Year: 2011
St. Mary’s County law enforcement officials are hoping that witnesses come forward in an investigation of a tragic motor vehicle accident on Route 5. A 12-year-old Amish girl died when a pickup truck smashed into a horse and buggy in which she was a passenger. Police reports say the driver of a 2004 Ford F150 […]
An Ellicott City doctor is accused of medical malpractice for endangering the fertility of a patient. The Baltimore Circuit Court filing states the obstetrician was to perform an operation to remove an ovarian cyst on the left side. The doctor allegedly removed the patient’s healthy, right-side ovary and fallopian tube instead. The 31-year-old patient who […]
Police reports say the teenage driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee may have been guilty of a traffic violation at a Centreville intersection, causing a fatal crash. The juvenile driver survived the rollover motor vehicle accident, but he and another teenager were seriously injured. A second juvenile passenger in the Grand Cherokee was pronounced dead […]
Allstate Insurance has unveiled its yearly list of the nation’s most traffic-accident-prone cities, and Washington, D.C., and Baltimore are listed as number one and two, respectively. No other U.S. cities have knocked the District or Baltimore from the top motor vehicle accident spots for several years, but the insurance company’s statistics show a new disturbing […]
A Maryland State trooper was responding to a call when his patrol car struck and killed a woman in Stevensville. The motor vehicle accident in Queen Anne’s County happened near a shopping center where the woman was waiting with a friend. Accident reports do not detail whether the trooper was speeding at the time of the […]
A Frostburg State University senior died recently, a week after he collapsed during a school football practice session. Relatives say the history and political science major sustained a fatal brain injury after taking part in what the university said were “regular drills.” The college fullback reported feeling dizzy during practice and passed out as he was being […]
A Keymar teenager was killed and another teen was seriously injured in a one-car motor vehicle accident. Maryland State Police say the driver, who graduated from Walkersville High School recently, was likely speeding. Investigators say the crash occurred along Good Intent Road between Woodsboro and Keymar at about 11 a.m. when the driver lost control. Law […]
Sadly, car accidents claim the lives of many Maryland residents every year. Maryland drivers, passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists have all been victims of negligent drivers across the state. Whether caused by drunk driving, distracted driving or general negligence, the damage caused by unsafe drivers is undeniable. In a recent car accident, seven more people fell […]
A veteran Baltimore and Annapolis police officer has been charged with the DUI death of a Glen Burnie teenager. If convicted of vehicular manslaughter charges, failure to stop and other traffic violations, the officer could be imprisoned up to a decade. The motor vehicle accident occurred last year near the Anne Arundel County line in Brooklyn at […]
An unlicensed Maryland teenage driver was behind the wheel of an SUV that struck a car driven by a Glen Burnie man. The 63-year-old accident victim died shortly after the crash at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Police say the man’s death is the county’s 19th motor vehicle accident fatality this year. Anne Arundel County police report the […]