May 5, 2021
Photo courtesy of the Mechanicsville VFD.
The Maryland State Police are urging drivers to keep safety in mind during “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month” being observed in May.
As the weather gets warmer, more motorcycles are on the roads, and more traffic crashes are reported between vehicles and motorcycles. About 15% of all fatal crashes in Maryland involve motorcycles according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. On average, more than 60 motorcyclists die in traffic crashes on Maryland roads every year, and an additional 1,700 people, both riders and passengers, are injured in Maryland traffic crashes, according to statistics provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Salisbury Daily Times
OCEAN CITY, Md. A child was ejected from a vehicle and into the water during a multivehicle crash on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City on Sunday afternoon, the town s fire department said. At least eight people were injured.
First responders were dispatched to the scene at 2:47 p.m. and found one vehicle hanging off the side of the bridge, according to a Facebook post from the Ocean City Fire Department.
Four vehicles were involved, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. During the collision, a pediatric patient was ejected from the car teetering over the guardrail and landed in the Assawoman Bay, the Ocean City Fire Department wrote in a Facebook post. A good Samaritan immediately jumped over the guardrail and into the bay, rescuing the infant.
State Roundup: Glassman touts bipartisanship in bid to become 1st GOP comptroller in more than a century
Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. was one of 11 Republican doctors in the U.S. Senate and House who made a video urging people to get vaccinated. They emphasized the safety of the vaccines and said getting them will help lift government restrictions. The Hill reported the story.. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/550452-gop-doctors-in-congress-release-video-urging-people-to-get-vaccinated
GLASSMAN SAYS HE WOULD HAVE BIPARTISAN APPEAL AS COMPTROLLER: In an interview with Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman said Monday that his bipartisan appeal and history of working across the political aisle make him well-positioned to become Maryland’s first Republican comptroller since 1900.
A consortium that failed to win the right to build High Occupancy Toll lanes in Montgomery County has lost its initial protest, Maryland Matters has learned.
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