Driver Killed In Stolen Vehicle Crash On US 40: Police

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — Police said that one person died and three others were being treated at area hospitals after a crash in Havre de Grace Monday night. The collision involved an allegedly stolen vehicle that went across the Hatem Bridge on two flat tires after police deployed stop sticks in an attempt to slow it down following a 15-mile pursuit.

Originally, a trooper from the North East barrack had tried to conduct a traffic stop before 9 p.m. on the 2005 blue Subaru Outback, which police said was reported stolen from Baltimore City.

The vehicle was headed east on US 40 in Elkton when the officer turned on his emergency equipment to indicate a traffic stop, at which point the vehicle made a U-turn at Landing Lane and sped off on US 40 west, police said.

UPDATE: Police ID Driver, Passengers In Stolen Car Crash

Three people are in area hospitals and one is deceased from the crash in Harford

The trooper broke off in the area of US 40 west of MD 272, at which point the car began to slow; when another trooper attempted a stop, officials said the car again sped up and took off.

Twice in the Perryville area, authorities said they deployed stop sticks to try to slow down the vehicle.

The driver continued on two flat tires across the Hatem Bridge before losing control in Harford County and hitting a light pole in the median before the car came to rest on US 40 west at Otsego Street, police said.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the Susquehanna Hose Company reported that its personnel were at the scene of the crash, where one person was in trauma arrest and several were injured. Two helicopters were called to assist with the crash response, the hose company reported.

Police said the driver was taken to Harford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Three passengers in the vehicle were injured, officials said; two were taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware, and one was being treated at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

The Community Fire Company of Perryville was among those responding to the incident, and it advised people to avoid the Hatem Bridge while emergency personnel handled the crash.

Route 40 was closed in the area, the Maryland State Highway Administration reported after 10:30 p.m.; lanes in both directions were shut down.

Police said as of midnight that the identities of those involved had not yet been confirmed.

UPDATE: Police ID Driver, Passengers In Stolen Car Crash

Images via Susquehanna Hose Company.