Accident

A Boonsboro man who pleaded guilty to causing the death of another man in an alcohol-related traffic accident last year was released from prison Monday after serving fewer than two weeks of a four-year sentence. Bryan May, 45, of 103 Tiger Way, appeared before Judge Daniel P. Dwyer on Monday in Washington County Circuit Court for a sentence-modification hearing. The terms of May's release were agreed upon during a hearing in Circuit Court on March 19, when May pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal negligent manslaughter vehicle/vessel and driving/attempting to drive a vehicle while under the influence.

Area high school baseball coaches whose teams competed against those coached by Ronald Clatterbuck knew they were often in for a hard-fought battle. Clatterbuck, a former Berkeley Springs, W.Va., High School baseball coach, came at games with “every ounce of energy he had” and the enthusiasm was evident in his players, some of those coaches said Sunday. Clatterbuck, 75, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday afternoon in a boating accident while he and his son, Ross, and grandson, Chasen, were fishing on the Cacapon River, according to Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh.

Dozens of people clamored around the small stage inside the ballroom at American Legion Post 211 in Funkstown, eager to hear 12-year-old Drake Fignar perform. Skillful beyond their years, Drake and friend Anthony Pappas played “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd before the audience. But also for Drake's father, Jeffrey Scott Fignar, who watched via Skype on a computer resting on a table about 25 feet away. Fignar, who is diabetic, suffered a brain injury and has been paralyzed since a 2011 car accident that threatened his life.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 81 just north of the Pennsylvania-Maryland border were temporarily shut down for about an hour Friday evening due to a one-vehicle rollover accident, according to Franklin County (Pa.) Emergency Services. No injuries were reported in the accident, which was dispatched about 4:45 p.m., a dispatcher said. Pennsylvania State Police and fire units cleared the scene just before 6 p.m. The crash happened near the 1-mile marker of I-81, north of Exit 1 (Mason-Dixon Road)

A Washington County Sheriff's Office officer hit a guardrail on Interstate 81 on Tuesday morning in an accident that might have been caused by icy conditions, officials said. Washington County Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore said it appears Tim Atwell encountered black ice when his police car went into the guardrail. Atwell's vehicle sustained minor damage and Atwell was not hurt, according to Mullendore. The accident occurred about 7:30 a.m. at about the 10-mile marker on southbound I-81, a Washington County 911 supervisor said.

One person was flown to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident Saturday evening at the intersection of Grade Road and Williamsport Pike near Falling Waters, a Berkeley County Emergency Services supervisor said. The supervisor said the accident was reported at 6:10 p.m. A second person was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, according to the supervisor. West Virginia State Police said Saturday night that further details were unavailable.

Rescue workers responded Saturday evening to a minor hang glider accident off High Rock Road in the Pen Mar area, a Washington County Emergency Services supervisor said. The supervisor said no one was injured when the pilot tried to take off and got stuck in a clump of trees. The accident was reported at 6:58 p.m.

Traffic is snarled in the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 west of Hagerstown while rescue workers respond to a minor accident that was reported at 6:41 p.m. Friday, a Washington County Emergency Services supervisor said. The supervisor said the accident was reported at the 6-mile marker, which is just south of Salem Avenue. Further details were not immediately available.

A Boonsboro man who pleaded guilty in the death of another man in an alcohol-related traffic accident last July was sentenced to serve four years in prison Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court. But Bryan May, 45, of 103 Tiger Way, likely will serve fewer than two weeks of that sentence. Under a contract that was agreed upon before Tuesday's sentencing hearing, the family of the late Bradley Christman agreed that May be sentenced to prison for the remainder of this month, then return to court on April 1 for a sentence modification hearing.

One person was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer accident on I-81 north of Maugansville, according to Maryland State Police. The accident happened shortly before 3 a.m. when the driver of the tractor-trailer, John Kluka, of Dover, Pa., fell asleep at the wheel while heading southbound on I-81, state police said in a news release. The tractor-trailer went off the roadway and down the embankment, police said. Kluka was taken to Meritus Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release.