Sunday, September 2, 2012
From the speeders to the speed camera vandals, Maryland drivers made headlines this week.
Derailment Cost $2.2 Million, Says CSX A complete report could take an entire year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Main Street Bustling After Train Derailment Shoppers came out to support local businesses after a week marred by tragedy. Speed Camera Vandal Apologizes, Pleads Guilty Bruce May said what he did was "very, very stupid." Columbia's Brown Shedding Stigma, May Start for Titans Wilde Lake High School grad Zach Brown may be given a starting opportunity at linebacker with the Tennessee Titans. Columbia Car Dealer Sentenced in Fraud Scheme A used car dealer used money he obtained illegally to pay for vacations, clothing, dining and entertainment, officials said. Baltimore/DC: Worst Drivers in America Find out …
Monday, August 27, 2012
A complete report could take an entire year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
CSX has estimated the cost of last week's train derailment in Ellicott City, and the subsequent clean-up, at $2.2 million, according to a statement from the National Transportation Safety Board. In addition to the cost, NTSB announced that the initial investigation of signal systems and personnel is complete and all rail equipment was recovered. The time estimate of the derailment was also changed to 11:56 p.m., which is slightly earlier than initial reports. A preliminary report on the cause of the train derailment is anticipated within the next two weeks, according to The Jacksonville Business Journal. An NTSB spokesperson told The Journal that another more detailed report could take at least a year to be released. For more news on the …
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The devastation from the train derailment in Ellicott City is still making waves in Howard County.
Supporters Rally Around Ellicott City After Deadly Train Derailment After two full days of road closures, many Main Street businesses are aching for customers. WATCH: Crews Remove Ellicott City Train Wreckage Twenty-one trains cars were toppled by a derailment in Ellicott City on Monday. Savage Man Stabbed in North Laurel Thursday Night Police say one man is dead after an argument turned physical at a mobile home park in North Laurel. Victim Scares Away Armed Would-Be Carjacker Police say a victim scared a suspect away with the suspect's gun after he attempted to steal the victim's car. Attorney: Husband to Blame in Animal Deaths The attorney for a Columbia woman accused of being responsible for 40 dead animals found in a townhome says the…
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Patch readers weigh-in on dealing with the train derailment in Ellicott City and the loss of two young women.
Many questions have yet to be answered as investigators continue to look into the tragic train derailment in Ellicott City that killed two young women Monday night. Patch readers have expressed a range of thoughts and emotions about coping with loss and preventing such disasters in the future. Here are some of their most thought-provoking comments: Cause of Death Released in Train Derailment Tragedy "To deal with a tragedy like this is so difficult. To have it played out in the media is an even more difficult burden. To have your children's lives inspected and analyzed and commented on by strangers must be such an additional heartbreak." --EL Danger on the Tracks: Ellicott City Debates a Longtime Practice "You won't stop the determined but…
Friday, August 24, 2012
Find out when the main artery through historic downtown is set to reopen following a fatal train derailment early Tuesday morning.
Howard County officials have announced that Main Street in Ellicott City is set to reopen at 7 p.m. Friday night. The road has been closed since early Tuesday morning when a train derailed, causing the death of two young women. Those two women, Elizabeth Conway Nass and Rose Mayr, both 19, of Ellicott City, died in the incident after they were "buried under the coal as it dumped from the train cars," Howard County police said. Local blogger Tom Coale has initiated a Main Street Appreciation Weekend this weekend, saying in a Facebook announcement: Let's help our local businesses get back on their feet after a tough year. Find a way to eat, drink, or buy something sold by one of our Downtown Ellicott City Merchants this weekend. Related …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
After two full days of road closures, many Main Street businesses are aching for customers.
The sun is shining, parking lot F has some open spaces, and most of the shops on Ellicott City's Main Street, a regional tourism destination, are open for business. “I’d hope that people would come on down and walk down [to lower Main Street],” Sue O’Connor said, standing behind the counter at The Wine Bin. “It’s lovely weather. Go shopping.” Two days after a CSX train derailed in Ellicott City, killing two 19-year-old women and shutting down Main Street at the Baltimore County Border, business is picking up in the Historic District. Slowly. Business at the Wine Bin was not too adversely affected, O'Connor said, because the store's location near Ellicott Mills Road, right next to parking lot F. Other businesses have felt the squeeze. …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Services will be held in Ellicott City, where both victims grew up.
Funeral services have been scheduled for the two 19-year-old women killed Tuesday morning when a freight train derailed in Ellicott City. Two viewing services are scheduled Friday, Aug. 24 for Rose Louese Mayr at Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home; one from 3 - 5 p.m. and one from 7 - 9 p.m. Mayr's funeral will be held at Bethany United Methodist Church on Sat., Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. A visitation is scheduled for Elizabeth Conway Nass Thursday, Aug. 23 from 5 - 8 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection. A memorial mass will be held at Ressurection on Friday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. Both Ellicott City residents and 2010 graduates of Mount Hebron High School, Mayr was studying at University of Delaware and lived in Newark, DE. Nass was a student at …
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
An Ellicott City train derailment killed two teens early Tuesday morning.
National officials leading the probe into why a CSX train derailed early Tuesday morning in Ellicott City, resulting in the death of two teens, said they are investigating what caused the incident. “I can't speculate on that right now; it's day one," said Jim Southworth, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), during a press conference in downtown Ellicott City Tuesday. When Patch asked whether the two teens' presence on the tracks caused the derailment, Southworth said: "I don’t know anything about that at this time. It’s another area that we’ll look into quite closely." Elizabeth Conway Nass and Rose Mayr, both 19, of Ellicott City, died in the Tuesday 12:02 a.m. incident in which the train passed behind them on …
Twenty-one trains cars were toppled after a train derailed in Ellicott City on Monday.
According to Howard County Police, days of work are still ahead for clean-up crews after a train derailment toppled 21 train cars full of coal and killed two young women late Monday. Crews operated cranes and shoveled machinery Tuesday in downtown Ellicott City to remove the spilled coal and tow away the parts of the train destroyed in the incident. For more news on the Ellicott City train derailment, follow these links: Two Young Women Dead in Ellicott City Train Derailment Police: Teens Who Died in Trail Derailment Were Buried Under Coal Train Derailment Victims Had One Week Before Returning to College
Officials say more than 20 cars derailed.
OUTSIDE BALTIMORE, MD -- Updated 8/21 5:07 p.m. Two young women one week away from going back to college died at the site of a CSX train derailment Monday night in Ellicott City, officials have confirmed. Elizabeth Conway Nass and Rose Mayr, both 19, of Ellicott City, died in the incident after they were buried under the coal as it dumped from the train cars, Howard County Police Spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said Tuesday. Police said investigators located the bodies of teens “seated on the edge of a bridge over Main Street.” The train that derailed did so after after passing a few feet behind the two young women who were sitting on the edge of a bridge over Main Street, police said. CSX offered its condolences. "Two young women tragically…
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