Maryland
Fines For Speeding In MD Work Zones To Double Starting June 1
MARYLAND — Fines for speed camera violations are set to spike on Saturday when a new law designed to better protect road workers goes into effect, the Maryland Department of Transportation reminded motorists this week.
Beginning June 1, fines will increase from $40 to $80, state officials said in a news release. The increase is part of the Maryland Road Worker Protection Act, which Gov. Wes Moore signed into law in April.
In January 2025, speed violation fines will then convert to a tiered system based on how fast the vehicle is traveling above the speed limit. Fines range from $60 to $500 and will double if road workers are present, state officials said.
The new law also allows speed cameras to be placed in more work zones across the state. In larger work zones, more than one camera may be deployed, officials said.
Cameras will be equipped with flashing blue lights to alert motorists, according to the state.
The new law was first introduced in January, 10 months after six highway workers were killed when a car traveling more than 120 mph struck them on the Baltimore Beltway.
“Last March, Marylanders stood with broken hearts from the work zone crash on I-695 in which six highway workers’ lives tragically ended in a moment,” Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller said at the bill signing in April, according to the Baltimore Banner. “It’s a moral imperative that we protect road workers who provide critical service.”
Between 2018 and 2022, there were 7,193 work zone crashes in Maryland, or roughly 1,500 each year, according to state data. Forty-four people were killed in those crashes and 2,769 were injured.
Many of the victims were highway workers, but others are drivers and their passengers. In 2023, 12 people died in work zone crashes and other eight have died so far in 2024. This includes 14 workers and six drivers and passengers, state officials said.
Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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