Crime & Safety
Driver Killed When Car Crashes Into A Tree, Passenger Seriously Injured: Howard Co. Police
One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a Wednesday evening crash that happened near Woodbine along Frederick Road.
HOWARD COUNTY, MD — One person has been killed and another serious injured in a single-vehicle collision that happened in Woodbine Wednesday night.
According to the Howard County Police Department, at about 9:45 p.m., a 2001 Honda Accord driven by 62-year-old Samuel Wayne Bowman Jr., of New Windsor was traveling east on Frederick Road near Daisy Road when it left the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a tree.
Bowman Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. A man who was a passenger in the vehicle was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries.
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The cause of the collision remains under investigation. Frederick Road near Daisy Road was closed for approximately four hours after the crash.
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