Wednesday, December 26, 2012
No injuries were reported at the scene of the incident, at the Route 100 exit.
A snow plow turned over on Route 29 at Route 100, according to the Howard County Police. The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. Thursday on the southbound side of the roadway, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. No injuries were reported and there were no other vehicles involved, according to police. The south off-ramp from Route 29 is currently closed, according to the SHA's interactive CHART map. Check CHART online for updates on roadway incidents across the state. "Treacherous travel conditions" are expected to continue into the night as a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain continues to fall, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Up to one inch of snow and sleet may accumulate Wednesday night, as well …
Monday, November 19, 2012
The move comes after two robberies were reported on the bridge in less than a month.
Howard County Police said Friday they would increase patrols on the Route 29 footbridge in Town Center after two robberies were reported in less than a month on the bridge. A man was reportedly robbed while walking across the Route 29 footbridge around 9 a.m. on Nov. 12 by two suspects who asked the man for a cigarette, then stole his iPhone and wallet, according to police. Police reported there was no indication the suspects were armed. The alleged robbery happened less than a month after a woman reported her iPhone was stolen by three suspects on the footbridge around 8:35 p.m. on Oct. 20. No arrests have been made in either case as of Friday, according to police. The bridge, which is enclosed by chainlink fencing, provides a link …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.
Columbia: Howard County Police are looking for three suspects in connection with a robbery on the Route 29 footbridge who may also have been involved with an attempted break-in on Swift Stream Place. Just before 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, police were called to the 10300 block of Swift Stream Place for reports of men turning doorknobs along the hallway. Police said a person reported hearing his doorknob turning and when he looked out of his door, he saw three suspects headed toward Little Pawtuxent Parkway About ten minutes later, police say two men approached a woman walking on the Route 29 footbridge Saturday at about 8:35 p.m. The men grabbed her purse, according to police, but when the woman did not let go, they reached into her pocket …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Man was only fatality in single-vehicle crash.
A West Laurel man is dead after being involved in a single-vehicle crash in Burtonsville over the weekend, according to Montgomery County Police. The incident occurred along Route 29 Saturday afternoon near Howard County when Glenn Clarence Mills II, 56, lost control of his vehicle and drove off the roadway into a ravine over a small creek just north of the Route 198 intersection, according to a report in The Gazette. Mills was taken to Laurel Regional Hospital but died later that day from his injuries. Montgomery County Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit are unsure why Mills veered off the road, but have said it is not a result of Friday’s storm and subsequent power outages, according to The Gazette. Witnesses of the crash …
Terri McCulley Hicks
1:23 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
Which is why people should stay home instead of venturing out in such conditions. Sunday... stay in... stay safe.... stay out of the way of these men and woman who are trying to do thier jobs. more ›