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Witnesses Sought As Family Mourns Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Maryland Witnesses Sought As Family Mourns Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Maryland
Witnesses Sought As Family Mourns Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Maryland A family is mourning in Maryland following a fatal pedestrian crash, and now state police investigators are seeking possible witnesses to the early-morning strike. Fruitland resident Briece Antwoine Joynes, 42, died at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital after being struck by a driver in Wicomico County, state police announced on Wednesday.  Members of the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office were called at approximately 3 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 16 to Nanticoke Road near Willow Creek Drive in Salisbury, when a motorist reported seeing something lying on the road. Joynes was treated and taken…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say
Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say Several family pets were killed in a fast-moving fire that left a couple displaced on Christmas Day in Maryland, officials say. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, first responders from the Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company in Wicomico County were called to a mobile home on Skylar Drive, when a neighbor reported that a fire had broken out. First responders say that upon arrival, they were met with a living room fire that broke out after an electric receptacle failed and sparked the blaze. It took a team of 20 firefighters approximately 20 minutes to get the flames under control, but …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Home Under Renovation Goes Up In Flames In Maryland: Fire Marshal Home Under Renovation Goes Up In Flames In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Home Under Renovation Goes Up In Flames In Maryland: Fire Marshal A home being renovated went up in flames in Maryland overnight, the state fire marshal said. Shortly before 12:30 a.m. in Wicomico County on Sunday, Sept. 25, a neighbor on Union Avenue alerted the Salisbury Fire Department of a fire that broke out in a nearby home that was under renovation. Officials said that upon arrival at the two-story home, they were met with a fire in the kitchen area of the renovated residence, and it took a team of nearly three dozen firefighters approximately 20 minutes to get the blaze under control. The fire caused an estimated $30,000 to the structure of the h…

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by Zak Failla