Year: 2013
Most tragic nonsensical accidents like this one are caused by the distraction of using a cell phone, a very dangerous habit when speeding along in a fully loaded 18-wheeler just begging for car accidents to happen. This was no fender bender on a six-lane highway; it took place on the narrow, high and sometimes harrowing bridge that […]
Just when you think you’ve heard the most absurd reason behind a motor vehicle accident a scenario springs up that boggles the mind. In this case a Laurel man is under arrest and facing attempted murder and other charges after allegedly striking a man with his car over a cell phone dispute, according to police reports. It […]
It was the motor vehicle accident that went on and on after the initial collision — with a chain reaction of injury to persons and property. Downtown Baltimore was the venue for the high noon accident, which started with the accused driver smashing into one car that then got propelled into the side of a […]
A 15-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured in a two-vehicle accident that took place in Belcamp, Maryland. As with many car accidents, the crash occurred at an intersection, just before 9:00 p.m. The accident involved a truck and a car. The car, investigators believed, may have deviated from its lane across the […]
It was the most aggravated case on the issue to ever come before Maryland’s highest court, but in the case of a motor vehicle accident involving an intoxicated driver, the bar that dispensed the drinks was held blameless. The ruling was not surprising as the Court had to apply the facts against the standing Maryland law. […]
A police trainee who was hurt on the job during a training drill exercise has filed a lawsuit against the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County. He was shot and suffered serious injuries. His condition was described as critical. The lawsuit seeks several million in damages. The plaintiff is a trainee who was hired by the University […]
A motor vehicle accident on the Jones Falls Expressway resulted in both a police officer and a tow truck driver who were attempting to assist being injured in a second subsequent accident. At approximately 6:15 p.m., the officer was engaged in an investigation of a single vehicle accident involving an SUV. That crash took place in the […]
A 43-year-old male motorist alleged to have been drug intoxicated at the time of the incident has been charged with vehicular homicide, and other charges, from a car crash outside Baltimore’s City Hall that killed a pedestrian. Such car accidents involving drunk or drug impaired drivers frequently cause serious injuries and deaths of innocent persons. Police investigators […]
They survived combat in Iraq or Afghanistan. But all too many returning military veterans are meeting untimely deaths in fatal car accidents here at home. Statistics show that those coming back to the U.S. after serving in such theatres of war experience fatal car accidents at a rate that is a full 75 percent more than […]
A family and neighborhood in Middle River, Maryland, are in mourning after a beloved 9-year-old girl was struck down and killed by a car while crossing the street. Car accidents that take the lives of pedestrians often include children or the elderly. In this incident, the parents assert that the child had carefully looked both ways as […]