family and friends choose to believe the former saying maldonado was great with her own child and others. for now, that is giving them some comfort as we were there when baltimore city police just this afternoon had to inform them of what happened. a translator was on hand for the newly single father who speaks no english but the reaction on his face was not lost in translation. crash investigators don't know why this pickup truck hit this woman. >> reporter: meanwhile, police continue to figure out why this happened. the driver did stop and helped maldonado and her child at the scene but charges could still be filed. >> they got to figure out what really happened, what caused him to leave the road or get close enough to where he did strike this woman. then at that point once the case is concluded they will submit that case to the state's attorney's office to have them review it. >> reporter: but there are bigger questions to answer for a 2-year-old boy who just lost his mother. now, in the arms of a young father who lost his girlfriend. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> we trie

police say 17-year-old mavi maldonado was walking from golden ring shopping center pushing the stroller and crossing philadelphia road at the beltway in rosedale. she was heading to the bus stop when a pickup truck jumped the curb and hit her. the 2-year-old was in the stroller but was pushed out of the way. >> she said that she -- ( indiscernible ) --- >> maldonado's friends and family believe that the mom made a split-second decision to save her son. police are still trying to figure out what caused the driver to jump the curb. he did stay on the scene to help the woman and her son. at this point no charges have been filed. >>> 6:03. police say in -- four suspects in a home invasion in towson. they are still looking for troy traylor of susquehanna avenue. he has a tattoo of a star on the left side of his neck. investigators say he and three other men robbed a house on east burke avenue last week taking three laptops and playstation. two other suspects are already in custody and police haven't released the identity of the fourth suspect yet. >>> anne arundel county police are looking f

the investigation into how his mom died is still wide open. 17-year-old mavi moreno maldonado died while trying to cross this busy stretch of philadelphia road. >> we worried last night, because she left to the wal- mart store. go to buy something. and she didn't come back. >> reporter: wjz described the gruesome scene as she was heading to the bus stop and a ford pickup hit her. >> the guy slammed on his breaks, but slammed on them too late. the lady had the stroller, the lady pushed the stroller out of the way. and she landed under the truck. >> reporter: we stopped bid mr. catabi's home here in essex. he was not home, and the relative that was there says she hasn't spoken to him about the accident. >> we're not sure why he may have lost control or what happened to him that caused him to strike the woman. >> that was his second accident in two weeks coming off this ramp here. >> reporter: her family is also giving thanks that little darling survived. >> we are happy because we got the baby. >>> a number of people who use this intersection tell us that it's dangerous and needs to be red

family is in mourning after young mother was struck and killed while crossing a busy road. 17-rolled maldonado her son were trying to cross the street to get a bus when the crash happened. -- 17-year-ol. >> the man stepped on his brakes too late. the lady had to the stroller and i guess she pushed it out of the way. she got hit and landed under the truck. >> her son was not injured. the truck driver is not been charged. he stopped to help the woman and her son. the cause remains under investigation. >> mysterious phone calls are irritating some people in our area. >> [phone ringing] >> that is what residents are hearing in the middle of the night. when they answer, nobody is there. arlington county police have received 150 complaints. it's a wyoming phone number belonging to a communications company, but the companies as an unknown entity stole their phone number. >>> the washinton blade is back in business. the long-running gay newspaper in d.c. shutdown in november after the parent company declared bankruptcy. since then, staffers have published weekly editions under the name "d.c. agenda."

. >> bobby maldonado loves her son. she'll never get to see him grow up. a tragedy that some believe was preventable. >> somebody put a picture here at the intersection. she was just 17 years old. in rosedale, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> and police say wayne casaldi from essex stopped to help her and her son. charges are pending the completion of their investigation. >>> the storm clouds are gone. and we have some sunshine back in maryland. lots of clouds there. outside tonight as well. live look outside right now. dry and breezy afternoon. as we move into a cooler night. but we are moving closer to a big warmup. wjz is live with first warning weather. bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods have our updated forecast. we'll start with bob. >>> we've got about a 36 to 48 hours. cool temps to deal with. and then we'll talk about the warmup. radar now. we have clouds around. down to the south, a couple of sprinkles along the coast. they have finally cleared out. for the most part, areas are going to clear out tonight. and because of clearing sk

maldonado's friends and family believe the mother made a splid-second decision to save her son. them. police are still trying to figure out what caused the driver to jump the curb. >>> police say four suspects broke into a home in towson and stole various items. they are still looking for troy traylor of susquehanna avenue. he has a tattoo of a star on the left side of his neck. call police if you see him. see you at 9:00 on "good morning maryland" at 9:00. ♪ >>> they're saying pam anderson last night, tangoing her heart out on "dancing with the stars." she almost got eliminated last week. but did she survive last night? also, nicole had another star turn last night.ive last night? unbelievable dancing. we're going to have all of the post-dance highlights and analysis coming up. we want to know, who do you think should go home tonight? >> i love the dance marathon toward the end. >>> good morning, america. i'm here with george and juju. i'm robin roberts. also this morning, two mothers. two child advocates. queen rania, of jordan is here. she's written a beautiful book about acc

. >> maldonado democrat line. >> caller: i have more of a comment. and i just want to address a couple of issues because a couple of people indicate barack obama wasn't keeping with his campaign promises. but my main point is i just want to talk about the fallacy, the campaign is our taken place. hear a lot of people talk about you're concerned about the deficit spending. i don't think they realize that when while reagan took office in 1980, the deficit was 980 billion. when george bush senior left office as 405 trillion. clinton left a surplus, and when george bush, the last president left, the deficit was 10.9 trillion. when obama to corporate i think it is now 12 trillion. where does all this democratic, get plain for all his spending when it's actually republicans who have treated it all the steps it. and the democrats never addressed that issue and continued to get demonized for the taxes and spending to and republicans use this. >> some of this is playing out what color is getting into the special election of the massachusetts about democrats b