public transportation disasters

The accident on the Baltimore Beltway near Dulaney Valley Road involving a tractor trailer that complicated the Wednesday rush hour has completely cleared as of about 9 a.m. Traffic was flowing freely, according to Maryland Department of Transportation cameras.

After a 15-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle last week walking near Patterson Mill Middle and High School, Harford County Public Schools parents are urging school officials to improve safety for students who are walking to school, or bring back bus routes that have been cut.

Jerry N. Johnson, WSSC's general manager/CEO, writes that when Laurel experienced flooding last April during an intense rainstorm, WSSC was compelled to release water from the Duckett Dam. Although this decision has generated criticism and controversy, Johnson writes, WSSC believed then and believes now that this decision was absolutely correct.

All lanes are open on Interstate 83 in Parkton with the clearing of a two-vehicle collision at the MD 137 (Mount Carmel Road) exit on Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation

Baltimore County Police reported a crash in Towson at Goucher College Drive and Locustvale Road at 8:58 a.m. on Monday.

If a bus-sized iron asteroid traveling at approximately 12 miles per second hit New York City, would Baltimore be spared? The answer to this and other space questions can be found in Discover Space, an interactive learning exhibit on display at the Baltimore County Public Library's Towson branch through Oct. 29.

An 11-year-old boy in Laurel was thrown from his bicycle Saturday when he was hit from behind by a minivan whose driver then fled the scene, Anne Arundel County police said.

Baltimore County Police reported on Friday morning all but one lane on Belair Road is shut down in both directions between Wholesale Club Drive and Dunfield Road due to a 24-inch water main break.

First baseman Christian Walker was named the Orioles' Brooks Robinson Player of the Year, while right-hander Tyler Wilson is the club's Jim Palmer Pitcher of the Year recipient.

All lanes are open on MD 3 North in Glen Burnie on Thursday morning with the clearing of emergency roadwork at Roosevelt Avenue, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes are closed on MD 25 in Upperco due to a utility problem at Benson Mill Road at 8:07 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation reported that a water main break at northbound Fulton Avenue has closed the road from Baltimore Street to Lexington Avenue at 7:52 a.m. on Tuesday.

As Janice Rhodes embarks on her final season as the C. Milton Wright Mustangs head coach, something that already had been planned, she never will forget the series of events that nearly forced a premature end.

As of 9:15 a.m., an earlier accident on eastbound I-70 in Howard County was reportedly cleared.

Four people were reported injured in a school bus accident on Route 40, the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association said.

The Harford County Fire and EMS Department reported on Thursday morning a vehicle collision with injury involving a school bus said no children were on the bus at the time.

With this week's start of the 2014-15 school year in Harford County, law enforcement and school officials, as well as state transportation officials, are urging drivers to be cautious around school buses, bus stops and students walking to school.

Former Dunbar standout Horace Miller was waived-injured today by the Seattle Seahawks.

A Carroll County Public Schools bus was involved in a crash in Gamber Tuesday afternoon that shut down Md. 91.

All northbound traffic on MD 175 in Odenton at Baldwin Road has been shut down due to a four-vehicle collision at 8:29 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

About 70 minutes after the derailment and fiery explosion of a chemical-laden train in Rosedale last year, a team of county firefighters, state environmental experts and CSX Transportation officials entered the "hot zone." New documents outline the extent of the chemical spill.

The state department of Transportation reported a disabled vehicle on the southbound Baltimore Washington Parkway in Linthicum at the Baltimore Beltway at 9:02 a.m. on Monday.

Schools reopen this week but danger looms if motorists continue to illegally pass stopped buses

A two-vehicle collision on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Pikesville at Greenspring Avenue has closed the inner loop left shoulder at 8:55 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation..

A collision on the southbound Baltimore Washington Parkway at Interstate 195 has closed the southbound right shoulder at 8:42 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes have been reopened on MD 27 in Westminster on Wednesday morning with the clearing of a two-vehicle collision at Stone Chapel Road, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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Moments before, a Baltimore police patrol car had tried to initiate a traffic stop, police said

A two-vehicle collision on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Pikesville at Stevenson Road has closed the right shoulder at 8:17 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Residents are told repair work on retaining wall and street should be completed by end of the year

A 51-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed Saturday afternoon in Parkton when he was involved in a three-vehicle accident.

Residents of East 26th Street in Charles Village want financial compensation for having been dramatically displaced from their homes when a landslide in April sent half their block crumbling into railroad tracks below, and have begun taking steps to achieve that goal.

Dr. Robert R. Hahn, former emergency room chief at what is now the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton, died Aug. 7 of coronary artery disease at William Hill Manor in Easton. He was 93.

A collision on Interstate 83 North in Baltimore County at Padonia Road has closed the northbound left traffic lane and northbound left shoulder at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

State transportation officials said that the right traffic lane and shoulder on Interstate 895 South in Baltimore City are closed on Thursday morning due to Wednesday emergency roadwork.

Two incidents in northern Anne Arundel County traffic have prompted road closures during Wednesday's rush hour, according to state and local officials.

All lanes are closed on MD 97 in Cooksville due to a collision at Old Frederick Road at 8:27 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Southbound traffic on U.S. 1 in Kingsville has been shut down for more than three hours due to a single-vehicle crash with injury, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Previously undisclosed details about a September 2013 crash are raising new questions about whether police violated departmental policy by engaging in a high-speed chase. Those new details, from an investigative report obtained by The Baltimore Sun through a Public Information Act request to prosecutors, shed more light on the role of the unmarked police car that was pursuing the Accord.

A disabled vehicle on U.S. 50 West in Arnold past the MD 2 (Governor Ritchie Highway) exit has closed the westbound right traffic lane and westbound right shoulder at 8:42 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes on the Baltimore Washington Parkway and MD 32 in Jessup on Thursday have been reopened with the clearing of early morning incidents on both highways, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Northbound traffic on MD 423 in Tracys Landing is shut down at Town Point Road due to a single-vehicle crash at 7:57 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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A train struck a vehicle Tuesday morning at the same Rosedale crossing where a train collided with a garbage truck last year and triggered a massive explosion and partial derailment.

Northbound traffic on MD 462 in Harford County is closed at MD 132 due to emergency roadwork at 7:25 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 97 South in South Gate at MD 3 has closed the southbound right traffic lane and southbound right shoulder at 8:58 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes are open on MD 140 West in Finksburg with the clearing of a disabled vehicle at Old Westminster Pike at 8:28 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.