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Vera Sohovich

Friday, December 28, 2012

Mother Offering Scholarships to Safe Drivers Following Son's Death

Vera Sohovich is offering at least three $3,500 college scholarships for Southern High seniors with clean driving records and active school involvement.

After losing her son in a violent car crash in 2011, local mother Vera Sohovich began a scholarship program to help students avoid the very mistakes that cost her son his life. In June of 2011, Sohovich’s son Daniel lost control of his car and died during a car accident on Polling House Road. Police the 20-year-old was speeding, driving recklessly and wasn’t wearing a seat belt. In the weeks that followed, Sohovich created a Facebook group encouraging people to drive safely in memory of her son. Now, more than a year later as teens prepare for their final two quarters in high school, the local Mom is getting the word out about her special scholarship program for Southern High students. Out of the pain of losing her son comes an opportunity…

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

UPDATE: Witnesses, Police Saw Pedestrian Before Route 2 Fatal Incident

At least three drivers said they saw a man walking in the middle of Solomons Island Road in south county early Sunday.

Update (3:15 p.m.)—The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a driver on Solomons Island Road in Harwood was seen walking down the middle of the street by at least three drivers before the fatal incident occurred early Sunday morning, police said. Police identified the killed pedestrian as Kendrick Lamont Richardson, 37, of no fixed address, according to a press release.  Additionally, police received a 911 call around 2:30 a.m. Sunday about the man walking down Route 2 and an officer apparently addressed the man, telling him to leave the roadway, police spokesman Justin Mulcahy told The Capital. TJ Haffelfinger was one of several people who told Patch that he saw the pedestrian walking down Route 2 around 1:15 a.m. Sunday. “I was doing …

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