Acura

A 7-year-old boy remains in critical condition with a severe head injury after a traffic accident on Christmas night. At about 10 p.m., Anne Arundel police responded to Casuarina Way near Spring Meadow Way in Odenton where a 1997 Acura sedan had struck a parked tow truck. The boy, who had been sitting in the front seat of the Acura, was taken to John Hopkins Children's Center. Police are not releasing his name. The car's driver, Lisa Marie Middledorf, 30, was not injured. Police said preliminary evidence indicates alcohol and driver fatigue contributed to the crash.

Anne Arundel County Police say a pedestrian was hit by a car Friday in an incident they believe might have stemmed from a traffic dispute between occupants of one vehicle and the driver of another. According to police, at about 11:45 p.m., officers responded to westbound Route 100 in Pasadena for a report of a vehicle crash and found a pedestrian had been struck. Police said a preliminary investigation indicates an Acura was heading west on Route 100 and attempted to notify police about a SUV being operated "in a reckless manner," police said.

POLICE LOG* Owen Brown: 7200 block of Dockside Lane: Someone tried to steal a 1991 Acura Sunday, police said.

A Baltimore city employee was killed Tuesday afternoon after a man veered off an interstate and sped onto downtown streets, flipping the car he was driving in front of City Hall, according to police and the victim's family. Matthew Hersl, an employee of 28 years who worked in the finance department and was an avid Orioles fan, was struck and taken to Maryland Shock Trauma center, where he was pronounced dead. A Maryland State trooper first encountered the driver on Interstate 83 when the driver flew up behind him at speeds that may have exceed 100 miles per hour, according to Sgt. Marc Black, a department spokesman.

POLICE LOG* Town Center: 10400 block of Little Patuxent Parkway: A black 1993 Acura Vigor was stolen from a parking garage Friday, police said.10300 block of Little Patuxent Parkway: An officer responding to car alarm in the Columbia Mall parking lot Friday night found a 1989 Acura Legend with its door unlocked and its ignition disabled.

POLICE LOG* Elkridge: 6300 block of S. Hanover Road: Two multicolored 1993 Yamaha all-terrain vehicles were reported stolen between Sept. 1 and Thursday.* Ellicott City: 8500 block of Route 40: A 1993 Acura Legend was reported as possibly missing from Acura West on Thursday.

One man was killed and two other people were seriously injured when two cars collided yesterday morning on Interstate 83 in Hunt Valley, state police reported. The crash occurred about 2:05 a.m. north of Shawan Road when the male driver of a 2001 Acura Integra, headed north at high speed, lost control of the car and struck a northbound 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse, police said. Both vehicles spun out of control and came to rest in the roadway. One occupant of the Acura was pronounced dead at the scene, while another occupant of the Acura and the driver of the Mitsubishi were flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

POLICE LOG* Ellicott City: 6200 block of Waterloo Road: A burglar stole cash and drank beer after entering a home on Tuesday. Police said there was no sign of forced entry.8500 block of U.S. 40: An unidentified man was seen driving off the Acura West lot in a stolen white 1991 Acura Legend. A security guard reported seeing a black and silver Ford Bronco II in the area at the time.

An Acura Legend involved in three hit-and-run collisions was demolished last night after a final crash on the west side of downtown Baltimore, killing the passenger and seriously injuring the driver. The first collision occurred about 8:45 p.m. at Monroe and Mulberry streets in West Baltimore, where the Acura struck another vehicle and sped off as officers arrived. Before they could pursue it, the Acura disappeared and the officers were ordered not to take up pursuit, police said. Within minutes, the Acura collided with two other cars in West Baltimore before arriving in the 700 block of W. Lexington St., where it hit an unoccupied parked Honda automobile, sped across a pedestrian walkway at Violet Hill White Way and slammed into a traffic-light pole at Lexington Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Anne Arundel County Police say a pedestrian was hit by a car Friday in an incident they believe might have stemmed from a traffic dispute between occupants of one vehicle and the driver of another. According to police, at about 11:45 p.m., officers responded to westbound Route 100 in Pasadena for a report of a vehicle crash and found a pedestrian had been struck. Police said a preliminary investigation indicates an Acura was heading west on Route 100 and attempted to notify police about a SUV being operated "in a reckless manner," police said.

A 7-year-old boy remains in critical condition with a severe head injury after a traffic accident on Christmas night. At about 10 p.m., Anne Arundel police responded to Casuarina Way near Spring Meadow Way in Odenton where a 1997 Acura sedan had struck a parked tow truck. The boy, who had been sitting in the front seat of the Acura, was taken to John Hopkins Children's Center. Police are not releasing his name. The car's driver, Lisa Marie Middledorf, 30, was not injured. Police said preliminary evidence indicates alcohol and driver fatigue contributed to the crash.

Craig R. Unruh, an advertising executive and avid waterfowl hunter, died Sept. 14 of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was 61. Mr. Unruh was born in Baltimore and raised on Tunbridge Road in Homeland. He was a 1969 graduate of St. Paul's School, where he had been an outstanding midfielder on the lacrosse team and a key player in the 1969 state championship game. As a student at the University of Maryland, he was a starting midfielder his freshman year, and after earning a bachelor's degree in 1973, continued playing the sport for the University, Chesapeake and Carling lacrosse clubs.

Frank Ocean's soon-to-be-rereleased album, Nostalgia, Ultra. , is a grower. When I first heard it in March, it seemed like a better-than-average debut a few rare flashes of brilliance. But I wasn't bowled over. For every slick no-brainer ("Novacane," "Songs For Women"), there was a strange, off-putting decision lurking ("Strawberry Swing" samples Coldplay; "American Wedding" inexpicably reinterprets the Eagles' "Hotel California"). But the more time spent with Nostalgia , the more likeable Ocean becomes as a singer, and more importantly, a storyteller.

A car crashed into a broken-down bus in Columbia yesterday afternoon, sending five people to the hospital with minor injuries, Howard County police said. Shortly before 1 p.m., a 2000 Acura driven by a 42-year-old Columbia man plowed into a public bus that had broken down in a traffic lane on Broken Land Parkway near Cradlerock Way, Howard County police Lt. Morris Carroll said. Five of the 10 passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital after complaining of neck pain, and two others received treatment at the scene.

One man was killed and two other people were seriously injured when two cars collided yesterday morning on Interstate 83 in Hunt Valley, state police reported. The crash occurred about 2:05 a.m. north of Shawan Road when the male driver of a 2001 Acura Integra, headed north at high speed, lost control of the car and struck a northbound 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse, police said. Both vehicles spun out of control and came to rest in the roadway. One occupant of the Acura was pronounced dead at the scene, while another occupant of the Acura and the driver of the Mitsubishi were flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

A Laurel man who was charged months ago with killing a pedestrian during an apparent car race on Route 198 in August turned himself in yesterday, Anne Arundel County police said. Police had been seeking Richard McHale II, 23, of the 9300 block of Steeple Court in the Aug. 10 incident near Red Clay Road. Police said McHale's white Acura Integra struck and killed Chelliah Johnson, 53, of Riverdale as the victim was crossing the six-lane state highway. Witnesses said the white Acura had been racing a blue one. Johnson, an employee at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 198 and the father of two young sons, had crossed more than half the highway when he was struck.

A man operating a motor scooter was injured last night when he was struck by a car driven by a suspected robber and being followed by police. The suspected robber got away, police said. Northwestern District officers were told during the 3:30 p.m. roll call about a car -- a black Acura -- that was seen shortly after 6 a.m. at an armed robbery of a Burger King in the 6600 block of Reisterstown Road, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Shortly after 6 p.m., the car was spotted in the Forest Park area by an officer who tailed it at a slow speed and requested backup, Moses said.