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2 hurt after car falls, crashes in Montgomery County

WASHINGTON — Montgomery County firefighters responded to a crash in Silver Spring, Maryland, where a vehicle struck a building. It happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Beitur Rehman Mosque on Good Hope Road. Police say that the driver of the car, a 76-year-old man, was trying to park when the car fell into the lower level of an outside enclosure near the building. Firefighters removed the driver and the passenger — a 71-year-old woman — from the car. They were taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman said. Police believe that the driver may not have realized in what gear the car was.

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Here is a map of where the crash occurred. [google_map latitude=”39.102833″ longitude=”-76.982111″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Ahmadiyya Temple”] WTOP’s Andrea Cambron contributed to this report.

Maryland Zoo’s lone female elephant moving as facility transitions to all-male herd

The Maryland Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to its only female African elephant as it changes to an all-male herd. Felix, a 43-year-old elephant who has lived at the Baltimore zoo for 19 years, will move to another facility later this week. Zoo officials said the move is in Felix’s best interest because it will give her opportunities to socialize with other female elephants. Her interaction with other females have been limited since the zoo’s other female elephant died in 2024. “We will all miss her but having social companionship in a female herd is the best thing for Felix’s overall well-being,” Mammal Curator Erin Cantwell Grimm said.
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