Sunday, June 21, 2009

Meanwhile, overnight in Charm City ...


Tornado Touches Down, Leaves Damage

In Essex, Md.

Meteorologist Bernadette Woods' Updated Forecast

Storm Damage Slideshow

ESSEX, Md. (WJZ) ― A fierce storm tears up trees, damaging homes and cars in Essex.

Suzanne Collins reports National Weather Services believes it was a tornado that caused the damage.

The funnel cloud touched down in two places about five miles apart in the Back River area, and it left a lot of wreckage in its wake.

A waterfront home on Brown Creek is crushed by a fallen tree pulled up by what the Weather Service believes was a tornado.

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6 Shot Near Bar Early Saturday Morning

BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― Gunshots rang out near Patterson Park Avenue, hitting six people.

Police say one person has died, one is in critical condition and the other four are being treated at the hospital.

The violence broke out on Oliver Street outside the Honey Hole Bar near closing time. According to police, at least one shooter approached from Patterson Park and began firing.

Police aren't yet saying what prompted the shooting spree.

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Multiple Fatalities Feared In Street Racing Crash

WOODLAWN, Md. (WJZ) ― Two people have been killed in a crash during illegal street racing in Baltimore County, police tell Eyewitness News.

State Police confirm one driver lost control, hitting two cars that were parked at the end of the illegal track. A group of people were standing at the finish line; some people were seated inside the cars.

Two people were struck and killed when that car lost control. One person sitting in one of the cars suffered injuries that are not life threatening.

One of the people killed is identified as 21-year-old Mary Kathryn Michele Abernathy, of Columbia. Her 20-year-old boyfriend, who lives in La Plata, was also killed. His identity is being withheld, pending notification of his family.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

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