Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED A Damascus teen was killed in a one car crash in Damascus early today, according to Montgomery County Police. An off-duty Montgomery County police officer discovered the fatal crash in the 8100 block of Damascus Road shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday morning. According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, the 2006 Cadillac CTS […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue workers had to use rigging and ropes to rescue a victim whose car went down an embankment off Colesville Road Saturday afternoon. According to MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer a car went over an embankment off Colesville Road near Southwood Avenue about 4:30 p.m. and one person was trapped. Piringer said […]

UPDATED June 29 at 5 p.m.: Montgomery County police released the names of the individuals involved in the June 27 fatal collision at Shady Grove Road and Epsilon Drive. Police identified the driver of the tan Toyota Camry as Gerilynne Seigneur of the 16300 block of Grande Vista Drive in Rockville. The driver of the […]

A young child is being treated at a local hospital after being pulled from the Connecticut Belair Club pool this morning in Silver Spring. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, rescue crews responded to the scene for a possible drowning about 11:15 a.m. He said a lifeguard intervened in helping to rescue […]

A trash truck fire is snarling traffic along the southbound lanes of I-270 just north of I-370 in Gaithersburg. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said firefighters have applied foam to the fire but the trash load is now in the highway. Commuters are advised to expect delays and to seek an alternate route. Traffic […]

UPDATED, June 9, 12:15 p.m.- Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer says about six families will likely be displaced by the fire at the Chevy Chase Crest condominiums today. Piringer said no one was injured and the fire is out. Original –  Several homes have been evacuated in the 1700 block of East West […]

UPDATED Montgomery County fire and rescue crews responded to a serious car accident at Scenery Drive and Germantown Road on Sunday evening. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that the driver was trapped inside a vehicle that struck a tree. According to Piringer, the 28-year-old man was extricated from […]

UPDATED, June 5, 12:45 p.m.- A 21-year-old Virginia man who went swimming on June 3 in the Potomac River near Great Falls is still missing. According to Montgomery County and Fire Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer, the man is presumed drowned, but search efforts continued for the third day as Montgomery County Fire Rescue Search Teams […]

  A water rescue is underway at this hour in the Potomac River near Great Falls, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there was a report of two people in the water. He said the swift water rescue team has been deployed. According to Piringer, one person […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal collision that occurred at Muncaster Mill and Bowie Mill roads last night in the Rockville area. It happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Muncaster Mill Road south of Olde Mill Run. Police said the collision involved two vehicles, a black 2014 Ford Focus and a white Ford Taurus. […]