Category: Car Accidents
Officials with the city of Baltimore have given the go-ahead to pay $340,000 to settle claims made against the city following three car accidents where city employees were at fault. It proves that governments can be held accountable for negligent behavior. The largest payout, $200,000, will go to a woman who was hit by a car […]
Treacherous road design and fog might have combined to leave three men dead in a car accident involving a tractor-trailer. The accident, which occurred in Jacksonville, Maryland, just north of Baltimore, happened as the truck, hauling 45,000 pounds of milk, drove southbound on Jarrettsville Pike near Dulaney Valley Road. A Volkswagen Jetta, traveling north, lost control […]
A year after a motor vehicle accident left three Maryland teenagers dead, members of the community remain at odds over the sentencing of the driver, whose prison term was recently reduced. On one side stands the family of the three victims and their supporters. On the other side is the driver, who claimed a judge wanted to […]
A police chase in West Baltimore led to a car accident that resulted in the death of a 22-year-old woman and injuries to her mother and daughter. The woman’s family is not ready to forgive the police or the man fleeing. The accident occurred as the women’s car attempted to cross Poplar Grove Street at West […]
The Towson University community was left to mourn the death of a 20-year-old student, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident as he walked near the campus in Towson, Maryland. The man was struck early on a Saturday morning as he attempted to cross the street. Police in Baltimore County said the driver — who they […]
A single-vehicle accident in Salisbury, Maryland, that claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy is under investigation. The motor vehicle accident stemmed from a chase in which local police engaged with the young driver. State laws specify that a driver can get a learner’s permit when they reach 15 years and 9 months of age. However, […]
Prosecutors have filed additional charges against a Maryland man who allegedly drove while under the influence of drugs and caused a small child to suffer a brain injury in a motor vehicle accident. Police said the 48-year-old man rear-ended another car after using PCP on Dec. 16, 2011. He was allegedly speeding when he hit […]
Family members and co-workers were left to mourn the death of a 31-year-old Maryland woman, as police investigated the car accident that took her life. Police officials said they suspect they know part of the story. As the woman headed toward her job in the afternoon rush hour at a fast-food restaurant in Montgomery County, Maryland, two […]
The death of a 20-year-old Maryland man from a brain injury sustained in a car accident could help lead to sweeping changes to state law. The family of the man, who was a student at Johns Hopkins University at the time of his death in February 2011, is supporting legislation currently under consideration by the Maryland General […]
A family was left to mourn the deaths of three siblings who were trying to restart their lives, but were victims of a fatal car accident in the Baltimore suburb of Bel Air, Maryland. The accident killed a 29-year-old man, who had been released from jail just two months ago; his 24-year-old sister, who had two children; […]