diane cho has the latest. that: it's not often neighbors hear sirens on this rural road, so when emergency crews went by, it caught this person's attention. >> is required. diane: it was just after 3:00 in the afternoon halloween day when people were called to the scene of the crash not far from tobacco lane. authorities say that two people on a tandem bicycle going northbound were hit from behind by a driver who they identified as 62-year-old catherine lyon. road, which on the they are about to be, and she struck them. diane: the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the man who was with her on the bicycle later died at the area hospital. who livedsay the two in clarksburg were avid cyclists. they loved.ing what the authorities say the driver who hit them is facing several charges, including homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence. home just by lyon's over a mile away from the scene of the crash, but nobody answered the door. diane cho, abc 7 news. kimberly: a big announcement from hokie nati

diane cho is live at the scene tonight. diane: crews are still out here trying to clean up the mess. they have been able to make a pile out of some of the rubble here, the debris and the bricks that were caused from the impact of the crash. i want to show you the tables and the chairs here behind this window. how blows they are behind the window and how close they were on the other side. they injured people standing or sits at the time that happened before 1:00 today. there were 30 people inside when a driver crashed in a restaurant. they are trying to figure out how it happened. a building is trying to clean understood and block off the section that happened to open up tomorrow. we talked to an employee who was inside when this happened and said it sounded like a bomb going off. >> the customers were helping. to get clean towels to wipe the blood and get ice on wherever they were hurting. >> customers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and we are told the driver is doing okay. in chantilly, diane

diane cho, abc 7 news. kellye: stay on top of any traffic problems by signing up for text alerts at wjla.com/te xts and then enter your cell phone number. good news for redskins fans braving the traffic. the team pulling out a win against the giants. aaron is live at fedex field -- erin is live. erin: after the game i spoke with the redskins in the locker room and they said we held a players only meeting last night. i said what was the message? they said stop losing. whatever they talked about in the meeting, it certainly translated to the field. pick it up in the second quarter. that is when kirk cousins makes a great play. fires when deep to desean jackson. a 63-yardng in for touchdown as the redskins took a 17-0 lead at halftime. the defense smothered eli manning. giant on the move and manning picked off by dunbar. the third interception for the skins defense. the giants made it interesting for the redskins held on to win, 20-14. 5-6 on the season and first place in the nfc east. >> i felt a great energy

diane cho, abc 7 news. theerly: a teenager is at hospital after an early-morning crash that killed the driver. a driver drove away from a loudoun county deputy from a traffic stop. the carn a mile later, hit several vehicles in sterling. police originally turned -- pulled the call over for not having its headlights on. a small plane had to make an emergency landing this afternoon. investigators say the plane's engine lost power, and it glided in for a landing. the pilot was the only person on board. no one was hurt. the redskins could not claw out a win in charlotte against the panthers. the panthers beat the redskins to remain undefeated. robert burton is live in charlotte with a recap of the game. they started strong, robert. robert: exactly. take awayprobably to from this game, cam , the panthers quarterback, known as the nfl's dance king, not a lot of dancing today. of teammates did a lot dancing and so on. let's go inside bank of america. there were some bright spots in this game. early for the skins,

[indiscernible] diane cho. ahead the workweek forecast early good. >> blew out the saints or that it's about 60 degrees now. coming up and love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the semi-annual sale going on now! sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. soyour sleep goes from good, to great, to wow! gift the best sleep of your life to your whole family. only at a sleep number store. save $500 on the veteran's day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. hurry, ends sunday! know better sleep with sleep number. player sitting at their best week of practice and it translated to sunday is the their best game of the season. they get off to a quick start 96 yard. he leave then for the 16 yard td. first time at seven the skins knocking on the door cousins finds krauter over the middle. washington now up to seven. early in the second they show 60 yard ar

diane cho caught up with some of the residents today. diane: buildings inspectors inside to see what happened within the home. >> the woman who did not want to be identified said she called the fire department on saturday night after she felt her building shaking. these were the photos she took of the damage in her apartment before the fire department forced even out. she says she first noticed the cracks a couple of years ago. >> this resident who expect want to be fided said she was moving out of the effected unit in another apartment when it happened. half after her stuff is in the old unit. >> they tell us that there were 20 families affected by the evacuate. the spokesman for the county department of permitting and the inspection and the enforcement says it could be at least a week before the residents are allowed to return to the homes. >> soil borings will be taken on wednesday. then it will be determined as to what they think did or did not happen. diane cho, abc7 news. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- play ball! the fall

diane cho was in the courtroom. what sentence is she facing? diane: a judge sentenced her to five years in jail, minus five months which is the time she spent this month. placing her to five years of supervisor probation with conditions. awe case that garnered national headlines after a baby girl was found alone in a car seat on the side of the road on the july 4th holiday. the next day sandra mcclairry came forward and identified herself as the mother and today pled guilty to charge of reckless endangerment of a child. she says she was on the way to a party when the two got in an argument because they got lost. she said the father got out of the minivan and took the baby with him shaying she left because she was scared of him. they said that the two had been arguing that day. he told investigators he walked away because he said the baby was still in the car when he left. denying there was an assault. the mother's attorney said the client was irresponsible that night but doesn't believe she is a danger to society. she has no unlawful contact wit

diane cho updates the investigation. diane: it's now empty with a notice on the door saying that the home is unsafe after the firefighters found elderly woman and doug unresponsive inside. >> when they arrived on the scene there was heavy smoke from a single family home. >> after rescuing the woman early saturday morning she died at an area high school. they reviverred the dog. -- revived the dog. >> the smoke alarm was not working at the time. diane: it was caused by an electric heating pad like this one. the fire chief says the fire was contained to the family room inside the home it caused $100,000 of damage. he adds if you are going to have an electric heating pad make sure it has automatic shutoff in hopes they never have to respond to another tragedy like this again. >> there is a good chance that the individual fell asleep. you don't know what is going on. the best thing to do is turn it off when you're done with them. >> if fairfax, diane cho, abc7 news. >> the man accused of a murder of his estranged wife of his

diane cho, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now looking around the region today, wsfc preparing for cold weather andasy season of the water main breaks. crews say they are keping close eye on the temperatures in the potmac. when t gets to the mid-30's, the breaks ramp up and that is when the crews jump action. making things more difficult are the pipe themselves. a third of the water mains in montgomery and prince george's county are more than 50 years old. >> alison: here is what you can do to prepare. you should have about one to two gallons of water on hand. that is per person, per day. jonathan: a bus crash and the three people were hurt. but the utility workers had to come safely clear the street as the pole cracked in half. some homes and businesses lost power at the time. understand things are getting fixed up or should be done by now. alison: a murder investigation opens in takoma park. the body of a woman found in a dumpster behind an office building this morning. maryland bureau chief brad bell explain who made the gr

diane cho live in northeast to show us how. hi, diane. >> diane: good afternoon, alison.efore thanksgiving. big box stores like the wal-mart here and the target are gearing up for the long lines and the big crowds for the early black friday sale tomorrow. at this store here in d.c., it's all hands on deck for the staff members because the deals start at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. on everything like tv, laptop and video game. according to american express, 45% of the consumers are buying on black friday with 47% shopping on cyber monday. only 23% this year plan on doing shopping in the store. some we talk to say they don't have the patience to fight through the crowds. others told us if it means paying less than the normal price, they are all for it. >> it looks light it's too much for me. too many people and crowds and hart stories from the friends of mine. >> it's sometimes half price. last friday, i bought a sofa for $300. two days later it was $800. >> coming up, famed out if shoppers say it will change their shopping plans. northwest d.c., diane cho, abc7 news. jonathan: we

diane cho picks up the story.orter: mary cunningham and her husband were startled out of bed me last night after hearing a loud boom. she said her husband immediately called 911. >> we told them something just happened. can't really see. we could hear little explosions. reporter: and a cdn seb just collided in a head-on crash -- chat --and an atv collided in a head-on crash. >> my husband was shaking to call me to say he cannot do anything to help them. reporter: friends have been stopping by throughout the day, leaving flowers here at the crash site while trying to make sense of what happened last night. john lacey says his friend who died was experienced with atvs and was a father of five. >> i have seen a lot of death and the fire department. [indiscernible] reporter: they say the driver of the suv suffered minor injuries. >> you struggle with the problem of enforcing the atv laws. this is dark. did that night. they should not of been on the road to begin with. its tough to enforce. we struggle to identify the

diane cho is live there on the scene. ast hour you spoke with an employee who saw what happened. that had to be really crazy. what are you seeing now? diane: the impact of the crash reduced the bricks to tiny pieces. you can see how close the tables and the chairs were when the car came barreling inside. >> he said he heard a bomb going off. >> woke me up. >> wendy's employees say there were 20 to 30 customers inside before 1:00 when the driver of the honda suddenly came crashing into the restaurant. >> jumped the curb. runs into the glass wall. knocks three customers to the ground. diane: three customers were taken to the hospital. >> two of them were running. they have been downgraded to non-life threatening. diane: he called 911. >> other customers were helping. took clean towels to wipe up the blood and

diane cho shows us the massive effort it took to get the fire out. diane: take a look at the video from the fairfax county fire department. >> the sparks were, i mean it was a fireworks show you that we will never see again. i hope never to see again. >> neighbors say flames could be seen shooting up 20 or 30 feet in the sky. >> i have never seen anything like it before. diane: firefighters say it started around 1:00 off the river park handing great falls and took several hours to finally get it under control. leaving one firefighter with non-life threatening injuries. >> one of the things that i was impressed with, this is an area where there are no fire hydrants. diane: firefighters had to call in a tankerred tars to put the fire out. but the other problem, the sheer size of the home was a factor. these are photos of what the 11,000 square foot home looked like before the fire destroyed it. according to the website, the six bedroom home was currently for sale for $3.25 million. >> they had an open house, which i went to. the home features a lot of w

reporter: diane cho, abc 7 news.his is hardly the first time we've seen skimmers in the area. log on to wjla.com and search "skimmers." jonathan: should donald trump be don't from " saturday night life?" alison: we all know that teens text and drive. alison: we all know that teens text and drive. the one thing you can love or like? naughty or nice?k calm or bright?d. but at bedtime... why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the semi-annual sale going on now! sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good, to great, to wow! gift the best sleep. only at a sleep number store. save $500 on the veteran's day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology, plus 36-month special financing. hurry, ends wednesday! know better sleep with sleep number. alison: you can call it creative marketing. justin bieber has released the names of all the songs on his album by using murals all over the world. one is right an

diane cho is live with breaking news. it was very tense inside the courtroom this morning in the moments leading up to the verdict. charles severance stared straight ahead and didn't have any reaction and he hasn't had much reaction for much of the trial. the judge recessed, family members were very emotional and could be heard sobbing. charles severance was found that hen all 10 counts was facing in a case that has spanned over a decade including a capital murder charge of ronald kirby and nancy dunning. the sentencing phase will begin at noon. he is facing life in prison. we know that severance will not face the death penalty in this case. dunning was killed and 2003. lodato was another one of his victims. defense argued that authorities jump to conclusions because of his mental illness. jeff goldberg is upstairs in the courtroom right now for the sentencing phase. we will have more information as soon as that develops. back to you. jummy: our team coverage continues with brianne carter live in the neighborhood where th

diane cho with the effort it took to get the fire under control. e way here say they didn't have to go too far from the front doorsteps to see the flames shooting out from across the street. in this video from the fairfax county fire department you can see what firefighters were up against as they pulled off to the home in great falls where it took several hours for them to get the fire under control. it started at 1:00 this morning at the 11,000-square foot home. but the size of the home wasn't the only problem they were dealing with. firefighters say it was in an area where there weren't hydrants nearby so they had to call in a tanker task force to help. firefighters say they knew the house was for sale and that no one was inside so they initially only attacked the fire from the outside because it was too dangerous for firefighters to go in. fire investigators say they are still trying to figure out what caused it. >> i have never seen anything like it before. we opened up our front door. you could see flames. the whole home seemed to be engulfed

diane cho, abc7 news. leon: thank you, diane. workers are inflating 17 giant balloons for the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york. security there is going to be tighter than at any time since the parade than after 9/11, 14 years ago. the warmer than usual temperatures are expected to draw crowds along the parade route tomorrow. >> of course, plenty of people are making the last-minute dash to get out of town for the holiday. the mobile track 7 is out patrolling the streets. they are headed north on the beltway. this is around route 50. what can those of us in town expect from mother nature? let's check in with doug hill. thanksgiving day is spectacular. this is getting dark in a hurry. 51 at the reagan national airport. the story tonight is we'll stay clear. 5:44 is when the moon is full. it's referred to as the beaver moon. with the clear skies you will get a gorgeous view of that. light winds. we are watching the clouds to the center of the country. the snow in the perfect mountain west. look at the advisory. the texas p

diane cho reports. >> it sounded like firecrackers going off in my pocket. diane: this is the aftermath after taylor suffered second and third-degree burns. >> it was a ball of fire. it started smoking. i ranoff to the side and patted it out. diane: taylor said all he had in the pocket at the time were the batteries and a dollar bill. >> i don't think i was given the proper information on the possible what sored of the lithium ion batteries exploding in your pocket. diane: we reached out to the battery manufacturer but haven't heard back. but it does say in a warning don't place batteries in a pocket containing metal objects. he said the store sold them to him loose without packaging or instructions on safe handling. the staff reached out to the store but the store had no comment. according to the u.s. fire administration, fire explosions caused by the e-cigarettes are rare and says there were 25 incidents reported in the u.s. media between 2009-2014. admitted it's likely others weren't reported. 80% occurred while the battery was being charged but none it sa

in northwest d.c., diane cho, abc7 news. alison: we are continuing to follow breaking news ahead at 5:00. what police are saying about what was found when a soccer stadium was evacuated amidst terror fears in germany. jonathan: -- leon: plus isis fears and why you need to update your schedule to keep up. >> plus new tools. leon: a new tool to protect you from fraud. the help center is wide open to get answers about questions about fraud and scams. they are answering the phone. call them at 703-236-9220. alison: a video that went viral. two women sexually abusing a man. now he says the video only tells part of the story. why he is coming forward next on "abc7 news at 5:00". leon: tonight "7 on your side" exclusive. the man in the video at the center of the d.c. twerking and the sex abuse case that so many people is talking about. he is revealing his identity for the first time on television now. alison: as he tells our fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan he wants to set the record straight now. general j

diane cho, abc7 news. alison: wow! what a scene. thank you. f.b.i. agent hits a teenage sending the boy flying across a sidewalk. tonight that agent is facing ten years in jail. we have the video of the entire exchange. maryland bureau chief brad bell live in rockville to show it to you. brad? brad: this is the video played in court. six minutes long. it shows an off-duty f.b.i. agent starting a argument with the finding but what led to the guilt finding is a 16-year-old boy approached the agent. the agent striking him like that, sending him flying. see for yourself. >> it begins with a handoff of a baby from a father to a mother. and then f.b.i. agent steps in view. the tall man with the shaved head. the friend of the mother's friend. annoyed that the father is late. he has words for the man and his girlfriend. the conflict escalates. then watch what happens as the woman's 15-year-old son tries to intervene. >> oh! oh! >> he has yet to identify himself as an agent. he tussles with the boy and he pulls his gun. >> get on the ground. get on the ground

diane cho explains. reporter: instead of sleeping in on this thanksgiving day, volunteers rolled up their sleeves and went straight to work. >> hand, turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, green bean casserole. reporter: it helps feed the homeless once a month but today churches from all over northern virginia and from maryland and d.c. jumped in to help serve a meal to someone in need. >> it's exciting to see people coming together. reporter: putting together more than 460 meals. >> it shows the community cares and people want to do something but don't often know what to do or how to do something. and drivingading up over in caravans to hand out meals to three different homeless camp's in prince william county before heading to the district. >> dehumanizes people. these people categorize someone as homeless and to realize that is a person. reporter: trying to make a difference in the lives of those who need it the most. >> last year we had a lot of people but this seems to be more people co

diane cho explains there is no timetable for a return home. >> it's not unusual to see cracks along the sidewalks. but imagine having them inside your apartment. some as wide as the cell phone. the entrance is at two apartment buildings were boarded up this weekend after the fire department forced everyone out. today they have been talking down from time to time so that the building inspectors could go inside and look at the damage. would be of the residents we talked to told us she felt her apartment building shaping here at the complex in lanum saturday night. after she called the fire department they noticed that the crack in her walls and the creeling with the other structural damage. and evacuated everyone from two apartment buildings until the inspectors could determine what was going on. one resident who did not want to be identified said she was in the process of moving out of one of the effected units. >> right now i can't even cook. the gas is turned off. it's very inconvenient for me. especially having a child. >> the department of permitting, inspections and enforcement says