Maryland Car Accident Attorney Blog

Teenage Girl Dies in Auto-Pedestrian Accident

July 9, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier last week, in a tragic accident in Silver Spring, a teenage girl lost her life when a car unexpectedly left the roadway and hit her while she was watching a soccer match. According to a report by ABC 7, the girl was watching the soccer match with a family friend when a 2008 Ford Escape ran over a curb, hit a sign, and eventually ran into a tree. Along its collision course, the SUV hit both the 13-year-old girl as well as the adult friend of the family.

The teenage girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The other adult victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to fully recover. The girl’s father was coaching the soccer match and witnessed the aftermath of the accident, explaining “When I turned around, I see my daughter under the car, rolling under the car like four, five times. She was bleeding from the nose, from the mouth, from the ear…bleeding like crazy. And then she closed her eyes and that’s when she died.”

Both the driver as well as the passengers of the SUV have not fully cooperated with investigators, and witnesses to the accident have been slow to come forward. Police believe that this is because the area is predominantly Hispanic, and witnesses may be fearful to come forward due to the potential immigration consequences of doing so.

One Dead in Glen Burnie Crash, Alcohol May Have Been Involved

July 2, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this month in Glen Burnie, one man lost his life and two others were injured when the car they were riding in left the roadway and crashed into a tree. According to a report by WBALTV, the accident occurred on Route 10, right before the entrance to the Capitol Beltway at around 9:30 p.m. Evidently, the driver of the car failed to properly negotiate a corner, spun off the road, and crashed into a tree.The driver of the car was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, but was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. The other two passengers in the car were also taken to the hospital, one in critical condition and the other in serious but stable condition.

Police are currently investigating the accident, however, they have concluded that the driver of the car was speeding at the time. Currently, police are trying to find out if alcohol was involved in the fatal single-vehicle accident.

Baltimore Bicyclist on Cancer Benefit Ride Killed in Kentucky

June 26, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this week, a tragic accident in Kentucky took the life of one Baltimore woman who was riding across the country to raise money for the Ulman Cancer Fund. According to a report by CBS Baltimore, the 4,000-mile ride originated in Baltimore and was supposed to end up in Portland, Oregon. However, in Scott County, Kentucky, around 3:30 in the afternoon, a truck driver crashed into a crowd of bicyclists, killing the Baltimore woman and injuring one other.

Evidently, a errant truck crashed into the crowd of bicyclists as several of them were on the side of the road changing their tires. The other injured rider decided not to complete the ride. And the uninjured teammates decided to ride for 48 hours after the fatal bicycle accident to honor their fallen teammate.

The investigation into the cause of the accident has not yet been completed, and police have not given any indications as to what may have caused the truck driver to crash into the crowd of bikers. However, police have told the public that the driver of the truck did remain on the scene and has cooperated with police thus far.

Crash on Bay Bridge Injures Maryland Transit Officer

June 16, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Last week an accident on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge backed up traffic for seven miles and sent two people to the hospital, including one Maryland Transportation Authority police officer. According to a report by the Baltimore Sun, the accident occurred when a car heading eastbound on Route 50 drifted off the road and into the transit officer’s car, which was parked between the east-bound and west-bound lanes.

The collision sent the police car across all three eastbound lanes of Route 50, and left the other driver’s vehicle in the leftmost lane of Route 50 westbound. Both the driver as well as the police officer were flown to the hospital in critical condition. Both are expected to recover from their injuries.

Ironically, the accident occurred on the day that Maryland Transit Authority was conducting a crack-down on the new “Move Over” law that requires motorists shift lanes away from emergency vehicles when they are present on the side of the road.

Alcohol and Speed Responsible for Another Maryland Traffic Death

June 9, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this month in an accident that occurred in Clements, Maryland, a young woman lost her life when her car left the road and crashed into a tree, ejecting her in the process. According to a report by Southern Maryland News Net, the accident occurred near the intersection of Colton’s Point Road and Oakley Road just before seven in the evening.

Evidently, the driver was heading southbound on Colton’s Point Road when she began to drift into the oncoming lane of traffic. As she attempted to get the car back into its proper lane, she overcorrected, and the vehicle left the road, traveling over an embankment, into the air, and ultimately into a tree. The driver was ejected from the vehicle. She was not wearing her seatbelt.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. There was also a three-year-old child in the car with the woman who was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Girl Killed in Car Accident By Fleeing Murder Suspect

June 2, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

In a tragic accident out of Baltimore, a young 12-year-old girl has lost her life due to an accident that was caused by a man who fleeing police. According to a report by the Baltimore Sun, the man who caused the accident was a suspect in the shooting of a 16-year-old victim earlier in the week.

Plain clothes police officers were following the man a few days later when they witnessed him speed through an intersection and collide with a minivan. Inside the minivan were a mother and her two daughters. One of the daughters lost her life in the accident.

The driver fled the scene on foot after getting into the accident with the minivan. Police and neighbors in the area rushed outside to help the victims of the accident, and one of the victims needed to be cut out from the crumpled van. The fugitive driver was able to escape the scene of the crime and has since evaded the authorities. Police are currently looking for the man they describe as “a black man with medium build wearing a white T-shirt and jeans.”

Elderly Driver Charged with Negligent Driving After Crashing into a Fast-Food Restaurant

May 22, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this week in sleepy Hampstead, Maryland, a bit of excitement greeted residents at lunch hour when a car drove through two walls of a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant. According to a report by a local news affiliate, just before noon last Thursday an 80-year-old driver ended up crashing through the walls of the restaurant and into the lobby.

According to a police officer who was in the parking lot of the restaurant at the time, “The vehicle pulled forward at first, hit the curb or the building, realized it, backed up about halfway in the lot here, and then [the driver] apparently went to put it in park and put it in drive and must’ve gunned the gas, spun out a little bit, and went forward through both the walls.”

Luckily, no one was hurt in the strange accident, including the elderly driver. One woman, however, told reporters that she had to jump over a table when she saw the car coming towards her.

Police Identify Three Young Men Killed in Baltimore County Car Accident

May 15, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this week, police identified the three passengers who were killed in a fatal car accident that occurred last Sunday morning. According to a report by the Baltimore Sun, the accident occurred on the southbound ramp from Interstate 83 to Interstate 695 in Baltimore County. Evidently, although the accident occurred on a Sunday morning, the wreckage from the car accident was not discovered until Tuesday, since the car was obscured by the trees and brush on the side of the highway.

Little is known about the accident, except that it occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. Several days after the accident, police identified the three young men involved: a 23-year-old, a 24-year-old, and a 25-year-old. All were students on their way back home from Fairfax, Virginia.

Police are not sure how the accident occurred. However, they do believe that speed may have been a factor, given that the car was some 300 feet off the side of the road in the nearby woods. The accident and the subsequent investigation shut down the I-83 ramp for hours as police tried to figure out exactly what happened.

Fatal Car Accident in Fort Washington Under Investigation

May 8, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this week in Prince George’s County, a fatal head-on collision occurred when one car crossed the center median and slammed into an oncoming car. According to a report by an ABC affiliate, the accident occurred early Monday morning on Route 210 near East Swan Creek Road. Evidently, a Cadillac was heading southbound on Route 210, Indian Head Highway, when it inexplicably began to shift lanes, eventually crossing into oncoming traffic.

As the Cadillac crossed into oncoming traffic, it crashed head-on into a BMW. Police and emergency crews immediately responded and took both adult male drivers to the hospital. The driver of the BMW was pronounced dead upon arrival. However, the driver of the Cadillac luckily suffered only non-life threatening injuries.

Police have not yet determined the cause of the accident, and an investigation is underway.

Pylesville Single-Car Accident Leaves Passenger Dead

May 1, 2014 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Earlier this week in Pylesville, a Nissan driven by a 21 year-old male left the road and slammed into a tree. According to a report by the Baltimore Sun, the driver was heading south on Clermont Mill around the 4600 block when his car inexplicably left he road and collided with a tree.

When police arrived at the scene of the accident, the driver was standing outside the vehicle. The passenger was trapped inside the Nissan and needed to be extricated by emergency personnel. After the passenger was removed, he was taken to York Hospital. Unfortunately, the passenger later died of the injuries he sustained as a result of the accident. The driver of the car was taken to Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air and is expected to fully recover from his injuries.

Police are still investigating the cause of the fatal car accident, but do not believe that drugs or alcohol were involved. Currently, the focus of the investigation is on “weather, road conditions, and speed of the vehicle.” No charges have been filed yet.