Parkville teenager killed in collision on I-795
A teenager was killed and another was injured yesterday in a collision, police said. Mackenzie Ann Marguerite Papoi, 15, of the 9000 block of Orbitan Road in Parkville was driving a Toyota south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 795 near Franklin Boulevard, police said. Papoi, who had a learner's permit, collided with a Hummer about 3:30 a.m. and was killed, police said. The passenger in the Toyota, Bethany A. Carson, 17, was taken to Sinai Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. She was in being treated yesterday afternoon, a hospital official said. The people inside the Hummer were not injured, police said. Police said that alcohol was involved in the crash, police said. No charges were pending.
Arin Gencer
Pikesville woman killed in crash on icy Route 295
A Baltimore County woman was killed early yesterday after she lost control of her minivan on the icy surface of Route 295 near Dorsey in Anne Arundel County, Maryland State Police said. Yvette Michelle Peoples, 47, of Pikesville was driving a 1999 Dodge Caravan south on 295 shortly before 4 a.m. when she lost control and struck the rear of an ambulance that was parked on the shoulder. The ambulance crew was assisting an accident victim at the site south of Route 195, said state police at the Glen Burnie barracks. Police said the ambulance was unoccupied and that Peoples, the lone occupant of her van, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said five other accidents apparently caused by icy conditions were reported in the same area as the fatal accident.
Richard Irwin
Traffic pattern changing for I-95 express lane work
The traffic pattern along a portion of southbound Interstate 95 is set to change starting early tomorrow as part of the I-95 express toll lanes project. Starting about 5 a.m., traffic along the three miles between Campbell Boulevard and Rossville Boulevard will shift about 60 feet to the right of the current location, Maryland Transportation Authority officials said, to allow for the new express toll lanes to be constructed. To accommodate the shift to the new traffic pattern, work crews expect to be closing one or two lanes of traffic at a time starting about 7 p.m. tonight. Transportation officials caution motorists to stay alert during the work tonight and pay attention to the overhead road signs and new lane markings that will be in place tomorrow morning. Transportation officials are setting up a system in which motorists will be able to travel along four lanes of general traffic along I-95, and two express lanes that require a toll payment. For more information on the project, go to www.i-95expresstolllanes.com.
