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8 injured in Dundalk crash involving SUV, medic unit
A Baltimore County medic unit was involved in a collision with a sports utility vehicle in Dundalk on Saturday, sending eight people to area hospitals, according to Baltimore County police and fire officials. Police said the crash involved four civilians in a Jeep and four people who were inside of the medic unit. The unit was carrying four personnel from the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Co., which was filling in for the Wise Avenue Volunteer Fire Co., county officials said in a statement Sunday. The medic unit was en route to a nearby crash scene, but was not carrying a patient when the crash occurred around 8 p.m. at Wise Avenue and Lynch Road, the statement said. One of the EMS providers “had to be cut from the vehicle” by crews on the scene, according to county officials. She was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Four civilians, including two children, were taken to area hospitals, also with non-life-threatening injuries, the statement said. The three other EMS providers — two women and a man — were treated and released from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, according to county officials. Baltimore County police are investigating the crash.
Annapolis Yacht Club fire blamed on electrical failure
An estimated $9 million in damage was done to the Annapolis Yacht Club after an electrical failure and a spark ignited a heavily decorated Christmas tree, according to the Annapolis Fire Department's just-released report on the blaze. This information was initially redacted, or left out of, the report. But on request it was released, confirming earlier estimates of the damage from the Dec. 12 fire, which sent the yacht club to a temporary home. The report estimates the damage to the building at $7 million, the damage to the contents at $2 million. The information on the electrical failure and the spark also initially appeared to be redacted, but city officials released it, saying those portions of the report were blacked out because of a glitch. The report doesn't say whether the club's building is salvageable. Investigation into that is continuing, said yacht club Commodore Debbie Gosselin. The yacht club is now temporarily housed at what was formerly the Harbor Grill restaurant.
3 family members dead, 1 injured after accident
Three family members died and a fourth has life-threatening injuries after a two-car accident in Bethesda. The Montgomery County Police Department said the accident happened just before 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of River Road and Pyle Road. The driver of a Chevrolet Volt attempted to turn left onto Pyle Road and collided with a BMW that was traveling on River Road. A family of four was in the Volt and three of them — the mother, father and a 17-year-old boy — died at the scene. The other passenger, believed to be a teenage girl, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 20-year-old driver of the BMW was taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening. Police did not provide additional information.
Four injured in Pikesville fire early Sunday
Four people were injured in an early morning fire in Pikesville, Baltimore County officials said Sunday. The incident took place around 5:40 a.m. in the 7000 block of Alden Road, according to the county's emergency dispatch center. The one-alarm fire also required four medic units to transport four patients to area hospitals. Three of the victims suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, firefighters said. One man was taken to Sinai Hospital with life-threatening injuries. It was not immediately known if the victims were related. Officials said more than one family may have shared the home.
On her first day on the job, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a call that could have become routine: a domestic disturbance in a well-kept suburban neighborhood. But one woman had already been slain inside the northern Virginia home of a Pentagon worker, and Guindon would be next. Army Sgt. Ronald Hamilton opened fire as she arrived at his door, killing her and wounding two other officers, police said Sunday. Prince William County Police Chief Stephan Hudson was stone-faced Sunday as he lauded Guindon's bravery, intelligence and compassion. The chief offered no details about what might have provoked the gunman, who worked at the Pentagon and, according to neighbors, was about to be transferred to Italy. Hamilton, 32, and his wife Crystal, 29, had been arguing all day Saturday, but it escalated after she called 911, the chief said. Hamilton fatally shot his wife and then fired at the arriving officers, killing Guindon and seriously wounding the others before emerging from his front door to surrender. Officers recovered a handgun and a rifle. The couple's 11-year-old son was home at the time of the slayings and is being cared for by relatives, Hudson said. Guindon, 28, was pronounced dead at the hospital where officers Jesse Hempen, 31, and David McKeown, 33, were being treated on Sunday. Police did not detail their injuries. Hudson said they face long recoveries. Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert said he would likely seek the death penalty against Hamilton, who was held without bond on charges including capital murder, first-degree murder and malicious wounding pending arraignment today. Guindon, a former Marine Corps reservist with a master's degree in forensic science, had been sworn in on Friday.
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