early this morning, a freight train hit a car in beltsville, maryland. the accident happened at baltimore avenue and ritzway. that's where news 4's derrick ward is live with the latest. derrick, any injuries here? >> reporter: we understand there was one injury to the driver of the vehicle. we're looking at this csx train now. a southbound csx train on these tracks that run parallel to route 1 here in beltsville. we understand this accident happened just after 6:00 a.m. a car somehow came in contact with this train. the car has been, since, cleared from the tracks, and as we said, the driver was taken away. we don't know the extent of his or her injuries. however, there was some concern, because this freight train has a few tanker cars on it, with hazardous materials. they have cleared that these tanker cars have not ruptured or anything, it so looks like this train is preparing to continue south on its way. we don't know the extent of the injuries to the driver. there was one person on board the ain, one operator. he was not injured. however, as we said

it happened just after 6:00 this morning near annandale road and route 1 in beltsville. a man inside the car was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. so far the man don't know why the man's car was in the tracks. >>> one of the big talkers this weekend, senate majority leader harry reid is trying to do damage control about comments he made during the campaign for obama. senator reed said obama could win the race because he was a quote, life skin fram with no negro dialect. herued a -- he issued a formal apology. he said i apologize for my improper comments. president obama accepted the apology and considers the matter over. >>> and senator reid helped push through the health care bill. and now a big named clinic is being touted as an example of what could go wrong with the health care plan. melanie wilkes reports on why the mayo clinic in arizona has some people pretty worried. >> costs will finally come down for families, businesses and our government. >> reporter: president obama wants lawmakers to push through a health care bill when they return from reces