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A Jeep being driven the wrong way on Interstate 695 near Arbutus in Baltimore County collided with a car early yesterday, killing the car's driver, state police said.According to Sgt. James Forbes of the state police Golden Ring Barracks, a 1988 Jeep Wrangler was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-695, near Interstate 95, about 2: 45 a.m."There was a driver going southbound on the other side of the freeway, trying to get this guy to see he was heading the wrong way," Forbes said.

Is your dad rugged, or more of the cuddly variety? Does he fancy power tools or terry-cloth robes? What-ever his taste, there's plenty to please him this Father's Day. Here are a few of our favorite gift ideas:Spa treatmentIt isn't clear if men are more aware of spas or are just less timid, but giving your dad a spa treatment is appropriate in a way it never was a few years back. Although he may be a little gun-shy at the prospect, after your dad has his exfoliating mask on, he'll be glad he went.

A Westminster woman was injured yesterday when a tractor-trailer rammed the rear of her Jeep Grand Cherokee, rupturing fuel tanks on both vehicles and spilling scores of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel onto a grassy area leading to Longwell Stream, authorities said.Teresa Ann Bonneyville, 41, of the 1000 block of Long Valley Road was flown by MedEvac helicopter to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where she was in fair and stable condition last night, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The FBI is seeking a second suspect in Friday's robbery of $59,149 from the NationsBank branch in Roland Park, which was held up by armed men who made a high-speed getaway on Interstate 95.Jay Michael Goodman, 26, of the 4200 block of Towanda Ave. in Northwest Baltimore is charged in an arrest warrant with armed bank robbery, the FBI said yesterday. Goodman, who also uses the name Kevin Scott, is considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said.Another man suspected in the robbery, Dante Carrington, 22, of Baltimore, was arrested Saturday and is being held in lieu of bail.

A 12-year-old Pasadena boy died Wednesday after a Jeep that ran a stop sign as it left Chesapeake High School rammed the passenger side of the truck the boy was riding in as it passed by on Mountain Road, county police said.Christopher Paul Schultz of the 600 block of Arundel Road died about 6 p.m., an hour after the accident, at North Arundel Hospital.Police said Christopher and his father, Paul Martin Schultz, 40, were heading west on Mountain Road just after 5 p.m. when the Jeep, driven by Salvatore Lee Papa, 19, of the 2000 block of Gooseneck Road, came out of the school's driveway and hit their 1986 Toyota pickup, police said.

Easthern DistrictTheft from vehicle: Someone entered a 1995 Jeep parked in the 600 block of Fallsway Friday and stole stereo equipment and a cellular phone, all valued at more than $500.Pub Date: 11/24/97

A Baltimore County jury yesterday found a grocery clerk not guilty of intentionally killing Beasley, a black terrier, in White Marsh when he ran over the dog July 4 with his Jeep.Joseph Glenn Myers Jr., 25, of Kingsville was acquitted of charges of animal mutilation and reckless driving after his Jeep swerved off Heathcliff Road and hit the animal on the grass while he was taking friends to a fireworks display.Thomas Hopkins, who was driving behind Myers, said he saw the Jeep drive toward the dog, then watched the six people in the Jeep "whooping and cheering" after it struck the animal.

A 16-year-old Hampstead boy who escaped from a Baltimore County facility for juvenile offenders was recaptured yesterday after eluding state police in Carroll County for about 12 hours after troopers reported seeing him driving a stolen Jeep.The youth apparently had returned to the Hampstead area after escaping from the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School Friday night, police said.At 4: 20 a.m. yesterday, troopers saw the boy driving a green 1997 Jeep Wrangler that earlier had been reported stolen on Ridge Road in Westminster.

A 35-year-old woman was killed and her 5-year-old son seriously injured when her car collided at a Southwest Baltimore intersection early yesterday with a Jeep driven by an off-duty city police officer on his way home from work.Police said that the woman apparently failed to yield while turning left onto Frederick Avenue from Wickham Road about 12: 20 a.m. A department spokesman also said it appeared the woman had been drinking.The officer was identified as Anthony Faulk Jr., 22, who is assigned to the Southwestern police district.

THE PLANE LEAVES for Phoenix in an hour. I am dressed in comfortable pants and a long, loose blouse, eager to attend my first national biology teacher's conference. My husband will drop me off at the airport on his way to work. I hear evidence of the morning's activities -- the shower, a hair dryer, the soft thud of the refrigerator door closing. The aroma of a pop tart wafts upstairs.''Where's the jeep?'' my husband asks, standing at the south window facing our driveway.''The jeep?''I open the east window overlooking our front yard.

Maryland State Police said yesterday that they plan to charge the driver of a Jeep involved in Friday evening's rush-hour crash on the Bel Air Bypass. State police also identified the mother and son who were killed in the three-vehicle accident. Katherine S. Brady, 31, the front-seat passenger of a minivan that was struck head-on by the Jeep, and Wilson Brady, 8, who was one of two children in the rear seat of the minivan, were pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. The minivan's driver, Stephen M. Brady, 32, was in serious condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Baltimore police have identified two men who were fatally shot Friday while they sat in a sport utility vehicle at a Northwest Baltimore intersection. Quinton Hogan, 23, of the first block of Solar Circle in Parkville and Donell Rogers, 21, of the 2600 block of Ashland Ave. were shot as they sat in a black Jeep Cherokee at Wabash and Rogers avenues about 9:45 a.m., police spokeswoman Nicole Monroe said. The Jeep was stopped at a traffic light in the southbound lane of Wabash when a small white sedan pulled up next to it and gunfire erupted, police said.

The occupants of a black Jeep Cherokee were stuck in traffic yesterday waiting for a red light to turn green on Wabash Avenue when a small white sedan pulled up beside it. It was 9:45 a.m. at a busy Northwest Baltimore intersection. City police said someone inside the sedan opened fire on the Jeep, hitting the driver and passenger as they sat in the southbound lane of Wabash at Rogers Avenue. The shootings sparked a quick series of events that ended with the Jeep plowing into another car. Police said the two men who were shot died of their wounds and that the gunmen escaped.

In the car business, it's all about product. You can move iron with incentives and lure tire-kickers with a clever ad. But to rack up consistent sales and build a loyal customer base, a car company needs to make quality vehicles that meet buyers' needs and fulfill their desires. For the "new" Chrysler - which recently went private and is in the midst of a restructuring - meeting these challenges won't be easy. Although the automaker's Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles "are seen by consumers as being rugged, tough and powerful with aggressive designs," says Steve Witten of market research firm J.D. Power & Associates, "what they're below average on is being fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly, providing good value for money and appealing to younger drivers."

A collision between a sport utility vehicle and a tow truck yesterday afternoon on a road near Dunkirk in southern Anne Arundel County claimed the life of one man and injured another, a county Police Department spokesman said. Their names were not released. Shortly before 5 p.m., the driver of a 1988 Jeep Cherokee was eastbound on Chesapeake Beach Road when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a westbound 37-foot roll-back tow truck, said Sgt. Dave Ennis, the spokesman. Ennis said the driver of the Jeep, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown onto the roadway and was pronounced dead at the scene.

More green and majestic than Jurassic Park, Dominica was the recent film location of Pirates of the Caribbean's sequel, Dead Man's Chest. More importantly - to my wife and me - it was the scene of our 25th wedding anniversary. It's said to be the only Caribbean island Columbus would still recognize: virtually unspoiled with no all-inclusive resorts cluttering the coastline. That means no walls to keep the real Dominica and its people hidden. Almost anyone will be happy to give you directions to a secluded beach or waterfall, reminding you to "keep drivin' on de left," British style.

A Pennsylvania man accused of leading Baltimore police officers on a pursuit Tuesday night through several North Baltimore neighborhoods, ramming five cruisers before the Jeep he was driving came to rest in the Jones Falls, has been charged with multiple criminal and traffic offenses, police said. Edward Leroy Lee, 36, of Glen Rock is charged with assaulting police officers by ramming the cruisers; destruction of the vehicles; false imprisonment of his 30-year-old girlfriend, who was in the Jeep during the chase; and traffic violations, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman.

RISING SUN - A Cecil County man was killed early yesterday morning when the car he was driving struck a wooden fence, and a post speared him in the chest, state police said. John A. Peoples, 23, of the 100 block of Cissel Lane in Rising Sun was traveling south on Little New York Road about 2:30 a.m. when his Jeep went off the road. He was dead at the scene.

Describing a quick and chilling homicide in Annapolis' Historic District, two police officers testified yesterday that murder-carjacking suspect Terrence Tolbert told them that Straughan Lee Griffin had no opportunity to react before he was shot point-blank and run over with his own Jeep in front of his home. "I said, `Did Mr. Griffin say anything?' and he said, `No, he didn't get a chance to say anything,'" Maryland State Police Cpl. Edward White Jr. told Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jurors yesterday, recounting that Tolbert called the Sept.

A three-vehicle collision on Route 424 in Davidsonville injured five people yesterday morning, sending two adults and three Crofton teenagers to local hospitals, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. About 6:30 a.m., Hermelinda A. Dempsey, 54, of Davidsonville was attempting to turn left from northbound Route 424 onto the U.S. 50 ramp when her Toyota Sequoia was struck by a sport utility vehicle heading south on Route 424, according to a news release issued yesterday afternoon. The occupants of the Jeep Cherokee that struck Dempsey's truck - a 17-year-old driver and two teenage passengers - were on their way to South River High School, a police spokeswoman said yesterday.