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Friday, March 22, 2013

Gaithersburg Man Killed in Derwood Crash

Standford Wilson Jr., 61, died from his injuries, Montgomery County police said.

(UPDATED) A Gaithersburg man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Derwood on Friday. According to police, Standford Wilson Jr., 61, of the 20000 block of Mattingly Terrace, died at a local hospital from injuries he suffered when his BMW X5 veered off Shady Grove Road and struck several trees and a fence. The crash occurred at around 12:20 p.m., just west of Muncaster Mill Road. Police have not determined what caused Wilson’s vehicle to leave the roadway. The fatal crash shut down the westbound lane of Shady Grove Road, between Mill Run and Muncaster Mill. Police have asked that anyone with information about this crash call 240-773-6620. Callers may remain anonymous. --- This story has been updated since it was originally published to …

Linda

2:46 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013

RIP and God Bless his soul and keep his family during this time. I saw the vehicle. I have never seen anything like that before in my life. Very, very sad.   more ›

Thursday, November 15, 2012

UPDATE: Tractor Trailer in Fatal Crash Had Faulty Brakes, Was Not Registered in Maryland

A Derwood man and a Gaithersburg man were killed; another man was released from the hospital on Tuesday, the Frederick News-Post reported.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

UPDATE: Tractor Trailer in Fatal Crash Had Faulty Brakes, Was Not Registered in Maryland

A Derwood man and a Gaithersburg man were killed; another man was released from the hospital on Tuesday, the Frederick News-Post reported.

  Update, 12:25 p.m., Nov. 14: A tractor trailer that overturned on top of a pickup truck, killing a Gaithersburg man and a Derwood man in Frederick County on Monday, had faulty brakes and was not registered to operate in Maryland, the Frederick News-Post reported Wednesday. It is not clear if the brakes played a role in the crash, state police told the News-Post. Jose C. Cedillo, 37, of Gaithersburg, the front-seat passenger in the pickup, was discharged Tuesday from University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he had been flown after the crash, a hospital spokeswoman told the News-Post. Click here to read the full story in the Frederick News-Post. Original post, 1:16 p.m., Nov. 13: Two men — one from …

Friday, October 26, 2012

Rockville Woman Dies Of Injuries From Laytonsville Crash

Geneva Kelley was driving a Kia Sophia that rear-ended another car before being struck from behind, police said.

An 84-year-old Rockville woman has died from injuries suffered in a three-vehicle crash on Oct. 12 in Laytonsville, Montgomery County police said in a news release on Friday.  Geneva Kelley, of the 500 block of Woodston Road in Rockville, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life threatening, the release said. Kelley died at the hospital on Oct. 20, police said. Kelley was driving a 2000 Kia Sophia that police said rear-ended a 2005 Acura RL that was stopped in traffic eastbound on Laytonsville Road at Brink Road. A 2003 Mazda Miata then struck the Kia from behind, police said. Police identified the driver of the Acura as David Greene, 49, of the 8100 block of Jonnie Court in Gaithersburg. The driver of …

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Rear-End Crash on Rockville Pike Turns Fatal

Driver appeared OK before complaining of pain while speaking with police.

One moment, a woman whose car rear-ended another vehicle on Rockville Pike on Wednesday morning was talking with county police officers about the incident. The next, Patricia Greer Parks, 56, was being rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, county police said in a news release. Officers from the police department’s 2nd District responded to the incident at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Old Georgetown Road at 7:35 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found both drivers out of their cars and walking around, the release said. Ellen Margaret Girdharry, 51, of the 500 block of Lincoln Street in Rockville, was driving a gold 2005 Ford Taurus southbound on Rockville Pike near Mid-Pike Plaza when she slowed for traffic, police said…

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