Former White House Jazz Performer Dies in Accident
Gene "Joe" Byrd, 78, suffered from cardiac arrest and paramedics rushed him to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he later died.
Local jazz bassist Gene “Joe” Byrd was identified as the man who died after firefighters pulled him from the wreckage in the Maryland Route 2 accident on Tuesday, according to Anne Arundel County police. Byrd, 78, of Edgewater was turning left from Lee Airpark Drive in his Volvo when a GMC Yukon struck his car in the driver’s door area, police said. “The Yukon was traveling south on Solomons Island Road when it proceeded through a red traffic signal and struck the Volvo,” according to the press release. After arriving at the scene, firefighters and paramedics learned that Byrd was trapped in his car. While he was extricated from the vehicle, he suffered a cardiac arrest, said Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Capt. James Rostek…
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10:00 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
The state enforces lift laws very regularly. Though that vehicle was no "monster truck"People break laws. It happens, for instance running a redlight! But for all of you, the day you may make a mistake in an automobile. Im sure youll be begging for them to give you manslaughter. C'mon. more ›