Boy, 14, struck, killed by train in Laurel
Authorities say a teenager has been struck and killed by a freight train in Laurel. Prince George's County police spokeswoman Erica Johnson says 14-year-old Prince Ibrahim Trye was hit early Thursday by a southbound CSX train. Johnson says the teenager was struck near Locust Grove Drive and Baltimore Avenue. She also says there were other children walking with Trye, but it is unclear why the children were near the tracks. Trye attended nearby Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School. MARC commuter trains, which share the CSX tracks and run between Baltimore and Washington, resumed service about noon.
Associated Press
UM to begin trials for malaria vaccine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine will launch clinical trials in June for a malaria vaccine created by a Rockville biotech company. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the vaccine made by Sanaria Inc. for human trials, the company announced Thursday. The vaccine, based on discoveries 30 years ago by University of Maryland researchers, delivers a weakened form of the whole malaria parasite, a technique aimed at preventing malaria infection entirely, said Dr. Stephen Hoffman, founder and CEO of Sanaria. Next week, Maryland researchers will begin recruiting healthy adults ages 18 to 50 to take part. The U.S. Naval Medical Research Center in Bethesda will also conduct trials of the vaccine.
Kelly Brewington
3 indicted in death that followed drug deal
A Baltimore grand jury has indicted three people in the fatal shooting of a man in a robbery after a drug deal, the city state's attorney's office said Thursday. Court documents allege that Brian Allen Watkins, 15, Gregory Eugene Riddick Jr., 18, and Lyndon Renardo Waddell Jr., 21, were responsible for the death of David Bryan Wright, 47, who was shot in the head Feb. 4 in the 1600 block of Gorsuch Ave. Watkins, who will be tried as an adult, and Riddick were charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon and handgun counts; Waddell was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon and theft. All three were being held without bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Justin Fenton
Owner admits he hired illegal immigrants
