3 killed in crash on River Road

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Anonymous wrote:From Dr. Goodwin - Principal at Whitman

Dear Whitman Community, I am thrilled to convey that Congressman Van Hollen's office has assured me that they are 100% behind the effort to get a traffic signal installed at the River Road/Pyle Road intersection. In a conference call with Congressman's Van Hollen's Office today, we were told that no additional emails or phone calls are needed. They are fully convinced and are aggressively putting steps into motion.

Why is this being elevated to a Federal issue? Give me a break!!! Van Hollen has more pressing issues than to deal with than this State issue.

Why are you so against the traffic light? Curious. Clearly one is needed.

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Anonymous wrote:From Dr. Goodwin - Principal at Whitman

Dear Whitman Community, I am thrilled to convey that Congressman Van Hollen's office has assured me that they are 100% behind the effort to get a traffic signal installed at the River Road/Pyle Road intersection. In a conference call with Congressman's Van Hollen's Office today, we were told that no additional emails or phone calls are needed. They are fully convinced and are aggressively putting steps into motion.

Why is this being elevated to a Federal issue? Give me a break!!! Van Hollen has more pressing issues than to deal with than this State issue.

Maybe because Maryland gets a lot of transportation money from the federal government. Or maybe because Van Hollen is representing his constituents.

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Anonymous wrote:Another terrible accident on outbound River this morning. This is the second bad accident (i.e. requiring jaws of life) I've passed in just over two weeks, not having witnessed the fatal accident earlier this week. What is going on lately?!

I was stunned to see this, too. I thought people would be driving more carefully for a while.

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Anonymous wrote:The money for Helena would go towards what exactly? I feel like with these tragedies there's always fundraising but it's never clear why exactly. I imagine she has health insurance -- though I also don't know how that would work now bc if she's on her mother or father's plan and they are deceased, what happens to any dependents on the plan? Seems like the father was a lawyer, so hopefully there's a will and/or trust to pay the mortgage and provide for the daughter -- but I honestly don't know how common these set ups are or whether people just don't do them bc who thinks about these kinds of freak accidents.

She's a high school sophomore who has just lost both of her parents and her big brother in a horrific car accident. I have no idea what this family's finances were but it might take time to sort that all out anyway. In the meantime there is a young girl who has just lost her entire family and is seriously injured herself. She probably doesn't have quick access to much money herself.

People want to feel like they are doing something. Contributing to a fund for Helena seems appropriate to me. I have a kid her age and I just can't imagine....poor girl.

+1. It's just about doing something to help. Even if the family is financially solid, accounts and trusts will need to be transferred to her, lawyers may be needed for that - at age 15, she doesn't have quick access. Not to mention, right now she's in no physical or mental condition to deal with all that so it's likely that next of kin will just step up and start paying - this money will likely go to them for immediate expenses for Helena and her parents and brother and this way, they won't need to "collect" from her when she does get access to funds -- not saying they would if they are financially solid -- but I have to believe bills will start arriving right away from the auto insurance deductible to hospital premiums to whatever else.

Curious if you that are donating donated to the families that were killed in the church van in PG county a few weeks ago?

all of you should feel tremendous shame for feeling the way you do. Please don't contribute, there are others who DO give a shit that will give.

gross creatures, all of you

Nope, I don't feel shame at all for saying that this fund was not appropriate, but just so you know...The family has actually said that they request that you NOT DONATE to funds for Helena. They have set up a scholarship fund at Catholic University that people can donate to if they are so inclined. As suggested in previous posts, they have financial means and don't need the funds for Helena.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm literally hitting my head against the wall. First of all, her family is a family of doctors - don't you think ONE of them has notified the insurance company of the event? Second, don't you think ONE of them will think to pay the next premium? Third, there is usually a 30 day grace period by law. Last, it's really nobody's business.

Between this and the person in the political thread who intended to vote in BOTH the democratic and republican primaries, and had NO CLUE that wasn't allowed.....

Where do you get that they're a family of doctors?

Not PP but I'm assuming there are people here who know the family.

I imagine they can handle things. The Volt driver and his Neurologist brother where partners in a management firm that ran a large scale medical clinic... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/02/21/when-a-health-firm-gets-sick-and-dies/d9ed489b-6377-4fc1-9bd3-bbab705c4c97/

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Anonymous wrote:From Dr. Goodwin - Principal at Whitman

Dear Whitman Community, I am thrilled to convey that Congressman Van Hollen's office has assured me that they are 100% behind the effort to get a traffic signal installed at the River Road/Pyle Road intersection. In a conference call with Congressman's Van Hollen's Office today, we were told that no additional emails or phone calls are needed. They are fully convinced and are aggressively putting steps into motion.

Why is this being elevated to a Federal issue? Give me a break!!! Van Hollen has more pressing issues than to deal with than this State issue.

I am sure if your entire family were killed it would be a pressing issue for you. I am thrilled the addressed this dangerous intersection that has had many accidents and near misses over the years. Think of all the new, inexperienced drivers who use this road to get to Whitman....then think of the poor 15 year old girl who just lost her world.

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Anonymous wrote:From Dr. Goodwin - Principal at Whitman

Dear Whitman Community, I am thrilled to convey that Congressman Van Hollen's office has assured me that they are 100% behind the effort to get a traffic signal installed at the River Road/Pyle Road intersection. In a conference call with Congressman's Van Hollen's Office today, we were told that no additional emails or phone calls are needed. They are fully convinced and are aggressively putting steps into motion.

Why is this being elevated to a Federal issue? Give me a break!!! Van Hollen has more pressing issues than to deal with than this State issue.

You must be a law student, focusing on jurisdiction when the community is focusing on getting results! Van Hollen is knowledgeable and motivated (as a Senate candidate) to nudge the bureaucracy along. Whitman, the neighbors and all interested residents should accept help from where they can get it.

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11:47 here - Why didn't Dr Goodman write an email about contacting Larry Hogan or Mike Miller? The State has jurisdiction over this matter and nothing Van Hollen can do except lob a call into the State. Not a lawyer, but have common sense and sometimes that gets missed in this tragedy.

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Anonymous wrote:11:47 here - Why didn't Dr Goodman write an email about contacting Larry Hogan or Mike Miller? The State has jurisdiction over this matter and nothing Van Hollen can do except lob a call into the State. Not a lawyer, but have common sense and sometimes that gets missed in this tragedy.

Probably because someone in the area knows Van Hollen and could call personally. It gets the ball rolling and when a Fed steps up it will often bypass a bunch of red tape which allows the substance to be addressed more quickly. Not a Fed issue, but it is how the game is played.

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Anonymous wrote:11:47 here - Why didn't Dr Goodman write an email about contacting Larry Hogan or Mike Miller? The State has jurisdiction over this matter and nothing Van Hollen can do except lob a call into the State. Not a lawyer, but have common sense and sometimes that gets missed in this tragedy.

There's plenty that Van Hollen can do, and evidently did do. Common sense says, "If you want somebody to listen to you, it helps to get your Congressional representative (who is also running for Senate, is a smart guy, and gets listened to by all of the relevant people) on your side."

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Passed by westbound this morning and MCPD had set up a your speed is ___ sign. Hopefully this is a prelude to greater enforcement presence on River. They used to hang out in the Holton driveway where there is a blind but I haven't seen much enforcement on River the last few years other than that cellphone op a few months back. Not surprisingly.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm literally hitting my head against the wall. First of all, her family is a family of doctors - don't you think ONE of them has notified the insurance company of the event? Second, don't you think ONE of them will think to pay the next premium? Third, there is usually a 30 day grace period by law. Last, it's really nobody's business.

Between this and the person in the political thread who intended to vote in BOTH the democratic and republican primaries, and had NO CLUE that wasn't allowed.....

Where do you get that they're a family of doctors?

Not PP but I'm assuming there are people here who know the family.

I imagine they can handle things. The Volt driver and his Neurologist brother where partners in a management firm that ran a large scale medical clinic... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/02/21/when-a-health-firm-gets-sick-and-dies/d9ed489b-6377-4fc1-9bd3-bbab705c4c97/

The Volt driver isn't mentioned at all in this article.

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I want to know who exactly (previously) prevented the installation of a light?

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Anonymous wrote:I want to know who exactly (previously) prevented the installation of a light?

MD SHA.

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Anonymous wrote:The ignorance and obsessive questioning about insurance here is astounding.

Yep, I just posted about this...

Why? It's a legit issue. It's not like we're ONLY commenting on money -- I have expressed more than once sorrow for this poor girl.

Because my guess, is that a bunch of you are thinking the 'evil insurance company will screw her because....greed'

It's not YOUR issue. She has close family in-state. It's theirs. If you are concerned about money, donate to the fund.

I actually find this to be a fairly interesting line of inquiry that extends well beyond this very unfortunate circumstance. If the health insurance policyholder is deceased, what provisions exist for continuation of coverage for the policyholder's dependents? If anything productive can come from threads like this, maybe it's that someone can learn something that would prevent a financial calamity on top of what would be a truly devastating event.

The answer is COBRA Law. Look it up.