Crime & Safety
Pennsylvania Man Killed in Joppa Crash Friday
Maryland State Police responded to the crash on Pulaski Highway at 1:38 a.m. Friday.
Maryland State Police said that a 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed Friday morning on US Route 40 in Joppa. It is the second fatal crash Harford County has seen in two days.
At 1:38 a.m. Friday, troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to the 600 block of Pulaski Highway for a single-vehicle crash, according to a state police statement.
Jason D. Ham, 31, of Delta, PA, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:57 a.m. by Harford County paramedics, police said.
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According to preliminary investigation, police said that Ham had been driving a 2000 Nissan Frontier eastbound on Route 40/Pulaski Highway when for unknown reasons, he drove off the road, onto the shoulder, into a ditch and became airborne after hitting an embankment.
The vehicle hit a BGE pole on the passenger side then spun clockwise across Joppa Road, where it struck a curb and another BGE pole, according to police. The vehicle came to rest at the corner of Joppa Road and eastbound Route 40, police said.
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The crash remains under investigation by the Bel Air Barrack of Maryland State Police.
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