Teen Driver Injured In Head-On Harwood Crash, Charges Pending

(Updated at 11:26 a.m.) HARWOOD, MD — A teenage driver was flown to an area hospital after her car and an SUV collided shortly before 4 p.m. Friday in Harwood, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. The crash happened in the area of Solomons Island Road and Harwood Drive.

The head-on collision involved an SUV and a 2009 Mini Cooper driven by a 17-year-old from Fort Washington. Authorities say the teen suffered serious injuries and paramedics requested a Maryland State Police helicopter, which landed at Southern High School. The patient was taken to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were serious but not believed to be life-threatening, fire department officials said.

Police didn't release the girl's name. Anne Arundel County Police say the teen failed to stop at stop sign while making left from Harwood Road onto Solomons Island Road and charges are pending.

The three occupants of the 2000 Ford Explorer were treated by paramedics on the scene, but did not require hospital transport. Kimberley Dawn Allen, 53, of Dunkirk was the driver of the SUV.

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