Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Drivers share road with 115 major construction projects in state, officials said.
With several major road construction projects under way or about to start, state officials held a press conference on a ramp of the I-695 Baltimore beltway to update the public and urge caution when driving through work zones. "Work zones can be inherently dangerous for both workers and drivers," said SHA administrator Melinda Peters. "We need to make sure that drivers are focused on being safe as they encounter our work zones." Nationally, more than 700 people are killed in work zones annually, according to SHA. About 80 percent of those killed in work zones are drivers, not workers, officials said. In Maryland, there are on average almost 2,000 work-zone crashes every year, resulting in almost 1,000 injuries and an average of nine deaths…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Maryland Move Over Law requires that, if you see emergency lights at the side of the road, you must slow down or move over into another lane, away from the emergency scene.
A Howard County Police Department officer, a person he had in custody, and a driver who hit them were hospitalized Jan. 22 in Mt. Airy. An engine from the Brooklandville Fire Station was hit on I-83; and a vehicle from Lutherville was struck on I-695. Those are just a few of the collisions that have occurred when motorists don't obey a state law that requires motorists to move over, or at least slow down, if they come across emergency vehicles. The state's "Move Over Law" went into effect Oct. 1, 2010, and State Police want to remind drivers about it. "Move over or slow down in order to provide an extra barrier of safety for officers, firefighters and emergency rescue personnel working along Maryland roadways," said Col. Marcus Brown, …
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The man was scheduled to work Tuesday night in Towson.
UPDATE (6:17 p.m.)—A 25-year-old firefighter from Fork died in a motorcycle accident on U.S. Route 1 in Bel Air around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday. For instant updates, follow Bel Air Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Kurt Mahlon Chenowith was driving a 2009 Kawasaki Ninja south in the 1200 block of Baltimore Pike when William Ross Kelly of Bel Air, 73, pulled out of the Bob Bell Chevrolet parking lot in front of Chenowith, according to a release from the Maryland State Police. Chenowith struck the driver side of Kelly's 1990 Oldsmobile Regency, which was turning north, and was ejected from his motorcycle, the release stated. Chenowith was transported to the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He was a career firefighter for…
Friday, July 22, 2011
Terrence B. Sheridan was Baltimore County Police chief until June 2007, when he was appointed superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Terrence B. Sheridan will retire at the end of the month, the governor’s office announced today. “There is no more important responsibility of our state, local or municipal governments than that of public safety,” Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a prepared statement. “Colonel Sheridan has done a tremendous job leading the more than 2,500 employees of the Maryland State Police.” Sheridan was chief of the Baltimore County Police for 11 years before being appointed as state police superintendent in June 2007. He spent 30 of his 46 years in law enforcement as a police officer with the Maryland State Police, and also served a stint with Baltimore County Public School System as the executive assistant for …
Friday, May 27, 2011
Gov. Martin O'Malley tells the fallen state police trooper's children at funeral that "you will see your father's love reflected in people he never knew."
Maryland State Police Trooper Shaft S. Hunter gave the ultimate gift to the state and country, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday as he thanked Hunter's family for their son, brother and father. But to Shaft's six children, ages 4 to 19, O'Malley had especially poignant words: "The light of your father's life is a light that will be shined throughout the world," he said, speaking softly, slowly and directly to them. "And on the drive that follows this service, you will see your father's light and you will see your father's love reflected in people he never knew, who will stop what they were doing on the side of the road—in honor of your father—and in reflection of the love that he had for you." The funeral procession for the Reisterstown …
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ryan b
11:15 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
so why don't more people do it.i work for sha and i risk my life every day to earn a paycheck to support my family.common courtesy isn't so common any more more ›