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By Richard Irwin | October 19, 2009
The pickup truck being sought by police in the hit-and-run death of a Johns Hopkins University student was found parked on a Northwest Baltimore street, and police continue to seek its driver, a city police spokesman said Sunday. Agent Donny Moses, the spokesman, said the white Ford F-250 with Maryland tag 94W412 was found legally parked in the 3800 block of Egerton Road in Ashburton about midnight Saturday after residents there recognized the truck from news accounts of the student's death and called police.
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By Don Markus | June 30, 2009
A 24-year-old Columbia man with a history of reckless driving and drug convictions was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for his part in a fatal accident last November that killed his best friend. Alexander Camorali of the 5400 block of Half Flight Garth pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol after initially being charged with vehicular manslaughter. After spending part of the night at a Baltimore go-go bar, Camorali was driving on Harpers Farm Road when his truck went out of control, smashed into a tree and knocked down a street light.
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November 13, 2008
Harford trash pile arson damages $15,000 shed A shed worth $15,000 was damaged yesterday in an Edgewood fire that officials say was arson. The fire occurred when someone set fire to a large trash pile at the Harford Square Community on Charlestown Drive. The fire, which was set about noon, spread to an adjoining shed. No one was injured. "Somebody got in there and set it on fire," Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph G. Zurolo Jr. said of the trash. He said he suspected the fire was related to a controversy over trash pickup.
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By Justin Fenton | August 12, 2008
State transportation officials declared the Chesapeake Bay Bridge safe one day after a fatal crash that sent a tractor-trailer over a barrier, a dramatic accident that was described as an "anomaly" caused by speed and the size of the vehicle. But a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said last night that federal investigators were at the scene for much of yesterday, and are looking into any safety issues that might need to be fixed, including traffic flow and bridge design.
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By Nicole Fuller | April 9, 2008
A married father of five who ran over his mistress with a utility truck in her backyard, leaving her critically injured, was convicted yesterday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. Timothy Lee Mattoon, 46, of the 600 block of Laurel Drive in Pasadena entered an Alford plea before Circuit Judge Michael E. Loney to first-degree assault, which carries the possibility of up to 25 years in prison. He will be sentenced in June. Under an Alford plea, a defendant denies guilt but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence for a conviction.
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By ELLIE BAUBLITZ | April 8, 2008
County police said they are seeking the driver of a truck in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a Parkville teenager last week. Police said yesterday they believe the vehicle that hit Michael Thompson, 17, of the 1400 block of Parktrail Road might have been a U-Haul truck with a large image of a prehistoric, worm-like creature called the "Tully Monster" on its side. The accident occurred at 8:46 p.m. April 1 on McClean Boulevard near Perring Parkway while Thompson was in a crosswalk, police said.
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By Rona Kobell | September 1, 2007
A father and son were killed yesterday afternoon on the Eastern Shore after a dump truck rear-ended their vehicle, state police said yesterday. The accident in Queen Anne's County, near the Talbot County border, happened about 1:40 p.m. on eastbound Route 404, a partially divided highway that has long been considered one of the Shore's most dangerous roads. The truck was traveling east in Queen Anne's near Pinder Road when the driver failed to stop at a traffic backup, hitting several stopped cars, said State Police Cpl. Art Lohman.
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By PETER SCHMUCK | August 3, 2007
It was about a year ago that Jamal Lewis showed up in Westminster in the biggest truck I had ever seen. OK, it wasn't an 18-wheeler, but it was the biggest non-RV personal vehicle I had ever seen up close, so I had to find out what it was all about. Jamal was quite accommodating. He gave me the full tour of his customized, $200,000 monster truck and explained why it was "not a toy." It was, he insisted, a promotional vehicle for the trucking company (All-American Express) that he had started with his football earnings.
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June 27, 2007
Malfunction in truck blamed in Carroll fire An electrical malfunction in the dashboard of a Dodge Durango pickup truck started a two-alarm fire that caused $500,000 in damage to a Union Mills-area home Monday evening, authorities said yesterday. The truck was parked in an attached garage in the 3200 block of Murkle Road when the owner, Curtis Wasmer, smelled an odor when he opened the garage door about 5:30 p.m. When he opened the truck door, smoke poured out of the vehicle, said W. Faron Taylor, deputy state fire marshal.
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By Melissa Harris | May 4, 2007
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman put a new ambulance and fire engine into operation this week, enabling additional rescue teams to respond to emergencies in the county for the first time since 1994. The county frequently purchases new fire equipment, but in recent years, the new trucks have replaced aging ones or were purchased only for special circumstances, such as a command post for major crises or a heavy rescue vehicle that helps firefighters extract people from damaged cars. The ambulance and tower truck - a fire engine with a tall ladder - will operate out of stations in Columbia and Ellicott City, respectively.