Accident

Anne Arundel County police report that a 63-year-old man was struck by a car and killed Monday evening as he attempted to cross Ritchie Highway in the Jumpers Hole area. According to police, Raymond Richard Walkup, of no fixed address, died from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a Mercury Grand Marquis traveling southbound on Ritchie Highway, north of Jumpers Hole Road. Police were called to the scene at 7:44 p.m., and found the injured man and driver of the Mercury Grand Marquis.

Among the 61 calls the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received for medical and fire-rescue service during the period February 23-March 2 were the following: Frederick Road at Ingleside Avenue, 9:35 p.m. March 1. A motor vehicle accident with injury was reported. Crews from the Arbutus and English Consul volunteer stations and Catonsville and Woodlawn career stations responded to the report of a motor vehicle accident with possible injuries in Catonsville. Four people with non-life-threatening injuries taken to a local hospital.

A three-vehicle accident at US 50 East at Rowe Boulevard in the Annapolis area has hampered the morning commute south of Baltimore at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation. A three-vehicle accident at US 50 East at Rowe Boulevard in the Annapolis area has hampered the morning commute south of Baltimore at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation. The collision has closed one of the right eastbound off-ramps; traffic is moving along the left eastbound ramp, DOT said.

Two people died as a result of a diving accident at Aberdeen Proving Ground on Tuesday afternoon, the Army confirmed. The deaths were said to be two Navy divers who were working in the installation's Underwater Explosion Test Facility, also known as the "super pond," where a civilian diver employed by the Army died in an accident on Jan. 30, several Harford County emergency response sources said. One source said the divers were in cardiac arrest when they surfaced and had been working in the pond on air hoses, not self-contained breathing units, and were tethered to each other.

Morning traffic in the Ellicott City area has been stalled for more than three hours because of an accident on U.S. 40 at Normandy Center Drive/Normandy Woods Drive westbound at 5:17 that closed the right turning lane and shoulder. Morning traffic in the Ellicott City area has been slowed for more than three hours because of an accident on U.S. 40 at Normandy Center Drive/Normandy Woods Drive westbound that closed the right turning lane and shoulder, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The state Department of Transportation reported an accident at Interstate 695 at Exit 29B (MD 542/Loch Raven Boulevard) in Baltimore County around 9:30 a.m. Friday. No additional information was given. The Maryland Transit Administration reported minor delays on the light rail at 9:30 a.m. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Just before midnight Wednesday, three words brought a stream of emergency crews and hazardous materials units to a wooded corner of Cecil County just north of Interstate 95: liquid sulfuric acid. A train operated by CSX Corp. derailed about 11:45 p.m., and initial reports said two cars contained the highly corrosive and environmentally dangerous substance. Luckily, officials said, the acid didn't leak, even though the cars containing it were off-kilter. "They were either sideways or just off the rail, but none are on their side," said CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan of the nine cars determined to have slipped off the tracks.

Traffic Morning commute snarled by accidents, including two with injury Several accidents, including a fatal crash in Baltimore County, hampered Thursday morning's traffic, according to the state Department of Transportation. The morning commute became snarled at 5:41 a.m., due to a deadly accident involving three vehicles that closed all lanes and both shoulders of the Interstate 695 inner loop near Belair Road in the Overlea area of Baltimore County, DOT said. One adult was killed in the accident, and at least one adult and one child were injured and transported to area hospitals in critical condition, a Baltimore County Fire Department dispatcher confirmed.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts announced an across-the-board review of how city officers use weapons after the accidental shooting of a trainee during exercises last week. Speaking Tuesday at the police academy on Northern Parkway, Batts said he will review how police use guns, Tasers and other weapons in "every facet of policing this city. " "We had a major procedural breakdown in our systems, and we're working to correct those," Batts told reporters as instruction resumed at the academy after a weeklong suspension.

The CSX Transportation dockworker who is suing a Panamanian shipping company for $5.2 million in connection with an accident at a Curtis Bay coal pier last August will be in court next week on charges he sexually abused a child. David Rienas, 42, of Abingdon was indicted in December on three counts of sexual misconduct for an encounter last year, Harford County Circuit Court records show. He faces a felony charge that carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and two misdemeanors.