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Woman hurt when Jeep hits pole FREDERICK, Md. - A Frederick woman was seriously injured Thursday when the Jeep she was riding in struck a telephone pole and slid into Ballenger Creek, Maryland State Police said. Jill Osterling, 20, of Basford Road, was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where she was in serious but stable condition Thursday night. The driver, Shannon Michelle Greifzu, 22, of Motor Station Road in Rocky Ridge, Md., was charged with DWI and negligent driving, police said.

MERCERSBURG, Pa. -- There's no time to be graceful when you're sliding down a hill on cardboard and duct tape in less than 15 seconds. Most of the contraptions debuted Sunday demonstrated how the Cedar Ridge Wild & Wacky Cardboard Sled Derby got its name. The homemade sleds often spun their riders in circles or wedged themselves on snowy berms. Fifty-eight entrants submitted sleds big and small for the event hosted on the snowtubing hill at Whitetail Resort. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for Williamsport's Cedar Ridge Ministries and its ropes course.

Motorcyclist is taken to hospital after crash A motorcyclist was taken to Washington County Hospital Friday night after an accident on Harpers Ferry Road, Maryland State Police said. Maryland State Police Cpl. Jeff Kissner said the accident was reported about 8:15 p.m. in the 2800 block of Harpers Ferry Road, south of Sharpsburg. Kissner said he did not know the details of the accident, and he did not know the identity of the rider. He said preliminary information was that the rider did not sustain life-threatening injuries.

Six are injured in Fort Ritchie crash CASCADE - Six people were taken to Tri-State area hospitals Thursday evening after a vehicle crashed into a ditch, a Washington County 911 Center dispatcher said. The dispatcher said the crash, on Banfill Avenue inside the former Fort Ritchie U.S. Army base, was reported at 9:24 p.m. He said one person was seriously injured, two were moderately injured and three sustained minor injuries. All were taken to either Washington County Hospital or Waynesboro (Pa.)

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.

How you can help Send contributions to the Kelly Deater Fund, Home Federal Savings Bank Kelly Deater Fund 122-128 W. Washington St. P.O. Box 1179 Hagerstown, Md. 21741-1179 Account number: 21456437 By MEG H. PARTINGTON / Staff Writer With community support, Jeff Wilson hopes to buy one of his friends some freedom. The Hagerstown resident set up a fund at Home Federal Savings Bank for Kelly Deater, a Frederick, Md., man he met through one of Deater's aides.

By GREG SIMMONS / Staff Writer photo: JOE CROCETTA / staff photographer The temperature in Hagerstown hit 92 degrees Monday, but that didn't keep John Ahalt from his roofing job. Ahalt, a roofer with Tri-State Roofing and Siding, was about ready to take a break at noon. He had been on the job since 6 a.m. and planned to work until 4:30 p.m. [cont. from front page ] "My one complaint is you can't wear shorts," he said. "You want a job (roofing)

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