Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Montgomery County Police Officer Fabio Chung was helping out at a crash scene at the time of the crash
(Updated 11:45 p.m., Oct. 2) An off-duty police officer helping at the scene of a crash was struck by a vehicle that slid off a Germantown off-ramp Tuesday, according to police. Montgomery County Officer Fabio Chung was on the ramp from eastbound Route 118 onto southbound Interstate 270 when another vehicle slid off the roadway and struck him and his unmarked cruiser, Montgomery County Police said in a press release late Tuesday. Police said Chung was treated at an area hospital. No other injuries were reported from the scene, police said. Prior to the crash Maryland State Police received a report of a disabled bus on the ramp at around 5:15 p.m., a duty officer with the Rockville barrack told Patch. State police said the bus dispensed oil…
Monday, September 10, 2012
A 24-year-old Germantown man was killed Monday after a collision at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Longdraft Road.
Update (9:35 p.m.): A 24-year-old Germantown man was killed Monday after his motorcycle collided with the side door of a vehicle trying to make a left turn on to Great Seneca Highway from Longdraft Road, Montgomery County police said. The victim, Michael George Balcom, of the 13200 block of Wonderland Way, was traveling on northbound Great Seneca Highway on his 2001 Suzuki SV650s motorcycle when a 1998 BMW 528i attempted to turn on to the road in front of Balcom, police said. The motorcycle collided with the passenger side door of the BMW, and Balcom was thrown from the motorcycle. An off duty Montgomery County police officer came upon the collision just after it occurred and, along with a citizen, rendered first aid to Balcom, police said…
Friday, June 8, 2012
Quince Orchard Road was closed in both directions Friday afternoon after a bus struck a utility pole at the Bank Street intersection.
UPDATED, 6:36 p.m.: Quince Orchard Road was closed in both directions Friday afternoon after a school bus struck a Pepco utility poll at the Bank Street intersection, Montgomery County Police Chief Paul Starks said. No one was injured in the collision—which occurred shortly after noon—and no passengers were on the bus, Starks said. Quince Orchard Road is closed from Clopper Road (Rt. 117) to Quince Orchard Boulevard, Gaithersburg Police spokesperson Dan Lane said, adding he anticipates the road won't reopen until at least 4 p.m. Pepco spokesperson Bob Hainey said approximately 400 customers lost power at the time of the incident. Power was restored for most of those customers after two hours, Hainey said. Hainey originally told Patch no …
Friday, April 20, 2012
Survivor: Kevin Coffay fled the scene after the crash.
A panel of judges on Friday reduced the sentence of the driver involved in a crash that killed a Col. Zadok Magruder High School senior and two graduates in Olney in May, according to media reports. A panel of three judges reduced the sentence for Kevin Coffay, 21, of Rockville, from 20 years to eight years, The Washington Post reported. ABC7 reported that the new sentence was for 15 years in prison, with seven suspended. Coffay could be eligible for parole next year, ABC7 reported. Coffay pleaded guilty in November to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of failing to remain at the scene of a crash where a death occurred. Coffay was in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville on Friday under a Maryland law that allows …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Judge: “It's time for the community to heal.”
A judge sentenced a Rockville man on Thursday to 20 years in prison for driving the car involved in a crash in Olney that killed a Col. Zadok Magruder High School senior and two graduates in May. Kevin Coffay, 20, pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of failing to remain at the scene of a crash where a death had occurred, according to WTOP.com. At the sentencing hearing in a Rockville courtroom packed with friends and family of the victims and defendant on Thursday, a sobbing Coffay apologized. "This is doing nothing but eating me alive inside,” he said, according to WUSA9.com. “Words cannot do justice to the shame and guilt I feel every day. It haunts me every day." Prosecutors argued in court …
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Pickup truck driver, who was killed, crossed the median along Rockville Pike and struck a Metrobus.
Update, Dec. 29, 12:24 p.m.: The driver of a pickup truck that struck a Metrobus near the Rockville Pike and Alta Vista Road Wednesday afternoon has been identified by Montgomery County police. The driver, Nkonou Ayaovi Edorh, 49, of the 14200 block of Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill, was killed. Police said the truck Edorh was driving southbound on Rockville Pike crossed the median and struck the Metrobus, which was traveling in the northbound lanes. Police are still investigating why the truck veered into the northbound lanes. The two vehicles collided, killing Edorh and injuring the bus driver, who police are identifying as Lennitta L Bryant, 41, of the 3300 block of Weeping Willow Court in Aspen Hill. About 10 suffered injuries in the …
Friday, September 16, 2011
Jelani Prather, 36, was off duty at the time.
Update, 11:55 p.m., Sept. 16: Maryland State Police have identified the driver who died when his car struck a fuel truck on Interstate 270 on Friday afternoon as Jelani Omar Prather, 36, of Rockville. Prather was an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department's 5th District in Washington, D.C. Prather was off duty at the time of the crash, which occurred about 12:47 p.m. on the shoulder of the northbound local lanes of I-270 between the Montrose Road and Falls Road exits, according to a state police news release. According to a preliminary investigation, Antonio Donnell Lucas, 28, of Clinton, was driving a 2008 Freightliner tanker truck when he pulled on to the right shoulder to check for a possible equipment problem. Lucas returned to…
Friday, August 19, 2011
No injuries, Fire and Rescue report.
UPDATE: 1:20 pm: The plane that went off the runway this morning at the Montgomery County Airpark was in the process of landing when a tire malfunction caused it to crash, County Fire and Rescue Officials confirmed. The plane was carrying two passengers, neither of which were injured. Original story 10:42 am: A small plane ended up off the runway this morning at the Montgomery County Airpark after a tire malfunction, officials report. There were two passengers in the plane, but no injuries, Capt. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for the County Fire and Rescue Service, said. It was unclear if the plane was taking off or landing, but when rescue workers arrived on the scene shortly before 9:30 this morning, they found the small plane about 25 feet …
Daryl
12:27 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Well said Annie!! more ›