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Cleanup after tractor-trailer blaze blocked portions of I-270

By Jennifer Ortiz

A tractor-trailer carrying food products caught on fire early Wednesday morning and blocked some southbound lanes of Interstate 270 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Lanes have since reopened, but traffic was backed up at least 6 miles around 6 a.m., according to WTOP’s Traffic Center. Drivers should expect residual delays. Fire officials consolidated the cleanup to the right lane. WTOP’s Traffic Center said officials may return to the scene of the fire after rush hour to continue the cleanup. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said most of the food products on the tractor trailer were saved; firefighters worked to unload the tractor trailer.

Case of man killed by Gaithersburg police likely headed to grand jury, attorney says

By Glynis Kazanjian
The case of Kwamena Ocran, who was shot and killed by the Gaithersburg, Maryland, police in January, is likely to be sent to a grand jury, his family's lawyer said. Brian McDaniel, the attorney representing Ocran's mother, told WTOP that Christopher Sandmann, the Howard County assistant state’s attorney heading up the investigation, told him that the state prosecutor will likely send the grand jury the case, to let it decide whether to pursue criminal charges against the involved officers.
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