In Maryland, as around the rest of the country, text messaging has become a favorite pastime for many. But victims of traffic accidents know that “texting” is actually a big problem. Auto accident experts and politicians alike are suggesting that cell phone texting could be the drunk driving of the…
A tragic set of circumstances led to the untimely death of a Bowie man and his young daughter on Interstate 70 last week. According to Maryland State Police, the deadly collision happened in Lisbon around 6:30 p.m. on June 30 near the Route 97 exit. While traveling in his 1929…
You may not know it, but Baltimore is way behind the rest of Maryland in terms of traffic roundabouts. Why is this important? For anyone who has been injured in a head-on collision at a busy intersection or knows someone who was killed by an inattentive driver turning in front…
A 56-year-old woman was seriously injured recently when the car she was driving crashed head-on into an oncoming van on Route 2 in Harwood, Maryland. Police reports show that the Rebecca Crocker of Chesapeake Beach inexplicably crossed over the double-yellow line and into the opposing lane of the roadway on…
Kia Motors America has issued a recall for 36,000 Optima models made during the 2001 through 2004 model years. The recall covers a defect of the vehicle’s steel subframe, which could be adversely affected by road salt in certain parts of the country, including Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The…
Residents of Washington D.C., Maryland and surrounding areas are still reeling from news of a tragic commuter train crash that killed at least seven people and injured dozens more last night. For reasons not completely known, a Metrorail Red Line train collided at what appears to be a high rate…
A Capitol Heights woman was killed in a recent car crash when the vehicle in which she was riding left the road, rolled and hit a stand of trees. The car accident occurred in the late evening of June 7 on a stretch of Suitland Parkway near Forrestville, MD. The…
Police and emergency medical personnel from Howard County, Maryland, responded to the scene of a motorcycle injury accident recently on the southbound side of Maryland Route 29 near Seneca Drive. According to police reports, a married couple riding double on a BMW R75/6 bike collided with a guardrail on the…
A 29-year-old Maryland man has been charged by the Fredrick County Sheriff’s Office in the April traffic death of a college senior who was struck and killed while jogging on Old Emmitsburg Road. The man was allegedly operating an uninsured vehicle belonging to his parents. According to police reports, Elizabeth…
In a freak vehicle accident last week, an out-of-control pickup truck crashed into a Hebron, MD, convenience store narrowly missing employees and patrons inside. The vehicle, driven by a Nanticoke resident and containing the man’s two young children, hit the building with such force that it broke through an eight-inch-thick…