In Anne Arundel Human remains found in brush fire in...

In Anne Arundel

Human remains found in brush fire in Lothian ravine

LOTHIAN - Anne Arundel County police are investigating a possible homicide after the remains of a male were found yesterday morning in a brush fire.

At 8:38 a.m., county firefighters responded to the 6200 block of McKendree Road, near Route 258, for the small blaze and discovered the remains in a ravine, said Capt. Steve Thompson, a fire department spokesman.

The age and race of the victim were not immediately known. The remains were taken to the state medical examiner's office in Baltimore for an autopsy. Results were expected this morning.

Motorcyclist dies in crash on Interstate 695 ramp

GLEN BURNIE - A Nottingham man died early yesterday after the motorcycle he was driving slid into the guardrail of an Interstate 695 on-ramp.

Edward Calvin Blakeney III, 25, of the 8500 block of Gradien Drive, had apparently passed another vehicle on the ramp from southbound Route 2 to the Beltway outer loop around 12:50 a.m., according to state police. He was traveling at a high speed and lost control of the 2001 Honda motorcycle, according to police.

Blakeney died at the scene. The accident is under investigation.

In Baltimore County

Woman's body discovered in Dundalk basement

DUNDALK - Baltimore County police are investigating a homicide after a woman's body was found in a basement in the 7600 block of Dunmanway.

Police said they received a call about 5 p.m. yesterday from the victim's son or daughter. The caller said the victim was found unconscious in the basement with bloodstains on her clothes.

Police, who did not disclose the victim's name, said they were questioning her husband, who was in the house at the time the body was found.

Parkton man is killed after SUV veers off road

PARKTON - A Parkton man was killed early yesterday when the sport utility vehicle he was driving veered off Interstate 83 and he was ejected.

William Michael Wright, 19, of the 1200 block of Stablersville Road, was traveling north on I-83, south of Dairy Road, about 2:30 a.m., when his 1987 Chevy Blazer left the road for unknown reasons, state police said. The car hit an embankment and rolled, ejecting Wright, police said.

Wright was the only occupant of the car. The accident is under investigation. In Cecil County

Motorcycle rider from Pa. dies in accident on Route 1

CONOWINGO - A Pennsylvania man was killed early yesterday in a motorcycle accident on U.S. Route 1 just south of Barrett Road.

Thomas Michael Trauger Jr., 33, of Conestoga, Pa., died after the 1979 Harley-Davidson he was driving was struck from behind by a motorcycle driven by Franc Thomas Carlisle. Trauger was thrown off the motorcycle and struck by a third, unknown vehicle, which drove off without stopping, police said.

Carlisle and passengers on both motorcycles were taken to area hospitals, said Cpl. C. Scott of the Maryland State Police. They were not seriously injured.