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‘Stay alive': Rideshare driver swerved across 495 as passenger was stabbing him
The wounds of the driver — a fit 32-year-old who has boxed, wrestled and done combat sports since childhood — show how he fought for his life.
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‘Stay alive': Rideshare driver attacked by passenger with knife on the Beltway
A rideshare driver may have saved his own life early Friday morning by swerving at high speed across lanes on the Capital Beltway in Maryland, trying to shake off a passenger who was stabbing him with a steak knife. Reporter Jackie Bensen spoke with that driver, only on News4.
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VDOT scraps bridge work after Beltway traffic mess, updates expected
The Virginia Department of Transportation canceled planned work on a bridge after commuters on Wednesday got stuck in terrible traffic. News4’s Melissa Mollet has an update.
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2 children and 2 adults injured, Beltway partially shuts down after Prince George's County crash
News4’s Paul Wagner shows a live look at the Beltway after a dump truck flipped and smashed into poles, leading to a partial shutdown.
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2 children and 2 adults injured, Beltway partially shuts down in Maryland after dump truck flips
Two children and two adults are hurt and the Capital Beltway was partially shut down after a dump truck flipped in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Monday morning, authorities say. The dump truck flipped on Interstate 495 at Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 4) at about 10:45 a.m., Prince George’s County Fire/EMS said. With the evening rush hour underway hours later,...
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Major crash partially shuts down Beltway in Prince George's County
A major crash involving a dump truck partially shut down the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County. Here’s a look from Chopper4.
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‘Didn't have to happen': Family blames Uber driver for new mother's Beltway death
The family of a new mother struck and killed on the Capital Beltway early Sunday believes an Uber driver is to blame, but Virginia State Police say they have no evidence she was dropped off on the interstate. The family of Vanessa and Michael Schwartz say the couple was in an Uber with a friend heading home after the...
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Questions about how new mother was killed on I-495
A new mother was struck and killed on the Capital Beltway early Sunday after getting out of an Uber with her husband and a friend. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has the latest on the investigation.
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Woman struck, killed on I-495 after first night out with husband since daughter's birth
A woman struck and killed on the Beltway early Sunday morning had just spent her first night out since her daughter was born eight months ago. Vanessa Schwartz was struck by a car after getting out of an Uber on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, her family said. She leaves behind her husband, Michael Schwartz, and their baby daughter,…
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Mother struck and killed on Beltway after getting out of Uber
A woman was struck and killed on the Beltway in Fairfax County Sunday morning following her first night out after having a daughter. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder friends and family.
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Woman run off the road in I-495 armed robbery after similar crime in College Park
A woman was robbed at gunpoint on the Beltway after being forced off the road just a half hour after a similar robbery in nearby College Park, Maryland, police said. The woman noticed a dark-colored car following as she passed the IKEA Way sign on Route 1 in Prince George’s County about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. As she got…
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2 women in cars robbed at gunpoint in Maryland
A woman was robbed at gunpoint on the Beltway after being forced off the road. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports it happened just a half hour after a similar robbery in nearby College Park.
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Multiple vehicles crash on Beltway Inner Loop near Falls Church, causing backups, officials say
Multiple vehicles crashed on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) in Fairfax County, Virginia on Wednesday morning, leading to a miles-long traffic backup, officials said. The crash happened in the Falls Church area near Interstate 66 and exit 49, according to the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) Program. “Incident is contained to the shoulder of the…
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Tree trimming foreman killed in Beltway hit-and-run
A worker was hit and killed on the Beltway in Montgomery County Wednesday morning. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on the search for the hit-and-run driver.
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Worker killed in hit-and-run on Beltway in Montgomery County
The foreman of a work crew was hit and killed on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday by a driver who fled, authorities say. Eric Lewis, of D.C., was the victim, Maryland State Police said. He was 57. Police say the driver of a 2021 Freightliner truck fled and was later identified as Jadien Ranard Jones, 39,…
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Prince George's students forced to get off school bus during fiery Beltway crash
At least 23 students were on board a Prince George’s County, Maryland, school bus when a car rear-ended the bus on the Capital Beltway Tuesday morning and caught fire, authorities say.
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Fatal pedestrian crash spurs big delays on Beltway OL near Camp Springs
A woman was killed on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway near Joint Base Andrews early Friday while walking near the interstate, Maryland State Police said. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.
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Virginia woman killed crossing Beltway near Joint Base Andrews: police
A Virginia woman was killed on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway near Joint Base Andrews early Friday while walking, Maryland State Police said. The investigation led to major traffic backups in the Camp Springs area. Kerri Snead was struck while trying to cross I-495 near Allentown Road about 2:30 a.m., police said. She was pronounced dead on the…
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Outer Loop backed up in Camp Springs early Friday
A fatal pedestrian crash shut down lanes of the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway near Allentown Road early Friday.
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Four people evaluated after tour bus crash on Beltway's Outer Loop
A tour bus crash on the Capital Beltway’s Outer Loop blocked lanes and may have left some hurt on Sunday, authorities said.