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Man Found Dead After Jump From Harry Nice Bridge In Maryland, Authorities Say
A tragic scene unfolded at the Harry Nice Bridge on Wednesday morning in Charles County when emergency crews recovered the body of a man who reportedly jumped into the Potomac River, officials said. The call came in around 11:45 a.m. on Nov. 20, prompting fire rescue marine units from Charles and King George counties to respond to the bridge, where they found a body in the water. Crews retrieved the body and transported it to Aqualand Marina, where land units were waiting. The Maryland Transportation Authority Police have taken over the investigation into the incident. Fire rescue units cl…
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Crashed Motorcyclist Dies At Hospital After Being Pulled From Water Under I-95 Ramp: Police
The motorcyclist who was pulled from the waters under I-95 in Baltimore on Monday afternoon after crashing has died, Maryland Transportation Authority Police officials confirmed. At approximately 12:40 p.m. on April 29, officers were called to the southbound ramp of I-395 leading to I-95 south, where there was a reported crash that involved a rider being ejected and sent over the barrier and into the water below. It was determined by investigators that a black Kawasaki motorcycle has been involved in a single-vehicle crash, where the driver was ejected and fell to the water below the ramp. …
Police & Fire
Driver, 35, Killed When Garbage Truck Crashes, Falls Onto Railroad Tracks Below I-95 Ramp:
Mdta
A 35-year-old man driving a garbage truck was killed when the vehicle crashed, fell off a ramp from I-95 southbound and landed on a set of railroad tracks Thursday afternoon, April 4, authorities said. It happened at the ramp from southbound I-95 to southbound MD 295 in Baltimore City shortly after 2:15 p.m., according to the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Collison Reconstruction Unit. Officers responded and found that a white Mack garbage truck had been involved in a single-vehicle crash and fell onto the railroad tracks below the ramp. The 35-year-old Hanover man driving…
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Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Montgomery County Crash:
Mdta
Police
A 41-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash in Montgomery County on Sunday, March 3, authorities said. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on the eastbound side of the ICC/MD 200 near Shady Grove Road. The victim, a 41-year-old Rockville man riding a Kawasaki motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Investigators believe the motorcycle was struck by a white Chevy Silverado after the initial crash. The investigation is being led by the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Collison Reconstruction Unit. Anyone with information is asked to call 410-537-6905.
Traffic
Police Searching For Honda That Caused 23-Vehicle Pile-Up On Bay Bridge In Maryland
New details have been released by the Maryland Transportation Authority Police as they attempt to locate a driver responsible for causing a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Bay Bridge over the weekend that wreaked havoc for some travelers. On Saturday afternoon, the busy bridge was shut down after a blue Honda Civic reportedly caused the 23-vehicle crash when the driver was speeding and traveling erratically over the bridge. The Bay Bridge's westbound span is estimated to remain closed into mid-afternoon for a multi-vehicle crash. Westbound traffic being detoured at MD-213. #MDTraffic pic.tw…
Obituaries
Workplace Accident Kills CSX Employee Weeks Before Wife's Due Date In MD
Weeks before what was to be a jubilant day for a young Maryland family, it was struck by tragedy when a CSX employee was killed in a work-related incident at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in the Terminal Port of Baltimore. Derek Scott Little, a CSX conductor trainee, will never get to meet his newborn son after the 28-year-old was killed on the job just months after he was hired to the position. His wife Kaytee was two weeks away from giving birth to the family's second child. The fatal incident, which remains under investigation by multiple agencies, was reported to the Maryland Transp…
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Totals Officer's Cruiser Before Police Pursuit In Charles County: Sheriff
An allegedly intoxicated driver took extreme measures to avoid being arrested, totaling a Charles County Sheriff’s Office cruiser while attempting to flee from officers during a lengthy police pursuit, officials said. La Plata resident Sydney William Robertson, 20, is facing DWI and other charges following a miles-long chase, authorities announced on Tuesday, Feb. 21. It is alleged that an officer in a marked patrol car was entering the crossover on Crain Highway at Bel Alton Newtown Road when the driver of a Chevrolet 2500 pick-up truck drove across the road and struck the cruiser, totali…
Police & Fire
Road-Rage Dispute Along I-95, I-695 Escalates Into Shooting In Maryland,
Mdta
Police Say
Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police have been called in to investigate a shooting that was reported along I-95 in Baltimore County, officials announced. On Monday, Dec. 6, officers were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. to investigate a dispute between two drivers along the interstate that led to a shooting. According to police, the preliminary investigation determined that a fight broke out between the drivers of a silver Ford F-150 pick-up truck and a dark sedan on Monday night near the outer loop of I-695 at Exit 15 (US 40). It is alleged that the dispute continued along the …
Police & Fire
Mdta
Police Investigating Road-Rage Shooting Incident Near I-395 In Maryland
Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Officers are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday evening in Baltimore City, officials announced. At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, the agency received a report of a shooting in the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Russell Street in Baltimore. The initial investigation determined that an altercation took place between the drivers of a gray 2012 Hyundai Sonata and a black 2013 Honda Civic near the northbound intersection of I-395 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to witnesses, the driver of t…
Police & Fire
Police Arrest Man Wanted For Assault With Handgun, Multiple Warrants In Maryland
With an assist from federal officials, Maryland State Police investigators were able to apprehend a wanted man who allegedly assaulted his victim with a handgun in Baltimore, officials said. Baltimore City resident Devery Dion Jackson, 30, was apprehended this week by state police troopers and US Marshals at his home in the 800 block of Bethune Road on multiple misdemeanor warrants and a felony assault charge. Officials said that Jackson was wanted by the Baltimore Police Department in connection to an alleged felony first-degree assault with a handgun. He was also wanted for three addition…
Police & Fire
What We Know About Injured Man Found Near BWI Marshall Airport
Maryland Transportation Authority Police detectives are investigating the circumstances of potentially suspicious injuries a man sustained before he was found in a roadway near the BWI Marshall Airport. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4 an MDTA police officer assigned to the BWI Marshall Airport Detachment was on patrol in the area of Aviation Boulevard at Allwood Drive when she stopped to investigate an unknown object in the roadway. The man was found near Aviation Boulevard at Allwood DriveGoogle Maps satellite view Further investigation determined that the object was in fa…
Police & Fire
District Heights Woman Arrested After Carjacking At
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arshall Airport: Police
A woman has been arrested after attempting to carjack a vehicle with a toddler inside, authorities say. The victim was securing her 2-year-old in a car seat at the BWI Airport around 9 a.m., Monday, July 18 when Tiarra D. Davis, 36, got in the driver's seat and began driving away, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. Davis dragged the victim around 150 feet before stopping as the victim tried to remove her child from the moving vehicle, police said. Medics rushed to the victim to begin treatment of minor injuries. A suspected intoxicated Davis was located with the vic…
Police & Fire
Nearly 100 Drivers Busted During Independence Day DUI Patrol In Maryland: State Police
Nearly 100 allegedly drunk drivers were taken off Maryland roadways over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to a newly released report from state police. The Maryland State Police Department released its final tally from its Independence Day DUI Enforcement detail between Friday, July 1, and Monday, July 4, which led to the arrest of 95 allegedly impaired drivers. During routine road patrols throughout the state and a joint DUI saturation effort focused on Route 50, the full-time drunk driving enforcement team of troopers - the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (S.P.…
Police & Fire
Passenger Grazed By Bullet In Overnight Maryland Highway Shooting: Police
One person was grazed by a bullet on after a car shot another car several times while driving down a Maryland highway in Montgomery County, authorities said. Police responded to a vehicle that was stopped along the Intercounty Connector (ICC)/MD 200 shortly before 1 a.m. on Monday, May 16, Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police said. Upon arrival, officers found several bullet holes on a gold 2007 Toyota Sienna van that was stopped just before Exit 3 at Shady Grove Road, MDTA Police said. Investigators said the driver of the Toyota was traveling west on MD …
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