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Md. tractor-trailer driver dies in fiery crash not far from home

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON — A tractor-trailer driver from Montgomery County, Maryland died in neighboring Frederick County after his rig struck a guardrail and burst into flames late Monday. Karl Eugene Neal, 59, of Dickerson, Maryland died at the scene on Md. 80/Fingerboard Road in Urbana, according to Maryland State Police. The crash involving a 2016 Peterbuilt tractor-trailer occurred at 10:45 p.m. on Fingerboard Road east of Park Mill Road. Fingerboard Road has been closed. New guardrails are being installed.

Frederick County deputy dead just hours after marijuana arrest

By Jack Pointer
WASHINGTON — A Frederick County sheriff's deputy died of an apparent suicide Monday in his home, just hours after he was arrested on charges of distributing marijuana, authorities said. Sheriff's officials had been serving a termination notice at Vincent Jones' Frederick City, Maryland, home and were talking with a relative around noon when they heard a loud noise from the second floor.
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