Since the October 2025 death of 11-year-old sixth-grader Summer Lim, near Earle B. Wood Middle School in Rockville, a previously unreported traffic incident has come to light. Now, a third student has been injured near school grounds. Are two new stop signs enough to keep our children safe? MCM News asked a traffic safety expert to provide insights...
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Montgomery County Public Schools community is grieving after a young girl, who police publicly identified Friday, was struck and killed by a school bus Thursday afternoon.
In a news release Friday, the Montgomery County Department of Police identified the girl as 11-year-old Summer Lim. According to police, an initial investigation revealed that Lim was heading east on Bauer Drive with her bike after leaving Earle B. Wood Middle School on Oct. 9 when the school bus, which had also left the middle school, struck her.
The bus was also traveling on east on Bauer Drive and was turning right onto southbound Russet Road at the time of the crash, officials noted...
Ten children, the school bus driver and another adult were hurt after a school bus and a second vehicle crashed near New Hampshire Avenue and Norwood Road, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department spokesperson said.
None of their injuries are considered life-threatening, according to the department.
A photo from the scene shows a white vehicle with a crumpled hood standing on a sidewalk, near a yellow school bus with a sign saying "Montgomery County Schools." First responders arrived at the scene about 7:15 a.m...
Crews said they were dispatched to Miller Fall Road and Muncaster Mill Road around 4 p.m...
Crash involving MCPS school bus leaves 3 injured, Fire and Rescue crews say | WJLA
There were no students aboard the school bus. The crash occurred at about 8:20 a.m. at Randolph Road and Glenallen Avenue in Glenmont, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries...
Just before 7:45 a.m., crews with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) responded to the area of Plum Creek Drive and East Village Avenue in Gaithersburg for a crash involving a school bus.
Police said their preliminary investigation revealed that the school bus was turning left from Plum Creek Road onto East Village Avenue when it was struck by a BMW traveling on East Village Avenue...
2 people injured after 'serious collision' involving Montgomery County school bus | WJLA
5 children transported and an adult driver also with non life-threatening injuries after a school bus crash in the 13000 block of Old Columbia Pike… (Instagram user submitted 📸) https://t.co/ktR0h6jeot pic.twitter.com/3AfTOh4joN
— MoCo PG News (@MoCoPGNews) April 24, 2023
Update - Randolph Road and Goodhill Road, collision, some lanes blocked, @mcfrs A721, A707, PAT718, E718, EMS704, BC704 on scene NOTE: Randolph Rd CLOSED/BLOCKED in both directions, uninjured passengers being transferred to another bus & continuing on ride home https://t.co/h7rsDwXNAP pic.twitter.com/DJVxSHCGyW
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 6, 2023
The civil lawsuit was filed on March 14, in Montgomery County Circuit Court. It requests a six-person jury trial to span an estimated six days in pursuit of a judgment in excess of $75,000...
Montgomery County police said the man and his two children were standing on the corner of King Charles Way and Grosvenor Lane around 8:20 a.m. when the driver of a Honda Accord that was pulling out of the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex jumped the curb and struck them. The Accord then reentered the roadway, traveled across both lanes and went off the road again, striking a tree...
An occupied school bus got stuck in shallow water Wednesday morning in Montgomery County after a water main broke, authorities say.
Several students were on the bus when it fell into a possible sinkhole on Leclair Court in the Layhill area. No one was reported injured and they were evacuated without issue, Montgomery County Fire spokesman Pete Piringer said...
Investigators look at the one of the crashes - this one involving a school buss - here at Briggs Chaney Rd and New Hampshire Avenue. @wtop pic.twitter.com/v25nORm4JJ
— Mike Murillo (@MikeMurilloWTOP) September 2, 2021
