. >> how about a hand for cynthia larkin tonight. what a job. her dad would be very proud.nts to use the 311 system for nonemergency problems and work to address volume of the problems in your neighborhood. certainly cynthia larkin proved persistence will get it done. >>> let's get to the latest on this deadly crash that killed three in may. today kevin coffee was -- he plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter. his car swerved off the road may 15th and killed three in the car. >>> fire officials are investigating what killed a fire in east baltimore. the fire started early this morning and it started on east biddle street. firefighters found fire coming from the two-story home. that's where they found mary hines. hines had been a long time educator before retiring in 1981. it's believed she died from smoke inhalation but an exact cause of death has not been determined. >>> you may have heard of the saying practice makes perfect. hope that's true of the team. why it could be a lesson learned from playoffs past. >>> your baby's teeth will be replaced with adult teeth but if you

cynthia larkin was fed up with watching a number of accidents right outside her home. so for two years she constantly called 311. >> and every time there was an accident, i would call 311 and let them know there was an accident on the corner of wabash avenue and hillsdale. after so many calls, i can't tell you how many, a lady told me, she said, miss larkin, please stop calling. we're going to send someone out to assess the traffic, assess the scene and see if a light is needed. >> the city said yes and with the flip of a switch ms. larkin got what she had been fighting for for so long. it hasn't been just her battle, though. >> my father would have loved to have seen it because he was the first vice president of the west arlington improvement association for 10 years. and he tried to get a light and it just didn't happen. so i'm the daughter, only child. reporter: you made it happen. >> i made it happen. >> thanks to those collective efforts, the northwest baltimore community is a little saver for drivers. you can see that starting this morning. >>> in news around the

for two years cynthia larkin was fed up with watching the number of accidents happening just outside her front door, so she continually called 311. so many calls the dispatcher told her to stop and they would send someone out to assess the traffic situation. larkin's relentlessness result inside a new traffic light. >> my father would have loved to have seen it because he was the first vice president of the west arlington improvement association for 10 years. and he tried to get a light and it just didn't happen. so i'm the daughter, only child, made it happen. >> officials urge residents to call 311 for nonemergency situations and for larkin's story there is proof the system works. >>> we are off to a break now. we're continuing to watch what's new and developing on that harrisburg expressway accident. this is a live look from our traffic cameras. angela has got you covered on this. justin has got you on the weather side of things. we're following this on twitter and on facebook. and if you have any pictures from this or other accidents, pix@wmar.com. we continue in just a moment. [

for years cynthia larkin watched and was fed up with the number of accidents outside of her home, so she continually called 311. she called every time there was an accident, so many calls, in fact, the dispatcher told her to stop and someone would be out there eventually to assess the traffic situation. larkin's relentlessly resulted in now a new traffic light. >> my father would have loved to seen it because he was the first president of the arlington improvement association for 10 years and he tried to get a light and it didn't happen. so i'm the daughter, only child, made it happen. >> officials are now urging residents to call 311 for nonemergency situations. as for cynthia's story, there is proof that the system can sometimes work. >>> organizers for americans pore prosperity will be in three places in the baltimore area tomorrow, trying to get the word out about the proposed gas tax increase. one place is going to be here at york road and sem nair avenue. dr. martin o'malley wants to hike the gas tax 15 cents a gallon during the next three years. >> we can't afford 15 more cent