Head-On Crash On Maryland Route 291 Kills 85-Year-Old Man, Injures Two: State Police
An 85-year-old man was killed when his car crossed the center line and slammed head-on into two pickup trucks on a rural Kent County road, according to Maryland State Police.
Troopers said Charles Ekstrom, 85, of Suddlersville, was driving a Toyota Camry on Maryland Route 291 when he drifted over the double-yellow line and hit two trucks around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, near Maiden Lot Farm Lane.
Ekstrom was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
According to investigators, the Camry was heading west when it “crossed the double yellow center line, traveling into the eastbound lane,”…
Maryland Man Hit Pedestrian, Drove Off, Returned, Then Fled Again In Fatal Crash: Prosecutors
A Maryland man who hit a pedestrian, drove off, came back to ask what happened, and then took off again has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to Cecil County prosecutors.
Joseph Anthony Giles Jr., of North East, learned his fate on Friday, Nov. 7, after a judge found him guilty of grossly negligent manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter, and more than a dozen traffic charges tied to the deadly hit-and-run.
Prosecutors said the crash happened in the early-morning hours of March 24, 2024, on Jacob Tome Highway in Colora.
The pedestrian, Raymond Albert Cote Jr., was wal…
Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Selden Hit-And-Run; Driver Charged (Update)
A Selden man has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash killed a pedestrian on Boyle Road, Suffolk County Police said.
Lan Huynh Truong, 44, of Denise Court, was charged Thursday, Nov. 6, with Leaving the Scene of an Accident following the crash that killed 37-year-old Victoria Hutson, also of Selden.
Hutson was walking southbound in front of 53 Boyle Road when she was hit by a 2016 Toyota Camry around 11:21 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, investigators said. The driver fled the scene before officers arrived.
Hutson was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Tru…
Driver On Phone Caused Double Fatal Fiery 4‑Car Crash, Injuring Pregnant Woman And Child: PA AG
A woman was speeding and on her cellphone in the rain when she caused a four-car crash that killed a Pennsylvania couple and injured a pregnant woman and a child, authorities announced.
Tori Gutshall, 29, of Quakertown, has been charged with two counts each of homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, and accidents involving death while not licensed, along with related offenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Oct. 16.
The crash happened at 8:35 p.m. on Jan. 31 along John Fries Highway (Route 663) in Milford Township. Inves…
