if you're -- suitland parkway. if you're headed toward suit lt parkway, you want get -- suitland parkway, you won't get close. huge amounts of police presence here. park police. we have some pictures of the accident. it's a tractor-trailer that went off the outer loop ever the beltway, -- of the beltway, crashed on the parkway below. this is what remains of the tractor-trailer. you can see the box there, not much left. fatal accident. it is our understanding that this vehicle, the tractor- trailer was carrying paper products. the driver is dead. there is a diesel fuel spill associated with this that's going to take a long time to clean up. it's expected to be here for the next several hours at the very least. once again suitland parkway east closed as you head toward joint base andrews. and it's going to be that way for a while. tons of police presence as they try to clean up this scene and figure out what happened, why this tractor-trailer fell off the outer loop of the beltway and down to the suitland parkway belo

as farr as closures go, megan said out bound suitland parkway closed. that is the section of suitland that's shut down. red line in both directions popped up because of a switch problem at van nuys. everything else is rolling along just fine. amelia? >> right now, melissa, on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking compact but intense cells. they're moving at 30 miles an hour. this one south of gaithersburg. this one making its way toward the bent way and move u through. rockway in bethesda. >>> i'll2: m have more on the s forecast in about ten minutes. >> just in, someone flew a drone near the washington monument overnight. now, we're still working to find out more, but plark police tell us vevl been questioned about the drone flying around the monument. that's all they'll say right now. the area in d.c. very restringive and it is illegal to fly drones in the district. >> kristin. thank you. >>> coming up, a developing story. we know this incident started with a traffic stop on bladensburg. d.c. police tell us the officer was shot in the direction of the suspe

a truck crashes off the beltway onto suitland parkway. i want to show you some pictures coming into the newsroom, some photos here of what appears to be a truck that's landed on suitland. melissa mollet has the latest from the traffic 4 center. >> what we're being told by police there is that a semiwent off of the overpass there, landed there on suitland. it's shut down between forestville road and pennsylvania avenue. we have megan mcgrath of the way. we're going to talk to her in just a little bit. >>> 95 at prince william parkway, no problems here. 66 hook quite good. taking you just nine minutes at this point this morning so you don't have to worry about anything there. no construction is going to be there. this morning taking a look at 27 northbound, southbound, looking just fine. amelia? >> at least the weather not having an impact on the morning commute. but coming home likely tracking some areas of rain and potentially a thunderstorm or two. because of that having a low to moderate impact on your day. aside from that it's mild and

, killing the driver. >> i am on suitland parkway right now. take a look kind me. this is what is left of the truck they drove off the outer loop of the beltway and came crashing down on to the suitland park way very early this morning. authorities say the accident took place at 4:30 this morning when the truck plummeted to the road below. there was only one witness. when they saw1 the truck go over the side wall. county,e george's suzanne kennedy. jummy: all right. we want to get a check on how the roads look. jamie sullivan, is everything better? jamie: it is. and it just got better. we have the suitland parkway open in both directions. the eastboundopen stretch, which is outbound, in the past 15-20 minutes. it is open from the earlier wrecked it we did have. as we focus in on 95, volume in both directions. southbound delays. the beltway in virginia, we look pretty good. let's talk metro. it will be the blue only. onumbus day coming up monday, 5:00 a.m. until midnight, those are the hours for metro service. that is the day to ride metro for fr

. >>> i'm megan mcgrath live on the outside side of the suitland parkway. early this morning a tractor trailer plunged off that beltway overpass falling on to the lanes below. the driver was killed. traffic was snarled for hours. the tractor trailer could be seen laying on its side on eastbound suitland parkway. but this was just the truck's resting place. it actually fell off an overpass on the outer loop of the beltway and landed on the lanes below. these nsnapshots were take bin first responders. it's unclear why he lost control. the outbound suitland parkway was closed for hours. >> we detoured around it, went a different way into the city. so, happens. >> we got rained out. >> have to change your route? >> yeah. >> you can see that we've been allowed closer to the scene where the accident actually occurred here. that is the cab of the truck. you can see all of the damage. there the force of the impact. we have, of course, heavy equipment moving through the area as the cleanup continues. outbound suitland parkway, all of the lanes are still closed becau

suzanne: i'm on suitland parkway. this is what is left of the truck that drove off the outer loop of the beltway and came crashing down on the suitland parkway this morning. you can see there is a worker in -- looking at the bridge. the accident took place this morning. the driver was pronounced dead on the scene and has not been identified. there was only one witness. that person was depriving on the beltway and called 911 when they saw the truck go over the side wall. as a result, suitland parkway was closed for more than six hours affecting the morning rush hour. in prince george's county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: check on the traffic situation this afternoon. robertrobert altman keeping an e on thing. from the picture it looks like they are moving. robert: a few moments ago. all lanes reopened. the inbound side was shut down this morning. outbound was closed for 112 hours and now reopened. we are looking at slow traffic around the region. look at the beltway. this starts on the inner loop to 66 and 27

. >> the exit to suitland parkway, we have the right lane blocked here. that could slow things down if that doesn't get out of the way sometime soon. at ritchie marlboro road, we had a crash. that road was shut down. it's now open. you don't have to worry about that any longer. inner loop and outer loop everything looking good. taking a look at the top of the beltway, 95, everything looking quite good here. colesville road -- middlebrooks road, excuse me, looking quite good as well, northbound and southbound. you don't have any issues. "weather & traffic on the 1s." i'll see you. >> it's now 4:34. take a look at this picture. if you recognize this man, police want to hear from you. police say he sexually assaulted a woman last week at her front doorstep last week. police say the suspect ran when the victim's brother heard her screams and came outside. there's a $10,000 award for information this case. >>> police in st. mary's county are investigating a bank robber this morning. police say a man went into the pnc bank on charlotte hall, demanded cash and g

a contract fell off the overpass on to suitland parkway. traffic was backed up for hours. >> it was really rough. barely moving. >> the accident happened at about 4:30 this morning. the suitland parkway between forestville road and pennsylvania avenue was immediately shut down. at this point it's not clear why the driver lost control. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the cleanup took hours. the diesel spill had to be taken care of not to mention moving the big rig. drivers diverted around the scene making a typical morning commute much longer. >> traffic is the worst out here. it's already congested but with this accident now, it's the worst. >> it wasn't too bad until i got right here. >> reporter: the tractor- trailer was hauling paper products. no other vehicles were involved. in forestville, niki burdine, wusa 9. >> to stay on top of the latest traffic, weather conditions and breaking news, download the wusa 9 app. >>> today is a yellow weather alert day. now here's wusa 9's first alert weather. >> the concern is really for later th

suitland parkway, still have that crash.ound we have that accident that went off to the shoulder here this morning. this morning georgetown pike at towlston road. we have that out bound closed. tow truck there is on the scene right now. 66 overall. no major problems there, and 95 also looking quite good this morning. don't have any major problem there. top of the beltway typically slow there. and all the routes headed into and out of town looking good. 270 at montrose road, a little bit of volume but actually rolling along pretty nicely on this friday morning. cluck? >> a lot of stuck going on this weekend. of course, sunday morning the marine corps marathon running for you. i'll be at the start line and i'll run up through mile 4 is which is the mile that our fine station sponsors. it's a free for all on the key bridge. come on out there and join us. we have the noise makers and all of our co-works will be out there lining the bridge. come on out. only the second time in ten years that i'll not complete the full race. next

the youbd lanes of suitland parkway were closed for hours.le had to take a detour at forestville road. >> we just detoured around it and went a different way into the city. so it happens. >> going back home because we got rained out. >> got to change your route? >> yeah. >> reporter: no word yet on the identity of the driver who was killed or exactly why he lost control of the tractor trailer. back to you all in the studio. >> megan mcgrath. >>> maryland might be shorthanded for tackling snowy roads. they're looking for 23 snowplows missing from ann a rindel county according to the capitol gazette. they were last seen in a maintenance yard in glen burnie. they were attached to tracks. police are not saying if they were stolen or misplaced. the plows could -- would cost about $69,000 to replace. >>> save the date. we've just found out when they're going to be lighting the national christmas tree this year. the ceremony according to the national park service, they made the announcement will be on thursday, december 3rd. festivities kick off at

we're dealing with our out bound suitland parkway, a tractor trailer fell on suitland parkway, shut down two incidences there, going to be northbound 395 at duke street. watch out, jammed to the beltway. 2 lanes getting by at southbound 270, heavy and slow from the truck eastbound 66 also struggling. we have an accident between route 28, 29 and 28. so that is a problem in centreville. now back to you melanie. >> thank you so much. to top stories, blandsburg road is back open after officers and a suspect fired shots at each other. this happened right at the dc prince georges county liner during a traffic stop. no other officers were hurt. not clear if the suspect was hit by a bullet, he managed to run away from the police. they never found him. and a drone crashes right outside the white house gates. u.s. park police got the call about the drone flying around the ellipse. the thing crashed and get this, it took an hour for police to find the mini wreckage. at least two people were sighted for flying the drone, nobody was arrested. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning

leon: the outbound lane of the suitland parkway reopened in the past two hours after things shut down all day because of a tractor trailer crash. this happened at 4:00 this morning. the truck careened off the beltway and onto the parkway. the driver was killed. no one else was hurt. maureen: covering metro tonight. the department of transportation has rejected a request to take oversight of the transit agency. in a statement released today, the d.o.t. says it did not see the plan as the wisest or the fastest raise to bring about the necessary safety improvement at wmata. it would have given oversight to the federal railway commission. leon: it has been 20 year sings the million man march came to washington. tomorrow, we will mark the anniversary with another march. it's called justice or else. the million man march is organized by louis farrakhan. among those planning to attend is barrett who arrived on board a bus today from montana with his family. >> i don't want my children to go through what i went through. i believe that change is due. leon: planning to attend is mother and sist

>>> meantime we still have that road closure on the suitland parkway.estbound between naylor road and stanton road. bus 94, w6 and w8 will experience delays. we'll continue to keep you updated throughout the day once we get more information. >>> it is going to be a good looking day. 70 degrees. a little breezy at times. a few clouds. tomorrow upper 60s. not as many clouds and not as many winds. over the weekend we'll see things drop off to the 50s. it will be sunny. >>> cbs this morning is next with a look at zimbabwe's hunting culture. money allocated for conservationists nowhere to be found. >> fly above los angeles with the lapd as they search for one of their new daily concerns, drones. >> there's a lot of traffic going on so make sure you download the wusa9 app because... >> the app is where it's at. >> there it is. [ laughter] >> got it this time. how do you start the day brighter? make the ride smoother? and finish with a smile? you've got this. you've got t.j.maxx. better brands, at prices that help you maxx life! music: "thunder clatter" by wil

below that, suitland parkway is closed.again, we're sending a reporter to this and they'll try to get some more information for you because that's going to be a big problem this morning. in herndon, sully road shut down at frying pan road. the southbound lanes are open, 66 into town, out of town. no problem. 270 also rolling along just fine, taking you 27 minutes. nice and green and no construction in the way there that you have to worry about this morning. also taking a look here, the top of the beltway and everything headed into town and out of town also rolling along. more information on that crash on the beltway coming up. >> all right, melissa. thank you. developing in northeast d.c. an investigation into an officer-involved shooting this morning. what we're learning about who owning fire. >>> and a warning after a confirmed case of measles. where the >>> we continue to follow a developing story in d.c. where a police investigation into a shooting involving one of their own is going on. we're told an officer opened fir

also brand-new crash at suitland parkway. we're not sure about any closures there. 95, you can see you're on-time. that's good right now. a little slow as you're headed northbound. that's totally normal for this time of day. don't worry about that one. 66 inbound at suddenly road with a vehicle off to the right side slowing things down just a tad here this morning and 270, a little slow as well. totally normal. nothing in your way. i'll see you back in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> the nationwide shortage of the flu mist. it will be available through the charles county school program but the next shipment is pushed back till december because of manufacturing delays. they still plan to offer flu shottingen sted of waiting for the flu mist to arrive. the flew takes an economic toll. more than $10 billion a year in direct medical costs not to mention billions more in lost productivity. they expanded their recommendation. some offer protection against three strains of the flu virus. others offer protection against more.

right now two things happening on suitland parkway. one of them may have actually cleared. we'll try to figure out what's going on. inbound suitland is what's going on there. the crash, not seeing it on all of our systems right now. that could have cleared. we have the right lane blocked because of a disabled vehicle. top of the beltway looking quite good, 95. b.w. parkway, everything good there. running along fine. live picture at scaggsville road. with don't have any issues. taking a look at 270, a little slow as you're heading out of frederick and things open up all the way down to the spur northbound. you don't have any problems here. from 70 to the spur, it's going to take you 32 minutes. 66 rolling along nicely. so is 95. taking a look at metro, we're on time on all of the lines right now on schedule, of course. mark right now running quite well. no major delaying happening. same thing as we look at vre. taking a look at 270, top of the beltline looking quite good. it will take you nine minutes as it should. inbound on 66. fairfax county beltway, 9 minutes to quantico

and it ended up on suitland parkway after plummeting off the beltway overpass in forestville. and all this happened around 4:30 this morning and they made quite a mess of the rush hour. >> traffic is the worst out here, it is the worst. that it is already protected in the morning time, on top of the accident now, it's the worst. it's the worst. >> it wasn't too bad until i got right here. on the road. >> that tractor trailer was carrying their paper products as the driver was pronounced dead there. it's not clear what caused him to lose control of the rig. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. thousands of people, expected to rally in dc tomorrow on the mall on the 20th anniversary of the million man march. we are talking to people going on saturday who were here two decades ago. >>> and then the problems are under their hood. that may have lead that dc fire truck to crash in to a police car and injure several people. >>> topper is back with the latest on the storms moving through the area tonight. and a look at your all- important weekend forecast. >>> plus,

the big rig had been driving on the outer loop and ended up on its side on eastbound suitland parkway first responders took snapshots of the wreck and the outbound lanes were closed for hours and drivers had to take a detour on to the road. >> we detoured around it and went a different way into the city. so it happens. >> we got rained out. . >> got to change your route? >> yeah. >> the truck was carrying paper products when it crashed through a guardrail and investigators are trying to figure out why the driver lost control. >> i'm mark segraves in prince george's county where police have made one of their first major busts of synthetic drugs and the majority of those drugs came from one store, the global discount tobacco store on allentown road. police seized hundreds and hundreds of packets of the scooby snacks at this store as well as other stores on marlboro pike, but they weren't able to close down the stores. coming up at 5:00, i'll tell you why these stores are back in business today. >>> now what? that's the question one day after house majority leader kevin mccarthy abruptly

suitland parkway, traffic off naylor.e past dulles toll road all to the shoulder but we're seeing delays past 66. you're looking live at the beltway. still trying to recover on northbound 95 approaching centreville. drive carefully this morning. >> thank you. breaking, firefighters investigating a deadly fire in waldorf have. sam sweeney just arrived. what can you tell us? >> reporter: a really terrible situation out here. two people dead in this fire. take a look behind me, you can see investigators milling over what is left of this home here. the call came in about 12:30 when firefighters arrived early this morning they found if house fully engulfed. 4 people were able to get out. once they got the flames under control they found an elderly woman and a small child, you can see this is live pictures right now from chopper 7. state fire marshal is on the scene trying to figure out a cause. but at this hour, fire officials on the scene tell us that this does not -- they do not believe it to be suspicious. we'll continue to

not only 39a295 and suitland parkway all due to the westbound crash as you approach the ramp to the 14thy. the accident happened just over an hour ago at the intersection with new hampshire avenue. we know it was a vehicle that hit the woman did stay on the scene. a manhunt under way after a deadly stabbing in a night club. the killer stabbed the man to death around 1:15 a.m. at will lala lounge. police have been collecting evidence to piece together what happened. a suspect description has not been released. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great thursday. >> it's "live with kelly & michael." today, actress patricia heaton stops by, and from "wicked city," actor ed westwick. plus superstar chef mark samuelson heats things up in our kitchen, all next on "live." >> now here are emmy winners, kelly ripa and michael strahan. [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television]