Autopsy Report Reveals McDevitt Was Speeding, Drinking

An article in the Maryland Gazette on Saturday reported that Brian McDevitt, the Pasadena man who died in an accident earlier this year, had alcohol in his system and was excessively speeding.

Brian McDevitt, a Pasadena man whose death earlier this year incited hundreds of passionate comments on Patch, had alcohol in his system and was excessively speeding when the car he was driving hit another car on Fort Smallwood Road, according to the Maryland Gazette. McDevitt was the co-founder of Anne Arundel Breaking News and Events, a popular local Facebook page and web page. McDevitt, 32, was traveling between 99 and 113 mph at the time of the accident and had a blood-alcohol content of between .05 and .07 percent, according to documents obtained by the Gazette. The posted speed on the portion of Fort Smallwood Road where McDevitt crashed is 50 mph and Maryland law states that a motorist can be charged with driving under the influence…

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Serious Motor Vehicle Crash in South County Injures One

Single car accident and fire on Deale-Churchton Road around 7:30pm last night.

According to an Anne Arundel County incident report, 40-year-old Jesus Garcia Morgana of Tracys Landing was seriously injured last night when the car he was driving crossed the double-yellow line in the 5200 block of Deale-Churchton Road, veered into a ditch, hit a pole and caught fire. According to the report, at approximately 7:24pm on Dec. 29, Magana's 1999 Cadillac Seville was traveling eastbound on Muddy Creek Road. When the car attempted to turn onto southbound Deale-Churchton Road, it struck two automobiles: a 1996 Chevrolet truck and an Anne Arundel County Police vehicle. The occupants of those two vehicles were not injured. The incident report states that the Cadillac then fled the scene of that accident and traveled southbound …