we start with sad news. deadly coal training derailment in ellicott city. the train derailed around midnight and right now it remains a very active scene. we sent crews out there, linda so and charley crowson, out live on the scene. they have been working the details since midnight last night. what we can tell you is that this train derailed, 23 of the cars went off the tracks. sad news to report. two people died. that's what we are hearing from county officials. we have details right now on one of them. a young woman, entering her junior year at jmu. two reporters are gathering the

details, we have charley crowson on the line. you've been out there since midnight when this happened. can you describe what you are seeing? >> reporter: i think you described it best, wh y said it was an active scene. crews brought in heavy equipment to remove 23 cars that overturned along the historic bridge. main street and maryland avenue in historic downtown ellicott city. back to the two victims you mentioned. we have learned one of them's name is elizabeth nap, she was a jr., entering her junior year. they were on the bridge at the time of the derailment, tweeting photographs up until the time of the accident. for a second victim, don't have information about her right now. that information is forthcoming. linda so is on the scene right

now. i'm two blocks away from where the chaos is going on down with emergency crews. she is gathering new information for us we will have for you at abc2 news and abc2news.com throughout the course of the morning and video from the scene. it's a very chaotic scene, happened around midnight. self-of the bars that were open, preparing to close down, 3 dozen people were in the emporium. crews from howard county, baltimore county, mtsb is on the scene working the investigation to find out what happened. and csx brought in the crews to check the stable of the rail and the bridges and the cars to get the coal off the scene. doesn't appear to be environmental issue yet. daylight could bring a different story. >> let me ask you, we are

looking at pictures you snapped when you got out there, for a while you were the only reporter out there and met with the officials when they were discussing what happened. they didn't have a lot of details at the time. has anybody said whether it's common for people to be on the railroad tracks with bar s so close. >> reporter: that's what we heard. we were talking to the responders this morning, the patrons in the bars, they will foup and go up on -- go up and go up on top of the bridge, pop off a couple of photographs, facebook out to friends, it is a common spot. this has happened before in terms of people being on the bridge. the victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> charley crowson, i know you are going to stay out there life along with abc2 news, linda so, gathering all the information and pictures that you can. thank you for the reports.

>> reporter: thank you. >> i live around the area, how is this impact going to affect my travel for the day. we will check in with loren cook with the time saver traffic. >> expect a very strong police presence along main street and leave yourself extra time if you are traveling in the area. if u heading in to baltimore city, jfx, nice and collie from houston, downtown to east fayette. expect delays on 895s later this morning, that's all due to the construction approaching the har botunnel. stick with 95 instead. here is what that looks like at eastern avenue. no problems to get in to the city from this point it will be nice and clear through the fort mc henry tunnel. on 695, in packville, harford roads no tee lays on the inner loop towards 95 and youer loop, nice and clear all the way up to 83. that's a look at your time save traffic. now for a check of the forecast

with lynette charles. >> we are all collie clear now. we had a gusty line of showers and thomas that moved through last evening but nowist dry. we have the upper level trough plaguing us once again. as you step out the door this morning u dry, also these temperatures are well below average. look at the 50s woodbine and manchester. low 60s in rock hall. the winds are on the light side, manchester, northwest at be miles per hour. we are -- 3 miles per hour. reduced visibility out there as we walk you through your day. as we wake up this morning, temperature coming in at 64 degrees, mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skys will be the rule through lunchtime today with the temperature coming in around 79 degrees. navy seal is among those killed in a helicopter crash in

afghanistan. 28-year-old special warfare operator patrick fecks was among the 7 who died. he was assigned to the west coast base naval special warfare unit survived by his father, mother, sister and wife. he is has been the 8th service member from maryland to die. the taliban claiming responsibility for shooting down the plane. nato officials say that's not what happened. flags are flying at half staff in prince georges after a police officer morris was killed in the line of duty. morris and another officer were injured involved in a chase. this happened near 95 and powder mill, chasing two auto thieves and lost control and crashed in to a ditch. morris was killed when he was ejected from the car, only 2 2 be years old. -- 23 years old and part of the

police department. >> this district station is taking it so hard, they have known him since he was 15 or 16 years old. he loved the department and what he d for a living. >> the other officer was treated and released from the hospital. the suspects are still out there. there is a reward of up to $25,000 for the arrest and conviction of the suspects. some worked there for decades, former workers at rg steel are waking up and trying to figure out how they are going to take care of their family. >> health insurance for those workers set to run out at the end of the month, head of the steel workers union says he is trying to work with the state and other agencies to extend the benefits. at the same time trying to get the plant back up and running. more than 1000 workers turned

out last night to hear about health benefits that run out in two weeks. the massive plan at sparrows point in southeast pallet mow county has been idle since may when the current owner filed for bankruptcy it's known for liquidating assets. workers are worried about how to take care of their families. once again, health benefits are set to expire august 31st. the head of the union is working in to programs like cobra. what happened at a grocery stow in cecil county. that's what police are trying to figure out after a man was beat on the death inside the store. the victim, a 55 year old navy

veteran named james pierce. troy kelly walked up to him and started beating him. the two men did not know each other. troy being held without bail on murder charges. a man accused in the murder of a chinese carry out store clerk. he killed a man at the yow brother's carry out. the family turned him in after they saw surveillance video. he is accused of killing a man named freddie jones j. issue of abortion is getting attention, especially in the political world after controversial comments were made by a missouri congressman running for u.s. senate. andrew acceptser has more on the story -- spencer has more on the story. >> reporter: the fire storm ignited sunday when congressman todd akin told a st. louis tv

station that rape rarely leads to pregnancy. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that down. >> reporter: he said he misspoke and apologized but shied away from the spotlight monday night cancelling a interview. >> he pulled the interview at the last moment. >> reporter: republicans advised him to spend time considering what is best for his family, party and country. urging him to withdrawal. akin vowed to stay in the race, rules allow him to withdraw with little fficulty. campaigns condemned akins rerks monday and the romney ryan campaign said under a romney administration, abortion would be allowed in the case of

rape. next week's convention in tampa, delegates will vote in support of a human hive amendm to ment to the cops constitution. it would outlaw aboggs without making exemptions for race or incest. we could see scattered showers and storms do i having in to texas -- diving in to texas. canada, see the swirl, that's the low that upper level trough that's going to keep us unsettled through today. we had the line of showers and storms that moved through. see the back edge of the cloud cover, we will see shall be as we go throughout the day like yesterday. with the low, that is going to keep the chance for showers and storms to move in here in to the afternoon and evening. he are the temperatures for this morning, baltimore, 63 degrees, should be at 65. a little bit coolish this morning. 60 60 york.

61 frederick. 61 winchester. 64 in culpepper. you are probably not thinking abut west nile when you take your kids to the park, health experts say you should. another death has been reported and this year is the worst they have seen. what you need to know this morning. also ahead , the team coverage continues today, a train derailment in howard county. the latest in a live report. also switching gears and having fun, what better way to celebrate your birthday than riding a roller coaster. why one man wanted to go over and over again. the train derailment shutdown main street in old are coming up on good morning maryland. @ñi

thank you for joining us. following a big story, breaking news, howard county, a train derailment in ellicott city. the area is not far from the historic part of downtown. main street shut, loren cook will have more on what this means for the commute. we have two crews on the scene, gathering pictures and information. sadly two people died when an 80 car train derailment happened. two victims, we know about one of them. her name is elizabeth gnash. she was entering her jr. year at james madison. we are learning about the second victim. this happened on the railroad tracks near a bridge where it's common for a lot of people to go. apparently the victims were tweeting before the crash happened. linda so and charley crowson are in ellicott city, sending

us pictures and video. we will bring you the latest just ahead. we will update you on news around the nation. another death happened from west nile virus, a man in illinois. cbc says they are reporting 26 deaths nationwide. nearly 700 cases of west ni stemming from the mosquito- borne illness. this is the worst year of seen since the disease was detected in the united states in 1999. in dallas, texas, they launched a huge program with air attacks in hopes of killing the mosquito population. lawmakers for a teen accused of killing three of his classmates in ohio will have to wait until september. lain can enter a not guilty plea of insanity. we will let you know if that happens. the 17 year old was in court on monday, accused of shooting 3 of his classmates at sheridan

high school. his defense attorneys want to change his plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity. they need more time for mra testing. she was bullied by students and the video went viral. a bus monitor, karen cline, now using the experience to make a difference. she received more than $700,000 from people all over the world. she is using some of the money to launch an anti bullying foundation. over the weekend she took part in the strikeout bullying ball game, that's the video, it happened at frontier field in new york. celebrating the big 80 is a huge milestone. for one man, it was about the thrill. see him there? that's vick, he celebrated his 80th riding his favorite roller coaster, 80 times in a row. this is nothing new for him, he has been on the jack rabbit 4700 times. the ride 12 years older than he

is. he has been going on it over and over. he would like to celebrate his 90th is same way, similar fashion, going on the jack rabbit. looks like it was good weather for that. major rainfall yesterday. >> we needed it. that was good news. it came through as we went through the afternoon-evening time frame. we had that. see the line there, we are dry this morning, though. dealing with clouds across the yeah. we will get sunshine in he, just lake yesterday. you can see the back edge of the clouds that will move through sp off in to ohio. another line of showers and thunderstorms going to make their way in here in through the afternoon. keeping that abreast of the situation as we go through time. looking at what is happening through your today in to

thursday. we have the trough of low pressure in here. by thursday, high pressure will begin to move in, we will get warmer. it's going to feel good, the humidity won't come back until the weekend. this is you satellite, we have disturbances to talk about. we will talk about 1, 2, 3, one wave coming off of africa. now tropical depression 9 here to the east, western antilles sliding in to cuba in to the weekend. gulf of mexico, the western gulf of mexico, we have our eye on this disturbance, i don't think it's going to do too much, a 10% chance of becoming a tropical storm in the next 48 hours. things looking good. back close to home, future trend and not picking up on too much, a chance for showers and some thomas thunderstorms around us. take the rain gear with you in

case, isolated shower or storm maybe in your future. thursday, sunshine in the forecast for us. 83 degrees is today. should be at 85 for this time of the year. isolated shower, some sun and clouds and stray shower by this evening. tomorrow 84. here is the seven-day forecast for you as we will dry out and get more humid by next week. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook, good morning. we are following breaking news, howard county, a train derailment claimed the lives of two people. main street, historic part of ellicott will be shutdown between old columbia pike, expect delays in the area as police continue to investigate. as we look at the main lines, no delays interstate 70, nice and clear from columbia pike to 695. a live look at the west side of the beltway, 11 minute ride from 795, down towards 95.

here is 695, oberly, no problems towards 95, the outer loop, nice and clear all the way up towards towson. president barack obama is giving remarks today at a cam payment ine event at the capital university quad. paul ryan is making several campaign stops in pennsylvania. time to give the mars rove curiosity a test drive. the machine hasn't turned wheels since it landed two weeks ago, nasa is hoping curiosity can collect evidence that life once existed on mars. despite the rise in gas prices, more of you are planning to hit the road for labor day. 33million americans will be going away for the long weekend. that's a slight increase from last year. if you enjoyed reading the steamy novels, 50 shades of gray, you may like the new

album being digitally released featuring songs from bruce springsteen, britney spears and frank sinatra. alanis morrisette is being ip inducted. latin rockers, they are being inducted today. we are counting down to katie coming to baltimore. in 20 days katie couric's new talk show is going to air here on abc 2. one cool feature, that audience, they sit close to the stage, no big cameras in the way at all. if you want to learn more, log on to our website, we have all things katie covered there, go to abc2news.com/katie. joint us september 10th , the big day for the premiers at

4:00, followed by abc2 news at 5:00. we'll be right back. we are going to deal with chilly temperatures this morning. more of the same at 6:00. temperature 64 degrees. 70 by 9:00 a.m. 79 by lunchtime. a nice day. we are going to keep chances for showers in the forecast as we go later on in to the evening time frame. take the rain gear with you when you step out the door this morning.