road in riverdale. here as you can see, it appears that a female was walking across the road with a 3-year-old child. you can see it was eastbound on riverdale road when they were struck. and it looks like they were in the crosswalk but that will be determined by an accident reconstruction crew. now, an adult female is dead, dead on the scene. a child, we only understand as the 3-year-old female has been taken to the hospital in critical condition. the scene is until being played out here, eastbound riverdale road you will be turned away at kennelworth avenue. traffic will be going slow in the opposite direction because of this scene. you're taking away a turn lane, as well, but again, a very active investigation after one person and an adult female pronounced dead on the scene. a 3-year-old female and child, struck, the woman was killed here on the 1500 block of riverdale road. now let me set the scene here for you, there is a shopping center here and a residential road here in the area. lots of reason

the mayor of riverdale park says flores should have never died. e street that she could not. flores was hit by a car and killed monday trying to cross riverdale road with her 3-year- old daughter walking home from the grocery store. >> she loved her daughters, loved her daughters. >> she had a lot of dreams, but the first one is to give a better life for her daughters. >> in her final moment flores shielded her daughter from the suv that came speeding through the crosswalk. two other lanes of traffic were stopped to allow flores and her daughter to cross. >> is in just completely should never have happened. >> at monday night's vigil just feet from the fateful crosswalk the mayor stressed the town requested that the maryland state highway office evaluate the dangerous intersection two years ago after another near fatal pedestrian accident. >> i think speed combined with the number of lanes, six through lanes and two turn lanes, to expect pedestrians to be able to get across that with no assistance is just ridiculous. >> mayor archer says the state denied his request to modify

this happened on riverdale road in riverdale, maryland. police ellis the two were crossing the road just before 5:00 when they were hit. we spoke with witnesses, who described a horrific scene. how is the three are all doing at this hour? policerding to the last update, she remains in critical condition. her mother did not survive. what happened at this crosswalk is now the focus of an intense police investigation. for a grieving family member there is only sorrow. for witnessed jonathan escobar, there is shock and disbelief. he says while waiting in his car to turn right he saw the horrific scene unfold. grabbed hermed and child to protect her. >> the mother and daughter were crossing in the crosswalk when a speeding suv hit them. >> she was in the crosswalk with her daughter and her groceries and she almost made it, but the guy was going really fast. >> escobar says he and others try to help the mother, but it was too late. the three-year-old was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. >> it's really hard to see that. you can't do an

news chopper 7 is over the scene of a two alarm apartment fire in riverdale on the 1600 block of riverdale road. so far, no words of injuries or cause, but we are live on the scene and we will continue to update you as we get information. >> we want to turn to the weather and take you live outside. looking at the nation's capital, temperatures continue to drop and tomorrow we might be in for severe weather. brian van de graaff is here. >> good afternoon. a great view outside from the bill for furniture weather center. our wind has been like and easterly. we have been hoping they would shift southeasterly to break up the clouds. over the bay, the camera from the chesapeake harbor resort, it looks a little blue, but a lot of the see a lot of clouds. a visible snapshot, d.c. although a westward, a fair amount of cloud cover. we hope for the clouds will break up through the afternoon. clouds parting for some sunshine. it should be accountable afternoon. no moisture. there is a powerful storm in the midwest moving eastward. by tomorrow, we could have severe weather around here. more on that and

breaking news from hyattsville tonight, where two people were just struck by a car at riverdale road and kenilworth avenue in the last 30 minutes, 7 that anals tell abc adult was killed and another injured. more details, coming up. >> and this could affect hundreds of students going back to school. a number of students came back from camp with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. rebecca cooper is live from fairfax tonight with a look at what you need to know about this health alert tonight. rebecca? >> that is right, leon, it is back-to-school for fairfax county students tomorrow, and now there has been one confirmed case of pertussis in fairfax, and they went to a popular summer camp in pennsylvania, and the parents say this can't did a very good job of alerting them about the whooping cough, but it was in pennsylvania, and they did see an outbreak of that this summer. daughters are her busy getting ready for back-to-school, but one thing already taken care of, immunizations, so she says will pink off is not a concern. >> i definitely have all of my kids vaccinated and up-to-da

. >>> but first tonight we're following a developing story in riverdale where a woman is dead, a child hurt after being hit by a car. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm debra alfarone. prince george's county police still on the scene at riverdale road and mola lenghi is there and just spoke with someone who says they saw this all happen. >> reporter: as we're told, the young mother was crossing this busy three-lane road right here that we're on actually using the crosswalk. you see the truck going over the crosswalk right now. she was on that crosswalk with her child when witnesses tell us that an suv at a high rate of speed is the way they describe it came basically barreling through not paying attention they say and hit the mother and the child. the woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the child was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. the driver of the suv did remain on scene. his vehicle was actually just impounded and towed away about 20 minutes ago. witnesses tell us the mother was leaving a grocery store only about 30 yards away from the crosswalk where she was hit. she wa

prince george's county firefighters are battling an apartment river on riverdale road in riverdale. although you could mostly see just smoke from the outside, fire department tweets indicate there are reports of fire in the walls of the building. we have no reports of any injuries. >>> tonight president obama lays out his strategy to tackle isis militants in iraq and syria to americans. as mark albert reports from capitol hill, the president believes isis is a high national security priority. >> reporter: in a prime time speech from the white house tonight, president obama will tell the nation his strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying isis. so far the u.s. has carried out more than 150 air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the president may announce that air campaign will now expand into syria. the terror group's stronghold. republican peter king thinks the president needs to have a comprehensive strategy. >> that would involve at the very least all out air attacks against isis in both iraq and syria. >> reporter: on tuesday the president briefed top congressional lea

prince george's county police still on the scene at riverdale road and mola lenghi is there and justwith someone who says they saw this all happen. >> reporter: as we're told, the young mother was crossing this busy three-lane road right here that we're on actually using the crosswalk. you see the truck going over the crosswalk right now. she was on that crosswalk with her child when witnesses tell us that an suv at a high rate of speed is the way they describe it came basically barreling through not paying attention they say and hit the mother and the child. the woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the child was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. the driver of the suv did remain on scene. his vehicle was actually just

reality tv has come to riverdale. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> it mixes a lot of my passions. >> jimmy: it would be great if betty and veronica are lesbians and didn't care at all about archie. >> there's a whole sector of the internet devoted to that. betty and veronica just going at it. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yes. >> jimmy: can i get that web address? >> i have to say, it was like -- i would rather walk in on my grandparents doing it than see betty and veronica. >> jimmy: really? >> it's complicated. that's a childhood symbol being perverted in this very specific way. >> jimmy: yeah. your grandparents doing it, huh? [ laughter ] >> and most of them are dead, so, it would be especially intense. >> jimmy: yes, it would. did you collect archie comics? >> oh, my god, i was obsessed. >> jimmy: i feel like i was too young for archie comics. when i read them -- it was only because there were no super heroes left. >> you -- if you made it through all the super heroes comics, you would -- >> jimmy: kcasper and richie rich. and then jughead. >> i

we set up for hours at this intersection on riverdale road in prince georges county where a horrific crash took the life of thelma hernandez flores. police say they were walking in the crosswalk. two cars stopped, a third didn't. our cameras roll as person after person waited to cross. this woman and her daughter have one car pass them, then two, three, four, five, six, seven, 8, 9, with that bus, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and they are still on that half median. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 before they can even step off. maryland law requires cars to stop for a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk. this one is clearly marked. a sign introduces it. however, people who regularly cross here say something must be done. >> some say a stop sign could work, too. and while we don't know if speed played a role in this tragedy, what about the speed limit? it is right now 40, when lights are flashing, it's 35. we didn't have an accurate measure, but take a look. cars often do seem to fly by. right past people waiting to cross. >> prince georges county police are investigating the details what l

on riverdale road near veterans parkway. the fire has been ruled an accident. a construction project involving pipes inside the building is what sparked this place. >>> the d.c. firefighters union has endorsed democrat muriel bowser for major. there's now a split. the police endorsed her challenger, david kcatania. >> reporter: muriel bowser wa walk a line of friendly firefighters endorsing her for mayor in the november 4th election. bowser came to the union headquarters promising she would end sour relations between the union and fire department managers. >> miss bowser guaranteed us a seat at the table for selection of the next fire chief. she seems to have the heart and the drive to make this agency the agency it should be. >> the leadership here knows when they come to see me i ask them tough questions. i tell them what i can commit to and i follow up on my word. >> reporter: the firefighter endorsement creates a public safety split. union fod police officers endorsed david catania in august. some say it's the most competitive in years. >> are you going to

the father of a young woman hit and killed in the riverdale location says a short-cut is too tempting for some people. >> the train tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b on foot. by far. it's much shorter. >> csx says it helps to fund awareness campaigns to warn people of the dangers of trespassingment and it says a csx police force has turned away more than 100 trespassers in the d.c. area recently. >>> 19 after the hour now. today a former deputy from fairfax county's sheriff's office will be in court. robert palmer jr. retired after being accused of stealing from the target in leesburg this summer. his trial will start at 10:00 this morning. >>> today you can tell folks about the changing area in bethesda. the company that owns property near westbard avenue is considering putting a mixed center there. if you wanting to the meeting tonight, it's at walt whit man high school at 7:00. >>> if you have health insurance turned affordable care act, you could pay extra for it. as part of the program, you could get a tax credit insurance policy, but if your information c

. >> reporter: she was hit and killed by a csx train while walking on the tracks north of the riverdale mark station in 2012. >> my guess is she froze, it then threw her, her neck was snapped. >> reporter: a wall of photos, her art, ashes in the bedroom. >> beautiful girl, talented, smart. >> reporter: she isn't the onlin person hit or killed on tracks in recent months, bar from it. beltsville, near route 1, the bushes give way. so many people have crossed through there's an informal walking path to the . we deployed i-team cameras to see if people would cross. and they did. including this man. >> you concerned it might not be safe, walking across those tracks? >> i look both ways. >> been doing it awhile? >> yeah. >> reporter: he didn't just walk over the tracks, he drove here from out of town. he parked his truck on one side and climbed over the tracks to shop at an auto parts store on the other. he said it was easier than driving through traffic. >> did you have any concerns the train might sneak out of nowhere and clip you? >> they can be very quiet. i have a 30% hearing loss, so i

road in riverdale in prince george's county. the displaced people are from seven different apartments and we are still waiting to hear how that fire got started. >>> trending right now a star running back explains why he only left a 20-cent tip. we'll talk about that and other trending topics at 5:30. >> you never do that. >> no. >> plus patriotic parade, we'll tell you why a convoy of tall ships is sailing into maryland. >> reporter: president obama outlines his battle plan against sunni militants in a televised primetime address. i'm craig boswell, a look at what the whit in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. oh, and we definitely didn't need so many government studies. >>> preside

reporter: was hit and killed by a csx train while walking on the tracks here, just north of the riverdaleark station in 2012. >> so my guess is she froze, it then threw her. her neck was snapped. >> reporter: he keeps a wall of her photos and art, even her ashes in a bedroom. >> a beautiful girl. talented. smart. >> reporter: but she isn't the only person hurt or killed walking near local railroad tracks in recent months. in fact, if far from it. we're in beltsville near route 1 and the bushes give way near the tracks. so many people have crossed through here, there is a bit of an informal walking path. so we deployed i-team cameras to see if people would cross, and they did. including this man. >> do you consider it safe walking across the tracks? >> i look both ways. >> reporter: you've been doing it for a while? >> yeah. >> reporter: and he didn't just walk over the tracks. he drove here from out of town. he parked his truck on one side and climbed the tracks to shop at an auto parts store on the other. he said it was easier. >> reporter: do you have any concerns the train can sneak ou

the father of a young woman hit and killed in that riverdale location says the short-cut is too tempting for some. >> the train tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b on foot. by far. it's much shorter. >> csx says it helps to fund awareness campaigns to warn people of the dangers of trespassing. and it says the csx police force has turned away more than 100 trespassers in the d.c. area recently. >>> today a former fairfax county deputy is on trial. robert palmer jr. retired after being accused of shoplifting this summer. he's scheduled to be in court at 10:00 this morning. >>> the search for two missing children in montgomery county picks up later today. police plan to sweep a soccer complex in germantown. they are looking for jacob and sarah hoggle. the investigators want businesses to check their surveillance video for these cars. the children's mother katherine is not cooperating with police. >>> a youth pastor is charged with sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenager. police say 22-year-old vincent bowes used a messages app to send the pictures to a 15-ye

thelma flores was hit by an suv and killed as she and her daughter walked across highway 410 in riverdale park. many people including the mayor say there needs to be a safer way to cross such a busy road. them to review this after a serious accident that happened two years ago. point, wesion at that didn't need a light because there wasn't an accident history here that would justify it. >> three-year-old isavela flores remains in critical condition tonight. the driver has not been charged. >> all eyes will be on richmond tomorrow as a jury has a first full day of deliberations in the mcdonnell corruption trial. --ors have to decide tom roussey is in richmond with what you can expect in the next 24 hours. >> the jury deliberated more than five hours here at the federal courthouse today. no verdict. court watchers say that is not a surprise. this case is so complicated. anything to say today. >> former governor bob mcdonnell left court with no decision on his face or that of his wife. in the morning, there were two hours of tedious jury instructions. who think theople jury instructions favo

the crash in riverdale has been cleared. tell that to the folks leaving laurel success. inbound on the parkway and 50 through cheverly has been slow getting to kenilworth avenue. kenilworth hung up with volume delays and each way near benning road, water tends to collect there and that's been an issue. northbound travelers car broken down north of benning road before burrows avenue. only the left lane gets you by. also a crash on i-295 north of the beltway close to nrl. that blocked the left side. inner loop getting to the wilson bridge, in fact the outer loop to wilson bridge will be impacted to go to 295. lanes are open local and through the wilson bridge. eastbound delays on 66 and the volume on the wet pavement trying to make your way east through manassas, centreville, fair oaks. 95 the early morning crash we had in triangle has been cleared for a while. still quite slow out of stafford. more heavy traffic to get into dumfries, into woodbridge and 395 as well past edsall toward duke street. you're watching wusa9. we'll be right back with more news, >>> welcome back.

it happened on riverdale road between kennel worth avenue and t bw parkway. derek ward has the latest for us. >> reporter: two and a half miles from here you would be at the university of maryland. route one. a will the of attention because of safety enhancements. folks say it's for this intersection. a woman died here aew hours ago trying to get across the street with her child. it's a busy crossing on a main road, a challenge for motorists and pedestrians. today they converged with deadly consequences. a woman and a young girl trying to cross. they had come from a nearby store the. they almost made it to the median. >> the woman screamed, grabbed her child to protect her. after that, i saw her, you know, fly way over there. >> jonathan escobar was behind another car that stropedded to let the woman cross in the crosswalk. they were hit. the woman was dead on the scene. the child, a 3-year-old girl, was taken to a hospital in critical condition. >> the striking vehicle s rivere road. now the driver remained on scene and remains cooperative. >> as the reconst

year-old girl in critical condition both hit trying to cross a busy intersection late this afternoon in riverdale. >> mola lenghi is live in prince george's county where the investigation into what happened continues tonight. >> reporter: witnesses tell us that vehicles in two of the three lanes in this road stopped to allow the mother and child to safely cross that crosswalk, but they also say that a vehicle, an suv in the third lane, didn't stop, didn't even slow down, just sped right through here and hit them as they were trying to cross the street. a young mother with her child and groceries in hand crossed this busy prince george's county road. witnesses say she waited until it appeared to be safe. >> all the cars were stopped. only this guy keep on going. >> reporter: one vehicle is all it takes. witnesses say while two lanes of cars stopped for the woman and her child, an suv in the third lane came speeding through. >> i believe he was on the phone, probably texting or something. he was coming really fast. the only thing that i saw and heard was the woman scream. >> reporter: that may have

. >> many people say the intersection of riverdale road is dangerous. live with the latest on the tragedy. >> we talked to the family today. she was excited to spend today taking her daughter to her first day of school. that did not happen. now she is gone. that little girl is in a d.c. hospital tonight recovering after they were hit by a car in this area. it is a crossing many drivers ignore the signs for. a single candle words of the home of selma florez. it is something this family the family is searching for, hope. >> she was a great woman. >> the 30 one-year-old was her sister-in-law. a mother of two girls in the boyfriend of a man who claimed -- clings to images on a tablet. florez was walked back from the grocery store with her baby girl when witnesses say a car came speeding back to the crosswalk. screamed.an it cost florez her life. on ave.dale road, on 50 eight pedestrians we've between cars while ignoring the law that requires them to stop. police are try to understand what happened as they rapidly crash investigation. the driver stayed on se

riverdale, prince george's county. 82.u are going to be walking the dog as the sunsets, pretty comfortable conditions out there. will be dropping to about 82 by 9:00. mostly clear and turning foggy after 11:00 p.m. effecting the morning rush in some locations. i think that fog hangs on up until about 7:00 or 8:00. issues for tomorrow. more humidity, sticky, certainly more heat if here. temperature s 89 to near 90 and portions of the area could see thunderstorms tomorrow. whose going see the fog? right here. fog by 7:00 we're still going to see it hanging on down south. areas like 522 and 301. fair view beach and by 8:00 it starts to lift and move out. patchy fog tomorrow. forecast for tomorrow, dry early. the humidity will be on the increase and poor air quality i think for tomorrow too. 86 to 90 degrees. a chance for storms. leesburg, warrenton. the high temperature of 87 degrees. 30% chance of scattered storms and any of those could deliver heavy rain. we're watching saturday closely. a lot of heat. 93, yes the storms st

prince george's county police said she was killed on riverdale road near the parkway yesterday coming from the grocery store. she was with her 3-year-old in the crosswalk when the car hit both of them. >> he was coming really fast. the only thing i saw and heard was the woman screamed and grabbed the child to protect her. and after that, i just saw her fly over there. >> the driver of the car is cooperating with police. that intersection is near a lot of stores and while there are pedestrian crossing signs, neighbors would like to see more. the little girl remains in critical condition. >>> new concerns about a dwindling number of police officers in the district. the washington post reporting a wave of retirements and defections in the police department could leave the force understaffed. chief linear says many retirements are mandatory because of police rules. she's hiring as many officer as she can, about 300 year, the max allowed under her budget. many are calling for an increased police budget to deal with that shortage. >>> why anyone would want to kill her son, 20-year-old edwar

bw parkway slowing at riverdale. lanes are open for virginia 95, 66 and on 395. just the volume into landmark and headed for the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open into downtown. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> things are looking great on the roadways. it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> if you saw the sunrise this morning and looked at the sky lite, absolutely stunning. -- skyline, absolutely stunning. there's a look at the washington monument as the sun starts to peak over the horizon on -- peek over the horizon. >>> the sunrise is looking gorgeous. the sun will officially rise at 6:56 so we're getting pretty close and we're starting to get beautiful colors on the michael & son weather cam. partly sunny by the afternoon. temperatures not quite as warm as they were yesterday. yesterday we got up to 76 which is close to our average high. todaat noon and 72 for a high temperature which is where we'll still be at 5:00. but notice those winds much lighter out of the northeast at only about 5 miles per hour for most of the day. i think that every once in

that includes a woman named mary, killed as she walked along the tracks in riverdale. her father spoke with us. >> the shopping and restaurants are on this side. the houses are on this side. the train tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b. >> reporter: on foot. >> on foot. by far. it's much shorter. >> reporter: coming up later tonight at 11:00, our full news4 i-team investigation. you'll hear from a woman who actually lived after being hit by a train. in that case, in hyattsville. >>> also, where are some of the potential hot spots, the most trespassed areas in our region? we'll look into that and what's being done and what's not being done to slow down and stop this trouble near the tracks. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> a local community has a big hand in preserving the chesapeake bay. prince george's county is among nine communities in maryland that received a grant today to help reduce storm water runoff into the bay. the money will be used to make upgrades at the county's department of environmental building to reduce pollution. now, thre

this happened on riverdale road near the bw parkway yesterday afternoon. the woman was coming from the grocery store and witnesses say she was with her 3-year-old in the crosswalk when the car hit both of them. >> he was coming really pretty fast. the only thing that i saw and heard was the woman screamed and grabbed the child. and after that i just saw her laying over there. >> the driver of the car is cooperating with police. the intersection is near a lot of stores. and while there are pedestrian crossing signs, neighbors say they would like to see more. the little girl remains in critical condition. >>> today the jury will begin to decide whether the former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is innocent or guilty of corruption. right now bob mcdonnell and his wife are on trial accused of accepting thousands of dollars in gifts in exchange for political papers. they say their marriage was falling apart and they could not have conspired together. download the nbc washington app for breaking news on a verdict in this trial. >>> soon you can use your ez pass