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chambersburg@herald-mail.com FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. - A Waynesboro, Pa., woman died Tuesday in York (Pa.) Hospital of injuries she received in a vehicle accident Sunday evening in Guilford Township, according to the York County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police. Anna M. Monn, 54, of 8814 Tomstown Road, died at 4:04 p.m. of hemorrhaging from multiple blunt force trauma received in a vehicle accident, according to the coroner's office. Police said Monn was driving a 1983 Mercury Sable shortly after 6 p.m. when she pulled from a stop sign on Hickory Drive into the path of a 2001 Jeep driven by Eric Crider, 26, of Fayetteville.

The state fire marshal's office was investigating the cause of a suspicious fire that destroyed a Jeep Saturday morning in Keedysville, Sharpsburg Fire Capt. Darryl Benner said. No one was injured in the fire, Benner said. Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Co. was called to the fire on Dogstreet Road at 4:56 a.m. Saturday, Benner said. The Jeep, which has not been driven for a few weeks, was facing the front of a garage to the rear of 42 S. Main St., Benner said. The Jeep and garage belong to the owner of 42 S. Main St., which is at the corner of South Main Street and Dogstreet Road, he said.

Nobody was injured in an accident on the 17000 block of Garland Groh Boulevard on Wednesday morning, Officer TL Crouse of the Hagerstown Police Department said. The driver of a pickup truck heading northbound on Garland Groh Boulevard attempted to move from the left lane into the right lane and collided with a Jeep in the right lane, Crouse said. Both vehicles were able to be driven away from the scene Police responded to the accident at 8:50 a.m. The scene was cleared by 9:15 a.m. Traffic was not affected by the accident.

Small sport-utility vehicles are in a big growth market. Sales of compact SUVs soared to more than 500,000 units in calendar year 2006, up 34 percent over 2005 levels. By some estimates, this segment will double from its current level by 2010, and triple by 2016. With that in mind, it's no surprise that every automaker is busy developing a compact SUV - or two. On the heels of its car-based, Compass sport-utility, Jeep now follows with its second new compact sport utility for the 2007 model year - the Patriot.

charlestown@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A woman holding onto the windshield wipers rode on the hood of a Jeep for about a block after being struck by the vehicle Saturday afternoon near the intersection of John and Raleigh streets, said a Martinsburg Police Department spokesman. The woman fell off the Jeep after the driver slammed on the brakes, said Sgt. Glenn Macher. The victim, Uniqua Ratford, 21, of Rock Cliff Drive, Martinsburg, was taken to City Hospital.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail publishes "A Life Remembered. " This continuing series takes a look back - through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others - at a member of the community who died recently. Today's "A Life Remembered" is about Paul William Johnson Jr., who died March 12 at the age of 82. His obituary appeared in the March 13 editions of The Morning Herald and The Daily Mail. During his service in two wars, Paul W. Johnson Jr. drove a Jeep for many well-known military figures and met others including George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

HAGERSTOWN -- An 8-year-old boy was in critical condition Wednesday night at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., after a skateboard accident at 440 N. Prospect St. earlier in the day, according to a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman. The accident occurred at about 5:45 p.m., when three juveniles were hanging onto a Jeep while riding skateboards, Sgt. Chad Woodring said late Wednesday. The 8-year-old boy lost his balance, and it is believed he was struck by the Jeep, Woodring said.

The Hagerstown Police Department was investigating a report of a gunshot Thursday night at Murph Avenue and Jonathan Street, Lt. Timothy Wolford said. The shot, reported at 8:21 p.m., apparently caused a red jeep to crash into a construction fence on Murph Avenue, Wolford said. Witnesses said they saw two people running from the Jeep and a white and blue pickup truck fleeing the area, he said. Police were unable to find any suspects, Wolford said.

Nobody was injured in an accident on Mapleville Road at Spur Road Monday afternoon, Trooper Cain of the Maryland State Police said. The accident happened when a Honda Fit on Mapleville Road southbound collided with the back of a Jeep turning left onto Spur Road, Cain said. Spur Road was blocked off from Mapleville Road after the accident but reopened by 12:45 p.m. The Jeep SUV had a flat back tire with minor damage to the back and was being towed away on Spur Road. The Honda Fit was down off the side of Spur road with major front-end damage.

GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. - A man died Friday afternoon in a head-on collision on W.Va. 51 west of Gerrardstown, West Virginia State Police Sgt. G.S. Petsko said. Petsko said the man, whose identity he could not provide, died at the scene of the accident, reported about 3:30 p.m. The man was eastbound on W.Va. 51 in a Chevrolet HHR when a westbound Jeep crossed the center line of the two-lane highway and struck the Chevrolet head-on, Petsko said. Petsko said the passenger in the Chevrolet and the driver of the Jeep both were transported to City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va.

The state fire marshal's office was investigating the cause of a suspicious fire that destroyed a Jeep Saturday morning in Keedysville, Sharpsburg Fire Capt. Darryl Benner said. No one was injured in the fire, Benner said. Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Co. was called to the fire on Dogstreet Road at 4:56 a.m. Saturday, Benner said. The Jeep, which has not been driven for a few weeks, was facing the front of a garage to the rear of 42 S. Main St., Benner said. The Jeep and garage belong to the owner of 42 S. Main St., which is at the corner of South Main Street and Dogstreet Road, he said.

Several traffic accidents were reported around Washington County on Tuesday morning as rain drenched the area, making roads slippery. One person was taken to the hospital after an accident involving a Jeep and a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Hopewell Road and Halfway Boulevard, Sgt. Daniel Henley of the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. Both vehicles were turning left from Hopewell Road onto Halfway Boulevard eastbound in parallel lanes, Henley said. The tractor-trailer, which was in the outer lane, turned too sharply, forcing the Jeep into the median, according to Henley.

Nobody was injured in an accident on the 17000 block of Garland Groh Boulevard on Wednesday morning, Officer TL Crouse of the Hagerstown Police Department said. The driver of a pickup truck heading northbound on Garland Groh Boulevard attempted to move from the left lane into the right lane and collided with a Jeep in the right lane, Crouse said. Both vehicles were able to be driven away from the scene Police responded to the accident at 8:50 a.m. The scene was cleared by 9:15 a.m. Traffic was not affected by the accident.

There were no injuries in an accident on Halfway Boulevard over I-81 Thursday morning, Deputy Aaron Horton of the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. The accident happened  at 7:15 a.m. when a Toyota 4Runner exiting from I-81 southbound onto Halfway Boulevard eastbound spun out of control, Horton said. The 4Runner hit the median on Halfway Boulevard over I-81 and struck a Jeep on the other side of the road, Horton said. The left lane of Halfway Boulevard has now been reopened over I-81.

A 40-year-old woman died from injuries she received in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Berkeley County, police said. Joyce A. Morris, address unavailable, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in the 8000 block of Apple Harvest Drive, Berkeley County Sheriff's Lt. W.A. Johnson said in a news release. Morris was a passenger in a westbound 1992 Honda Accord, which turned left and into the path of a 1988 Jeep that was traveling east, according to the news release.

Nobody was injured in an accident on Mapleville Road at Spur Road Monday afternoon, Trooper Cain of the Maryland State Police said. The accident happened when a Honda Fit on Mapleville Road southbound collided with the back of a Jeep turning left onto Spur Road, Cain said. Spur Road was blocked off from Mapleville Road after the accident but reopened by 12:45 p.m. The Jeep SUV had a flat back tire with minor damage to the back and was being towed away on Spur Road. The Honda Fit was down off the side of Spur road with major front-end damage.

Two Hagerstown women have been charged in connection with the burglary of a home Monday night. Audrey Renee Haupt, 35, and Jessica Lynn White, 28, both of 551 W. Church St., were charged with one count each of first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary and theft over $1,000, according to a Hagerstown Police Department news release. Police said they are not releasing the address of the residence to prevent further burglaries. Officers said they responded to the house at 10:07 p.m. and found a gray Jeep driving away.

The condition of a Cascade man has been upgraded after he was injured in a Jeep accident Sunday morning on Foxville Road east of Appalachian Court in Washington County. Lonnie Kevin Rabbitt, 45, was listed in fair condition Monday at Meritus Medical Center east of Hagerstown, a hospital spokeswoman said. Rabbitt was critically injured when he was ejected from the 1998 Jeep Wrangler that he was driving east on Foxville Road (Md. 77) around midnight Sunday, Maryland State Police said.

A Hagerstown man was taken to Meritus Medical Center Sunday after the Jeep he was driving overturned on westbound Interstate 70 and he was ejected from it, Maryland State Police said. Thomas Browning, 26, was driving a Jeep Wrangler when, around 1:44 a.m. Sunday, the Jeep left the highway, hit a guardrail and overturned near the Downsville Pike exit, according to a news release from the state police. Browning was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the Jeep, police said.

The Hagerstown Police Department was looking for the driver of a green Jeep who didn’t stop after the vehicle struck a utility pole Wednesday morning in the 300 block of Key Avenue, Officer W.D. Oates said. Police were waiting for Hagerstown’s City Light workers to fix the severed utility pole and to repair a downed wire that fell as a result of the accident. Oates said witnesses told police that after the Jeep struck the pole the driver continued heading north on Key Avenue.