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By The Baltimore Sun | July 16, 2011
A Philadelphia man was killed early Saturday when he was thrown from his motorcycle in Chase. Cpl. John Wachter, of the county police, said Fred Sturgill, 57, of Philadelphia, was driving his motorcycle shortly after midnight on Graces Quarters Road near Ebenezer Road when his vehicle struck a guard rail. Sturgill was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. About an hour earlier, at 11:15 p.m., on North Charles Street in the Towson area, two cars collided near Gatehouse Drive, the entrance to the Sheppard Pratt Health System campus.
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The Baltimore Sun | May 20, 2012
A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening on Route 99, Howard County police reported. Gary Alan Lynch, 45, of the 1200 block of Adgate Court in Woodbine was driving a 2002 Honda CBR 900 motorcycle west near Alpha Ridge Park. It went off the road and struck a post about 6:16 p.m., according to a police news release. Lynch and a passenger were taken to Howard County General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Speed and failure to stay within the lane may have been factors in the crash, according to a preliminary investigation, police said.
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By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | November 25, 2011
A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle in Dundalk Friday evening, police said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. near the intersection of 54th Street and Eastern Boulevard, near Eastpoint Mall, according to Baltimore County police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police said. No other information about the incident was available by 10:30 p.m. Friday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar
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The Baltimore Sun | May 18, 2012
A 47-year-old Joppa resident died Wednesday night in a motorcycle accident on Old York Road, according to the Baltimore County police department. Larry Stephen Hicks Jr., of the 1900 block of Mountain Road in Joppa, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the police department, officers responded around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a motorcycle accident at Old York Road and Openshaw Road. Investigators determined that the 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by Hicks was traveling eastbound on Old York Road when it left the roadway and struck a utility pole.
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By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | May 13, 2010
A 21-year-old Fallston man speeding on a motorcycle Wednesday in Bel Air was the third motorcyclist to die in Harford County this year. Harford County police said Daniel Michael DeVries was speeding when 2008 Suzuki motorcycle veered off the road and struck a tree. Police said he was heading northbound on Reckord Road just north of Beechwood Lane shortly after 2:30 p.m. when he failed to make the curve and the motorcycle ran off the southbound edge of Reckord Road into a culvert, where it struck a tree and caught on fire.
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Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun | November 27, 2011
A Cecil County man was killed Sunday morning in Fallston when he lost control of his motorcycle and was struck by an oncoming car, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Adam Charles Wyatt, a 29-year-old resident of Rising Sun, was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office said Wyatt was coming around a curve in the 1700 block of northbound Carrs Mills Road when he lost control of his 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle and was ejected. He was struck in the southbound lane by an oncoming 2004 Honda Civic.
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March 29, 2012
Laurel police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes. Howard County police report major crimes, break-ins and car thefts. City of Laurel Spring House Road, 9400 block, March 21. Blue and white 2006 Suzuki GSR-R motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen. Fourth Street, 14700 block, March 20. Orange and black 2007 Suzuki 1000 motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen. Fourth Street, 14700 block, March 20. Red 2005 Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen.
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By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | April 24, 2010
A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed when he sped through a red light in Hanover Friday night. Gustin Samuel Page of 7500 block of Lemon Tree Court in Hanover died after his 2004 Suzuki GSX R 600 motorcycle drove through a red light, striking another driver, Anne Arundel County Police said. Page was pronounced dead at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, the other driver, Norman Walter Faber, Jr., 52, of 5600 block of Vancouver Court in Churchton, suffered non-life threatening injuries, according a police news release.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | July 15, 2011
A Rosedale man died Friday after his motorcycle hit a guard rail on Route 702 near I-695. Daniel Bowles, 37, was driving south at a high rate of speed on Route 702, also known as Southeastern Boulevard, when he left the roadway shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, Baltimore County police said. He struck a guard rail near the southbound exit to the beltway and was thrown from the motorcycle. Investigators say the high rate of speed was a factor in the crash. Bowles was taken to Bayview Hospital, where he died about 1 a.m., police said.
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By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | August 11, 2010
A Baltimore City police officer was struck by a pick-up truck while riding on a department motorcycle Wednesday afternoon, police said. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. at the intersection of Lombard and Howard streets. The officer taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for non-life threatening injuries. A department spokeswoman said the officer was expected to be released the same day. jkanderson@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts
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March 29, 2012
Laurel police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes. Howard County police report major crimes, break-ins and car thefts. City of Laurel Spring House Road, 9400 block, March 21. Blue and white 2006 Suzuki GSR-R motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen. Fourth Street, 14700 block, March 20. Orange and black 2007 Suzuki 1000 motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen. Fourth Street, 14700 block, March 20. Red 2005 Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle with Maryland tags stolen.
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By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | February 18, 2012
A Whiteford man was killed Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle hit a dump truck in Harford County, police said. Around 1 p.m., Ronald Krulock, 69, was driving his motorcycle east on Dublin Road toward Conowingo Road when he crossed the midline of the road and hit a dump truck, according to a statement Saturday evening from Maryland State Police's Bel Air Barrack. Krulock was thrown from his vehicle. He was taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun | January 15, 2012
A Carroll County man died Sunday when he wrecked his motorcycle on Route 30 in Hampstead, police said. Leonard Thomas Fazio, 48, was driving a 1989 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound on Route 30 south of Trenton Mill Road around 4 p.m. when he crossed over the double-yellow line and struck a curb on the northbound shoulder, according to Maryland State Police. He was ejected from the motorcycle. Fazio, of the 3700 block of Millers Station Road, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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December 13, 2011
Riders of all ages, shapes and sizes - and their machines of the same description - zoomed around the Cow Palace at the State Fairgrounds in Timonium on Saturday, Dec. 10, for the first of two nights of short track motorcycle racing in the Rodney Farris Indoor Short Track Series. The annual event, which includes a second night this Saturday, Dec. 17, is a fundraiser for the Cockeysville Optimist Club and Baltimore County Trail Riders, and draws racers from across Maryland and from Pennsylvania.
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November 28, 2011
Chestnut Avenue 3100 block, between 10 p.m. Nov. 20 and 7:50 a.m. Nov. 21. Green, 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle with Maryland tags 3D5550 stolen. Wheel lock was on motorcycle at time of theft. 3600 block, between 7:15 and 8 p.m. Nov. 23. Baltimore police department detective badge, cash, black Oakley sunglasses, Blackberry Pocketcop stolen from vehicle. Clipper Mill Road 3500 block at 3:40 a.m. Nov. 23. 2008 Landscape trailer with Maryland tags 987739G belonging to Sylvan Beach Foundation stolen.
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Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun | November 27, 2011
A Cecil County man was killed Sunday morning in Fallston when he lost control of his motorcycle and was struck by an oncoming car, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Adam Charles Wyatt, a 29-year-old resident of Rising Sun, was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office said Wyatt was coming around a curve in the 1700 block of northbound Carrs Mills Road when he lost control of his 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle and was ejected. He was struck in the southbound lane by an oncoming 2004 Honda Civic.
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By Richard Irwin and Richard Irwin,Sun Reporter | May 25, 2007
The man who was killed Sunday evening when he lost control of his motorcycle on the Jones Falls Expressway and crashed into a jersey barrier has been identified as a resident of North Baltimore, city police said. Cornell Smith, 39, of the 4900 block of Greenspring Ave. was riding a 2003 Honda motorcycle north on the JFX when he spun out of control on a curve between the Guilford Avenue and Calvert Street overpasses, police said. Mr. Smith, who was wearing a helmet, was dead at the scene, police said.
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By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | November 25, 2011
A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle in Dundalk Friday evening, police said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. near the intersection of 54th Street and Eastern Boulevard, near Eastpoint Mall, according to Baltimore County police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police said. No other information about the incident was available by 10:30 p.m. Friday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar
SPORTS
By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun | October 12, 2011
Rob Chesson has been running all over his Anne Arundel County opponents this fall, scoring 20 touchdowns in six games. The Old Mill running back rushed for five in last week's 47-10 win over archrival and No. 5 Arundel, carrying the ball 35 times for 216 yards. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound senior has rushed 139 times this season for 914 yards. He's accumulated 1,261 all-purpose yards to lead the No. 3 Patriots to a 6-0 start. A veteran of the Patriots' 2008 state championship team, Chesson has been clocked at 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash and plans to run track in the spring to see if he can lower that time.
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