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2 area men killed in I-270 wreck in Frederick Co.

WASHINGTON – A man from Montgomery County and another from Martinsburg were killed in a crash on Interstate 270 Wednesday night. Craig C. Sandford, 55, was driving a Chevrolet Corvette northbound near Baker Valley Road when he lost control of the car and veered off the road hitting several trees about 10 p.m., according to the Maryland State Police Sandford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and his passenger Anthony L. Hose, 56, of Damascus, Maryland, died at the scene, police said. Police said that Sandford was speeding and struck another car after changing lanes before he lost control of the car. The car also traveled through a guardrail and came to rest along the shoulder of the interstate, police said. The road was shut down for about two hours and reopened early Thursday morning.

Frederick County deputy dead just hours after marijuana arrest

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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