UPDATE (10:55 a.m. Saturday)—A 21-year-old man was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Friday after he was hit by a car near the Festival at Bel Air Shopping Center.
Shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday, a van hit the man in the area of MD Route 24 and Bel Air South Parkway, according to , spokesman for .
The van was westbound on Bel Air South Parkway preparing to make right turn onto MD Route 24 when the 21-year-old White Hall man crossed in front of the it, according to Monica Worrell public information officer with the
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The van was driven by a 35-year-old woman from Fallston, according to Worrell.
"The pedestrian did not cross in a crosswalk," Worrell said.
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The young man was thrown onto the sidewalk and sustained "life-threatening" head injuries, Worrell said.
He was flown by medevac helicopter to shock trauma where he remained in critical condition shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday.
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