Accident News Archives

“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”

From coast to coast, more than 45 million readers, both young and old, are gearing up for the nation's largest reading celebration - The National Education Association's Read Across America. via Cumberland Times-News

A teenager was killed after he became trapped under a forklift that overturned at the Beaver Creek Country Club. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

The second-degree murder trial for Accident area resident Norris Rush will be held in Washington County Circuit Court in Hagerstown. via The Republican

Maryland Transportation Authority Police say three people were injured in a crash at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

The Baltimore Fire Department says a construction foreman has been found dead at the bottom of a construction shaft at a downtown office building. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

A former Garrett County resident was killed Sunday morning, Feb. 10, when the motorcycle he was riding struck a car on a Florida highway in Ocala, according to the Star-Banner . Darren Todd Ream, 47, of Ocala ... via The Republican

“They were trying to do trash pickup when the truck slid in the snow and sideswiped the building. No one was injured”

Snow blanketed Mountain Maryland early Tuesday, creating hazardous traveling conditions throughout the region and prompting snow emergency plans to be implemented in Allegany, Garrett, Washington and Frederick ... via Cumberland Times-News

Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a fatal accident in Mount Airy that killed a 78-year-old man. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“Judge (Frederick C.) Wright appointed me upon Judge Sherbin's recusal”

An Allegany County circuit court judge granted a change of venue for the second-degree murder trial of a Garrett County man Tuesday, citing "media coverage" as the reason "the removal of the case is necessary." ... via Cumberland Times-News

The murder trial of a Garrett County man will be held in another county due to heavy local publicity about the case.

Circuit Judge Gary Leasure has granted a defense motion for a change of venue in the second-degree murder case against 52-year-old Norris Rush. The new location hasn't been announced.

Rush is accused of shooting his friend, 29-year-old David Lancaster, during a drunken altercation at Rush's home near Accident in December 2006.

Rush is the brother-in-law of Garrett County Sheriff Gary Berkebile. The family connection has prompted Lancaster's family to publicly question the thoroughness of a deputy's investigation. Read more