Updated: Two Killed In Early Morning Crash on I-95

The incident happened on Abingdon, near Mountain Road.

(Updated 11:37 a.m.)—Road rage may have contributed to a two-car accident on Interstate 95 in Abingdon early Saturday morning that left two people dead, state police said. According to Maryland State Police, the crash happened shortly after 2 a.m. when a Lexus that had been parked on the right shoulder near the Route 24 exit quickly merged back into traffic and into the far left lane. Police say the driver of the Lexus, Veney B. Tanner Jr. of Abingdon, had been in a dispute with the occupants of a Jeep that had stopped suddenly on the highway. Witnesses told police both vehicles pulled to the shoulder, and someone in the Jeep banged on the Lexus' windows. After crossing the lanes of I-95, Tanner's Lexus was struck from behind by a box-…

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Jaws of Life Rescue on Baltimore Pike

Bel Air's parade route was blocked about two hours before the ceremony was set to begin.

UPDATE (5:21 p.m.)—One unidentified male was transported to the hospital Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle accident closed Bond Street at Baltimore Pike. For instant updates follow Bel Air Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Marianne Celia, a 48-year-old Bel Air resident, said she was driving her silver SUV west on Baltimore Pike when the driver of a burnt orange Kia allegedly ran a red light. Celia said she struck the Kia and spun around in the intersection. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. The Kia, meanwhile, was on its side lodged against a steel pole at the corner nearest to Gus’s Deli. Firefighters cut the male from the car within 15 minutes. He was transported to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Celia's 18-year-old daughter, …

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Route 24 Reopened After 2 Flown to Shock Trauma

Northbound Maryland Route 24 at West MacPhail Road was closed for about two hours.

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)—Two Medevac helicopters transported one male each to Shock Trauma just before 1 p.m. Friday after a five-vehicle accident closed Maryland Route 24 at West MacPhail Road. The males were driving a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck and Toyota RAV 4, respectively. For instant updates all the time, follow Bel Air Patch on Facebook and Twitter. A third patient was transported across the street to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Three more people involved in the accident were injured but declined medical attention, according to Chief Bill Snyder of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company. The two patients flown to Shock Trauma were pinned inside the vehicles. Volunteers from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company were able to free them in …

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Local Woman, 18, Dies in Head-on Car Accident

The collision took place on Grier Nursery Road on Monday.

An 18-year-old Jarrettsville woman died Tuesday as the result of a head-on traffic accident that took place Monday afternoon. Ashley Nicole Stewart of the 1300 block of Wiley Oak Drive was a passenger in a car traveling south on Grier Nursery Road driven by Mark Patrick Buchanan, 18, of the 4000 block of St. Clair Bridge Road in Jarrettsville, according to police. A spokeswoman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office said Buchanan's 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt crossed into the northbound lane and struck the 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 driven by Jorge Luis Velazquez-Caballos, 32, of the 3600 block of Grier Nursery Road in Forest Hill. The accident investigation is in the "preliminary stages," said spokeswoman Monica Worrell. Neither Buchanan nor …