Brandi Montgomery

1/26/16
News Vision
Community Story

Slug: HENDERSONS AUTOMOTIVE GIVE TIPS ABOUT POTHOLES FOR THE

HYATTSVILLE COMMUNITY

Anchor Intro: IF YOUVE EVER DRIVEN DOWN

TOLEDO DRIVE, LOCATED RIGHT
BEHIND PRINCE GEORGES MALL IT
MAY HAVE BEEN QUITE A BUMPY
RIDE.

NEWSVISIONS BRANDI
MONTGOMERY GIVES INSIGHT
FROM ONE AUTO SHOP IN THE
HYATTSVILLE AREA TO HELP
PEOPLE DEAL WITH ALL THE
DAMAGE FROM THE ROUGH ROADS.

SOT You can damage a rim, bend a lower

Robert Clayton control arm, bust a strut, bust a shot, do
Hendersons Automotive Lead Technician body damage, frame damage, a list of
TRT: 0:00 8:18 things. Prices varies depending on the
Contact Info: (301)-779-2929 vehicle.

Rolling Tires in Shop

Pointing to lower control arm
Holding on to shot
Showing the frame of the car while in the
air

VO POTHOLES SEEM TO BE EVER

Close shot of car driving over multiple PRESENT IN THE HYATTSVILLE
potholes AREA. RESIDENT OF ONE OUT OF
Wide shot of several cars driving down THE 4 SURROUNDING APARTMENTS
Toledo Drive EXPRESSED THAT THE DAMAGE
Close shot of potholes COULD BE RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE.
TRT: 8:19 17:18
Barbara Dash Once in like two weeks I got two flat tires
Resident of Highview Terrace for running over potholes for screws
TRT: 7:19 25:00 getting caught in it while they were doing
Tires in the shop construction. It costs like $250 a tire.
Construction sign
Contact Info: (267)-312-0189

VO THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Construction worker walking
End Work Sign
Construction objects
Road filled with construction blocks
Close frame of potholes
TRT: 26:00 34:00
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND TRANSPORTATION (DPW&T)
HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO
TRY AND MEND THE POTHOLES
THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR
THIS AREA FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SOT The construction has been going on for

Samuel Sesay awhile but the potholes has been here
Resident of Belcrest Plaza apts forever.
TRT: 35:07- 40:00
Sesays@gmail.com

The best repair on the street is not a patch

SOT its actually the whole cut out and properly
Robert Clayton filled in.
Hendersons Automotive Lead Technician
TRT: 40:00 45:19

Wide shot of patch in the road

Close shot of potholes

SOT Usually I try to avoid it but like if Im

Barbara Dash
Resident of Highview Terrace
TRT: 45:20 54:08
Car driving over a pothole
Contact Info: (901) 921-7602
already too close to the other lane or I cant
get around it I like slow up or try to hit the
brakes so that it doesnt mess my car up as
badly.
SOT Now the worst thing you can do is apply
Robert Clayton the breaks once you have gotten into a
Hendersons Automotive Lead Technician pothole. You gone stop the wheel from
TRT: 54:09 1:07:12 turning, applying the break - lock it, that
hole is not moving but the car is. Once that
Cars driving down Toledo Drive wheel get locked its going to drag the car
Police Officer driving over a deep pothole through the hole and its going to do even
Wide shot of potholes more damage.

Stand-Up: TAKE NOTE IN YOUR TRAVEL TO

TRT: 1:07:13 1:19:17 REFRAIN FROM RUNNING OVER
POTHOLES LIKE THIS. OTHERWISE
YOU MAY HAVE TO VISIT AUTO
SHOPS LIKE HENDERSONS
AUTOMOTIVE AND YOU MIGHT NOT
LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND.

I AM BRANDI MONTGOMERY, WITH

HOWARD UNIVERSITYS
NEWSVISION.

Anchor Tag: CLAIMS FOR POTHOLE DAMAGE IN

MARYLAND ARE FILED WITH THE
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT THE
MARYLAND TREASURERS OFFICE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT
TO SEE IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL
COVER YOUR DAMAGE DUE TO
POTHOLES CALL THE NUMBER IS:
410-260-7684 OR 888-942-0162.