A West Virginia man has entered an Alford plea in connection with an auto accident in Maryland that claimed the life of one man and injured four other people. According to this WHSV Channel 3 report, Joel Wareham, 22, of Martinsburg, admitted that the State of Maryland had ample evidence to convict him of negligent […]
Maryland Auto Accident Claims Life of Teenager
A Maryland auto accident has claimed the life of a 17-year-old, according to this article from Gazette.Net. Montgomery County Police are still investigating the accident but say that Thiago Andrade, 17, a former Ridgefield resident, was riding in a car when it left the road, struck a tree, and ejected him back onto the road. […]
Westminster Hit-and-Run Crash Kills McDaniel College Student
According to this recent WTOP 103.5 FM report, a college student attending McDaniel College was killed in early February in a hit-and-run accident. Police officials in Westminster, MD, say that 19-year-old Thomas Rouleau of Gilboa, NY, died at the scene from injuries he suffered in the auto accident. A spokesman for the Westminster Police Department […]
Maryland Transit Authority Bus Accidents Are Too Many
Large Companies and Personal Injury Claims: Who Wins? According a report in the Baltimore Sun, on March 10, 2009, at approximately 5:15 a.m., an MTA bus collided with an SUV and then crashed into a downtown hotel injuring two passengers and the driver of the SUV. On the same day closer to the afternoon hours, […]
Anne Arundel County Auto Accident Kills Mother
The Baltimore Sun reports in an account that on March 4, 2009, a 33-year old Pasadena resident was killed instantly when the car she was driving, carrying her 5-year old daughter, was pushed into the path of a truck. According to the Sun, when Christine Schoppert was waiting to make a left turn into the […]
Westminster Teen Dies in Maryland Auto Accident
A teenager from Westminster died in an early morning accident on Sunday, January 11, 2009, according to this Carroll County Times report. A spokesman for the Maryland State Police said that Nicholas Tyler Byron, 17, was northbound on Md. 97 near Old Hanover Road when he lost control of his SUV, skidded off the road, […]
Catonsville Beltway Accident Claims Two Lives
On the afternoon of Friday, January 9, 2009, a single-car crash claimed the lives of two victims and snarled traffic for several hours according to this Maryland auto accident report in the Baltimore Sun. Maryland State Police officials said that the auto accident occurred around 2:30 P.M. on January 9, 2009, on a Beltway ramp […]
New Year’s Eve Crash Injures Berlin Family
A New Year’s Eve police chase ended when a fleeing suspect crashed his BMW into the back of an SUV belonging to a Berlin family. Hospital officials say that two members of the Espinoza family of Berlin, Maryland, are in critical condition at Peninsula Regional Medical Center from injuries they received when a car ran […]
Maryland Police Officer not Indicted in Fatal Car Crash
After a year of investigation, county prosecutors have decided not to indict a Prince George County police officer who faced several serious charges in a 2007 car accident that claimed the life of a University of Maryland student. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, Officer Mario Chavez had been drinking the evening […]
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Accident Results in Death of Truck Driver
A 57-year-old truck driver was killed on August 10, 2008, when a woman fell asleep at the wheel, crossed into oncoming traffic, and caused him to lose control of his truck which plunged off the bridge. According to this Washington Post report, 19-year-old Candy Lynn Baldwin admitted to reporters and Maryland police officials that she […]