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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.
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American Legion Bridge will need to be replaced or overhauled within six years, officials say
“There are structural issues,” Morrison said. “Before the end of the decade, we will need to replace the American Legion Bridge.”
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These 2 locations are ‘hot spots' for Beltway accidents
Storm Team4 Meteorologist (and Science Teacher!) Ryan Miller analyzed accident data on the Beltway. Here’s what it revealed.
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Triple lane closure strategy on Beltway increases efficiency, SHA says
News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss looks at the project that closed three lanes on the Beltway and whether more projects are coming.
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‘He did a horrible thing to us': Speeding driver on Beltway killed 77-year-old, wounded 97-year-old
A 77-year-old man was killed and his 97-year-old father-in-law is seriously hurt after a driver rear-ended them on the Capital Beltway in Landover, Maryland, on Sunday, the family says. The driver was speeding, according to state police. Dannell Schwartz was heading to Florida with his wife and her father when the driver of a Ford Mustang crashed into them in…
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‘He did a horrible thing to us': Wife mourns man killed in crash on Beltway in Landover
A speeding driver slammed into the back of another car, killing a 77-year-old man and badly injuring a 97-year-old. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to the deceased man’s wife.
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1 killed in three-car crash on I-495 in Landover
A crash involving three cars left one man dead and closed several lanes of Interstate 495 in Landover, Maryland, on Sunday.