Maryland

A mother of three was killed in a hit-and-run Friday night on a Maryland road nicknamed “the highway of death.” Loretta Lynn Canter, 40, was hit in the northbound lanes of Route 210 near Farmington Road in Accokeek about 9:50 p.m. Friday, Prince George’s County police said. “We’re very devastated and we’re very, just so upset on her passing...

A mother of three was killed in a hit-and-run Friday night on a Maryland road nicknamed “the highway of death.” News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to her family. (CORRECTION: Route 210 Traffic Safety Committee started tracking them in 2007, not 2017 as was stated in this report.)

A woman charged with hitting and killing a WSSC Water employee while he was working in Montgomery County, Maryland, had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit and officers found a half-empty bottle of alcohol in her front passenger seat, police say.

A 7-year-old boy riding on a Maryland highway with his grandmother climbed out of his car seat, fell out a window, and was hit and killed by an oncoming car whose driver sped off, authorities say.

A 7-year-old boy riding in a car with his grandmother climbed out of his car seat, fell out a window, and was hit and killed by an oncoming car whose driver sped off, Maryland State Police say, sharing new details about the tragedy.

The parents of a Charles County, Maryland, second grader injured in a school bathroom incident plan to sue the school system. School officials say an alleged accident during horseplay left the boy hanging on a stall hook at Barnhart Elementary School in Waldorf a week-and-a-half ago. He had to be rushed to the hospital. The family says they’re still...

The parents of a Charles County, Maryland, second grader injured in a school bathroom incident plan to sue the school system. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with the family.

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A 7-Eleven in New Carrollton, Maryland along Annapolis Road was broken into on Monday shortly after 3 a.m., according to police. News4’s Megan McGrath shows the damage done to the store and the ATM.  

A man died in a house fire in Brentwood, Maryland early Sunday morning as crews worked around extreme hoarding conditions to extinguish the fire. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

An elderly man died in a house fire in Brentwood, Maryland early Sunday morning, according to Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department. Firefighters responded to the 3400 block of Webster Street at 12:39 a.m. where they found the first floor of the duplex in flames. “It was definitely scary,” said a neighbor. “We heard the banging. My daughters were…

Montgomery County’s “Girls on the Run” 5K Celebration encourages girls to exercise themselves not only physically, but mentally too. News4’s Derrick Ward talks to a teacher and some of the girls at the event. 

News4’s Molette Green and Adam Tuss talks to local business owner Floyd “Beau” Wheeler Jr. about developing “Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company” in Upper Marlboro, Maryland and how it was inspired by a gift from his father. 

One man is dead after a home in Brentwood, Maryland went up in flames early Sunday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

The serious injuries a second grader suffered in an elementary school bathroom were not the result of a hate crime, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The student was hurt while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside C. Barnhart Elementary School, school officials said. Investigators reviewed reviewed security video and interviewed witnesses and others with knowledge about the case,...

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run Thursday night in Oxon Hill. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the victim and the search for the driver.

A Maryland police officer was struck head on by a suspected drunken driver while on duty early Thursday morning. The Laurel officer’s SUV was struck by a dark-colored Kia about 2:30 a.m. on Van Dusen Road near Laurel Oaks Lane while he was responding to a call, police said. The officer was taken to a hospital and is home...

A Maryland police officer who was badly injured in a crash that totaled his cruiser is recovering. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports investigators blame a suspected drunken driver.

A Maryland task force created to stop illegal car rallies has made dozens of arrests and recovered multiple guns over the past several months. The rallies that can block roads or take over parking lots can draw hundreds of spectators to watch drivers do doughnuts, burn tires and squeal wheels have drawn noise complaints and even turned deadly. In Prince…

Illegal car rallies have disrupted communities in the D.C. area for years. News4’s Darcy Spencer learned police have made dozens of arrests and recovered multiple guns during their investigations.