At University Boulevard and Piney Branch Road, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and other officials launched their Pedestrian Safety Initiative last week. Leggett’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative include: • Targeting high-incidence areas where pedestrian injuries and deaths have occurred. • Evaluating and enhancing pedestrian connectivity and network needs. • Improving pedestrian…
Attorneys for Frank and Karen Hudson, the couple that was seriously injured when the house under construction next door fell on their home, have notified Calvert County and Chesapeake Bay that a personal injury lawsuit will be filed against them. The accident happened during a storm on May 11. According…
Two kids suffered burn injuries in Washington DC on Monday during a fire accident on a playground at the Columbia Heights Village Apartment Complex. Neighbors blame careless workers for leaving a can of gasoline at the playground. Police say that a boy was playing with the can of gas when…
In Prince George’s County, Maryland, three people were taken to local hospitals yesterday after a purse-snatching incident began a police pursuit that led to a multi-vehicle collision. The robbery took place early in the afternoon when a man jumped out of a Toyota Camry and grabbed a purse from the…
A 21-year-old woman who was raped by her stepfather as a teenager is suing Anne Arundel County for negligence, professional liability, false imprisonment, false arrest, and negligent supervision. She is seeking $1.2 million in personal injury damages for every act of sexual assault by her stepfather that took place between…
In Maryland, investigators say that a police officer was speeding when he hit a 12-year-old pedestrian with his car in April in Montgomery County. Their probe found that Montgomery County Police Officer Jason Cokinos was driving more than 25 mph above the speed limit when he hit Luis Jovel with…
The baby of a New York woman who was struck by a runaway van and pinned under a bus while she was still pregnant with him has died. Sean Michael Justin Sanz passed away in intensive care on August 22 after being born prematurely on August 14. His mother, New…
Two people that sustained injuries during a 2005 shooting outside the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company banquet hall where a party was taking place are suing Anne Arundel County, the shooter, the party organizer, and the Odenton volunteers for personal injury. The plaintiffs are Erica Williams, who was struck by a…
An 18-month boy sustained serious injuries on Monday after a pit bull bit him. The dog attack happened at the home of a day care provider in Aberdeen, Maryland. Demetrious Allen had to undergo surgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center to treat deep bite wounds he sustained to his head…
In Howard County, one person died and five others were hurt in a head-on crash on Thursday in Lisbon. Mt. Airy resident Milton Stanley Bowens Sr., 64, was declared dead at the scene on Frederick Road close to East Daisy Road. Three of the passengers that had been riding in…