Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to an overturned heavy equipment/excavator with fuel spill at the C&O Canal, about one mile north of Swains Lock in Travilah. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the incident resulted in fuel spilling into the canal and HazMat is currently assisting. There were no injuries reported. We will provide an update if additional information becomes available.
Update – C & O Canal IAO Swains Lock, @mcfrs HazMat (HM707), UTV731, PE710 handling small fuel spill, no injuries @COcanalNPS @MontgomeryCoMD pic.twitter.com/oDAzLjhh1y
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 29, 2023
We have complied a list of the tallest slides in and around MoCo for your thrill seekers. They are listed below in no particular order.
- Cabin John Park, 1 slide temporarily out of order (7400 Tuckerman Lane Bethesda, MD 20817)
- Butler’s Orchard (22222 Davis Mill Road Germantown, MD 20876)
photo by Butler’s - Greenbriar Local Park (12525 Glen Road Travilah, MD 20854)
photo by Greenbriar - Damascus Recreational Park (23723 Kings Valley Road Damascus, MD 20787)
- RIO Washingtonian Center Playground (231 Rio Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878)
- Kemp Mill Urban Park (1200 Arcola Avenue Wheaton, MD 20902)
photo by Kemp Mill Urban Park - Wheaton Regional Park (2000 Shorefield Road Wheaton, Maryland 20902)
photo by Wheaton Regional Park - Beyond MoCo: Lafayette-Pointer Park and Recreation Center (5900 33rd St., NW, Quesada St NW, Washington, DC 20015)
photo by dc.gov - Beyond MoCo: The Big Slide Mount Tabor Park At Rocky Ridge (13616 Motters Station Road Rocky Bridge, MD 21778)
photo by Visit Frederick - Beyond MoCo: Blandair Regional Park (5750 Oakland Mills Rd Columbia, MD 21045)
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Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) are investigating a fatality that occurred on the early afternoon of July 13, 2022, in the area of River Rd. and Stoney Creek Rd.
At approximately 1:50 p.m., 1st District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the location for the report of a traffic collision.
The investigation by detectives has determined that the driver of a white 2019 Ford F-550 was traveling westbound on River Rd. The driver of a silver 2012 Toyota Camry was attempting to make a left turn from southbound Stoney Creek Rd. onto eastbound River Rd. This intersection is controlled by a stop sign located on Stoney Creek Rd.
The driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver has been identified as 79-year-old Sam Mingsan Chen, of Rockville.
This is an active and ongoing investigation.
The Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate this collision. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact CRU detectives at 240-773-6620.
One person has died following a collision Wednesday afternoon on River Road and Stoney Creek Rd in Travilah. According to Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Pete Piringer, the collision involved a car and a gardening truck.
Per MCPD: “At approximately 1:50 p.m., Montgomery County Police officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the location for the report of a collision involving two vehicles. As a result of the collision, an adult male driver was pronounced dead at the scene.”
This is an active and ongoing investigation. We will post an update when more information becomes available.
River Road & Stoney Creek Rd, collision with entrapment, car & gardening truck involved, @mcfrs PE733, A733, T710, RS741B, BC703, SA700, EMS703, PE710 on scene, @MCFRS_EMIHS evaluating shuffle patients including traumatic injury, some lanes blocked
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) July 13, 2022
Signs are up, and have been for a couple months, at the future site of the ‘Shops at Travilah’ development on the south side of Travilah Road, approximately 250 feet west of its intersection with Piney Meetinghouse Rd. Montgomery Planning Staff recommended approval with conditions earlier this year.
Shops at Travilah, Preliminary Plan No. 120210090 was submitted on February 24, 2021 by the Applicant, Travilah-WHM, LP (“Applicant”) to create one (1) lot on 1.96 acres of land in the NR Zone (Attachment A). The Preliminary Plan anticipates future standard method development totaling 18,443 square feet of non- residential uses, which will require a subsequent site plan approval. The development is proposed within two buildings: Building A will be a 5,681- square-foot building with approximately four units/bays will be erected on the northern half of the Property and contain a mix of neighborhood serving retail uses and/or a restaurant. Building B will be a 12,762 square foot day care building will be located on the southern half of the Subject Property. Approximately 9,468 square feet of outdoor space behind the daycare will be fenced to enclose a playground/recreation area.
Additional information on the preliminary plan includes:
“The Subject Property is Parcel 160 and consists of approximately 1.96 acres (85,338 square feet). The Subject Property has frontage on Travilah Road, a two-lane minor arterial road with a 26-foot pavement width. Currently, access to the Property is uncontrolled, without a continuous paved area. The Property is improved with 5,742 square feet of commercial uses; the primary building is a single-story cinder block retail building adjacent to Travilah Road. Other improvements on the Property include a single-story wood frame building, a metal warehouse, and a metal trailer. The Property is largely paved or covered with gravel and surrounded by chain link fences.
The Property is situated to the north of the Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry (owned by Baron Inc.), which is an active quarry (“Quarry”). To the south and southwest of the Subject Property is land zoned IH-2.5 H-70, which is the active portion of the Quarry. To the east, the Subject Property is separated from Piney Meetinghouse Road by a vacant parcel zoned NR-0.75, which is also owned by the Quarry. The R-200/TDR- 3 zoned parcel to the northwest of the Subject Property, also owned by the Quarry, is an undeveloped, forested property, which contains wetlands, and is encumbered by a Category I Forest Conservation Easement. Travilah Road abuts the Property to the north. The Primary Day Montessori School (Special Exception S-2500) and single- family detached dwellings in the R-200/TDR-3 Zone confront the Property to the north across Travilah Road.”
The full preliminary plan can be seen here.
