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DOUBLE FATAL: Drivers Dead In 3-Car Ellicott City Crash DOUBLE FATAL: Drivers Dead In 3-Car Ellicott City Crash
Double Fatal: Drivers Dead In 3-Car Ellicott City Crash Two people were killed in a three-car crash overnight in Howard County, police said. A 2021 Acura RDX was traveling the wrong direction on Route 100 westbound in the area of Snowden River Parkway when it was struck by a 2010 Subaru Forester and a 2004 Lincoln Town Car around 2:05 a.m. Sunday, March 17 in Ellicott City, county police said. The drivers of the Acura and the Subaru, both women, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Lincoln was not injured. Preliminary investigation revealed the driver of the Acura was not wearing her seatbelt. Investigation into the cause of the…
Maryland Man Among 2 Dead In Virginia Crash Maryland Man Among 2 Dead In Virginia Crash
Maryland Man Among 2 Dead In Virginia Crash Two unbelted men died and a woman was in critical condition following a head-on crash on Interstate 495 on Tuesday, May 17, authorities said. A Mazda 3 collided with a Buick Encore near the Chain Bridge Road exit in Fairfax, causing the Buick to burst into flames after the impact, Virginia State Police said. The Buick driver, Patrick Mullins, 32, of Catlett, Va., and Kaan Karabekir, 28, of Bethesda, Md., who was behind the wheel of the Mazda, died at the scene. Neither were wearing a seatbelt.  Paramedics rushed a woman who was in the Buick to Inova Fairfax Hospital with lif…