Montgomery Community Media

A three-vehicle crash in Silver Spring Thursday, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Dexter Avenue, left four hospitalized and one child dead. Officers from Montgomery County Police Department’s Silver Spring District and first responders from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to reports of the collision after 10 p.m. According to an MCPD […]

A woman died after a single vehicle crash on US-29 in Silver Spring Monday morning. The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lane of US-29 (Columbia Pike) at Briggs Chaney Road, according to Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). The woman was then taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. There were […]

Update (March 12, 6 p.m.): Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s (MCPD) Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a collision involving a pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle Thursday, March 11. Third district officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel responded to New Hampshire Avenue at Oakview Drive at approximately 9:08 p.m. Police […]

Montgomery County Police (MCPD) said a pedestrian died Tuesday after he was struck by a vehicle in Wheaton. An adult male was struck on University Boulevard West at Georgia Avenue, MCPD tweeted Tuesday morning. Police said they received the call around 4 a.m., and close to 10 a.m. MCPD announced the man succumbed to his […]

Montgomery County Police are concerned about the number of fatal collisions. So far in 2020, the number of such collisions and fatalities is almost equal to the totals for all of 2019 and there are almost nine weeks left in the year. According to police, there have been 32 fatal collisions with 34 victims so […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is investigating a fatal collision in Germantown. The collision, which involved a pedestrian, happened the afternoon of Oct. 30. Kenneth Zirkle, 61, was crossing Germantown Road onto westbound Middlebrook Road when a 2012 Toyota Camry struck him. Vera Dydson-Dzissah, a 43-year-old who was driving the vehicle, did not suffer any […]

A Rockville man was killed Oct. 23 when a car crashed into the motorcycle he was riding while traveling west on Norbeck Road in the Colesville area, the Montgomery County Department of Police said in a press release. The motorcyclist, 24 year-old Christian Richardson of Dumbarton Drive in Rockville, later died from life-threatening injuries at […]

Montgomery County Department of Police is investigating a fatal collision in the White Oak area. A preliminary investigation determined that a 2010 Toyota Corolla was turning left from Industrial Parkway onto southbound Columbia Pike. The car collided with a 2018 Honda Accord, which was traveling north on Columbia Pike. Police and Montgomery County Maryland Fire […]

The victim of a severe bike-involved collision in Gaithersburg has died due to injuries caused by the accident, police confirmed. On October 9, Jose Lopez Hernandez, 36, was riding his bike on Snouffer School Road near Sweet Autumn Drive. After colliding with a car, he was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Montgomery County […]

A Gaithersburg woman died from injuries sustained in a multi-vehicle collision in Rockville on Tuesday morning. Three other people were injured, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. 74-year-old Amanda Motta of King James Way in Gaithersburg was sitting in the back seat of a vehicle that was struck on West Montgomery Avenue (MD Route […]