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Deadly Weekend Puts More Police On MD Roads: Patch PM

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After a three-year crash analysis showed Columbus Day weekend has a high propensity for speed-related collisions, Maryland State Police said troopers would be conducting speeding enforcement on I-495 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12.
After a three-year crash analysis showed Columbus Day weekend has a high propensity for speed-related collisions, Maryland State Police said troopers would be conducting speeding enforcement on I-495 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12. (Elizabeth Janney/Patch File)

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