Montgomery Community Media

Update (Oct. 1): Montgomery County Police Department released the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash on Sept. 26. MCPD said in a news release, the “Collision Reconstruction Unit have identified the victim in Sunday’s fatality as 40-year-old Ernesto Abel Blanco Rodriguez of Havre De Grace.” Havre De Grace is located in Hartford County, Md. […]

A 24-year-old Silver Spring man was killed after ejecting from his motorcycle Aug. 26 in a two-vehicle collision. According to Montgomery County Police detectives from the Collision Reconstruction Unit, a blue and black 2005 Yamaha R6 motorcycle was traveling westbound on Norbeck Road at Layhill Road in Aspen Hill at 8 p.m. when  it struck […]

Hundreds of Rolling Thunder motorcyclists passed by the Wootton Parkway overpass on southbound I-270 in Rockville on Sunday. They were on the way to Washington DC where they congregate annually during Memorial Day weekend. Rolling Thunder is a non-profit organization with more than 90 chartered chapters throughout the United States and members abroad. Rolling Thunder […]

A 55-year-old Pennsylvania man riding a motorcycle on Shady Grove Road died after he collided with a car trying to make a left turn onto Crabbs Branch Way, a Montgomery County police statement said. Michael Barchuk, of Cannon Drive in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, police […]

UPDATED  Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a motorcyclist that occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning at Connecticut Avenue and Thornapple Street. According to police, the preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of a 2004 GMC Yukon was making a left turn from southbound Connecticut Avenue onto eastbound Thornapple Street […]

A Silver Spring man was killed in a motorcycle crash that occurred Sunday afternoon in Spencerville, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. on Jan. 3rd.  That’s when police said 42-year-old Joe Odeh Dababneh was traveling east on Spencerville Road on a silver, 2004 Yamaha. According to police, a […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that involved a motorcyclist and a Ride On bus. It happened around 6:11 a.m. on Wednesday morning in Bethesda. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the motorcyclist, identified as 35-year-old Francis Plati, Jr. of Virginia, was operating a 2001 Suzuki and was traveling south on […]