Car Wreck

'All Shook Up' FREDERICK, Md. - A jukebox musical featuring the music of Elvis Presley. Friday and Saturday evenings, and matinees on the first, third and fifth Sunday of each month and select Sunday evenings. Show continues through Saturday, June 5. Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, Willowtree Plaza, 5 Willowdale Drive. Tickets cost $41 to $45. To purchase tickets, call 301-662-6600. 'Beauty and the Beast' FREDERICK, Md. - The Fun Company presents "Beauty and the Beast.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A judge ruled this week that the state does not have to pay for experts a defense attorney wants to hire for his client, who is charged with driving drunk and causing a wreck that led to the deaths of his two passengers. Joshua D. Barrett, 20, of Hedgesville, W.Va., is charged with two felony counts of driving under the influence causing death. Police allege that at the time of the Sept. 4, 2001, wreck, Barrett's blood-alcohol level was .114.

Thumbs up to all of the law-enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day they're on duty for a paycheck that isn't nearly enough to justify the risk. They take guff from the people who dispute the ticket they got for speeding or whose rowdy children aren't "real criminals. " But when there's trouble and they don't arrive quickly, or worse, when they arrest someone whose parents have been making excuses for him or her for years, they are criticized. Thanks, officers, for all that you do. Thumbs up to all of the firefighters and the emergency medical services personnel who interrupt their sleep, their dinners and other family occasions to deal with the grisly aftermath of a car wreck, an assault or a fire.

Man injured in accident with all-terrain vehicle A 25-year-old man was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he fell off a four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle at the Mason-Dixon Dragway around 5:30 p.m. Friday. The victim, whose name, age and address were unavailable from Maryland State Police, was taken from the scene by ambulance and transferred to the state police helicopter in Myersville, Md., police said. His condition and details surrounding the incident could not be learned Friday night.

charlestown@herald-mail.com BARDANE, W.Va. - Being a 911 dispatcher has always been a hectic job, but it's even more so in this fast-paced communication age. Even the routine car wreck is a whole new experience, thanks to the cell phone. The thousands of cell phone users on area roads mean there are many new sets of eyes and ears ready to report emergencies. "For one accident, we can get as many as 20 calls," said Laura Pope, a 911 dispatcher in Jefferson County.

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martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg woman was airlifted out for treatment Monday morning after her vehicle crossed the median on Interstate 81 and hit the side of a tractor-trailer, according to police. The wreck happened when a woman driving a 1991 Subaru northbound near the 22-mile marker crossed the interstate's grass median and hit the side of a tractor-trailer heading south, according to Deputy K.L. Garrison of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department.

by Ric Dugan / staff photographer click on image to see enlargement SMITHSBURG - Josh Lester didn't know Charas Heurich well before she died following a car wreck last November, but now he feels like he really understands her. Lester and five other Smithsburg High School art students have designed a wall sculpture in her memory. They hope it will be displayed in an airy stairwell at the school where Charas made an indelible impression. "It's been a real spiritual experience.