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this ramp to germantown road is still closed and that may be the case for several more hours. this all stems from an early morning accident here. a police officer was doing a traffic stop here on 270, was pulling over a vehicle. this tractor-trailer traveling through the area, the driver swerved and hit that police cruer and then pushed theis cru that was pushed into a second police cruiser and then the tractor-trailer, itself, flipped on its side. at times it wasa across the r and lanes of 270. everything is op 270 right now but we still have a mess and ople are still going rather slowly through the area. everything is open at least on 270 but still pretty slow. here is melissa with more on the traffic impact. >>alirst 4 traffic alert cng a lot of pain for a lot of folks. chopper 4 on the scene here this morning. you canee what is going on. megan is down there on the ground just behind the semi. the semi on its de and loaded with 40,000 pound of candy. now the issue is because it's kind of coming apart as they try to move it, they have to offload that candy and get that out o

germantown 270 before germantown road the left lane is blocked by this crash. tractor-trailer into a mur montgomery county police cruiser who went into another police cruiser. luckily, nobody was closed. the ramp is shut down because of this accident. eigan mcgrath is on the way and we are se delays southbound. this worries me because of how important 270 is early in the morning for so many of our viewe a. inner loop outer loop looking nice and clear. nothing to worry about. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. friday forecast time. wow. mother nature really going to be treating us with great care for our friday and your weekend plans. not too hot and not too humid. no real rain chance anywhere from the mountains to the beaches for your weekend traveling plans. temperatures now have fallen into the upper 50s from o winchester t front royal to harrisonburg to warrenton, ni virgia. still in the low six for maryland d virginia. forecast high for today, 89 degrees. a fewhe fair weat cloud building up in the middle part of the afternoon. not much of a rain

cruiser so remember to stay away when with you see a traffic stop.0 southbound 27 the ramp to germantown road is blocked because of this accident. a live report from megan mcgrath is coming up in a little bit. inner loop and snroouter loop nb prms. >>> next on ne4, finding growth in an unexpected place. a the keeper of hundreds of plants and county the author of a best selling book, i'm justin finch here. one-on-one with hilton carter to showcase ways to help your own plants grow. >>> if you're home this afternoon, don't miss "ellen" at 3:00 and then news at 4:00. >>> some people who have a house plant here or there. >> have dead plants all around the house. you get those special few who can keep hundreds ofthem. i mean, really. here is justin finch with one of those special few who has grown his plantassion into a new balk and a must-follow instagram page. >> reporter: hilton carter not only knows his plants, knows what you think of them too. >> this one here is a neon post and they are what you had earier, your grandma plant, right? you've seen them in your grandmother's home. >> reporter:

near germantown road. ce truck driver had to be rescued from theab. he had minorju ines. the officers were not hurt, and we know what you're wondering. it appears all that candy inside the truck is also okay an not melted. >> you are going to have totc wafor speed on major roadways in montgomery county. the speed limits are going down n order to save lives especially in areas where there's a lot of pedestrians. news 4's chris don is live in bethesda with detailsngo where the lower limits are and when they take effect. chris? >> well,aark, it's hard for drivers to miss this large flashing sign behind me here on bradley boulevard. it's a speed limit change on or about august 2 nd it's part of vision zero. that's the program aimed at reducing pedestrian deaths to zero. motorists b arng warned that the speed on bradley boulevard ll be reduced to 25 mile an houreen wisconsin avenue and goldsboro starting next friday. >> the county and the state work together for traffic safety and we're working at speed limits h especially ingh pedestrian traffic areas to see i we can lower th

there weren't any serious injuries, the ramp to germantown road was closed right now. there was 40,000 pounds of karndy. not joking, in the semiat the me of the crash. and all of that was taken out before the truck could be removed. >>> now to near perfect summer weather, the sun is out on another cool morning. >> question for our meteorologist, do we stay rain-free heading into the weekend in. >> most of us are going to stay rain-free today and into the weekend. you can't rule out an isolated shower, especially back over the untains and the closer you are to the water. but look at the temperatures right now, it was a cool re morning, w warming quickly coming in at 85 degrees, beautiful sunshine out there. really nice this afternoon, but it going to be hot. seasonably hot. aybe an isolated shower, t best chance around the i-81 corridor, off by the bay, if you're heading over to the beach. a sprinkle there, but a low chance overall, at about 10, 20%. 6:00 tonight, it's still warm t with themperature out there of 88 degrees. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar,

still have this alert, southbound 270 at germantown road.ctor trailer filled with hersheys candies fromast night. right now, 16 miles per hour inu the southb lanes. inner loop, outer loop, no major worries. looking at centreville, westbound 66 before 28, crash blocking two lanes, and ft. washington, northbound 210, left lane is blocked there. >> not yet hot enough to melt those hershey bars. we'll check the >>> good morning. sun is shining on a friday morning. temperature now 74 in washington wrurb still plenty of the suburbs in the mid to0 upper 6s. a seasonably warm dayy. to our average high temperature is 88. the forecast high for today, 89 with a few extra clouds around during the afterno wee wl not b affected by rain at all. boat saturday and sunday seasonably hot and dry. a little more humid coming up on sunday, and i'r youe beach bound for the weekend, the weathe down at the ocean will also be very, very nice. temperatures in the mid 80s. >> all righhu c.oming your way in 25 minutes. now, back to the "to >>> it's 8:00 on "today." comi