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A 19-year-old man was killed at 4: 24 a.m. yesterday after he drove his Chevrolet Cavalier the wrong direction on U.S. 50 outside Annapolis and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer, Maryland State Police said.Enrique Rosas Ortega of the 300 block of Blossom Tree Drive in Arnold was pronounced dead at the scene.His body was taken to the state Medical Examiner's Office to determine whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident, police said.The truck driver, Robert R. Hester of Philadelphia, was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center with minor injuries, said State Trooper Jason McCrone.

A 38-year old Florida man was killed in Prince George's County early yesterday when a tractor-trailer slammed into his car in northbound lands of Interstate 95.Ari R. Muschel of Delray Beach, Fla., stopped about 2 a.m. on I-95 in Beltsville after his 1997 Chevrolet Lumina struck the rear of another vehicle, state police said.Before Muschel could move to the highway's shoulder, his Lumina was hit from the rear by a 1991 Freightliner driven by Larry Goffigan Sr., 42, of Edgewood.

An 81-year-old Pikesville man and the elderly passenger in the front seat of his car died yesterday when the Chevrolet he was driving jumped a curb in the Sinai Hospital parking lot and rammed the hospital building, city police reported.Moses Cohen, of the 3000 block of Northbrook Road and Rose Scherr, 76, of the same address, died in the 10: 23 a.m. accident, traffic investigators said.The relationship between the victims was unclear last night.Sinai officials were unsure why the pair were at the hospital.

A Hampstead man and a Taneytown woman were seriously injured yesterday when their vehicles crashed nearly head-on along Route 140 in Taneytown.Both drivers were taken in MedEvac helicopters to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where they were in serious condition, a hospital spokeswoman said yesterday.According to a state police report, Warren Blaine Johnston, 42, was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck west at Big Pipe Creek near the Taneytown roundabout at 8: 12 a.m. when a Chevrolet Camaro heading east crossed the center line.

Medio Joseph Waldt Jr., a retired automobile salesman and well-known figure in Northeast Baltimore, died Sunday of a cerebral hemorrhage at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 73 and lived in Lauraville.For 46 years, he was a salesman at auto dealerships in the Baltimore area -- Boulevard Motors, Kelly Buick, Martin Motors, Scott Motors and Fox Chevrolet. He retired from Jerry's Chevrolet on Joppa Road in 1995 after serving 26 years as truck and general sales manager.In 1961, he opened the Oriole Rambler agency at 901 E. 25th St., selling Marlins, Rambler Americans and Javelins.

Man accused of stealing pickup truck from employerA 20-year-old Reisterstown man was released on personal recognizance Monday after being arrested on a charge of theft over $300, Hampstead police said.Nicholas G. Warren of the 3400 block of Pleasant Plains Drive is accused of stealing a 1989 Chevrolet pickup truck from Stambaugh Chevrolet, his employer, in the 1100 block of S. Main St.The truck's estimated value is $3,000, police said.

IF THERE'S ONE thing this nation needs, it's bigger cars. That's why I'm excited that Ford is coming out with a new mound o' metal that will offer consumers even more total road-squatting mass than the current leader in the humongous-car category, the popular Chevrolet Suburban Subdivision -- the first passenger automobile designed to be, right off the assembly line, visible from the moon.I don't know what the new Ford will be called. Probably something like the "Ford Untamed Wilderness Adventure."

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said yesterday that it plans to consolidate its North American sales unit and cut several hundred jobs in an attempt to reduce costs and become more competitive.The company expects to save as much as $300 million annually by cutting as much as 20 percent of the staff of about 5,000 by January. It also will reduce the role of executives at its Chevrolet, Pontiac-GMC, Buick and Oldsmobile divisions.The move is the latest by marketing chief Ronald Zarrella to speed decision-making as the company's U.S. market share, which has fallen to 31 percent this year from 45 percent in the 1970s, continues to decline.

Two people were killed and five were seriously injured Sunday night in a three-car accident on Route 222 in Cecil County, state police said. The accident occurred about 8: 30 p.m. when a northbound 1987 Nissan Pulsar crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a southbound 1988 Chevrolet Camaro and a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, they said.Pronounced dead at the scene were Marguerite Ursula Tenly, 72, of Aberdeen and Katherine Quinn, 31, of Port Deposit. They were front-seat passengers in the Blazer and Pulsar, respectively.

LAS VEGAS -- The great party that was the Las Vegas 400 Winston Cup race began with Wayne Newton giving the command to start the engines and ended with the Las Vegas entertainer handing the winner's trophy to Mark Martin.In between was one of the least exciting Winston Cup races to be witnessed in a long time. It was probably the only disappointment in the sport's first visit to this city of bright lights and casinos.Yet, Martin, who finished 1.605 seconds ahead of his Roush Racing teammate, Jeff Burton, found nothing wrong with the uneventful way this race unfolded.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Northwestern Baltimore Shooting A man was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Thursday night after he was shot in the face and a leg by an unknown assailant in the 2700 block of N. Longwood St. near Piedmont Avenue in the Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood. Police responding to a 911 call about 9 p.m. found the man lying in the street. The man's name was withheld pending notification of family members. Western Baltimore Shooting Police responding to a report of a man shot in the 1000 block of Vine St. in the Poppleton community about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday found the victim, 29, bleeding from gunshot wounds to the lower right side of his back.

Baltimore North side Three officers hurt in collision with car Three city police officers responding to a fellow officer's call for assistance and the driver of a Chevrolet compact car were injured yesterday when their vehicles collided near the former site of Memorial Stadium, police said. The officers were taken by city Fire Department ambulances to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, were they were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, said Major Dennis Smith, deputy commander of the Northern District.

DETROIT -- Gary Kovacic was putting the finishing touches on plans for the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu two years ago when his boss raised the bar. What would it take to make the car better than the competing Camry that Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. had just put on sale, General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer G. Richard Wagoner Jr. wanted to know. The question forced Kovacic and his engineering team to put two months into a part-by-part comparison of their car with the Camry and to propose hundreds of design upgrades.

Centurion Boats at The Glen Today's lineup At Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Lap length: 2 miles. Car number in parentheses; o.p.-owners points; at.-attempts) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, o.p.. 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, o.p.. 3. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, o.p.. 4. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, o.p.. 5. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, o.p.. 6. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, o.p.. 7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, o.p.. 8. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, o.p.. 9. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, o.p..

Allstate 400 Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 184.207 mph. 2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 183.494. 3. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 183.475. 4. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 183.419. 5. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 183.374. 6. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 183.079. 7. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 183.050. 8. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 183.024. 9. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 183.012. 10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 182.804. 11. (96)

Matthew John Payne, a service estimator at a motorcycle dealership, died Friday in an automobile accident near his Woodstock home. He was 28. Born in Nashua, N.H., and raised in Westminster, he was a 1997 graduate of Westminster High School and earned an associate of arts degree from Catonsville Community College, where he trained in auto mechanics. He was a Boy Scout with Troop 321 in Westminster for six years and achieved the Order of the Arrow. He was a mechanic for Jeff Barnes Chevrolet, Heritage Chevrolet and Schaefer and Strohminger Chevrolet before moving to C&L Cycles in Eldersburg and Ellicott City Motor Sports.

Solomon Milgrome, a retired Southwest Baltimore grocer who led services at the Shaarei Tfiloh Congregation and lived independently until his death at 104, died at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care on April 13. Family members said he never recovered after recently catching a cold. Born in 1903 in a Polish shtetl known as Sokolow, he received religious instruction as a young man and never relinquished his Old World spiritual heritage. "I decided that it was absolutely healthy for a person to be sensibly religious - not fanatical," Mr. Milgrome said in a 1994 Sun interview.

A Severna Park man was killed Friday in a two-vehicle accident in Millersville, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. Michael Patrick Nash, 44, of Ben Oaks Drive was traveling north on Veterans Highway near West Benfield Road about 7:30 p.m. when his 1978 Triumph convertible crossed the center line and into the path of a southbound 2000 Chevrolet van, police said in a news release. The Triumph caught fire, police said, and Nash was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Chevrolet, Robert George Anderson, 71, of Elizabeth Road was not injured.

Howard County police are searching for a blue Chevrolet Lumina that might have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on U.S. 1 about 9:40 p.m. May 4. David Allen Overmiller, 58, of Jessup was riding his bike to his son's Elkridge home when a car struck him. He was found lying in the southbound lanes and died at Maryland Shock Trauma Center several hours later, police said. Police believe that the Lumina was built between 1995 and 2000. The department is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Daytona Beach, Fla. -- Five years after the death of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt at Daytona International Speedway, the pain is still with Richard Childress, Earnhardt's friend and the owner of the black No. 3 Chevy he made famous. But Childress and his race team are focused and ready to go after a victory today in the Daytona 500. Daytona 500 Today, 2:30 p.m., chs. 11, 4 Daytona 500 Site -- Daytona Beach, Fla. When -- Today, 2:30 p.m. TV -- Chs. 11, 4 (1:30 p.m.) Track -- Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile tri-oval)