Man Dies in Head-On Crash with Glen Burnie Driver

A Pasadena man died in a three-vehicle crash that Anne Arundel County Police say was likely the fault of excessive speed and negligent driving by a Glen Burnie man.

Witnesses told police that a gold Ford Mustang was driving aggressively northbound on Quarterfield Road (MD-174) about 4 p.m. Wednesday at Jonathan Avenue in Glen Burnie. The Mustang crossed the center line and struck a southbound Oldsmobile Cutlass head-on. Both vehicles were then hit by a Saturn traveling behind the Oldsmobile.

The driver of the Oldsmobile -- Curtis Dewayne Rutherford, 50, of Park Creek Road in Pasadena -- was trapped in the vehicle. Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel declared Rutherford dead at the scene.

His body was taken by the medical examiner for autopsy to determine cause of death.

The driver of the Mustang was identified as John Crittenden Hayes IV, 33, of Henson Road in Glen Burnie. Hayes was taken by Anne Arundel County paramedics to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with life-threatening injuries.

Beverly Ann Smith, 58, of Reece Heights Drive in Severn was the driver of the Saturn. She was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries.

No charges have been filed in the case.