On Saturday, December 17, two people were killed and at least 15 injured in a major accident on Interstate 95.

According to Baltimore City Fire Chie, the accident happened due to snow, freezing rain and icy temperatures when a tractor-trailer tanker truck was traveling on the roadway, lost control, hit the wall and flipped over the elevated portion of the highway onto the railroad tracks below.

There were around 55 vehicles involved and in another accident on I 695 near Rosedale there were 15 to 20 vehicles involved. In both accidents aournd 12 people were taken to the hospital and there were two deaths.

Across the state of Maryland, the winter storm caused hundreds of accidents which had been predicted by the National weather Service for the Baltimore area. In Hagerstown police responded to 23 crashes.

However, the police are still investigating as the whether the two major crashes were due to the freezing temperatures or other factors.

If you or a loved one has been in an accident, please call the Cumberland car accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today. Today’s technology has created more distractions, but it has also given us more tools to prove that a driver was distracted when they caused an accident.

On Tuesday morning, November 15, an elderly man was in critical condition following a two vehicle accident.

According to Maryland State Police, the accident happened at around 10.45 a.m. on Bent Willow road in Rohrersville when 87 year old John Woodruff, of Rohrersville was driving a 2015 Toyota Prius and was turning from Bent Willow Road onto Md. 67 when he hit an oncoming 2003 Subaru Legacy being driven by 69 year old Louis Charles Covey of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Woodruff was taken by air ambulance to Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, in a critical condition while Covery was uninjured.

By Thursday, November 17, according to a hospital spokesperson, Woodruff’s condition was upgraded to good.

The investigation is ongoing and so far no charges have been filed.

If you or a loved one has been in an accident, please call the Cumberland car accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today. Today’s technology has created more distractions, but it has also given us more tools to prove that a driver was distracted when they caused an accident.

On Wednesday, October 19, a single vehicle crash sent high school students to hospital.

According to Frederick County Sheriff’s Office the crash happened shortly before 7.30 a.m. on Hollow Road north of Layla Drive in Frederickstown, when a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by 17 year old Austin E. Atherton failed to negotiate a right curve and went off the road. The Jeep then hit a culvert and overturned.

Atherton was ejected and flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore to be treated for serious injuries, and is said to be in stable condition. Two of his passengers, 15 year old Nathan T. Fredericks and 16 year old Tyler M. Ferris were treated at Meritus Medical Center and released.

All of those involved were students at Middletown High School.

According to police, the reason for the crash was excessive speed.

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A jury on Thursday night, September 15, found a man from Hagerstown not guilty of negligent homicide following the death of his stepdaughter in a fatal car crash.

The accident happened on August 18, 2014 on US 522. Walter L. Weaver, aged 35, of Salem Avenue was driving his 9 year old stepdaughter, Maryah Marie McGill-Keatts to choir practice in Morgan County when he tried to pass a Jeep which was stopped in the northbound lane waiting to turn left onto Brosious West Lane. His Toyota sedan then hit an oncoming Chevrolet Malibu driven by Sonia Andrews of Berkeley Springs.

It appears that Weaver’s stepson who was in the rear seat had asked him a question and he was distracted and when he realized the jeep was stopped, swerved to avoid hitting it and then hit the other vehicle head on.

McGill-Keatts was killed in the crash and Andrews was critically injured but survived. Weaver was also injured in the crash.

The prosecution alleged he was using his cell phone just prior to the crash but the jury found him not guilty of homicide, which would have lead to a prison term of three to 15 years, but he was found guilty of three traffic citations, including passing in a no passing zone, left of center and failure to use a hands-free mobile device.

If you or a loved one has been in an accident, please call the Cumberland car accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today. Today’s technology has created more distractions, but it has also given us more tools to prove that a driver was distracted when they caused an accident.

A man from Waynesboro has been charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, two counts of misdemeanor, one count of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a summary offense of operating a vehicle without a valid inspection.

Jeremy Mitchel Eyer, aged 32, was charged in relation to an accident in Washington Township which happened at around 3 p.m. on March 3. A woman had pulled over in front of a driveway in a blue Honda in the area of 14600 block of Wayne Highway when her vehicle was hit by a gold Toyota Tundra being driven by Eyer. The woman suffered from a fractured pelvis and once Eyer had been extricated from the Tundra, police found a hypodermic needle on the driver’s side floorboard. He was transported to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, and he was found to have alprazolam, THC, methadone and morphine in his blood. The police also found heroin in his vehicle.

If you or a loved one has been in an accident, please call the Cumberland car accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today. Today’s technology has created more distractions, but it has also given us more tools to prove that a driver was distracted when they caused an accident.

On Wednesday, April 8, a man was seriously injured when he was in a single vehicle accident.

According to Hagerstown police, the accident happened just before 10.30 a.m. on West Franklin Street near Hagerstown police headquarters, when a Chevrolet Cobalt which was traveling at a high rate of speed left the roadway and struck a utility pole. The driver had to be extricated from the car and was then taken by ambulance to Meritus Medical Center.

The police said they did not know whether the driver had a medical emergency before the accident occurred.

Workers arrived to stabilize the pole before the car could be removed and the power was disconnected until the work was completed. The back of the vehicle came to rest on the concrete base of a railroad overpass, with the front resting near the base of the pole.

The accident is still under investigation and the current condition of the victim is not yet known.

If you or a loved one has been in an accident, please call the Cumberland car accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today. Today’s technology has created more distractions, but it has also given us more tools to prove that a driver was distracted when they caused an accident.