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Virginia Teen Killed, Two Hurt After Honda Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-68 In Maryland: MSP Virginia Teen Killed, Two Hurt After Honda Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-68 In Maryland: MSP
Virginia Teen Killed, Two Hurt After Honda Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-68 In Maryland: MSP A 19-year-old Virginia man was killed and two others were hospitalized after their Honda slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on I-68 in Maryland, state police said. Nihaal Babu Grandhi, 19, of Ashburn, was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on eastbound I-68 near mile marker 13 in Grantsville, according to Maryland State Police. The crash happened around 7:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 10. Grandhi was a front-seat passenger in a 2005 Honda Accord that rear-ended a tractor-trailer while both vehicles were traveling east on I-68, police said. The driver of the Honda, Geor…

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by Zak Failla
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Trooper Thrown 25 Feet In Maryland I-68 Crash Focusing On Family, Not Pain Trooper Thrown 25 Feet In Maryland I-68 Crash Focusing On Family, Not Pain
Trooper Thrown 25 Feet In Maryland I-68 Crash Focusing On Family, Not Pain A Maryland State Trooper was thrown 25 feet into the air during a violent crash on I-68 — and now faces a long, painful road to recovery. Alvin Wilson clocked a car going 78 mph on Monday, April 28 on I-68 and attempted to flag it down during traffic enforcement — but the driver didn't stop, striking him and sending him flying. Wilson landed on his back, suffering catastrophic injuries, according to his loved ones, and he was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Among his injuries were a gash to the back of his head, a broken pelvis, fractured sternum…

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by Zak Failla
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Trucker Torches Tractor-Trailer Along I-68 In Maryland: Fire Marshal Trucker Torches Tractor-Trailer Along I-68 In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Trucker Torches Tractor-Trailer Along I-68 In Maryland: Fire Marshal A Baltimore County man is facing serious charges after investigators say he intentionally set his disabled semi-truck on fire along I-68 in Western Maryland. Robert Steven Silver, 42, of Cockeysville, was arrested Tuesday, March 4, with the help of Baltimore County Police after a months-long investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The incident happened on the night of Oct. 12, 2024, when firefighters from the Baltimore Pike Volunteer Fire Company responded to a burning tractor-trailer at the 50-mile marker of the interstate.  Crews arrived to find flames inside a 2012 V…

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by Zak Failla
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New Details Emerge In Sen. Fetterman's Maryland Crash New Details Emerge In Sen. Fetterman's Maryland Crash
New Details Emerge In Sen. Fetterman's Maryland Crash A witness told Maryland State Police that Sen. John Fetterman was driving over the speed limit when his car rear-ended another on Sunday, June 9, according to a crash report.  Fetterman, his wife Gisele, and the other driver were all taken to the hospital after the I-70 crash. Fetterman's office said he was treated for a bruised shoulder and later released.  In a crash report from Maryland State Police, a witness said Fetterman's Chevrolet Traverse passed her "at a high rate of speed, well over the posted speed limit." He rear-ended a Chevrolet Impala after passing the witness, j…

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by Mac Bullock