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Deadly Hit and Run Accident in Hagerstown

December 31, 2016 By

On Friday morning, December 16, there was a deadly hit and run accident on Dual Highway in Hagerstown.

According to the Hagerstown Police Department the accident happened at around 5 a.m. on the 300 block of eastbound in front of the Sheetz store on the Dual Highway. Katlyn Huges, age 26 was walking home from work along with 26 year old Brandon Dorman when she was struck by a car. When the police arrived she was pronounced dead. Dorman left the scene after she was hit.

According to the police, since the incident they have received a large amount of information from the public, which has helped them in their investigation. Following this information they have located the suspect vehicle and they have a person of interest. However, they have now asked for the public’s help to locate Dorman to hear about what happened and what he saw. This will enable them to complete their investigation.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Hit and Run

Childproofing Your Home

November 30, 2016 By

Once you have a child that begins to crawl or walk you need to take extra precautions around the home to make sure it is a safe environment for children and has childproofing.

Firstly go through every room to ensure that potentially dangerous items are out of the reach of children or stored in a locked cupboard. This would include cleaning products, bleach, detergents, drain cleaner, furniture polish, hygiene products, paint, paint cleaning materials, nail polish remover, perfumes, mouthwash, insecticides, medicines, and lamp oil.

Check your houseplants as some may be harmful and poisonous and make sure they are no small objects available for children to eat. This would include buttons, beads, batteries, coins, pins and screws. Also stop using fridge magnets or put them high up where a child cannot reach them.

Alcohol should be in a locked cabinet and any unfinished drinks should be emptied right away as alcohol can be very poisonous to young children.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Home safety

Hagerstown to Add Cameras At Busy Intersections

October 31, 2016 By

Hagerstown Police and the city have announced that they are finalizing plans to add cameras at busy intersections around town to prevent drivers from running red lights.

At present, there are no intersections in Hagerstown with red light cameras, but by June 2017 there will be four cross roads which will have cameras to issue citations. In fact three of the intersections have already been chosen: Dual Highway and Edgewood; Mulberry and Franklin; and Washington and Locust.

According to Hagerstown police, the intersections were chosen based on accident reports and once installed the cameras will record live video which will be watched by a full time officer who will review each violation before a citation is issued.

The police say that the cameras are not being installed to make money but to change the behavior of drivers who run red lights, to reduce accidents and cut back on the number of pedestrians who are being hit by vehicles in these intersections. Those who run red lights will be fined $75 and, if successful in reducing the number of accidents then more camera will be added in the future.
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To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Driver safety

Tractor-Trailer Driver Loses Control and is Injured

September 30, 2016 By

On Wednesday, September 14, a tractor-trailer driver lost control of his rig and crashed on Interstate 70.

According to Maryland State Police, the accident happened on westbound Interstate 70 just east of Big Pool near the 13 mile marker, at around 9.00 a.m. When police arrived the truck was on its side and they freed the driver, Jason Gillard from Texas, and he was taken by ambulance and then helicopter to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

At this time, investigators do not know what caused the driver to lose control of the rig which belonged to Wayne W. Sell Trucking Corp. of Sarver, Pennsylvania and hauling a large, unidentifiable metal object on the trailer. The truck ended up in a wooded area off the right side of the highway and traffic was reduced to a single lane while rescue crews working to remove the vehicle. By the end of the afternoon, all lanes were reopened.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Truck accidents

Hagerstown Trucker Gives Safety Advice

August 31, 2016 By

A Hagerstown trucker has driven 4 million miles without an accident.

Chester Masser Jr. owns TOTGAS Trucking Inc in Hagerstown and drives for FedEx Ground’s terminal off Halfway Boulevard. Masser, who is 61 will be taking part at the National Truck Driving Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. having earned his place by winning the Maryland truck driving championships earlier this year.

Masser has advice for other truck drivers saying that too many people are in a rush and it is better to be a little late rather than never arrive. He warns to always look out for other road users and expect them to make mistakes.

In his typical run, Masser hauls FedEx freight to Avon Lake, Ohio. Once there, he meets another trucker who started on the south side of Chicago so that freight which leaves Hagerstown in the morning is in Chicago in the evening. He says that it take him around 10 ½ hours to drive the 638 mile road trip with speeding being the biggest safety threat plus the electronic toys people have which are distracting.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Truck accidents

Fatal Accident on the Interstate

July 31, 2016 By

On Wednesday, July 20 there was a fatal accident involving a semi tractor trailer and four vehicles on the Interstate 81 at Route 40 in Hagerstown.

According to Maryland State Police the accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday in the northbound lanes of I 81 near the interchange with U.S. 40. A Mazda 6 was struck by a tractor-trailer that was being driven by John Royce Richards aged 69, of Great Cacapon, W.Va. it appears that Richards failed to control the speed of the tractor-trailer when traffic slowed and the rig hit the Mazda, then struck several other vehicles before coming to a stop, with in total seven vehicles being involved.

The front seat passenger in the Mazda, 21 year old Jasmine R. Rafter of Fairplay was killed in the crash.

Nicholas Colvin, aged 22, and Gary Martin, aged 53, both of Hagerstown, were taken to Meritus Medical Center to be treated for injuries along with Talal Ahmed Alramadhan, 33, of Shippensburg, Pa., and Erwin Huszar, 67, and Marie Huszar, 52, both of Effort, Pa.

Arcie Harvey, aged 50, of Hancock was flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

All of those taken to hospital have now been discharged.

Two other people who were involved in the crash, Kristie Lawson, 44, of Hagerstown, and Richards, the driver of the rig, were not injured.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Car Accident

Hagerstown Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident

June 30, 2016 By

On Thursday morning, June 23 a man died in a motorcycle accident near Williamsport.

According to authorities, the accident happened at around 4.30 a.m. just west of the Rust-Oleum plant at the intersection of Governor Lane Boulevard and Industrial Lane near Williamsport. James Frederick Kershner, aged 61 was riding his motorcycle when he collided with a sport utility vehicle.

He was transported to Meritus Medical Center east of Hagerstown, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the SUV was not injured.

The road was closed for almost five hours while the accident was investigated and now the evidence will be evaluated before releasing the cause of the crash.

Kershner was born in Hagerstown and was a 1972 graduate of South Hagerstown High School, and at the time of his death was employed by Titan Transfer Inc. of Williamsport, MD.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Motorcycle accident

Hagerstown Woman Dies in Single Vehicle Accident

May 31, 2016 By

On Tuesday, May 17, a woman from Hagerstown died following a single vehicle accident.

According to Howard County Police, the accident happened shortly after 9.30 a.m. near Executive Park Drive in Ellicott City. A Pontiac G5 being driven by 31 year old Keith Charles Quigg of Hagerstown left Md. 100 for reasons unknown, while traveling westbound. The vehicle rolled several times.

Quigg was treated and released from hospital but his passenger, 31 year old Nicole Marie Ashby was taken to Howard County General Hospital, then transferred to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where she died the following morning.

Neither of them was wearing a seat belt.

A portion of westbound Md. 100 was closed for about three hours Tuesday while police investigated the crash.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Car Accident

Motorcycle Crash Sends Person to Hospital

April 30, 2016 By

On Monday afternoon, April 18 a motorcycle crash sent a person to hospital.

According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened at around 3 p.m.in the 13300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue north of Hagerstown near the entrance to the Volvo Group Trucks plant.

Stanley Paul Pavlosky, 60, was riding a 2006 Honda motorcycle and riding south on Pennsylvania Avenue when he collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu being driven by 66 year old Donald Leroy Crum of Hagerstown, that pulled onto the roadway from Volvo Way.

When help arrived, a motorcycle and a helmet were lying on the sidewalk in the northbound lane of Pennsylvania Avenue or U.S. 11. There was also a two wheeled motorcycle trailer at the scene with an American flag on the back.

Pavlosky was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, apparently due to the extent of his injuries and his age.

The Sheriff’s Office is still carrying out an investigation and so far Crum has been charged with failure to yield the right of way.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Motorcycle accident

Fatal Car Accidents on the Increase

March 31, 2016 By

Around the country, fatal car accidents had been slowly declining with a 22% decrease from 2000 to 2014.

However, in the in the first nine months of 2014 there were 23,796, but in the first nine months of 2015, that number rose to over 26,000. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration almost all of the accidents were caused by human factors, such as drunk driving, not using a seat belt and distracted driving.

In Maryland in 2014 there were 442 people killed on the roads and 2015 figures are likely to be higher. There is a particular problem in the state with drunk drivers with nationally 1.9% of people saying that have driven drunk but that figure is 2.1% in Maryland.

Sobriety check points are allowed in the state and anyone who is going to get behind the wheel of a car should be aware of the major consequences of causing an accident while driving drunk.

To learn more about your rights and potential compensation after an auto accident, please call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online today.

Filed Under: Accident statistics
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