Pickup Truck

A Falling Waters, W.Va., man died Friday when the pickup truck he was driving hit a tractor-trailer parked on a shoulder along Interstate 68 and then struck a pedestrian, Maryland State Police in Hagerstown said. Matthew P. Butts, 23, of 51 Mobil Court was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Butts was driving a 2004 Ford F-250 pickup truck east on I-68 near Creek Road, when the truck went onto the right shoulder for an unknown reason and hit the rear of a parked tractor-trailer, police said.

Three Myersville residents drowned Tuesday night near Catoctin Creek after they were swept from the bed of a pickup truck driven by a man who had rescued them from a car stranded in high water. Read the full story in Thursday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

FREDERICK, MD. ? A Frederick County Public Schools bus driver was charged with malicious destruction of property after he drove a school bus into the side of a pickup truck driven by his father-in-law Thursday, according to a Maryland State Police press release. No students were on the bus at the time of the collision, police said. Dale Allan Tressler, 38, of the 11000 block of Liberty Road in Frederick, still was employed by the FCPS transportation department, but is on administrative leave, a transportation spokeswoman said Friday afternoon.

Four teenage girls were drinking alcohol before they stole a pickup truck and crashed it on Mission Road early Sunday, leaving one girl dead and seriously injuring her sister, West Virginia State Police Trooper Joseph Bush said Monday. Read the full story in Tuesday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

A Hagerstown man was apprehended Wednesday night following a chase in Maryland and West Virginia that reached speeds of 80 mph, according to the Sgt. Mark Knight of the Washington County Sheriff's Department. Knight said an officer noticed a Toyota pickup with a multi-purpose tag parked outside a gas station and convenience store on West Washington and Nottingham streets. Suspecting the tag might be false, the officer ran a check on the license plate and found out the pickup truck had been reported stolen.

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - A 28-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed Monday night when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck that was turning left into a parking lot in Southampton Township, according to police. Donald Sluyter Jr., 28, of Shippensburg, was pronounced dead as medics were taking him by ambulance to Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper H. Gonglik. Police said the collision happened around 9:45 p.m. as Sluyter was heading east on South Fayette Street in Shippensburg.

The driver of a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was killed Thursday night when the truck was struck by an oncoming pickup truck on Mapleville Road (Md. 66) at Pacer Road, according to Maryland State Police. State police said Thursday night they could not release the name of the driver who was killed because the person's family members had not been notified. The crash, which was reported at 6:17 p.m., occurred when a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven Bryan May, 45, of Tiger Way in Boonsboro, was traveling south on Mapleville Road, state police said.

Driver charged after 40-mile high-speed chase By KIMBERLY YAKOWSKI kimy@herald-mail.com A Martinsburg, W.Va.-area man was in custody after leading police on a high-speed chase about 40 miles through residential areas and an orchard before crashing his car and fleeing on foot Saturday morning. Bobby Lee Stotler, 25, was charged with two felony crimes, fleeing while under the influence of alcohol in a vehicle and holding/hostage taking. He also was charged with 19 misdemeanor traffic charges, including destruction of property, resisting arrest, driving revoked-non DUI, failure to stop at a stop sign, reckless driving, no insurance, no registration, no motor vehicle inspection sticker, unsecured load, fleeing on foot while DUI and failure to drive with care.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com CHARLES TOWN, W.VA. - Three people were injured Monday afternoon when a tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck with a camper in its bed on U.S. 340 near the Rainbow Diner, south of Charles Town. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Deputy R.S. Sell said a man in the camper and his mother were airlifted in separate helicopters to Fairfax Inova Hospital in Virginia. Their conditions could not be obtained because Sell would not release their names.

charlestown@herald-mail.com A 44-year-old Hedgesville, W.Va., man who died in a two-car accident on Hammonds Mill Road Sunday afternoon was the husband of the woman who was stabbed to death in the Hedgesville post office in June, police said Monday. Michael Crissy, 44, of 1232 Oak Grove School Road, died when his Ford Escort station wagon collided head-on with a pickup truck on Hammonds Mill Road about 4:54 p.m. Sunday, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department said. Crissy was the husband of Cathy Crissy, 43, of Hedgesville, who was found dead on the floor in the front lobby of the Hedgesville post office on June 4. Cathy Crissy had suffered several stab wounds, police said.