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August Top 7: Most-Read Stories on Bel Air Patch

A look back at the biggest August stories.

Here's a look at the top Bel Air Patch stories from August.

1. Bel Air Girl Severely Injured at Orioles Game: 'Most Helpless Feeling You Will Ever Have'
When Joseph Kraft took his 10-year-old daughter to an Orioles game at Camden Yards, he expected a fun night out with his family, like he has had hundreds of times before. Instead, he watched a nightmare unfold in front of his eyes, after his daughter was hit in the face with a baseball during batting practice.

2. UPDATE: Man Killed in Police-Involved Shooting at Snowball Stand
Authorities are continuing to investigate a police-involved shooting that left one man dead after he was reportedly trying to rob a snowball stand in Bel Air.

3. Bel Air Man Killed in 3-Vehicle Crash on I-95
A Bel Air man driving a pickup truck was reportedly killed in a three-vehicle crash that shut down Interstate 95 for hours on August 16.

4. Sobriety Checkpoint Yields 4 Arrests in Bel Air
Bel Air Police arrested four suspected impaired drivers August 22-23 as part of operation “Checkpoint Strikeforce,” which was put in place to crack down on drunk driving.

5. Woman Airlifted After Fall From Horse
A fall in Forest Hill sent one woman to a regional trauma center on August 4. Around 3 p.m. the woman, whose identity had not been released, fell off a horse in the Forest Hill area,

6. Daughter of Bel Air Lawyer To Be Remembered Tuesday
Katherine ‘Katie Mac’ Michelle McCarthy, 30, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a single car accident.

7. 'House of Cards' Films In Bel Air, Edgewood
The Netflix original series, "House of Cards" was filming in Bel Air in August and town officials hope this is not the last time a film production visits the town.


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