Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle accident that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on Nov. 1 on Interstate 495 south of Persimmon Tree Road. According to Maryland State Police, 17-year-old Dominik Liam Pettey of Potomac was killed in the collision. The preliminary police investigation indicates that a 2009 Honda Accord was disabled […]

A Nashville man, who killed his ex-wife in Germantown, was sentenced on Oct. 15 to life in prison for the crime. Baldeo Taneja, 63, murdered Preeta Gabba, of Germantown, last October. His wife at the time, Raminder Kaur, was with Taneja during the crime, according to court documents. Kaur’s sentencing date is yet to be […]

UPDATED 9.7.14 Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of a male who was struck by a CSX freight train in Gaithersburg last night. According to a police account, at 7:31 p.m. on Sept. 6, a call was received from CSX concerning a person possibly struck by a CSX train on the tracks just past Oakmont […]

UPDATED, Aug. 31, 11 a.m.- Two people have died in an accident on Woodfield Road Sunday. At about 4:24 a.m., officers and emergency medical crews responded to the 22200 block of Woodfield Road for a single-vehicle collision. According to a police account, the preliminary investigation indicates that a 2003 Ford Explorer was traveling south on Woodfield Road. […]

UPDATED 8.31.14 2:21 p.m. Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal vehicle collision that occurred on Aug. 30 in Olney that has claimed the life of one teen and seriously injured two others. According to a police account, at approximately 1:23 a.m., officers and Fire and Rescue personnel responded to the area of Hines Road […]

UPDATED 10 p.m. on 8.27.14 Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision that occurred on August 27 in Potomac. It happened shortly before 4 p.m. at River Road and Rivers Edge Drive. According to a police account, a 2014 Honda NC700 motorcycle was traveling south on River Road and a 2011 BMW X5 […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on August 14 at the intersection of Columbia Pike and Stewart Lane. According to police, two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a collision while slowing for traffic. A Toyota Camry and a Suzuki Intruder motorcycle were traveling northbound on Columbia Pike. A Toyota […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred on Aug. 3rd in Rockville. Police said the pedestrian, identified as Roberto Flores, 21, died from his injuries on Aug. 4 at Shady Grove Hospital. According to a police account, on Sunday, August 3, at 11:38 p.m., […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department- Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) continue to investigate a fatal motorcycle collision that occurred on July 4 in Silver Spring. At approximately 5:04 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard West and Dennis Avenue for the report of a motorcycle collision. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two fatal motorcycle accidents that occurred on July 4. The first accident occurred at University Boulevard at Dennis Avenue and police described it on Twitter as a single motorcycle accident. On his Twitter account at 5:20 p.m., Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the motorcycle hit a pole. The […]