A man who operated a popular social media page to inform his neighbors in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of everything from community news to car crashes has died in a car accident. Police said the 32-year-old man, who was from the Baltimore suburb of Pasadena, Maryland, was speeding when his Acura collided with a BMW.
Learn MorePlenty of car accidents around Baltimore, Maryland, are caused by drowsy and inattentive drivers. A new commercially available technology may help prevent those car accidents by guiding drivers back to the center of their lane. Even though the technology may reduce car accidents caused by fatigue and inattentiveness, the technology may pose other risks. Lane-keeping
Learn MoreA study by two University of Maryland specialty schools found that people walking along streets while wearing headphones are more likely to be injured because they can’t hear what’s going on around them. The recently published report from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and the University of Maryland School of Medicine found
Learn MoreA tragic car accident south of Baltimore in the early-morning hours this last weekend has left four people dead, including three teenagers. According to police, the car accident happened because the car the teens were riding in was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 50. According to the grandfather of one of
Learn MoreInvestigators are trying to understand what happened after one Thurmont, Maryland, man ended up dead in a car accident and another in a trauma center after apparently shooting himself. It all happened early in the early morning hours earlier this month, when Frederick County sheriff’s deputies came across skid marks, debris and the body of
Learn MoreA Baltimore organization has lauded the recommendation by a federal panel that the government should lower the amount of lead it considers to cause poisoning in children. An official of the group, the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, said the time had come for a government agency to define lead poisoning as 5 micrograms
Learn MorePolice in Bethesda, Maryland, were searching for the cause of a tragic car accident that killed two passengers on New Year’s Day. A 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old pregnant teen died in the early morning accident. The driver, a 22-year-old man, was admitted to a Baltimore trauma center, and two other teens in the car
Learn MoreTwo more lawsuits have been filed against the National Football League, accusing the league of putting players, including players in Baltimore, on the field despite knowing the evidence that the game could lead to brain injuries and other long-term neurological disorders. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of 25 former NFL players total, contend the players
Learn MoreOne of the doctors asked to help determine if unnecessary heart stents were being implanted at some Maryland hospitals has become the target of several lawsuits. A medical malpractice attorney, who already has more than 200 cases pending against one doctor, has filed two more cases, claiming his clients received unnecessary stents. This time, the
Learn MoreA pair of Howard County, Maryland, doctors have been named in a medical malpractice suit filed by the parents of a teenager who died after what should have been a oral surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed. The girl, 17, died on April 6, just 10 days after the high school junior received anesthesia
Learn MoreA car accident in Howard County, Maryland, that has raised more questions than answers claimed the lives of two teenagers and sent three other teenagers to the hospital with serious injuries. Police say an 18-year-old Linthicum, Maryland, driver may have been speeding when he lost control of a 2008 Pontiac GT in Elkridge. A witness
Learn MoreA lawsuit is being considered by a woman who recently gave birth in a Salisbury, Maryland, hospital. The new mother is a nurse, an addictions specialist, who said hospital negligence caused her child to wrongly test positive for drugs. According to the Maryland nurse who gave birth, Peninsula Regional Medical Center called child welfare officials
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