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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle in Owings Mills Thursday afternoon, Baltimore County police said.

At about 4:10 p.m., Joseph Michael Murphy, 58, of the unit block of Winchester Avenue in Westminster, was struck by a Nissan Altima at Reisterstown Road and Kenmar Avenue, police said.

Early police investigation found that Murphy was crossing the northbound lanes of Reisterstown Road from the east side when he walked into the turn lane that the Altima was traveling in, and was hit by the vehicle.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A crash involving several vehicles shuts down a portion of I-695.

It happened just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at Parks Heights Avenue in Pikesville.

State police say one vehicle overturned and multiple cars were involved.

One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The road reopened to drivers about a half an hour later.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014
A car accident holds up traffic at BWI Marshall Airport. An SUV and a small Fiat collided at a light rail crossing just outside the airport. It happened at Terminal Road and Aviation Boulevard. No trains were involved in the accident. The main intersection at BWI was closed for a time. One lane has since been reopened.
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Maryland State Police say a crash on the Baltimore Beltway has killed an elderly woman.

Police responded to the two-car collision Saturday evening on the inner loop of Interstate 695 at Park Heights Avenue. Police say a Toyota Camry collided with a Nissan Rogue.

Police say the driver of the Toyota lost control, striking a concrete barrier twice on the right side of the roadway before crossing the highway and crashing into the barrier on the left shoulder. A passing motorist stopped and helped the drive and passenger out of the car as it caught fire.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014
A contracted highway worker was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on the inner loop of Interstate 695, just prior to Interstate 795 in Baltimore County, according to police and highway officials. The worker, who has not been identified, was doing preliminary work for an upcoming State Highway Administration project in the Pikesville area when the collission occurred about 2 p.m., said a SHA spokeswoman. The worker is an employee of a private contractor hired by the SHA to conduct the work, Burnette Edgar said.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
An Owings Mills man was killed Sunday morning after his car crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Baltimore Beltway in Pikesville, officials said. Bennie Lee Shaw Jr., 34, was driving on the outer loop of the Beltway near Greenspring Avenue at 4:36 a.m. when his 2005 Audi A8 rear-ended a 1999 International tractor trailer, according to the Maryland State Police. Shaw was trapped in the car and was rescued by Baltimore County firefighters, but was declared dead at the scene, according to the Maryland State Police. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

A Bel Air woman was killed in an early morning single-vehicle crash on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Towson on Thursday, according to Maryland State Police.

Police officials said troopers from the Golden Ring Barrack responded to the incident at 3:31 a.m. on the inner loop of I-695 prior to the Charles Street exit. Police said an investigation revealed that a 1997 Mercedes C230 was traveling along the inner loop when it left the roadway and struck a concrete barrier on the shoulder.