Union calls Baltimore DPW worker's death "totally avoidable"
Baltimore DPW worker Timothy Cartwell died after he became trapped between a wooden utility pole and a trash truck in a narrow alley.
Watch CBS News
WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004 from KARK-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories characterized Mike's work both there and at KTAL-TV, another NBC station in Shreveport, La. where he also was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor.
He also worked as a reporter/producer/photographer for KLAX-TV, an ABC station in Alexandria, Louisiana, and started his career in broadcast journalism with a cable news program called First Edition News in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Mike holds a B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and grew up partly in both Chicago and Louisiana.
Baltimore DPW worker Timothy Cartwell died after he became trapped between a wooden utility pole and a trash truck in a narrow alley.
Mayor Brandon Scott paid tribute to Timothy Cartwell, the Baltimore City DPW worker who lost his life on the job last week, in his first public comments since Cartwell was killed after being pinned between a trash truck and a utility pole in West Baltimore.
WJZ has obtained video of a tragic incident where a trash truck crushed a Baltimore City DPW worker, killing him on the job Friday.
Salisbury University students and a fraternity have been suspended in the aftermath of an alleged hate crime attack, the school's president announced.
Twelve Salisbury University students, including seven associated with a fraternity, have been charged with a hate crime for an alleged brutal attack on a man because of his sexual orientation, according to authorities.
A man turned himself in early Thursday morning and now faces multiple traffic violations after crashing into a home in Bel Air Wednesday night, hitting a gas line and causing a fire and explosion.
Maryland's U.S. Senate race is one of the most competitive in years, and despite recent polls showing Republican Larry Hogan trailing, he feels he is being underestimated.
The state of Maryland will pay $750,000 to a transgender inmate who sued after she said she was beaten and discriminated against by correctional officers at Baltimore's Central Booking.
A jury found a retired Baltimore police officer guilty of sexually abusing a girl at his then-wife's daycare in Owings Mills, and deputies took him into custody Friday night.
James Weems Jr., the former Baltimore Police officer accused of molesting children at his then-wife's daycare testified Thursday.
The family of a 12-year-old girl who said she was molested by a former Baltimore City police officer at his wife's daycare in Owings Mills took the stand at his trial Wednesday.
The alleged abuse happened more than two years ago at the Lil Kidz Kastle daycare in Owings Mills owned by the defendant's wife at the time.
A jury has been seated in the trial of a former Baltimore City police officer accused of molesting children at his wife's daycare in Owings Mills.
Early voting is off to a robust start with more than 400,000 people casting ballots in the first four days alone.
Saturday will mark seven months since the Key Bridge collapsed, and the DALI's owners reached their first major settlement in the disaster, agreeing to pay $101,980,000 to the federal government in a deal with the Department of Justice.