AAA: Stronger guardrails needed after bus crashAAA Mid-Atlantic is calling for stronger guardrails on roads and bridges after a tour bus crash in Bethesda killed one and injured more than a dozen others.
A tour bus crashed through a guardrail on an Interstate 270 sky ramp Wednesday afternoon, plunging down a 45-foot embankment.
AAA said other similar incidents have occurred in recent years, including a pickup truck that crashed off a bridge overpass in Anne Arundel County and a tractor-trailer driver who died after his rig drove off a span of the Bay Bridge.
82 Fairfax burglary incidents linked
Fairfax County police are investigating 82 burglaries, thefts and attempted break-ins that authorities say are the work of one suspect.
Police had previously linked 65 cases to the suspect and said new incidents were reported this week. The robber is believed to have committed 53 burglaries or attempted burglaries. Police said the other 29 cases are thefts from vehicles or “suspicious noises.”
The person stole two handguns from a vehicle, but usually takes money, purses and other small items.
The thief typically enters homes through an unlocked door or window, police said, or breaks into unlocked cars or smashes a window and takes items in plain view. He is described as a man who is 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 150 to 175 pounds.
Hate-based vandalism in Wheaton
Montgomery County police are investigating a series of tire-slashings that have occurred for the past four years in Wheaton.
The victims have mainly been Hispanic and more than 18 victims have been identified. One Hispanic man has had his tires slashed at least 20 times over the past four years, police said.
Police said a suspect has been identified but not charged.
-Compiled by Emily Babay
