HdG Teen Killed In Charter Bus Crash: Police

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — A Havre de Grace man was identified as the driver killed in a serious crash on Wednesday morning in northern Baltimore County that also involved a charter bus. He was driving a black Infiniti that collided with the bus, which police said had been transporting students.

Joel William Drawbaugh, 19, of Havre de Grace, was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.

Baltimore County crews were dispatched at 10:57 a.m. to Falls Road near Brick Store Road, where they said they found Drawbaugh "heavily entrapped" in a black Infiniti G37x. The Infiniti had collided with a bus on Falls Road north of Brick Store Road, near Hampstead.

Based on the preliminary investigation, police said the charter bus got stuck while trying to make a left turn onto northbound Falls Road from eastbound Brick Store Road.

Drawbaugh was headed south on Falls Road and as his Infiniti entered the intersection, it hit the rear driver's side of the bus, according to officials.

By 11:31 a.m., officials said they had freed the Havre de Grace man from his vehicle. A helicopter was initially summoned, but it was canceled when he went into trauma arrest, police said.

Drawbaugh was pronounced deceased at the scene, officials reported Wednesday night. Authorities said they did not confirm sooner that he had died so that his family could receive proper notification.

Seven students and the bus driver were hospitalized, according to police.

The charter bus contained 41 students from St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel who were on their way to a retreat at River Valley Ranch in Manchester at the time of the collision, officials said.

Eight people — the bus driver and seven students — were taken from the charter bus to Carroll Hospital Center for treatment of injuries that authorities said were not believed to be life-threatening.

Falls Road was closed between Gunpowder Road and Beckleysville Road into the afternoon rush hour for reconstruction, according to police. The investigation into the collision continues, officials said Wednesday night.

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