Thursday, March 21, 2013
A 55-year-old man was struck and killed by a school bus Thursday morning in Gaithersburg.
Update, 1:20 p.m. Montgomery County police have identified the victim of Thursday morning's fatal pedestrian collision as George Pezdirtz III, of the 900 block of Clopper Road in Gaithersburg. Montgomery County police and Fire and Rescue services responded to the area of Clopper Road and Metropolitan Grove Road at approximately 6:26 a.m. for the report of a personal injury collision, according to a news release. Preliminary investigation revealed Pezdirtz, 55, was crossing Clopper Road just east of Metropolitan Grove Road when he was struck by a Montgomery County school bus that was traveling westbound on Clopper Road, police said. The driver of the bus has been identified as Telma Elizabeth Ramirez, 57, of the 19200 block of Hempstone …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
No students injured; cyclist in serious condition after collision at intersection of Darnestown Road and Berryville Road.
(UPDATED, 9:11 a.m.): For reasons still under police investigation, a cyclist traveling north on Berryville Road was hit by a Montgomery County school bus carrying students east on Darnestown Road, Montgomery County Police said in an update released late Wednesday night. Police said the name of the bicyclist—who remains in critical condition—would be released once the family was notified. The school bus driver, Michael Rinaldo, 53, of Germantown, was transported to an area hospital for a check-up, police said. The school bus was carrying 29 students from Poolesville High School. None of the students were injured, according to police. At around 2:30 p.m., police and emergency responders were dispatched to reports of a crash in which a …
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 …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Our neighborhood seems safe, and my second grader is dying to walk to school on her own. But no one around me allows their kids to walk to school unattended. When should parents let go and allow children to walk around on their own?
I've been toying with the idea of letting my eight-year-old walk to school on her own. Given that we live just under a mile away from our local elementary school, she is defined as a walker, according to the Montgomery County school bus system. Not that I'm complaining, though since every other family on our street has a student going there as well and we can all walk together. Yet no one apart from me has suggested that we allow the kids simply to walk together on their own, without parental supervision. After all, when six or seven second- to fifth-graders get together, they hardly walk with their parents. Instead, they like to clump together by themselves, and chatter or run ahead without any adult intervention. In short, my daughter …
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9:50 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013
I know George's daughter and you people need to think about the family of the man who lost his life before you post such disrespectful conments. He was a father, a husband, a grandfather, a brother, and a friend. Have some respect. more ›