Belair Road

Mercury is spilled at service station Baltimore County fire and state environmental officials found about 2 pounds of mercury spilled in a gas station parking lot and dumpster yesterday. The mercury was apparently dumped in a trash can on a fuel island at Crown Gas in the 8600 block of Belair Road, said Elise Armacost, a county Fire Department spokeswoman. The trash bag containing the toxic metal was carried to a dumpster, spilling mercury in the parking lot. Anyone who went to the gas station between 9 p.m. Thursday and 1 p.m. yesterday may have had contact with the mercury, Armacost said.

Maryland-based Giant Food says it will be moving into a Perry Hall shopping center at Belair Road and Hannon Court. Construction workers are now turning a 57,000-square-foot retail site, formerly occupied by Super Fresh, into a Giant Food store. The new store will open later this year. Earlier this year, Giant acquired and converted two stores in Baltimore in Parkville.

A 33-year-old man sitting in the back of a bar packed with up to 80 patrons on Belair Road was shot several times in the head and body early Wednesday, one of seven people killed in the city in the past five days. Baltimore police said a gunman walked into La'Son's Bar and Grill a few minutes before 1 a.m., pushed his way to the back and opened fire on Derrick Deon Smith, who was sitting in a secluded area behind the bar. Smith, of the 3500 block of chesterfield Ave., was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead early Wednesday.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on the outer loop of I-695 near Belair Road, due to an accident. Accidents were blocking traffic on I-95 southbound near the Harbor Tunnel in Baltimore City, on I-83 near 28th Street in Baltimore City and on Route 152 near Trimble Road in Harford County. A disabled vehicle was slowing traffic on I-95 northbound near the Fort McHenry Tunnel. There were no major delays reported on Baltimore area transit systems.

A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed on Belair Road in northeast Baltimore Friday afternoon, a police spokeswoman said. The boy was struck at about 4 p.m. in the 3100 block near Lawnview Road. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead, said Detective Nicole Monroe, the police spokeswoman. She said police are investigating the crash, but it is believed to be pedestrian error. Monroe said the boy had been walking with several other children and an adult when he darted in front of the vehicle.

Belair Road has been closed in both directions for more than an hour this evening after a southbound vehicle went airborne after striking an SUV, killing an unidentified man and injuring two others, Baltimore Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said. The accident took place about 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Ravenwood Avenue when the driver of the southbound car, described as a coupe, crossed into oncoming traffic, Cartwright said. One man in the coupe was pronounced dead on the scene and another was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.

As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, traffic was slow on the outer loop of I-695 at Belair Road, due to an accident. Traffic was slow on I-95 northbound at the Delaware State Line toll plaza and on U.S. 50 westbound at Bay Dale Drive in Anne Arundel County. A disabled vehicle was blocking traffic on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road in Baltimore County. There were no major delays reported on Baltimore area transit systems.

A 17-year-old girl died and two other teenagers suffered critical injuries after a stolen car in which they were riding crashed into a tree Thursday night on Belair Road, according to Baltimore police. Lishinia Miller, 17, was one of four occupants in the 1991 four-door Lexus at the time of the crash, reported at 8:47 p.m. in the 1900 block of Belair Road, between East North Avenue and Sinclair Lane. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before midnight, police spokesman Detective Kevin Brown said.

Baltimore County Police are warning residents to take an alternate route after Belair Road in Perry Hall was closed for a sink hole Thursday night. Police said the sink hole on Belair, near Old Forge Lane, is 3 feet by 5 feet and in the middle of the roadway. Officers say drivers should expect significant delays as the road is repaired. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of I-695 at Belair Road, due to an accident involving two vehicles. An accident was slowing traffic at Liberty Road and Old Liberty Road in Sykesville. There were no major delays reported on Baltimore area transit systems.

The other evening, I sat at Doris Poling's dining room table and we discussed Overlea. A lifelong resident of the Northeast Baltimore neighborhood, she asked what angle I would take in writing about it. After all, it is a quiet, livable residential community crossed by Belair Road and straddling Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Not much happens here, except for the current spring show of lilacs, fresh grass, irises, azaleas and buzzing bees. The place, with its church steeples and old-fashioned walk-to shopping strip, looks like a community out of a holiday train garden.

The crowd of more that 80 people that packed a Belair Road bar for an extended happy hour featuring $2 drinks did not deter a gunman who, police said, got by a bouncer, pushed through the patrons and found his target sitting in a secluded spot in the back. Derrick Deon Smith was shot several times in the head and body early Wednesday morning, and collapsed between the bar and breezeway, police said. The 33-year-old was the seventh person killed in Baltimore by gunfire since Friday night — the deadliest stretch this year.

A 33-year-old man sitting in the back of a bar packed with up to 80 patrons on Belair Road was shot several times in the head and body early Wednesday, one of seven people killed in the city in the past five days. Baltimore police said a gunman walked into La'Son's Bar and Grill a few minutes before 1 a.m., pushed his way to the back and opened fire on Derrick Deon Smith, who was sitting in a secluded area behind the bar. Smith, of the 3500 block of chesterfield Ave., was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead early Wednesday.

If the Natty Boh guy could talk, would he sound like you? Do you imagine your accent sounding just like the Utz Girl's? If so, you could be the one a Baltimore ad agency is trying to find. MGH has launched a casting call to find "The Voice of Baltimore. " They don't want a baritone radio star. They don't want actors. They don't want someone who can say "Timonium" with just the right "O" for a party punchline. They want a homegrown product of the 410, a man or a woman, young or old, with a real, bonafide Baltimore accent, -- thick, dirty and true.

Two people were injured in a three-vehicle collision Sunday evening at the intersection of Routes 1 and 152 in Fallston, Maryland State Police said. At approximately 6:37 p.m., troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to the intersection of Route 1 (Belair Road) and Route 152 (Mountain Road) in Fallston for what a state police news release called "a serious motor vehicle collision. " Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, operated by Callie Jo Davidson, 28, of Abingdon, was traveling south (east)

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed outside his Gardenville home late Sunday night, city police said. Adam Robinson of the 4100 block of Idaho Avenue, near Belair Road, answered his door bell about 11 p.m., police said. He walked outside and was shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital about 11:30 p.m., police said. Police have no suspects at this time and are continuing to investigate. Mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts