charley crowson has the latest information on a train derailment. >> reporter: we are outside the howard county police department, moved our location to get live to you this morning. a mile away, an 80 car train derailed, 23 of the cars carrying coal, spilled out in to howard county. two people have been confirmed dead. there were several dozen people along main street coming in to the streets after they heard about the train derailment, they came out to see what happened. many of them tweeting and calling 911. we have responders down there from csx, they own the train and the rail. howard county is there, baltimore and mtsb. linda so was at the scene moments before 4:30 when we went on the air. >> the family members showed up, the moe, the father, the

stepmother and the victim and older brother and younger brother. the victim's name is elizabeth gnash, about to enter her junior year, about to go back to school when this happened. the older brother and younger brother, told us that his sister had been texting, tweeting, taking pictures, up on the bridge with a friend, all the texts, the messages stopped. the brothers came out here and later on they found out that in deed it was their sister who was killed, elizabeth gnash, about to enter her junior year at james madison university. the family distraught, the bodies were removed from the bridge at 3:45 this morning, taken to the medical examiner's office, when we spoke with ken k the county executive, he has been on the scene since this happened. he said it's too early to tell if it's because they were on the bridge that caused the

derailment, obviously that's part of the investigation. one thing he said for people who live in the area, you want to avoid main street, through the morning rush. the road will be closed to traffic because they have a lot of cleaning up to do. they are hoping to have it re- opened as soon as possible, midday, that's no guarantee. another thing he says if you are familiar with the area, there are bars, restaurants, along main street, the phoenix was a popular bar, a lot of people in the bar when the derailment happened. ken says if this were a friday, saturday night, it would have been so much worse because the place is so crowded, people walking and parking cars along the street. two fatalities, two victims. >> reporter: as we were leaving the scene, csx were bringing in heavy equipment to check the cars. they are going to check the

structural stability of the building and the bridge. csx owns the rail for which the bridge is used. we are learning county executive allman says the maryland department of environmental e quality came out and don't think the coal got in to the river. they will come out for a secondary assessment at first light were when we talked to the patrons, we spoke with some to live in the area, who go to the bar. they see people walking along the tracks along the bridge, fairly often. whether it's younger kids, teens, kids walking along the tracks. we noticed there aren't gates or fencing to block people off. county executive ken allman says that's one thing they are going to assess and talk about the safety as they need to put up more gates and fenceing to keep people out of the area. people when we came out said they see people walking along the tracks all the time.

>> reporter: coming up, sound from eye witnesss and hear more from ken allman. linda so and charley crowson, abc2 news. obviously if you live in the area, you are wondering what does this mean for the morning commute. main street is a artery through the area. that is closed right now. this could affe the way you travel to work or where you maybe going. loren cook has more with time save traffic. as the investigation continues, main street will be shut down between old columbia pike, it will be closed for several hours as they determine what happened with the train derailment. expect hef congestion in ellicott city as well. as we look at 695, baltimore national pike, notice everything will be up to speed. 11 minute tons outer loop from 75 towards 95. looking at other drive times,

11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95, up to 83, no concerns on the northeast corridor of 95. that is a look at your abc time saver traffic. here is lynette charles with a look at the forecast. good morning, we have a little bit of patchy fog this morning. you can see stevensville, temperature right now 63 degrees and dew point 63. we are saturated in the atmosphere, bringing us patchy fog, reduced visibility. 63 now in glen burnie, dew point coming in at 61 degrees, the winds are calm to light, they will stay that way for the most part throughout the day. radar might change in to the afternoon. a chance for showers and thunderstorms to pop up like yesterday. check out what we have for the hour by how forecast, 10:00, still dry, temperature at 74 degrees, we will have the sun-

cloud mix by sunshine, close to 80. health insurance benefits for workers at sparrows point are set to are up out by the end of the month. the workers gathered at the union hall, look at the people, just to get information about the changes. the massive plan at sparrows point has been idle since may. the continue owner rg steel filed for bankruptcy this month, the hillco company purchased the mapt as a bankruptcy -- the plant at a bankruptcy auction. >> my kids are hurt. i have to take them to the doctor. i have to pay that out of my pocket. that's going to hurt. especially if i don't have no money coming this. >> the head of the union representing the workers described the purchase as a lost battle. he does say the war isn't over yet and claims to be in contract with other firms that could buy the plant from hillco and get sparrows point back up and running. . a man accused in the murder

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tomorrow. what a lesson in not giving up. i can show you where she is, around this area, you can see cuba, she should be working her way in here, the storms slowed her down. we aren't dealing with tb now. we have cloud cover. we get sunshine in throughout the day. the bus stop forecast, calvert county goes back to school today. morning temperature 65. mostly cloudy skies by the afternoon temperature at 83 degrees and there is a slight chance for showers out there. put an umbrella in the kids backpack as they head out for school this morning. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning, we continue to follow breaking news out of howard county, a train derailment killed two people and shutdown main street in old ellicott city, going to be between old columbia pike. you will want to use route 40,

no delays from columbia pike to 695, a live look at the west side of the beltway, nothing to get in your way, a nice ride towards route 40. 24 hours ago, few of us knew his name or face, a missouri congressman, akins comments made him a national face and name now. this is all about his abortion comments, sparking debate across the country.

21 cars cars on a train killed two people. a woman was going back to college in a week, elizabeth gnash, tweeting from the tracks all night, when the messages stopped, her family got concerned and went to the scene to find this. a mess. we are waiting to hear details about the second victim in the case. we will keep you posted. several cars were also hit when the train went off the tracks. we are waiting to len about the second victim. life team coverage in a bit. breaking news story out of ellicott city, where a train

has gone off the tracks closing down main street, two people dead. the clock right now ticking. talking about congressman todd akins comments about rape and abortion. it has so many people wondering is he going to stay in the race for u.s. senate. sherrie johnson is here to explain why. >> the deadline to get a republican on the missouri ballot is today at 5:00 p.m. missouri congressman todd akin shows no sign of pulling out of his campaign, last night he launched a fundraising drive to stay in the race. he is under fire for an explanation he gave as to why he opposes all abortions each in the case of rape. republicans are pressuring him to drop out. the romney ryan campaign said under as a romney administration aboggs would be allowed in the case of rape. at the republican national convention in tampa, delegates will vote on support of a human

life amendment to the constitution. the decision will become pat of the partys official platform. according to a draft, it would outlaw abortion without making exemption for rape or incest. >> his comment about rape were deeply offensive. i can't defend what he said or him. >> the document is in draft form and must be approved by the committee today before it goes before the delegates at the convention. the national group that supports republican senate candidates told akin will it withdraw in $50 million in planned advertising for the race. all the presidential and bp candidates are hitting the trail today. president obama speaking at a

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afternoon. satellite and radar dry. the back edge of the clouds, not far away, that's why we will see sunshine moving in here throughout the day. now, not seeing the sunshine, we have the street lights on. we can see a little brightening of the skies. we have to wait until 6:25 until we see daylight. the temperature, inner harbor 67 degrees. 68 annapolis. cambridge 68. look at the 59 frederick. 60 i don't care. 61 hager -- 60 york, 61 hagerstown. grab the jacket. we have the trough of low pressure that's across our area that jet stream digging in for today, and also tomorrow. by thursday, high pressure will build in across the area, we will get warmer, things are going to look up. we look at the tropical satellite, we can see two disturbances in to the atlantic, one wave off the african coast and another one,

this is the one that is tropical depression number 9, this is the one we will keep our eye op through time because it could affect florida. something that could affect us, we are looking at this little area of disturbed weather here and this could become a tropical storm as well in to time as well. over the next 48 hours, a 30% chance, but if it stays over the warm water in the gulf, it has a chance of developing. future trend not picking up on a lot now but keeps the chances for showers and storms around as we head in to tomorrow and thursday we are looking at sunshine in the forecast, right now, temperature coming in at 83 degrees, the isolated shower, a stray somehow ser possible by this evening, -- shower is possible by this evening. tomorrow 84 degrees. 84, 8 4, isolated storm for today. tomorrow coming in at 85. seven-day forecast looks like this, nice and dry by the weekend. we will be bringing the humid wet back in to the picture.

now a check of time saver traffic with loren cook. we continue to follow breaking news out of how do you county, a train -- howard county, a train derailed killing two people. main street will be shutdown between old columbia pike and oh ella avenue. stick with route 40 instead. leave yourself plenty of time. as we look at the mas knocks concerns on the jfx, in to the city. if you are using 95, 395, everything up to speed. if u using 95, white marsh, 15 minutes to travel southbound from the bellway in to the city. 695, in great shape. no delays, 11 minutes from 95, all the way up to 83. west side also remains clear. an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795, towards 95. that's a look at your traffic. stay with us , there is more coming up on good morning maryland. what does fall smell like?

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