Man blames wreck on wet paint left on road

A Baltimore County man said a public works crew that left wet paint on a rural road is to blame for a motorcycle crash last month that nearly killed him.

Thomas Poffenbarger, a city police officer, said he was driving home from work shortly before 3 a.m. July 16 when he had to navigate a curve on York Road just south of Phoenix Road. He crossed the freshly painted center line and began to skid to the right.