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Nobody was injured in an accident on Halfway Boulevard over Interstate 81 near Valley Mall on Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Crawford of the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. A Hyundai SUV collided with the back of a pickup truck, Crawford, who did not give his first name, said. Police responded to the accident at about 1:13 p.m. The left lane of Halfway Boulevard was temporarily closed  because both vehicles were in that lane. However, traffic was not backed up due to the accident, and the area was cleared by 1:47 p.m. - Caleb Calhoun, Mobile Journalist

One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon at the intersection of East Antietam and South Mulberry streets, Officer Thomas Cox of the Hagerstown Police Department said. The driver of a Hyundai Accent heading southbound on South Mulberry Street ran a red light and the Huyndai collided with a Honda Civic heading eastbound on East Antietam Street, Cox said. The driver of the Accent was taken to Meritus Medical Center, Cox said. Neither of the two people in the  Civic was injured, Cox said.

A 49-year-old Huntingdon County, Pa., man was killed in an auto accident Friday night on Pa. 641 west of Newburg, Pa., according to Pennsylvania State Police. Police said Kenneth E. Boyd Sr., of Shade Gap, was speeding in a 2005 Kia Optima while traveling west in the area of 8023 Newburg Road (Pa. 641) when he lost control and slid sideways into the eastbound lane about 5:19 p.m. A 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, being driven by Abigail Catherine Grix, 19, of Mifflintown, Pa., was traveling east and struck Boyd's vehicle, causing it to flip onto its roof and onto the hood of the Tiburon, police said.

Two traffic accidents within about a block of each other snarled traffic in the area of Frederick Street in Hagerstown. There appeared to be minor injuries in both crashes, Hagerstown Battalion Chief Justin Mayhue said. The first accident, at the intersection of Frederick and Mill streets, involved a Hyundai Sonata and a Blue-Gray tow truck. That accident closed the northbound lane of Frederick Street. The second accident took place at the intersection of Frederick Street and Memorial Boulevard.

FREDERICK, Md. - A Hedgesville, W.Va., man was charged Thursday after a high-speed chase in which a police cruiser was struck and the pursued vehicle repeatedly drove into oncoming traffic, Maryland State Police said. No one was hurt, police said. Paul Wayne Anders Jr., 30, was charged with numerous traffic offenses including attempting to elude police, speeding and reckless driving. He was also charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

Despite the onslaught of competitors that invaded the low end of the sport utility market over the last few years, Hyundai still manages to not only remain a viable alternative for American consumers in today's highly competitive marketplace, but grow in volume and market share. Last year Hyundai freshened, upgraded and refined the Santa Fe. Offered in GLS 2.7L, GLS 3.5L and Limited trim levels, the Hyundai SUV is propelled by the strong 2.7L Delta DOHC 24-valve V6 ? now the base engine ?

By SAMANTHA KRULEWITZ Staff Writer Some kids can't wait for the last day of school to be over. Others are anxious to see their grades. But at the Career Studies Center on Friday, everybody wanted a car. The car, a 1991 Hyundai Sonata, was the result of a year-long incentive program designed to increase attendance and academic performance, said Marie Bikle, a cosmetology teacher and creator of the program. "We are the only school that has the facilities and the ability to repair the car," Bikle said.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. A Chambersburg woman died early Saturday after her vehicle went across a highway median on Interstate 81 and struck a tractor and semi-trailer, Pennsylvania State Police said in a press release. Stacey Lynn Sawyer, 40, of Chambersburg, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release. The other driver, Bruce E. Hinman, 38, of Harrisburg, Pa., suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to Chambersburg Hospital, according to the release.

One teenager died and another teenager was in critical condition after a single-vehicle accident Saturday night in downtown Chambersburg, Chambersburg Police Department Chief David Arnold said Sunday. Jorge Adrian Navarro, 17, of 455 Madison Ave. in Chambersburg, was pronounced dead at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, according to a news release from Chambersburg police. A 13-year-old passenger was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center, where the teen was in critical condition with head and leg trauma, according to the news release sent Sunday afternoon.

A 16-year-old Cascade girl was struck by a car along eastbound Interstate 70 Monday morning after she was thrown from the sport utility vehicle she was driving west on the interstate, according to Maryland State Police. The girl, whose name was not available, was taken to Meritus Medical Center but she is expected to survive her injuries, said a state police spokesman. One state police officer said it was one of the most unusual accidents he had ever witnessed. The accident was reported at 8:26 a.m. and the eastbound lanes of the interstate were closed for about an hour, according to a Washington County 911 supervisor.