DC and Maryland Accident Attorney News Blog

A hit and run in Brooklyn Park has sent one victim to the hospital with head trauma. The woman who hit the pedestrian has been found and charged. On Thursday November 1, 2012, fifty seven year old Michael J. Diegel was attempting to cross the intersection of Ritchie Highway and …

A Maryland man crashed his vehicle into a tree and two parked cars on the evening of Sunday October 21, 2012. He didn’t survive his injuries that night. At around 5:30 pm in Washington D.C. on the 1700 block of Kearney Street, sixty one year old Ellsworth Rucker crashed his …

Last week, a man died in a fire in Washington D.C. After an investigation, it has been determined that an oxygen tank may have been the reason for the fatal accident. On Thursday October 18, 2012, a fire had begun at the house of sixty five year old George Michael …

  In the late hours of Friday night, a high speed police chase left the suspect dead in the end. The suspect hit another vehicle and a tree before they came to rest. The accident happened on October 19, 2012, right before 12:00am. Police were chasing the suspect, whom they …

  An off duty Maryland police officer was heading home after his shift when he was involved in a collision with another vehicle. The officer then hit a utility pole and was pronounced dead at the scene. On October 18, 2012, a Prince George County police officer, twenty eight year …

  On the evening of Tuesday October 16, 2012, a man had been involved in an accident that left him with life-threatening injuries. At the intersection of Fort Smallwood Road and Solley Road, forty six year old motorcyclist James Lloyd Geiser had collided with a Ford Escort after failing to …

In the afternoon hours of Sunday October 7, 2012, a head-on collision happened on Rockland Road in Greenville, Maryland. At around 1:00pm on Sunday, a head-on collision occurred on 200 block of W. Rockland Road. The accident injured many and entrapped three people. The three that were entrapped were 19, 20 and 23 …

According to a report by Allstate, Washington DC has the highest percentage of worst ranked drivers. Washington DC residents are likely to get in a motor vehicle accident within a 4.7 year period, which is much less of a time frame then other big cities. There is a 112.1% chance …

A Washington D.C. Superior Court jury recently returned a six figure verdict for a bicyclist who was “doored” by a parked motorist, meaning that the motorist opened his door into traffic without looking as  the bike came down the city street and  ran into the door which suddenly opened before …

August 12, 2012, a woman driving on I-270 died after rear ending a tractor trailer. The woman who died instantly from impact was accompanied by a male passenger who suffered serious injury. The woman, whose name is undisclosed, was driving a 2009 Subaru when she had hit the tractor trailer …