amy cho was there as ida parents gave their baby girl a proper good-bye. >> reporter: there are some questions for which there are no answers. how a healthy life and just beginning could be cut so short and why. >> she was so precious. every time i spoke to her, she would smile. sad, i didn't get to see her or hold her for the last time. >> let us pray. >> now, ida's parents will never hear her first >> we miss her so much. i don't know bha i'm goiwhat i' do without her. at least we know she is in heaven looking down on us. not a day go by that i don't think about her. >> they know you are not alone. either side, family, and friends. >> baby ida is up there just laying and smiling and laughing and doing her thing. >> also there today, ida's twin sister anaia. >> she smiles every time we talk to her. she is a reflection of ida, basically. >> let this family come together in such a precious and gentle way. >> ida lived for a short time and left a lifetime of memories. >>> amy cho, news 4 . >> drops at stories like that. at last check, that go fund me raised nearly $3,000. it is almost

that is where news 4's amy cho is live with the latest. amy, what are we learning this evening? >> reporter: erika, this is a heartbreaking story. this was a single car crash. a man and woman were killed and there was a girl in the car that is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. it is not clear what the relationship is between the three people. police haven't released their names yet. this happened around 7:00 p.m. in the 10500 block of beach mills road. this is an area winding, narrow roads, only one lane in each direction. it looks like the car left the road and hit a tree. they are still trying to figure out why that happened and while that investigation is on going, tlar there is an impact on traffic. police are still letting people through if they are here. we are live in great falls. aimee cho, great falls >>> we are watching breaking news in st. louis. we want to show you a live look at protests going on this evening, protests that turned violent. hundreds of angry protesters taking to the streets after a white former police officer found not guilty in a shoot

amy cho is there. amy, one person died in the fire this morning. what do we know about a possible cause here? >> reporter: pat, from here you can see all the dam part of the reason it's so bad is what's on the inside. you can't see it from here, but inside that house are piles of books and papers several feet off the ground. fire fighters call it excessive storage, it's also known as hoarding. fire fighters say it's much tougher and more dangerous to get inside a house that's packed with clutter. assistant fire chief told me it's like wading through quick sand. this morning there was only one person home during the fire. they were able to get through the basement where that person was. sadly that person had passed away. fire fighters are still trying to identify the victim. neighbors tell me the owner of this house lived here alone. they say he was a middle aged man and he mostly kept to himself. >> he usually just come home from work, he speaks and waves hello, how are you doing, and just goes about his business, go in the house. are still trying

it's where amy cho has been working all day to get answers about what happened. >> reporter: inside that house, there is pile after pile of books and papers. fire fighters say the hoarding conditions were so bad it took them two tries just to get inside. but experts on hoarding say the condition is more common than you might think and affects about one in every 50 people. at this home in hillcrest heights, smoke building up on the outside, clutter on the inside. one psychologist told us many people don't realize it's a problem. >> even though somebody is feeling really bothered by the stuff, they may be overwhelmed by it. they may not know how to just go about that process of letting go. >> reporter: the person inside unable to escape in time. he hasn't yet been identified. lived here alone. >> a real quiet nice guy. stayed to his self. it was real sad. >> he was friendly, and just to have a neighbor and then today you wake up and he's not here any more, so it's a little depressing. it's a little shocking. >> reporter: also shocking to neighbors, the conditions inside the house. >> no, w

news 4's amy cho is there with details and what they think may caused this fire. amy? >> reporter: jim and wendy, you can still smell the smoke in the air. inside the house are piles of books and papers stacked 7 feet tall. it is part of the reason why fire fighters struggled to get in. early in this morning smoke filling the air. the person inside unable to escape in time. they haven't yet identified him, but neighbors say a middle aged man lived here alone. >> real quiet nice guy. stayed to himself. he was real sad. >> he was real friendly and just to have a neighbor and then today you wake up and he's not here any more. so, it's a little depressing. it's a little shocking. >> reporter: also shocking to neighbors appear to be hoarding conditions inside. >> no, we didn't have no idea that was going on. you know, when you saw him, all he do is go to the store, come back with one bag in his hand and sometimes with grocery bags and that was it. >> reporter: all those items eventually creating a trap from which there was no way out. now, hoarding has become a common enoug

amy cho, news 4. >> now at 5:00, just imagine. >> we just want to know she's okay.want her back. >> the boyfriend of that missing maryland teacher is now talking publicly for the first time. what the family is doing to solve this mystery. >> plus, irma leaves north florida and a path of destruction in its wake. millions without power, homes destroyed, and many still not sure what they'll return to. storm team 4 breaks down what's in store for us. >> it's our top story. again, irma's swallowing jacksonville right now with pounding rain and wind. crews are in boats trying to rescue people from their homes as this water just keeps creeping in. >> irma is linked now to dozens of deaths. most in the caribbean, two in florida, but those numbers are likely to climb. right now more than 6 million people don't have any power. >> and that's going to make for a rough night of recovery. irma's tropical -- is a tropical storm now, but that does not mean that the danger is over. south florida is trying to assess the damage, but a lot of people found it hard just to get back to th

a a amy cho, news 4. >> it's the washington regional trance plant community that helped organize thensplant. >> as a parent, i'm just imagining what that would have been like for her to listen to those lungs. a kind of story we needed to make. >> yeah, we needed something up lifting this evening. >>> all right, let's change gears. we've got to get back to irma. >> exactly, keeping a very close on eye on what's now category 2 irma. so longer considered a major mur cane, but still produce heavy rain. when this is all said and done, parts of the peninsula and especially the keys we'll see about 10 to 20 inches of rain. moderate storm surge still in effect. in addition to that damaging winds and tornadoes as well. tropical force winds extend outwards as far as 415 miles. here's the center, this is how far-out they extend. winds that strong will likely produce and still produce power outages. >> they saw some really amazing wind gusts out there. 142 mile per hour wind gusts in naples was reported at the airport. not only that, they have to deal with the storm surge. and 10 foot storm surg

the problems were first discovered in july, but as new 4's amy cho explains, parents were not notifiedugust. >> this is almost -- this is -- >> reporter: mom pina alexander is first to tell you her boys love to play. when she heard the neighborhood turf was too hard it had her worried. >> what is cushioning their fall? you don't think they need to be wearing like safety gear to go to arielle, is in firms grade at eden elementary. their turf field is one of 16 in d.c. that failed recent safety tests. >> we haven't had information in terms of follow up of what they're planning to replace it with. >> we understand their concern. >> reporter: d.c. general services promising action. they will be fixing the fields in the next few weeks, but some parents wondering why they weren't told of the problems sooner. >> i mean we give over our kids to the schools every day and, like, have to put a lot of trust in those educators. so obviously, like, safety and security are pretty high on the list of priorities. >> reporter: when it comes to her children's safety and those hard surfaces, she and many

news4's amy cho is live with details on how this tow and boot alert system works. what about it, amy? >> reporter: hi, chris and erika. if you park in a tow-away zone and you have the misfortune of being towed, your car could be any number of places. now, sometimes those towing companies will take your car to an impound lot. sometimes they just tow it down the street. but with this new alert system, finding out where your car went could be as easy as just checking your phone. it's the site no driver wants to see. but if your car has been registered ahead of time, you'll also be seeing something like this on your phone. it will tell you your car has been taken and where. sometimes it could be as close as a few blocks away. >> yeah, i would freak out if my car were towed. but i think i would be comforted to know that it's near wherever i left it. >> reporter: you won't get the notification until ten minutes after the towing has happened, so not enough time to run outside and prevent it from happening. many drivers agreeing there's a new system that could be a good thi

news 4's amy cho tells us how you can sign up for a program geten launched in the district. >> reporter: this is a situation where hopefully it never applies to you, just in case, you register your car online ahead of time. if it does ghettoed in d.c., you will get a text that looks like this, car is tod.address, a lot and a phone number in case have you tin you find that link twitter aimee cho 4. you will need to send in a picture of your car registration, that have handy, it takes a couple minutes. it's simple. hopefully, you will never be getting one of those texts. guys, back to you. >> thank you very much. great work. >>> school is back in session. have you heard the warnings to make sure you watch out as you are driving down the road, but there has been another spike in cases of distracted driving incidents. the news 4 i-team scott macfarland explains, what itself going on? >> reporter: a big spike in maryland. state department records show officers in maryland have stopped at least 26,000 people for driving while distracted in the state already this year. that's the rate is incre

news 4's amy caimee cho was there. >> she was just the sweetest, sweetest young girl.w someone on the street she'd stop and give them whatever she had. >> reporter: even after she was gone samantha wasn't done giving. >> she was a donor. i prayed that a young girl would get my daughter's heart and lungs. >> reporter: and one day they got a letter from a stranger named jackie. >> my daughter's heart and lungs. >> reporter: and one day they got a letter from a stranger named jackie. >> samantha saved my life. her lungs continue to breathe for me and every day i am here is because of samantha. >> and it's because of saa maptha thmapt samantha that they and jackie are coming together.mantha that they and jackie are coming together. jackie's battled lung disease her whole life. she spent a monthn nurses say she came within one day of dying. >> i know there is a part of my daughter in there in you, and you've got to be a beautiful soul. >> i don't know how to put into words. i am so appreciative it is not even close -- >> i brought a stethoscope with me. >> that's my baby in