point that led to the beating to her death. college campuses have taken the lead to help young people become aware that violence, while dating should not be tolerated. there are resources on campus and off to help women and men

get out of abusesive relationships. >> we start talking about red flags, warning signs. they wouldn't come and talk to me in they didn't know something was wrong. it's also important to connect them to counseling resource. i would be someone that a stud would drop in and see but i would have want -- but i would want them to see a counselor. >> for more information and links to resources you can go to, our website at abc2news.com. >> well, we are all ready for the first significant storm of the year and it missed us but that wasn't the case in the -- south of us. a blanket of snow made its way into virginia causing more than 1,000 traffic accidents. in the richmond area there were more than 230 crashes as vehicles slid off the roads and

some ended up in the woods. last night one car ended up on its roof after being involved in an accident in the heavy snow. right now you're looking live at the key bridge. that mess is going on in virginia. it's a beautiful day today and you're not going to believe the forecast for the coming week. this will kneel more like april. here's meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> just some amazing video out of virginia. look back here at home. we can make out the last clouds on the back side of the storm blowing off ocean city. that's crystal clear, continuing to look awfully nice. hope you had the holiday off. 39 in easton. we got slush on the ground near sals bury and the southern tip of the state. dry and cool the rest of the evening, a light breeze. tomorrow sunshine. without the northerly breeze

even with additional clouds, i think we're up to 53 or so and this, just the beginning of a spring like surge. got more on that coming up. >> thank you, wyatt. just days after the house of delegates passed the same-sex marriage bill, the senate is expected to tackle. it the proceedings committee will likely vote on the bill. it's expected to pass. the full senate could vote later this week f passed and signed into law opponents have vowed to take the issue to referendum. celebrity chef bryan voltaggio used his influence to convince lawmakers to start a school breakfast program. he spoke at a house subcommittee about increasing the funding for maryland meals for the pay chief the practice. it's run by the state's department of education. now let's take a look at the

issue of gas prices rising faster and faster each and every day. oil prices spiked to a nine-month high. that has caused someplaces to she this jump to over $4 a gallon. someplaces it has soared 18 cents a gallon. some experts think the naggal average will be $4.25 by late april. we may be paying $5 by memorial day. >> a lot of the gas prices will be tide to the -- tied to the economy. >> another circumstance could make things worse. iran is threatening to extend an oil embargo from france to britain to other nations because of sanctions over its nuclear program. as for gas prices in our area are, the rice is $3.59. mid-great trough -- $3.74. it ease up 21-cents in a month.

for the cheapest gas in your area, head to abc2news.com and click on the pass prices link. the cheapest we found so far is $3.43 at the costco sitting there in whitemarsh. who wouldn't want to save on money, especially in you could get a break on your mortgage payment. that's the hook of a letter making its rounds in baltimore. joce sterman has more. >> reporter: it's one of the hardest checks to write each month. your mortgage payment is a real shock to the pocket boofnlgt what if you're paying too much because of a prob emin your paperwork. could you get money back. >> i want to believe the mortgage will go down. if they tell us how much we can save, we will fall for it. >> reporter: angie barnett with the better business bureau beeb

warns people are falling for mortgage audit letters like this one that started showing up around the baltimore area. they claim your mortgage may have been miscal cue lotted -- miscalculated and could get a refund. the average refund is more than $1400. >> they're led to believe there's a likelihood there was a mistake made and that they could challenge that mistake. >> reporter: but the bbb said even if a mistake is found in the papers for your home, that doesn't mean you'll get cash back. >> you could sue them but they are not required because you find an error to turn around and modify your mortgage. >> reporter: because most of these auditors charge upfront fees, you will be out of money. so if these pennies from heavy drop in your mailbox, check it

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united. carroll county getting ready for spring like temperatures. wyatt will have a look coming up in four minutes. stay with us. there's sweet lou, shaggy, robbie, jr. and senior. they are about to become national stars. it's all about robbie's fresh face. it's called ball boys. abc shot the shows. it's -- it will air right here on abc2. it's going to be a big hit. youth hockey leagues mean getting up early, bumps and bruises, sweat and materials. these are tears, tears of joy and triumph for the parents as well as the kids. eric neilsen has the story. >> during the saturday morning snow advisory mike and his --

sunrise mike and his son have traveled. >> come on. you won't fall. >> a little encouragement is all these kids need. with the support -- >> i guess i'm another option to hold on to. >> reporter: they chan glide along the ice better than most. >> he's been here for what, three months. he's done an amazing job. today it's apraising to see him without a coach. >> reporter: this isn't your typical youth hockey league. he has down syndrome. this league is for kids and their families who define what others told them they couldn't do. >> he loves hockey. he loves competing. just because he has down

syndrome doesn't mean help doesn't love sports. >> reporter: but nate and his father mike aren't the only ones fulfilling the dream. it was formed for kids with intellectual disabilities. >> it's amazing. before she was born, you're told she won't be able to do a lot of things. she thinks she's playing for the caps. >> they're great as far as doing something that's out of the box. >> it's awesome. it lifts my spirit. it really does. >> as for nate and his dad, after a day of extraordinary -- >> this is the best day ever. >> a request for the ordinary. >> breakfast at mcdonald's. >> reporter: in reisterstown. >> are you ready?

>> yes. >> reporter: eric neilsen, abc2 news. >> that is great, great. thanks for telling us. >> spring training is officially underway in beautiful sarasota, florida for the orioles. with the number of new pitchers, it's important and it keeps the veterans fresh. >> it fuels everything in the sport, especially the sport, and i think it brings out the best in everybody. it's an exciting time not only for but but for everybody. we're looking forward to it. >> adam jones, nick markakis and bryan roberts.

another one of those beautiful february sunsets. temperatures today up above average. 44 degrees at bwi. winds are north at five. it is a dry cool breeze to finish out what are becoming one of those longer and longer periods of daylight. let's talk about some of the southern snow time lapses, pretty good coating. watch it melt off as more and more ground and rooftops are revealed in the february bright sunshine. still a little snow in richmond. lower eastern shore quickly melting off through the afternoon. no question about that. just outside of salisbury where they did get a good coating. baltimore itself, basically the story nothing but sunshine where we did not see so much as a flake fly out there last flight. if you did see one in the baltimore area you blinked and missed it. crystal clear, dry. that's going to hold up. tomorrow the mid-part of the

week. temperatures comfortable, mid-40s to 30s west. ocean city at 40 degrees. i just want to show you the humidity has dropped significantly, so very dry air in place. maybe uprun the humidifier. comfortable and a light north breeze will keep things feeling chillier than they are. tomorrow we'll warm it up more, increasing clouds but dry. glen burnie to about 54 tomorrow. mid-atlantic view showing not a thing. out to the east we continue to watch the back side of that storm system blow offshore well off into the atlantic ocean. behind it nothing in our immediate future. we stay clear for tonight into the day tomorrow. high pressure sitting up over upstate new york, western pa. that will keep the dry cool breeze coming in. as that shifts that will mean the winds relent. we're left with some good conditions to see a bit of a warmup. our trend shows really a clear night on the way.

perhaps tomorrow a slight disturbance just off the coast could perhaps spin out a new showers. it will be rain if anything down that way around central maryland, just the variably cloudy skies as we go into tomorrow and wednesday. i think the best chances for rain holding whoever until later this week. overnight 30, mostly clear and cold. 53, increasing clouds, breezy but milder but it will be breezy. tomorrow 36 under cloudy skies. the seven-day forecast, i mean the story of the sweek a spring like surge. jamie's getting into the banal fever already. 60 on wednesday. 67 on thursday. i think d.c. could hit 70 on thursday, talking about snow in d.c. last night. 70 a few days later. >> great winter. >> been that scribed of february. >> -- kind of february.

>> they're having a skate-a-thon march the 4th from 12:30 to 3:30. they raise their money with the skate-a-thon. very proud. way to go. hey, there's another restaurant week coming up. it's the fourth annual restaurant week in annapolis. it runs through sunday. 41 restaurants are going to be in it. east port, west annapolis along with others. two course lunch specials $15.95. two restaurants, mills shirley's cafe and metropolitan kitchen and lounge are offering breakfast special. it's geared at locals. >> it's a great time for the locals to revisit downtown annapolis. i think a lot of folks who live in the area are always scared of this because of parking issues.

there's plenty of parking, plenty of garages and lots of great restaurants to visit. >> if you go for dinner you'll get a free day of parking and coupons in annapolis shops. when we come back marine why you may -- a reason why you may want to think about a picnic lunch.

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