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.

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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.

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On Saturday night, January 9, a man died in a single vehicle traffic accident and another was critically injured.

According to the Hagerstown Police Department the accident happened shortly after 10.30 p.m. on the 400 block of North Burhans Boulevard north of Mechanic Street. A silver Honda Civic had collided with a steel barrier pole which was filled with concrete and located on the north side of Burhans Boulevard close to the north entrance to a concrete company.

Both the driver, 21 year old Ariel Alexander Aguilera Flores of Hagerstown, and the sole passenger, 20 year old Elmer Adonay Mejia Ramirez, also of Hagerstown were trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated. Flores died at the scene and Ramirez was taken to Meritus Medical Center, with life-threatening injuries and is still critical.

Police are continuing with the investigation and have asked for witnesses to the accident.

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