>> reporter: helene ngassa was leaving her apartment complex just behind us at 6:00 this morning.she was crossing over 197 right near this intersection here at morris drive is where police say she was struck. we spoke to a woman who was driving past while police are still investigating. >> reporter: drivers and pedestrians who use route 197 to get around will tell you it's always busy. >> just never to the point where you feel comfortable crossing the street. >> just after 6:00 friday morning laurel police say 19-year-old helene ngassa was crossing 197 near morris drive when she was struck by a driver. audrey barnes is the spokesperson for the city. she says ngassa was not in the cross walk. >> she was struck by a vehicle that was traveling northbound on 197. witnesses say the driver had a steady green light. >> reporter: officials took this video of officers blocking part of the northbound lane while they wrapped up their investigation. janet payne says she was driving by moments after it happened. >> i thought it was a car accident. i saw the lights and the police and they had t

helene ngassa trying to cross route 197 when a driver hit her. it's unclear if she was using the crosswalk. alison: powerball players are lining up for a chance at a record jackpot. no one picked winning numbers for wednesday's drawing so the jackpot is up to $800 million. the odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 292 million. leon: tanya couch, the mother of the teen that used "affluenza" defense after killing people in a drunk driving crash was in court where she complained about the conditions in the jail stay. the judge said it's jail. no a resort -- not a resort. mother and son were arrested last month. >> they sell heroin and go back home. incidentally half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave. alison: that is the governor of maine saying he slipped up after the racially charged comment. now he is apologizing and clairing what he meant -- clarifying what he meant. >> i was going impromptu and my brain didn't catch up to my mouth. >> clinton campaign called it racist rants and say it distracts from the real issue of

helene ngassa was hit in the northbound lanes of route 197 near morris drive this morning. witnesses told police the driver had a steady green light at the time of the crash. and the victim was not using the crosswalk. leon: the driver stayed and was cooperative. the district top transportation officials say he is considering amending the higher traffic fines proposed by d.c. mayor bowser. the $1,000 ticket for speeding. the transportation director defended his plan because said there is no correlation between the higher fine and diminished behavior. it has eight penalties for a dozen traffic offenses, some are including if you are driving 25 miles per hour above the post speed limit the fine would be $1,000. it's currently $300. hitting a cyclist will go from $50 to $500. failure to stop on red would go to $500. driving on a median would go to $500. tonight they are starting patrol on the red line. maureen: this is after metro reported two attacks on riders. one on the red line and the other on the green line. we are live with the story. roz plater? roz: the members are be

one of them happening in the same area where ngassa was struck. they're e they're encouraging drivers and pedestrians to be aware. >> we caution people, get to a cross walk if you can. look both ways before crossing the street and drive safely. >> reporter: take a look at these figures from the national highway safety administration. these are a number of accidents along a mile stretch of route 197. they say in 2012 there were 13 accidents resulting in people getting injured. in 2013 they said there were 12 and in 2012 there were 13. as far as the accident that happened today investigators say this is still an ongoing investigation and at this point the driver has not been charged. back to you. >> thanks, meagan. >>> a man plotting to kidnap the first family's dog is being released from jail before his trial. police arrested scott stockard in a hotel in downtown d.c. they were acting with a tip from north dakota with a man to kidnap bo, one of the obamas' dogs. he had hundreds of rounds of ammunition and he also told police that he's the son of jo

. >> reporter: chris, police tell us that 19-year-old helene ngassa was crossing the intersection on morris drive. she had just left her apartment complex which is just behind us here and just yards away from where this accident happened. the crash happened just after 6:00 this morning. investigators say the of 6-year-old driver traveling northbound on route 197 hit the 19-year-old who was crossing near morris drive. witnesses told police the teen was not in the cross walk and the driver had a green light. we are told he remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation. >> the victim was transported to prince george's county hospital center where she was pronounced dead. >> reporter: police tell us the driver has not been charged. coming up at 5:00, hear from a woman who was on scene shortly after this accident happened. barbara? >> thank you, meagan. >>> chilling new video shows the ambush of a philadelphia police officer overnight. thgunman fired at least 11 shots and reaching through the driver's side window. officer jesse hartnett was hit several times, but somehow managed