SOUTHBOUND I-270 SHUT DOWN

MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 270 NEAR ROUTE 121 WERE CLOSED AS OF 3:05 PM TODAY DUE TO AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH A TRACTOR-TRAILER OVERTURNED.

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 2 PM AND IT TOOK RESCUE WORKERS 45 MINUTES TO GET THE DRIVER OUT OF THE TRUCK. HIS INJURIES ARE THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS.

NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

TEEN GIRL GETS ADULT CHARGES FOR ORDERING HIT ON DAD

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM HAGERSTOWN IS NOW BEING CHARGED AS AN ADULT FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING THE STABBING DEATH OF HER FATHER.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, DANIELLE BLACK, 15, ASKED ONE OF HER MALE SCHOOLMATES TO KILL HER FATHER BECAUSE HE HAD ABUSED HER. BLACK WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED AS A JUVENILE EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR SOLICITATION OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF HER FATHER BILLY LEE BLACK.

AUTHORITIES REPORTED THAT NO SIGNS OF ABUSE WERE DISCOVERED. THE FATHER WAS FOUND DECEASED IN AN ALLEY BEHIND HIS OWN EARLIER THIS YEAR ON HALLOWEEN MORNING.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OK'S LIGHT RAIL OPTION

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE PROPOSED "PURPLE" LINE BEING DEVELOPED AS A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM WAS ENDORSED BY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS EARLIER TODAY.

THE NEW LINE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO CONNECT MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IS EXPECTED TO BE 16 MILES LONG WITH UP TO 22 STATIONS INCLUDING LOCATIONS IN SILVER SPRING, THE TAKOMA AND LANGLEY PARK AREAS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE LINE RUN TRAINS MOSTLY ABOVE GROUND. THE LINE IS STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND WILL NOT EXIST ANY TIME SOON. HOWEVER, THE PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING BOARD NEXT MONTH.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST