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2 dead, 2 injured in crash in Anne Arundel Co.

A man and woman were killed and two other people seriously injured in a wrong-way crash in Severn, Maryland, on Sunday afternoon.

Anne Arundel County Police said 46-year-old David Wolcott lost control of a 2003 Honda S2000 and went head-on into a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban on Telegraph Road near Buckingham Place at about 2 p.m Sunday.

David Wolcott and the Honda passenger, 46-year-old Heather Wolcott, died at the scene.

The Suburban burst into flames upon impact. Paramedics took the driver and passenger of the Suburban — Donald and Lisa Callahan — to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police are awaiting a toxicology report to see whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies.  With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track.  As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates.  The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH. 
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