A Harford County woman has died after the sport-utility vehicle she was driving collided with a semi-truck on Sunday morning. Linda Buckland, 57, was pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma. Her husband, 62-year-old Charles Buckland, sustained critical injuries. Buckland was reportedly driving a Chevy Tracker west on Pulaski Expressway when…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports even though more car accidents happened in urban areas, 56% of the 37,261 traffic deaths that occurred in 2008 took place on rural roads. There were 20,905 rural traffic deaths last year. One reason for the number of deaths that occur in rural…
This Thursday, in an attempt to decrease the number of Maryland car crashes caused by distracted drivers, texting while driving will become illegal in the state. Anyone caught sending or receiving texts while operating a motor vehicle will be charged with a misdemeanor offense punishable by a $500 fine. Lawmakers…
Nearly two years after University of Maryland student Brian Gray was killed in a deadly car accident involving an off-duty cop driving a police cruiser, a jury has awarded his mother, Mary Gray, over $4 million for his Prince George’s County wrongful death. Gray, a college junior, was driving to…
The family of Dunkirk teenager Rachael Campbell is getting ready to sue the Calvert County sheriff’s office for her Maryland wrongful death. The 18-year-old died on July 24 when the 1997 Buick LeSabre she was riding was hit by a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria cruiser at Route 4 and Apple…
A study by the University of Maryland School of Public Health reports that Marylanders want tougher drunk driving laws. Per the survey conducted, 7.5% of the approximately 850 participants this year admitted to driving after having several drinks within the last month. 13% of survey participants admitted to drinking and…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reportedly recommended as far back as 2002 that motorists not talk on cell phones while driving—unless in an emergency situation. The federal agency also recommended that drivers not use hands-held, as well as hands-free phones and even went so far as to note that…
Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs continues to destroy too many lives. Drunk driving and drugged driving are both careless acts that can be grounds for a Maryland car accident lawsuit if someone gets hurt or dies. On a positive note, however, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s…
Two people died last Tuesday when a drunk driver hit the pickup truck they were riding in. The impact of the Maryland motor vehicle crash caused their vehicle to go over a guardrail and 60-feet down an embankment. The vehicle landed on its roof. Killed in the deadly Potomac car…
A little over two years after 21-year-old Tyler Adams was killed in a Maryland motor vehicle crash while crossing Coastal Highway on June 17, 2007, his family has settled their wrongful death lawsuit with the defendant. Adams, an Easton resident, and his friend Dale Blankenship were crossing the highway before…