jamie costello has more. >> reporter: all right. here we go. incredibly, nobody was injured but you wouldn't know this by looking at the video. police say the driver of the car was pulling into a parking spot in front of the restaurant when she accidentally pressed on the gas instead of the brakes and went through the store window. first to a man who was on the way out and then through the front door and the seating area. >> another two ladies sitting there in the middle. when the car hit that table it went flying. >> reporter: incredibly, by the time he got back out to the front, the man was hit and already standing. police are trying to decide whether to charge the driver. then we go to washington. a woman ended new a much bigger mess. she told police she was trying to merge when her breaks -- brakes locked up. she ended up crashing into a home. the home and the suv were seriously damaged. the driver walked away without injuries. jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> take a look out there across the east coast. we're quiet in the immediate area of o

jamie costello has more. >> reporter: the music teacher had been teaching the song deck the halls and changed it from don the gay apparel. to don the bright apparel. >> we have a policy that includes sexual orientation. this is the way to be respectful. >> reporter: parents agreed that the change was inappropriate but said it gave them a chance to explain what the word meant and that gay was not a bad word to their kids. >>> in another michigan city, the mayor is apologizing for using an antigay slur on facebook. the mayor of troy posted i think i'm going to throw away i love my new york bag now that queers can get married there. he was confronted by 20 protesters and days later offered an apology. the students said they do not feel the apology is sincere and asked her to step down. >>> two teens ended a life lesson. how they escaped the rushing floodwaters. >>> an update in the search for the geezer bandit. >>> an afternoon accident turned into a shutdown. a truck driver, hauling a log -- load of logs was on the ramp when it shifted and fell over. the driver has been charged with rec

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let's check in with jamie costello. >> this looks like your christmas tree, red on one side, string of wheat on the other side. i'll zip you around town. trying to get out of the city. this has been backed up since 4:00. if you're heading up 95, no problem. we went to the northeast and into elkton. here we are on shawan road, shawan road always this problem right here going up around the hunt valley mall, so be careful on 83 northbound. if you're heading over to the shore, no problem getting across the bridge. our final shot 70 at 29 backed up around the 29 trying to get on to 70. are a going to be late. back to you. >> take your patience with you. >>> tonight a pennsylvania community is mourning the loss of five high school students. the students attended new oxford high. police say they were traveling in a saturn yesterday afternoon which crossed the center line of the highway. witnesses say it looks like the driver was trying to get back into the center lane when a pickup truck slammed into the car. all five students died at the scene. >>> a 14-year-old anne arundel high school stud

jamie costello and kelly swoope host this and you will have chances to see it. tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. or christmas morning at 11:00 a.m. with christmas eve 24 hours away, the aerospace defense command is gearing up to track santa claus. as always, norad is giving you the chance to see where santa is with a tracking website and an app for your smart phone. tracking santa dates back to 1955, when a colorado ad printed a phone numb so kids could talk with santa. it was a wrong number and was the number for norad. still call or email norad for any updates. >>> maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. so far, so good as santa gets ready for the big trip this 0úof course. temperatures dropping out there today, feeling like christmas. 46 and winds from the west, northwest at 7 now. they were gustier through the day. beginning to die now after sunset here. we are breezy out there, but not as blustery as earlier today. clouds whipping by fast, this is our view across the inner harbor, we find sun