Police: 6-year-old hit, dragged by car

By The Associated Press
July 16, 2021 | 10:26 AM

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say a 6-year-old girl was critically injured when she was hit by a car and dragged underneath it.

News outlets report that officers responding to a report of a pedestrian struck in West Baltimore found a 6-year-old girl stuck underneath a car.

The girl was hit and dragged by the car after witnesses told police she walked between two parked cars and into the street. Police say the driver tried to stop, but wasn’t able to.

After the child was extracted from underneath the car, police say she was taken to a hospital in critical condition and underwent surgery. Police are investigating the incident as an accident.

Montgomery County schools facing a $3 billion maintenance backlog, officials say

Talia Richman, The Banner Montgomery
August 21, 2026 | 3:19 PM

About 100 hours before students return to the classroom, Montgomery County Public Schools leaders issued a warning about what kind of buildings they’ll be walking into. The county school system, they said, is operating with an estimated $3 billion deferred maintenance backlog. “And growing every day,” said Andrea Swiatocha, MCPS’ deputy chief of facilities management. For students and teachers of Maryland’s largest school system, that can mean moldy ceilings, cracked surfaces in parking lots and HVAC systems that can’t be counted on to keep them cool.

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