Car Accident

A 6-year-old girl was taken to Meritus Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening Monday afternoon after a car crash at U.S. 40 and Garland Groh Boulevard, a Maryland State Police spokeswoman said. A vehicle rolled over in the 12:32 p.m. crash, according to Sgt. Stacey Cain. No further information was available Monday night.

St. Andrew’s Church will host a 1.5-mile run Thursday to benefit Waynesboro’s Pregnancy Ministries Inc. in memory of a parishioner killed in a March 17 car accident. The run will start at 3:30 p.m. at the church and travel past Judy Clement’s house on Vista Drive, organizer Chris Manning said. Public support has been overwhelming, Manning said. Teenagers from the public schools’ track teams plan to participate, as do members of running club CFAR, she said. “We just decided to invite everyone.

A Franklin County, Pa., teenager who was seriously injured in an early August accident returned home Tuesday as expected, her father confirmed. Malory Weller, 17, left William Donald Schaefer Rehabilitation Center at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, according to Steve Weller of Little Cove, Pa. Weller said Malory was in “very good spirits” and “was very glad to be heading home.” Police reported that Malory was involved...

Two upcoming local blood drives have been dedicated to Karen Worthington, who was involved in a serious car accident just before she was to graduate with the class of 2003 at Clear Spring High School. Those drives are from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at the Maugansville Ruritan Building, and from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clear Spring, according to the American Red Cross chapter in Washington County. While a patient at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Karen received close to 50 units of blood, a Red Cross spokesman said.

Donovan Travis, 27, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died Saturday, May 11, 2013, as a result of a car accident. A memorial service with military honors will be Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. Burial will be private.

When David Warrenfeltz heard about the deaths of Williamsport High School sports standouts Brendon Colliflower and Samantha Kelly, he thought about how “eerily similar” the accident late Saturday on Rench Road was to the one that claimed his friend, Nick Adenhart. Warrenfeltz, coach of the Williamsport High School baseball team, was for years the catcher for Adenhart, who died along with two friends in a car accident April 9, 2009, in Fullerton, Calif., shortly after making his debut that year for the Los Angeles Angels.

Cumberland Valley Christian School teammates gather before their game with Heritage Academy Tuesday afternoon for a prayer in honor of their late teammates Ethan Gunnell and Timothy Madeiros, who were killed in a car accident Friday.

April Dawn Roberts, 40, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Jefferson County as a result of a car accident. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at South Berkeley Chapel in Inwood, W.Va. The service will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Pastor Garry Felton officiating. Burial will be private.   

On Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, Dr. Michael Alan Nemir passed away. Dr. Nemir was the beloved father of three daughters, MaryLou Hauver, Christina Nemir and Andrea Nemir, and is survived by four siblings. He also is survived by his long-term companion, Diane Estep; and her grandson, Michael. Dr. Nemir practiced pediatrics in Hagerstown with Dr. Ron Keyser and Dr. Albert Strauss from 1977 to 1993, when he was forced to retire after a car accident. He will be remembered for his great devotion to and fine care of his patients.

Members  of St. Maria Goretti High School's junior class presented the annual Prom Promise to the school community on April 19 at the school. The program is designed to provide a wake-up call about drinking and driving to the entire student body. The presentation was delivered the day before Goretti's prom. The theme of this year's Prom Promise was inspired by a grim statistic stating that every 15 minutes, someone dies in a car accident involving a drunken driver. Using that theme as a platform, junior class member and prom chair Taylor James, (along with the school's prom committee)

Donovan Travis, 27, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died Saturday, May 11, 2013, as a result of a car accident. A memorial service with military honors will be Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. Burial will be private.

Members  of St. Maria Goretti High School's junior class presented the annual Prom Promise to the school community on April 19 at the school. The program is designed to provide a wake-up call about drinking and driving to the entire student body. The presentation was delivered the day before Goretti's prom. The theme of this year's Prom Promise was inspired by a grim statistic stating that every 15 minutes, someone dies in a car accident involving a drunken driver. Using that theme as a platform, junior class member and prom chair Taylor James, (along with the school's prom committee)

St. Maria Goretti High School inducted its second class into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday in a luncheon at Fountain Head Country Club and later at the Mid-Atlantic Invitational Tournament at the Gael Center. Four individuals make up the induction class - Dave Russell, Tom Walsh, Kristen Ardinger Karn and Jennifer Tsetsilas Hartmann. The quartet represent four different sports. * Russell, a 1971 Goretti graduate, was a star on the basketball floor and is one of the most talented players to play at the Gael Center.

Veteran clarifies he didn't serve in World War II To the editor: This is to request your assistance to correct an error made during the Alsatia Mummers Parade on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. I was introduced over the public address system, near the reviewing stand, in front of Bester Elementary School. I was honored to be introduced, however, the error was a mistake or misunderstanding. During the introduction, it was stated that I served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

They received “the nightmare call of all parents,” Charles Hutchinson said. He and his wife, Cindy Hutchinson, received news at their Boonsboro home on Thanksgiving morning three years ago that their son, C.J., then 20, a U.S. Marine stationed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., had been in a car accident. Police assume he fell asleep at the wheel. The couple needed to get to the hospital there “ASAP.” After they arrived, a scan of C.J.'s brain showed no activity. Hospital staff asked if the family was interested in organ donation.

A total of 40 incidents were reported on Washington County roadways Monday, including 10 personal-injury crashes, a county Emergency Services dispatcher said. The car accidents were mostly minor in nature, although some people were transported to hospitals for their injuries, the dispatcher said. The list of accidents, which included a dumptruck rollover crash on Interstate 70 near Hagerstown, was compiled since midnight Monday through about 9 p.m., the dispatcher said. Showers and windy conditions swept through the area early Monday afternoon, dropping about 0.15 inches of rain, according to local weather observer Greg Keefer's website, i4weather.net . - C.J. Lovelace

On Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, Dr. Michael Alan Nemir passed away. Dr. Nemir was the beloved father of three daughters, MaryLou Hauver, Christina Nemir and Andrea Nemir, and is survived by four siblings. He also is survived by his long-term companion, Diane Estep; and her grandson, Michael. Dr. Nemir practiced pediatrics in Hagerstown with Dr. Ron Keyser and Dr. Albert Strauss from 1977 to 1993, when he was forced to retire after a car accident. He will be remembered for his great devotion to and fine care of his patients.

A Franklin County, Pa., teenager who was seriously injured in an early August accident returned home Tuesday as expected, her father confirmed. Malory Weller, 17, left William Donald Schaefer Rehabilitation Center at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, according to Steve Weller of Little Cove, Pa. Weller said Malory was in “very good spirits” and “was very glad to be heading home.” Police reported that Malory was involved...

Gail Elizabeth (Muir) Henderson, 48, of West Palm Beach, Fla., passed away Aug. 14, 2012, at Delray Medical Center in Delray, Fla., after sustaining severe injuries in a car accident. Born Sept. 9, 1963, in Cumberland, Md., she is the daughter of George L. and Georgiana M. Muir of Falling Waters, W.Va. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her daughter, Ashley Bradford of Lake Worth, Fla.; her son, Justin Henderson of Hagerstown, Md.; four brothers, Robert Muir and wife, Mary, of Tacoma, Wash., Michael Muir and wife, Brenda, of Clear Spring, Md.; Richard Muir of Falling Waters, W.Va.; and George A. Muir and wife, Coral, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; two nieces, Christine Muir of Williamsport, Md., and Sarah Muir of Clear Spring; and four grandchildren, Jaiden Everett and Bryson Caniford of Lake Worth, and Camden and Airity Henderson of Hagerstown.

“I would like to thank all those who assisted in one way or another during the first Alsatia Club poker run, held on June 30, 2012, in honor of Jeff Stine. Over $400 was raised for the Humane Society of Washington County. Thanks, once again, to all those who organized and participated.” - Clear Spring “Thumbs down to The Herald-Mail for singling out only one of the college students and other young folks who spoke out at the rail-trail meeting. There were a number of students who did so, with composure and conviction.