Crime & Safety
Driver Critical After Hitting Tractor-Trailer in West Friendship: Police
The driver of a Jeep is in critical condition at shock trauma after Thursday night crash, Howard County police reported.
WEST FRIENDSHIP, MD — A woman is in critical condition after her Jeep crashed into a tractor-trailer Thursday night off MD 32 in West Friendship, according to the Howard County Police Department.
Gina Shears, 41, of Dundalk, was driving south on Route 32 when she hit a tractor-trailer that was turning left from northbound Route 32 onto I-70, police reported.
The crash occurred around 11 p.m. when the tractor-trailer had a flashing red arrow, according to police.
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After the crash, Shears was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she was listed in critical condition Friday. She was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt in her 1997 Jeep.
Police said that Robert Lewis Jr., 28, of Baltimore, who was driving the 2007 Volvo tractor-trailer owned by Innovative Trucking in Severna Park, was not injured.
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No charges have been filed, and officials are continuing to investigate the crash.
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