on saturday when james davidson was struck by a jeep while trying to cross the street. a driver who witnessed it followed the jeep into arlington county where police recovered the car. >>> a woman accused in a different hit and run accident in saturday is in custody. carol rude johnson is accused of hitting a man as he stood next to his suv on the shoulder of i-95 north. the man died from his injuries. it happened early saturday morning. the accident completely shut down 95 north for hours. she is being charged with driving under the influence. >>> alexandria community members considered harris' one love festival in honor of the founder yesterday. ♪ the annual festival has helped kids in alexandria get supplies they need for back to school for the past ten years. festival goers celebrated his life through music, games and give aways. members shared the different ways that harris touched their lives. >> i was a rough kid growing up. so he like helped me, keep me out of the streets, you know what i'm saying? take me to little meetings to try -- you know, to make things

he is 62-year-old james davidson. he was attempting to cross fairfax boulevard at about 1:00 this morning when he was hit by a jeep and the driver kept going. the police found the jeep. they're trying to find the driver and what caused the accident. drivers on interstate 270 may have noticed a tractor-trailer on fire. the real-estate police say it hit some debris and a roadway in the cab caught fire. -- maryland state police say at had some debris and the cab caught fire. the police are investigating what happened. and much cooler day than last week at this time, but are the cooler temperatures here to stay? the forecast coming out. >> is a beautiful start to the day, warm topped, and cooling down tonight? >> yeah, clouds that moved in in the afternoon, did not amount to anything so the outdoor plans glenn said. outside right now, it is quiet dry. the sunset just before 8:00 this evening. from this day until the end of the month, we will lose about 40 minutes of daylight, just until the end of this month. 86 degrees t

it happened in the 9800 block of fairfax boulevard when 62-year-old james davidson was struck while trying to cross the street. people who knew davidson say he was a main stay in the community and that these types of accidents happen all too often. >> i have been here for 13 years, but there are a number of our guests who have -- who have died that way, who have been hit been cars right around this area. >> police have tracked down the car they believe hit davidson and consider it evidence now. authorities have not released the identity of the driver. >>> a woman accused in a separate hit and run case is now in custody. carol rude johnson is accused of killing a man while he stood next to his suv. it happened after midnight on saturday morning. the accident completely down 95 north for hours. rude johnson is accused of driving under the influence. >>> this morning we are hearing from a cab driver who was set on fire. he picked up the attacker on the largo metro station friday afternoon, he drove the man to bowie. the robber refused to pay the $33 fare and tried to rob him. he doused the ca

fairfax city police say 62-year- old james ralph davidson was killed when a driver hit him. davidson was crossing the six lane highway of fairfax boulevard near draper drive around 1:00 this morning. arlington county police helped find the suv a 2010 jeep compass that was involved in the hit and run but the driver was nowhere to be found. >>> police are still trying to sort out a bizarre robbery attempt that ended with the would-be robber's death. it happened alodge north view drive in bowie. ken molestina is there now and ken, what's the very latest on the strange incident? >> reporter: you know, strange is right. really don't know any other way to call it. this has weird written all over it and police are still investigating trying to get to the bottom of this. i want to show you what remains on the spot where the burned out cab lay yesterday. 4300 block of north view over here is a primarily a commercial zone. it's all quiet now but let's show you some aerial footage of yesterday just before 5:00. run this down for you. according to police here's what they say happened. s

james ralph davidson was killed when a driver hit him. he was crossing the six lane highway on fairfax boulevard around 1:00 this morning. arlington county police helped find the suv, a 2010 jeep that was involved in the hit and run, butt driver was nowhere to be found. >>> tonight, police are still trying to sort out a bizarre taxi driver robbery attempt that ended with a would-be robber burned to death. it happened in beau we yesterday. police say the roche demanded money from the driver, struck him in the head and threw a flammable liquid which set the cab on fire. the would-be robber died in the blaze. >>> it's back to school for some kids. students in the county are reveling in the last weekend before they head to the classroom on monday. as we report, many of them will now get a good head start to a successful school year. >> reporter: it was nearly a standing room only crowd at the showplace arena. thousands of students and parents attended the prince georgia county's back to school fair. many were eager for monday. what's going to