Thursday, May 23, 2013
A 50-year-old man fell under the bus as it was pulling away from a bus stop on Georgia Avenue, according to police.
A Brookville man died in the hospital Thursday morning after being struck by a Metro bus on Wednesday night. Ronald Maurice Johnson, 50, who had fallen under the bus on southbound Georgia Avenue, was taken to Suburban Hospital with what seemed to be non-life-threatening injuries, Montgomery County Police said. However, Johnson's condition worsened overnight and he was pronounced dead at 5:55 a.m. Thursday, police said. The bus was pulling away from a bus stop on southbound Georgia Avenue when Johnson fell under the bus, according to police accounts. Police officers and fire and rescue personnel responded at approximately 11:08 p.m. to the area just south of the intersection with Olney-Sandy Spring Road, according to a news release. The …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Police: Beltsville woman died Friday from her injuries.
Update, May 17 Mary Josephine Fish, a 52-year-old from Beltsville, died from her injuries Friday after being struck by a car in Wheaton Thursday morning, according to Montgomery County police. Original post, May 16 When two cars collided near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Georgia Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, one jumped the curb and struck a woman walking in the median, Montgomery County police said. Mary Josephine Fish, 52, of the 11500 block of Cordwall Drive in Beltsville, was taken to Suburban Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said in a news release. Neither driver was injured, police said. The two cars, a white Honda Accord and a white Nissan van, were traveling southbound on Veirs Mill Road when the …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Maria Lusminia Colindres, 77, died of her injuries at the hospital Thursday.
Updated 11 p.m.: A 77-year-old woman was fatally struck by an SUV as she sat at a bus stop in Aspen Hill on Thursday, police said. According to police, Maria Lusminia Colindres of the 3700 block of Delano Street in Silver Spring was seated at a bench on Veirs Mill Road and Ferrara Avenue when a 1996 Ford Explorer left the roadway and drove into the bus shelter. Colindres died of her injures at the hospital. Police said the Ford Explorer’s driver, Cheryl Denise Green, 56, of Rockville, was traveling east on Veirs Mill and had made a U-turn at Ferrara—clipping a curb, crossing three lanes of traffic on westbound Veirs Mill, driving over the median and then back across the eastbound lanes of Veirs Mill before driving into the bus shelter …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Monday.
A pedestrian was struck Monday night at the intersection of University Boulevard and Caddington Avenue, near Northwood High School in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County police. The collision was not fatal, a police spokesperson said. UPDATE: Responders from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service "treated and transported an adult male, believed to be in his 30's, to a local hospital," according to fire and rescue spokesperson Beth Anne Nesselt. Police and MCFRS received the report of the collision shortly before 9 p.m. The intersection was closed, but reopened a short time later. Related Links: Map: 12 Pedestrian, Bike Collisions in Montgomery County This Year Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run on Connecticut Avenue Five …
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Three pedestrian collisions occurred in Montgomery County Tuesday morning.
Three pedestrian collisions occurred within two hours of each other Tuesday morning in Montgomery County, according to county police. A Watkins Mill High School student was hit while walking to school at 7:19 a.m., a pedestrian crossing Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda was struck at 7:47 a.m., and a mother and her two children were struck while crossing a parking lot entrance in Gaithersburg at 8:55 a.m. All of the pedestrians involved were taken to emergency rooms with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Since Jan. 22, four pedestrians and a bicyclist have been fatally struck by cars in the Silver Spring and Aspen Hill areas of the county. Join the discussion on Patch about how to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety in the…
A bicyclist's death this week marked the fifth fatal collision in the eastern and middle areas of Montgomery County since late January.
A 23-year-old man died after a car struck his bicycle in downtown Silver Spring Sunday, the latest casualty in a series of collisions that have unsettled Montgomery County residents. Since Jan. 22, four pedestrians — and now a cyclist — have died in Silver Spring and Aspen Hill. Three were killed while crossing the road, another while she stood on the sidewalk. At least two others were injured. One did not appear to have major injuries, but another went to the hospital in serious condition. Ken Silverman, an analyst for Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro, has created a map showing the locations of five of these collisions. Silverman says that Montgomery County police should "aggressively ticket drivers who speed or fail to …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Catch up on headlines you might've missed in Montgomery County.
With 13 websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you might have missed this week, including a fatal hit-and-run in Aspen Hill, a foiled plot to kidnap and cook a Germantown woman, a phone scam and more: Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run on Connecticut Avenue ASPEN HILL—A 53-year-old woman was fatally struck near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Randolph Road Tuesday night. Police are searching for the driver. Read more on Wheaton Patch. Report: Alleged NYPD Cannibal Planned To Kidnap, Cook Germantown Woman GERMANTOWN—An alleged plot by a New York City police officer to kidnap, kill and cook a Germantown woman was foiled by the FBI, NBC Washington reported …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A 53-year-old woman was struck near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Randolph Road. The driver fled the scene.
Update, Feb. 28, 10:50 a.m. Montgomery County police are looking for a Toyota Corolla in connection with a hit-and-run that occurred in Aspen Hill Tuesday night. Police said via Twitter that the car in question is of unknown color and a model from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The car may have damage to its front right corner, possibly to the headlight area. Family and friends of Marylyn Eres Ali, the woman who was fatally struck as she was crossing Connecticut Avenue sometime between 7 and 8 p.m., held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night along Connecticut Avenue near Everton Street, WTOP reported. Ali routinely took the L8 Metrobus from Washington, DC, to the bus stop at Connecticut Avenue and Everton Street, usually arriving home …
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Fatal collision occurred Monday night at Georgia Avenue and Heathfield Road.
A 59-year-old man from Silver Spring was hit by a car in Aspen Hill Monday night and later died of his injuries, according to Montgomery County police. Frank Sedwick, of the 1200 block of Downs Drive, was crossing Georgia Avenue from west to east at Heathfield Road in Aspen Hill when he was struck by a white 2005 Nissan Altima traveling southbound, according to a statement from police. Police and fire and rescue personnel responded at 10:20 p.m. Sedwick was flown to Suburban Hospital, where he died. Police have identified the driver of the Altima as Victoria Carter, 24, of the 19000 block of Fuller Heights Road in Triangle, VA. The circumstances of the accident remain under investigation. Detectives are asking anyone who has information …
Friday, December 9, 2011
Man was hit by three cars, police say.
Update, 3:30 p.m.: A 93-year-old man was killed in Kensington this morning after being struck by three cars on Newport Mill Road, police said. Semen Buslovich, of Kensington, was crossing Newport Mill Road near the Lawrence Avenue intersection at around 7 a.m. when he was hit by a car traveling southbound, according to Montgomery County Police. He was then struck by two more cars going northbound, police said. Buslovich was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the three drivers was injured in the crash, according to police, and all of them remained at the scene after the incident. Police are still investigating the crash and are asking anyone who witnessed it to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 301-840-2435. Original story, 8:50 …
Joe Galvagna
12:38 pm on Saturday, May 25, 2013
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