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Joel R. Kruh, a Baltimore attorney who enjoyed playing sports, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack while driving on the Baltimore Beltway. The longtime Owings Mills resident, who was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital, was 61. Mr. Kruh was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and was 6 years old when he moved with his family to Crawford Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. He was a 1964 graduate of City College, where he was a track star, family members said. While attending law school at the University of Baltimore, where he earned his law degree in 1975, Mr. Kruh drove a taxi, taught driving and was an insurance adjustor.

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Health Department offering free series of immunization clinics To help parents get their children ready for the new school year, the county Department of Health is offering free immunizations at a series of clinics. Dr. Pierre N.D. Vigilance, the county health officer, said that making sure children are up to date on their immunizations is part of the back-to-school routine. All clinics require appointments, except for two scheduled walk-in clinics. Parents must bring a copy of their child's immunization record to the appointments.

Repaving in the area where a pedestrian footbridge collapsed after being hit by an improperly loaded truck will close two lanes of the Baltimore Beltway in both directions today and tomorrow, state highway officials said.Two lanes of the inner loop will be closed from 7 p.m. today to 5 a.m. tomorrow, according to highway authorities. Two lanes of the outer loop will close at 9 p.m. tomorrow and reopen at 5 a.m. Tuesday.Signs, arrow boards and orange traffic drums will be placed along the affected areas, and motorists are asked to stay alert and use caution when driving through the work zones.

A hit-and-run accident on north Interstate 95 near Catonsville injured two people and tied up traffic for miles yesterday afternoon, said a spokeswoman for Maryland Transportation Authority Police.Lori Vidal said the vehicle that caused the accident -- its description was not released -- struck a 1996 Mercury and a 1996 Cadillac about 3: 12 p.m. Vidal said a man from New York, who was in the Cadillac, and a New Jersey woman, who was in the Mercury, were treated for injuries at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

For more than 35 years, Robert Lambdin tried to keep Maryland's traffic from jamming, helping to figure out which highways to build and where.It was no easy job. As a senior forecaster for the State Highway Administration, Mr. Lambdin had to tell his bosses not just how many cars and trucks might use a given strip of road today, but how many might use the road 20 years from now.He was considered an expert at his job, the dean of traffic forecasters in...

The hundreds of thousands of motorists who jam the eight-lane asphalt swath along much of the Baltimore Beltway each day would hardly recognize the road's southeastern reaches -- an anemic, two-lane strip marked by painted yellow lines and metal stakes.But today -- 45 years after Beltway construction began -- a 3.6-mile expansion from Key Bridge to North Point Boulevard is scheduled to open, eliminating the last section of undivided highway on a road that is the heart of the area's transportation network.

What: USGA Girls Junior championshipWhen: Monday through SaturdayWhere: Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, Owings MillsField: Out of 666 entries, 156 golfers qualified for the 51st championship, which is open to female amateur golfers who have not reached their 18th birthday on or before Aug. 7 and who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 18.4.Schedule: Practice rounds today and tomorrow. Championship begins Monday with two days of stroke play. The lowest 64 scorers then advance to match play starting Wednesday.

Baltimore man shot to death; police lack suspectsDarnell Butler, a 26-year-old Baltimore man, was fatally shot yesterday morning in the first block of South Franklintown Road, city police said.Police were called to a residence on the block at 7 a.m. and found Butler in the living room.Police said yesterday they were collecting details about the death and seeking information about the victim. They did not release Butler's address and said they had no suspects.In Baltimore CountyMan gets 2-year sentence for role in death last yearTOWSON -- Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr. sentenced a Middle River construction worker Friday to two years in prison for a reckless endangerment conviction in the death last year of a White Marsh man, said Assistant State's Attorney Stephen R. Roscher.

Caution: congestion ahead.State officials are trying everything to ease traffic on the Baltimore Beltway -- tearing up a bridge to make way for another widening, pinpointing rush-hour snags by satellite and adding emergency vehicles to help stranded motorists.Despite those efforts and millions of dollars spent, traffic on the 50-mile loop is getting worse. "We can expect the congestion to grow over time," says Parker Williams, administrator of the State Highway Administration.More than 500,000 vehicles a day jam the roadway that was originally built to handle 80,000.

A woman wanted by South Carolina authorities and her 555-pound 14-year-old son were found by Baltimore County police Thursday afternoon washing their clothes in a Woodlawn laundry, county police said. Awaiting extradition to Greenville, S.C. and held at the Woodlawn precinct was Jerri Gray, 49, of Travelers Rest, a city about 10 miles north of Greenville, said Lt. Matt Weatherly of the Woodlawn Precinct. She was being sought on a warrant charging her with violating a child custody order.

Man killed by subway train 2 A 44-year-old man was struck and killed by a Maryland Transit Administration subway train Friday night as he stood on tracks that run through a tunnel in Baltimore County's Sudbrook Park community. The accident occurred about 9:50 p.m. Jawauna Greene, MTA spokeswoman, said the man, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene. She said the man was found in the southbound tunnel. Mondawmin shooting leaves man critical 3 A man was in "critical to grave" condition last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot multiple times in the Mondawmin neighborhood of Baltimore, police reported.

Police reports in baltimore city: and county: Southeastern Baltimore Burglary Two laptop computers, a DVD player, video games and their accessories, and cash, all valued at $4,550, were stolen Monday from a house in the 600 block of Fagley St. by someone who entered through a rear window. Southwestern Baltimore Stolen vehicle A maroon four-door 2006 Hyundai Sonata with tags 4DT A39 was parked in the 1600 block of Sexton St. early Monday with its engine running when someone stole it. Police said the owner was given a traffic ticket for leaving a motor vehicle unattended with its engine running.

Charles Alvin Diver, a civil engineer and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Jan. 24 at Oak Crest Village retirement community in Parkville. He was 86. Mr. Diver, who was born in Baltimore and raised in the Hamilton neighborhood, graduated from Polytechnic Institute. In 1942, he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. He was commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers on the day of his graduation, and he served in Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, France and Germany, attaining the rank of major.

The State Highway Administration is widening the Baltimore-Washington Parkway from two lanes to three in each direction between the Baltimore Beltway and Interstate 195, the agency said yesterday. The $12.4 million project will involve lane closings at night and on weekends. Work will not be scheduled during public events in Baltimore such as Orioles and Ravens games. The expansion of the 11/2-mile stretch of highway, also known as Maryland 295, is expected to be completed in fall 2011.

Police reports in baltimore city and county: Southern Baltimore Robbery Police were seeking a man who grabbed a woman, 26, around the neck about 11:45 p.m. Friday as she walked in the 1200 block of Williams St. and stole her purse containing a digital camera, a cell phone, an electronic organizer, credit cards and other property. Assault A man, 24, remained in serious condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was attacked by at least two men in the 3600 block of 7th St. in Brooklyn.

A man was arrested yesterday after a police pursuit that began on Interstate 795 in Owings Mills, moved to the Baltimore Beltway and ended on Edmondson Avenue in Catonsville, according to Maryland State Police. Sgt. Arthur Betts said a trooper tried to pull over a 1998 Jeep for a traffic infraction about noon in the southbound lanes of I-795 at Owings Mills Boulevard. "He refused to stop," Betts said. Troopers pursued the vehicle south on the highway and onto the outer loop of Interstate 695, followed by least a dozen cruisers from the state and Baltimore County police, Betts said.

A late-afternoon ice storm yesterday left dozens of wrecked cars littered along major roads and brought traffic on the highways to a standstill, leaving commuters bumper-to-bumper for hours. In Harford County, 23 people were injured in an accident involving a Harford Transit bus and several cars on Route 22 in Churchville about 4:30 p.m., said Sgt. Christina Presberry, spokeswoman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. The victims, all with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, were taken to Upper Chesapeake and Harford Memorial hospitals.

Joel R. Kruh, a Baltimore attorney who enjoyed playing sports, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack while driving on the Baltimore Beltway. The longtime Owings Mills resident, who was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital, was 61. Mr. Kruh was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and was 6 years old when he moved with his family to Crawford Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. He was a 1964 graduate of City College, where he was a track star, family members said. While attending law school at the University of Baltimore, where he earned his law degree in 1975, Mr. Kruh drove a taxi, taught driving and was an insurance adjustor.

At the request of some Turners Station residents, the National Association of State Fire Marshals and federal regulators are scheduled to hold a meeting today in Washington about the approval process for liquefied natural gas projects. "Some folks who, to date, haven't been involved - who missed those initial hearings - wanted to learn about the LNG approval process," said Peter O'Rourke of the National Association of State Fire Marshals. AES Corp. is seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build an LNG terminal at the Sparrows Point shipyard and an 88-mile pipeline into Pennsylvania.