a serious crash injuries three siblings. all under age 17. 12-year-old tonight is in critical condition.

neighbors say the accident points to a bigger problem. good evening, everybody. i amim ndle jim andleim j and dn veightig off. germantown, ridge rn gsr .dei morningstar ride. an intersection neighbors have been griping about some time. derek ward joins us live with the story. d derek? >> four people were injured before 4:00 p.m. three victims lived down the street. they have all been hospitalized including a 12-year-old fighting for his life. police say the vw passat driver and three passengers was stopped at ridge road and morning star drive. the driver, 20-year-old kapur was northbound attempting to make a left turn on to morningstar when the ford work truck came up from behind. after the in pact both vehicles ended up beyond the intersection in the southbound lane. >> we're fortunate that somebody traveling in the other direction

didn't become involved in this collision. >> it's sad. very sad. crying. the driver was crying. >> residents of the community say sadly not the first serious accident here. >> three accidents here within the last two years. and two buses over there have not. this year. and we have one a couple years ago. >> those with driveways who faced the heavily traveled road say it can be a frightening experience coming and going. >> near misses every time. you take your life into your hand when you fry to get out of the driveway. fry to turn in. >> there have been petitions and pleas for a traffic light at the intersection. >> would like to see a light. this is the third serious accident in the nine years i lived here, at this corner, each time we have written letters. >> most seriously injured in the accident, 12-year-old, he was a rear-seat passenger in the vw and air lifted to children's national medical center with life-threatening injuries. the two other passengers, 15-year-old michael, 17-year-old

christine were taken to suburban hospital in serious condition. this is a heavily traveled thoroughfare especially during morning and evening rush hours. now it is becoming notorious. at least on this stretch, for carnage. >> how many fatalities and serious injuries do they need before they actually put a light? what does it take? >> the driver of the truck has been identified as a 44-year-old, of elkridge, maryland. not hospitalized. did stay on the scene able to talk to authorities. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. we are live in germantown, back few you in the studio. >> derek ward thank you. hundreds turned out for a vigil in southeast washington. 21-year-old, charl augustus williams was gunned down overnight. his friends called him gus. friends of williams joined a nonviolence group, rallying in his memory. williams was in a job training program trying to turn his life around. a dog that has captured

sympathy of our area endured surgery today. but as it battles to survive there are doubts those responsible for its condition will ever be found. news 4s, jackie benson, joins us with details. jackie. >> jim, with little progress made so far. a new donation by the humane society of the united states, has raised the reward in this terrible case to $4,000. >> bandaged, groggy from surgery needed to clean a deep gash over her right eye. trooper looks just awful. but she is a survivor. last friday, washington humane society officer eve russell pulled the 2 1/2-year-old pit bull out of a dumpster in the 4200 block of the 9th southeast. severely wounded dog had been tightly duct taped into a trash bag. she survived by chewing a hole and sticking her head out. officer russell is frying tryin

discover the person who discarded trooper like a bag of garbage. the result of illegal dog fighting. >> pretty difficult without any, any help from somebody who might know. you know, right now we are just -- kind of hoping that they're going to going to get more inforinformation. a law was passed to make it a felony even to be a spectator. shadowy activity continues with participants discarding, dead or wounded dogs after they fail to win a fight. with a reward at $4,000, finding the person who hurt trooper will be extremely difficult. but chris schindler of the humane society of the united states says all it take as is one person with a conscience. >> you want somebody to come forward so that this person can be charged with the crime. they're going to do something else. these types of crimes are directly connected with, you know other acts of violence towards humans. >> now we are told that this

little dog wagged her tale as the officer wiped the flies and gar bang from her face. there is a $4,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. if you have any information you are asked to call the washington humane society. jim, back to you. >> jackie benson. thank you. the debate over health scare reform rages on tonight. hundreds of people waited outside for hours at hagerstown, community college today. for a chance to question maryland senator ben cardin. >> your government has lost the faith and trust of the american people. >> more than 400 people packed the auditorium. another 500 were left outside waiting. many chanted for cardin to just say no to a government run health insurance option. cardin said the government has a spent to provide affordable health care for all without adding to the national debt. his explanations though came with plenty of interruptions.

>> why don't you take the plan? >> to make sure we use. [ inaudible ] >> use technology effectively. >> senator cardin said unruly behavior is better suited for demonstrations than town halls but praised community involvement in the health care debate. one week after the emotional return of laura ling and euna lee, the two journalists are speaking out tonight with a message of gratitude. ling and lee were jailed in north korea for four months. the two worked for al gore's current tv network. they have been sentenced for entering illegally. they were pardons after bill clinton met with kim jong-il. today they posted a video on current tv's website thanking all those who campaigned for their release. we are so --

grateful for your love and support. >> we are so happy to be back with our families. lee says they want to save the details of what happened to them for a later time. meanwhile,ling says, she hopes their experience will bring attention to journalists arrested abroad. when we come back on news 11 -- a judge now accused of deflating a woman's tires. because he parked in her spot. and the redskins tellck .no vick no. was the nfl shop listening. and a story how a fish broke a woman's windshield. >> now our weather is not bad at all. we had some clouds. some spots are almost cool. i will explain out there. and tell you about that. the skins defense getting all the accolades so far in training camp. but can they respond. things getting feisty between team usa and mexico and soccer.

and watch out, braves showing a quick reflexes they try to take two in a row from the

discovered in a d.c. neighborhood. the army corps of engineers,n fskla open flasktaon cining mustard gas innon inhe the spring valley neighborhood. searching for munitions near au since the school was used to develop and test weapons during world war i. safety procedures reviewed before the excavation continues. a judge stands accused of deflating a woman's tire outside a courthouse. the woman says the security guard told her that circuit court judge robert nalley took the air out of her tire monday because she was parked in his restricted spot. outside the charles county courthouse, caught on cell phone video, though the video has yet

to surface. the police department confirms they're investigating the case of vandalism but won't confirm who they're investigating. some good news tonight for frugal shoppers. the recession has area grocery stores fighting for your dollars. that means they're cutting prices. safewait late safeway the latest to slash paper products and coffee. the second largest grocer in the area, and some of the price cuts are as high as 25%. >> i am a big coupon user. when prices go down. you notice. you eat dinner and stretch your dollar. >> worried about everything. you know, the economy, has us stressed. people get a little stressed. so you know every little bit helps. i mean, you know even folks who have dough, i'm sure they're pinching a few pennies these days too. >> giant food made a similar move, cutting prices three years ago. whole foods has also reduced

ices on some items. still to come tonight on news 4, an airline offers an unlimited monthly pass. new sugar substitute gaining popularity. some say its negatives are being sugarcoated. powerball winners in d.c., decide to donate their winnings to a charity. bob is back with a greater chance for s t

metro, subway syems now an airline will give it a try. je blue, $599 monthly pass giving customers unlimited flights. pass holders can book flights as soon as three days before they want to travel. visit any of the airlines 56 destinations in u.s., caribbean and south america. the pass is on sale now through august 21st. it will be valid for travel between september 8th and october 8th. a new natural sweetener

hitting store shelves. sugar substitute is called truvia. some say it is sweeter than sugar and has no calories. but there may also be downsides. truvia from an extract of the stevia blant b stevia, plant, 250 times sweeter than sugar. >> it is the hottest new sweetener coming out. and everyone is very excited about it. because it is all-natural. and it comes from a plant. you can actually find this plant at your local farmer's markets. >> but there could be a downside. some studies have raised concerns about the use of the sweetener and impaired kidney function, fertility and blod pressure. the company says its researc refutes those findings. group of hotel workers from our area won a powerball lottery prize. a pool of 27 employees at washington hilton played powerball last week. turns out they matched all but one number and won $10,000.

after taxes that is a cool $2595 piece. when the woman who organized the pool told her co-workers about the big win. at first they didn't believe it. >> i thought initially that she was maybe just fibbing a little bit to get a little excitement. >> many of the hilton 27 are donating their winnings to a nonprofit group called tourism cares. the group provide scholarships and helps preserve historic sites all over the world. of course the powerball drawing, big one to night for $186 million. we're still here. >> vance is not here. >> no. he is not. >> that's what it is. >> we'll seghnitot. outside tonight. partly cloudy. had a wonderful. wonderful. sunset. with those -- the sun breaking through the cloud. our temperature, outside, and gave us a nice colorful end of the day. right now, it's 77 degrees. after the high temperature of 87. we have really been under a dry

summer, remember how -- up until, the summer sole ststices. our rainfall. three inches below average. many spots really wet. show you in a second. high temperature. 87 here. a lot of 80s. can i find a 90. yep. there it is. omaha. here we are in washington. 77 degrees. we have had six of the last ten august, by the way, hotter than july. could this be one? well, not tomorrow. we have had, little ripple in the atmosphere. you can see some cloud. showers, and there is a little area of low pressure. that wilkeep around us. as we go through, tomorrow.city. a few sprinkles. not the great beach day. over an inch of rain. tomorrow there may be more rainshowers also. well this could be become, could become and it is a tropical depression out there. there you can see the circulation. although sort of breaking up a little bit in the last few hours.

nonetheless, folks at tropical prediction center are still thinking that it will become a tropical storm. but you can see that the distance from miami and even going forward in the next few days, certainly out over the waters. and no threat whatsoever. no threat whatsoever to the island. as we know a lot can happen. look at the temperatures around the country today. south texas continuing to suffer. 104 degrees. corpus christi has now had 36 days in a row of the temperature 95 or higher. today, a record in corpus christi. 100 degrees. boy, do you have friend down there. telling you about the terrible drought. also, all of the -- all of the heat. little area of low pressure off the coast. keep us under moisture. that's the reason i think our temperatures will be a little below average. because overnight tonight. we'll continue to see temperatures into the 80s. then tomorrow morning. you get up and head out.

clouds around. breaks in the cloud. temperatures with humidity arou. 70 degrees. breaks in cloud. overall. cloudy skies. towards the eastern store. and as we head into the weekend. look for the heat to really be coming back. a bit with temperatures in the mid 80s. that is with the sunshine. saturday, sunday. both days look great. temperatures, mid to high 80s. on the humid side. still no soon of any general rains coming our way. and next chance for any showers. after tomorrow. i think probably, not until long about next wednesday. not as hot tomorrow. maybe a few showers, east and south. >> all right. getting better. thank you, bob.

still to come tonight, a man trying to get a fish bone out of his throat, instead, swallows a spoon. coming up next in sports? redski

things going south for the nats. unable to get on the winning track. and national down 2-1.

this is ronnie belliard at the plate. and into the left field. elijah dukes. stumbles he rounds third. he is going to try to get home. and dukes is safe. the game is tied. at 2 apiece. bottom seven now. jorge sosa, facing former teammates. andy laroche. deep right field. that's gone. solo home run. and you could -- say that sosa is just a wee bit upset. laroche, two homers on the night. fast forward, top of the ninth. mike gonzalez. closing out the game. and sends the hot shot up the middle. check out the reaction. what an amazing catch. and almost takes his head off. instead he cches it for the out. and beat the nationals 6-2. preseason game, one for the redskins. in baltimore tomorrow night. don't blink because if you do, you won't see the starters.

they won't play long. several of them, won't play at all. it will be a chance for the young guys, veterans, fighting for a roster spot to make an early impression on the coaches while they're in the line of fire. so to speak. also the first time the new look redskins defense will face live competition. and that is actually wearing another uniform. and haynesworth won't play. and get some snaps. first pro game. they're a couple of the reasons that some think this could be, perhaps, the best defense in the nfl. defensive coordinator says let's not get too eited just yet. >> typical of people to get something new. and go gaga over the new toy. and forget about all the things they have had all along. i try to stay away from that. i try and be respectful and in the things i have had and be appreciative of the things we added on. what we are going to do is add the guys on. see if we can get better. we always try to get better.

y wouan cchan the game tomorrownight.t. here on nbc 4. soanald we'llaval h live and coosle gte pte coverage right after the game in baltimore. soccer now, the united states down in mexico for a world cup qualifying match. and you know they started strong. but they could not snap their south of the border funk. the united states falls to mexico 2-1. they're now 0-23-1 in the country of mexico. dating back to 1937. landon donovan, troops, try to make history winning in a hostile environment. 100,000 fans on hand for this one. and u.s. up 1-0, check out this shot. off the crossbar. in. israel castro ties the game at one apiece second half. tied at one. 75th minute. things getting ugly. on the ground.

mexico can player tries to help him up. choking going on. and got mexico fired up. and dribbles to the end line. crosses. in front. he rips the shot. top shelf. mexico beats the united states. and again, 2-1 is the final. but that does not knock the united states out of -- world cup contention. they're still very mu alive. >> all right. have fun tomorrow in baltimore. we'll be watching. >> up next tonight. redskins have said no to michael vick.

redskins said no to michael vick. n't tell that to the fksn dedisrtgracua qerback's last name graced thek ac buaof a redskins' jsey on the the jersey onre eth jersey on page for page fory re edisappd frfrom the site sorafshsh nr outletetsrepoing . rtviing po it. vick is seahi fngor i a team after his recent release from prison. >> a woman left with a crack in her windshield after a fish came raining down from the sky. a fish. leeann niles was on vacation near lake erie in ohio saw a bird with a fish in its claw. a beautiful sight. it soon turned into a nightmare. >> i realized something was wiggling.

in its claws. i looked again. next thing i know, i am saying oh, my god. and down comes the eagle's lunch. >> new windshield is goi to cost niles $250. she says she is grateful she dent get hurt. a man in egypt showed up an emergency room having difficulty breathing and swallowing. turns out the 50-year-old man tried to use a spoon to dislodge from a fish bone that got stuck in his throat. but then he actually swallowed it. the spoon. doctors were able to surgically remove that spoonho

pool party for one in california. one bear. the animal decided to take a dip in a backyard. scaled fence hopped over walls to get to the private pool. spent a minute cooling off. paddling around. local officials are testing bear resistant trash barrels. in hopes of keeping animals away. that does it for us." "the tonight show" is next. [ cheers and applause ]