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Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged For Causing Fatal Chain-Reaction Crash On I-70: MD State Police
A truck driver from Georgia who got behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer while intoxicated is facing charges in Maryland for causing a fatal five-vehicle crash in Washington County. Ray Pittman, 62, was arrested on Thursday night after setting off a chain-reaction crash that resulted in the death of 27-year-old Hagerstown resident Morgan Suter. ** I-70 WB CLOSED at DUAL HWY / US40 / Exit 32 ** IAO I70 WB & BEAVER CREEK RD PERS INJURY COLLISION CO10 E03 RS10... Posted by Washington County MD Fire Calls on Thursday, October 3, 2024 Investigators say that shortly after 5 p.m.…
Obituaries
DUI Driver Charged For Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Infant, Young Parents In MD: State Police
A Delaware man who allegedly was driving under the influence is facing criminal charges weeks after a wrong-way crash that claimed the lives of a young family from New York traveling from New York with their 1-year-old son in Maryland, state police announced. State Police investigators identified Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, and 1-year-old Grayson Dennison as the three people killed in a crash early on Sunday, May 19 on US Route 13. According to investigators, shortly before 2:50 a.m. on May 19, troopers were called to investigate a head-on crash that was rep…
Traffic
Two Police Cruisers Struck Within Minutes By Drivers In Maryland: Police
New details have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police Department after two cruisers were struck overnight while officers were responding to separate calls. At around 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 18, an officer from the 2nd District responded to assist with a shooting call in the 3rd District in Gaithersburg when he was rear-ended by a driver at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Grace Church Road, officials said. The driver attempted to flee, but the woman was later found in the area of Montgomery Village Avenue and arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. Accor…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Inmate Escapes To Maryland: State Police
An inmate escaped police custody while going to a doctor's appointment, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Aug. 22. Joshua Allen Nicholl, 26, of Greencastle was "temporarily authorized" to go to the "outside doctor's appointment" from the Franklin County Jail on Aug. 9, according to the state police release. By 6:41 p.m. officers became concerned that Nicholl hadn't returned, PSP Chambersburg was notified, and a warrant for Nicholl's arrest issued was soon issued. Nicholl was located in Washington County, Maryland sometime between that evening and Aug. 22, and the exact dat…
Police & Fire
Sleeping DUI Driver Found Passed Out Near US Capitol With Weapons, Ammo: Police
An allegedly drunk driver who fell asleep at the wheel blocks away from Capitol Hill is facing multiple charges after being busted with an illegal weapon and ammo, US Capitol Police announced. Maryland resident Angelo Day, 31, is facing a host of charges after passing out in the crosswalk in Southwest DC on Tuesday morning, prompting further investigation by officers on patrol in the area who found a disturbing scene in the driver's seat. Police say that at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, a US Capitol Police officer spotted a blue Honda Accord that was stopped in the 500 block of South Cap…
News
Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police
A woman was beaten in the handicapped stall at a central Pennsylvania Sheetz and two months later police say they have found the Maryland man who attacked her, authorities announced on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Elijah Richard Jennings, 25, originally from Harrisburg, most recently living in Maryland, was arrested on a warrant issued by Lower Allen Township police in connection with the assault on Monday, January 23, according to an updated release. The Lower Allen Township police were called for a welfare check on a woman who was crying in the bathroom at the Sheetz located at 1508 …
Police & Fire
Corporal Injured By Frenzied Intoxicated Driver Weaving Through Traffic In Maryland: Sheriff
Like a scene out of a movie, an allegedly intoxicated driver took sheriff’s deputies on a wild midday ride, striking police cruisers, and speeding into oncoming traffic before crashing into a ditch in Maryland. Mechanicsville resident Jerry Michael Weber proved he can't drive 55 and is now facing a host of charges in St. Mary’s County for a midday chase that kicked off at approximately 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, near the area of Loveville Road and Old Red Oak Lane in his hometown. The eventful afternoon began when the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about a black Ex…
Police & Fire
Allegedly Impaired Driver In Custody Following Reported Fatal Hit-Run Crash In Maryland
Police say that a 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal pedestrian crash that happened late on Monday night in Dundalk. Edwin Rivera was reportedly intoxicated when he struck Gabriel Cedeno Hurtado, 63, as he was attempting to cross Dundalk Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, according to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson. Rivera was reportedly driving east on Dundalk Avenue when he struck Hurtado in the 3800 block near Main Street before fleeing the area. Investigators were able to identify Rivera as a suspect, and both he and his vehicle were…
Police & Fire
Passenger Dies After Multi-Vehicle I-270 Crash In Maryland, State Police Say
One person was killed and two others injured in an early-morning crash on I-270 in Maryland, state police said Thabiso Mandela Mokuena, 24, was allegedly impaired and driving a Tesla shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18 when a chain-reaction crash led to the death of 35-year-old Sandra Lorena Morales De Arevala. On Sunday morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack were dispatched to a stretch of I-270 south near Montrose Road, where there were two separate, but related crashes reported. Police said that the preliminary investigation determined that a 2015 Tes…
Police & Fire
Speed, Alcohol Factors In Rollover Crash That Killed Maryland Woman: Sheriff
A 47-year-old woman was killed in Maryland after being ejected from her vehicle when she struck a tree while potentially driving while impaired, authorities announced. St. Mary’s County resident Michelle Lee Twigg, of Lexington Park, was driving in Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County on Breezy Point Road in the area of Blue Heron Drive when she struck a tree on Saturday, June 4, according to the Calvert County Sheriff. Twigg was driving west on Breezy Point Road when she struck the tree, rolled over her Nissan Altima, and was partially ejected from the vehicle. She was the only occu…
Police & Fire
Dad Was Racing Before Crash That Killed Toddler In Maryland: Authorities
Two drivers who were racing moments before a crash that killed one driver's 4-year-old daughter in Maryland have been charged by indictment, authorities said. The girl's dad, Felipe Hernandez of Silver Spring, was racing Gilberto Duvan Guerra Posadas, of Germantown, in the moments leading up to the crash on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at Georgia and Dexter avenues, Montgomery County police said. Hernandez was driving a black 2005 Acura RSX and Posadas was in a silver 2021 Honda Civic, both heading southbound on Georgia Avenue when the driver of a black 2020 Ford Fusion tried to make a left…
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