Minor Injuries

A Loyola College student who was walking along York Road on Sunday night was confronted by a group of juveniles, one of whom threw a rock that hit him in the head, causing minor injuries, authorities said yesterday. The area where the aggravated assault occurred is commonly traversed by Loyola students, who walk along York Road to various bars and other entertainment spots. The head of the college's public safety department said that the school did not issue an on-campus alert to students about the incident.

A 69-year-old Columbia woman suffered minor injuries last night after dropping a candle on her floor and starting a fire that was quickly stopped by a sprinkler system.Yvonne Baumgartner suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to Howard County General Hospital for treatment, firefighters said.About 6: 50 p.m., Baumgartner was reaching for her afghan on her floor when she dropped the candle, said Capt. Sean Kelly of the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services.She tried to smother the fire with the afghan, but the cloth ignited and she fled the apartment in the 7000 block of Cradlerock Way, Kelly said.

Four people, including two children, were seriously injured and three other people suffered minor injuries in a collision yesterday in Pasadena.The accident occurred at Bodkin Avenue and Mountain Road. The driver of a Ford pickup traveling west on Mountain Road swerved into the eastbound lanes to avoid hitting a turning vehicle, Anne Arundel County police said.The pickup struck a Plymouth minivan traveling east.Officer Marc Gelven said the driver of the minivan was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

Eleven North Carroll High School students and three motorists suffered minor injuries in the first of two accidents involving county school buses in yesterday's early morning mist and fog, state police said.Twenty-four William Winchester Elementary pupils, a bus driver and a motorist were uninjured in the second incident when, according to state police, the bus driver backed into a car that had stopped behind the bus on Old Manchester Road in Westminster at 9: 15 a.m.Bus driver Cleo D. Walters, 70, of New Windsor was charged with unsafe backing, state police said.

A Baltimore police officer and two civilians were injured yesterday when officers tried to stop a man in a stolen car and were led on a pursuit that ended after a series of crashes.Police said the incident began shortly after noon when members of the Regional Auto Theft Team staked out a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero parked at West Cold Spring Lane and Park Heights Avenue. The car was reported stolen July 5 from National Rental Car Co. at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.When a man tried to drive off, police quickly surrounded the car.Agent Ragina L. Cooper, a police spokeswoman, said the man drove forward and hit a Chevrolet Cavalier, then backed into and rammed the front of a marked police Jeep several times.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.Southeastern DistrictRobbery: Two men broke into a house in the 800 block of S. Clinton St. about 8 p.m. Monday and assaulted and robbed the male occupant, 85, of cash. The victim was treated for minor injuries at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.Southwestern DistrictVandalism: Someone forced open the door of the bulletin board outside Wildwood Parkway United Methodist Church in the 700 block of Wildwood Parkway Sunday and stole several letters and rearranged others.

The Jessup teen-agers injured in a traffic accident Saturday night in which two other teens were killed remained in critical condition yesterday, said a spokeswoman for Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.Frederick Rach, 15, of the 8200 block of Cambridge Court and Nicole Snyder, 15, of the 8900 block of Twelve Sons Court suffered injuries to the head and upper torso, said Battalion Chief John Scholz, a spokesman for Anne Arundel County EMS/Fire/Rescue.Rach and Snyder were injured when they were thrown from the 1992 Mazda Protege in which they were riding on Ridge Road near Green Valley Circle in Hanover, said Anne Arundel County police.

Seven people were treated for minor injuries early yesterday after they escaped from a burning home near Reese by jumping from second-floor bedroom windows, authorities said.Fire officials are investigating the cause of the two-alarm fire at a 2 1/2 -story wood house in the 1300 block of Baltimore Blvd. (Route 140). The fire began about 12: 40 a.m. on the front porch and was brought under control in 30 minutes by volunteers from Reese, Westminster, Gamber and Hampstead.The house was occupied by Deborah McKenzie, 32, and four children, Steven, 15; Ashley, 10; Katie, 7; Beyon, 5; and Mark A. Hoff, 23; and Denny Gist, 7.All were taken to Carroll County General Hospital, where they were treated for injuries, including smoke inhalation and lacerations, and released, state fire marshals said.

Two robbers hit a 16-year-old girl making a cash machine withdrawal in Town Center in Columbia and stole an undetermined amount of cash Tuesday night, police said.About 11 p.m., two men approached the teen-ager as she stood near an ATM in the 10000 block of Governor Warfield Parkway, police said.The men struck the girl, demanded her identification number, stole cash and fled, police said.The teen-ager was treated at Howard County General Hospital for minor injuries and released.Pub Date: 4/03/98

A carload of teen-agers crashed into a utility pole on U.S. 50 near Trappe on the Eastern Shore yesterday morning, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others.It was the only traffic fatality reported on Maryland highways yesterday, according to state police. But two unrelated accidents injured two people, police said.Thursday night, a 24-year-old Towson man was found dead in his burning car by a Cecil County rest stop. His death is being investigated.Yesterday's fatal car accident in Talbot County occurred about 1: 30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of U.S. 50, near Buck Bryan Road, police said.

Four people were transported to the University of Shock Trauma Center for non-life-threatening injuries after an accident involving an ambulance and a vehicle at Cathedral and Preston streets at 1:40 p.m. yesterday. Officials said the ambulance was struck in the rear on the driver's side by a Dodge Charger in the middle of the intersection. The ambulance was en route to a hospital with an elderly patient at the time of the crash. The elderly patient was transported with minor injuries; the attending paramedic suffered a laceration to the head.

Heavy wind and rain sent five people into the Patuxent River yesterday after the 16-foot boat they were in capsized during a series of thunderstorms that caused damage throughout Southern Maryland and Washington. A spokesman for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said all five people - three adults and two children - had on life jackets and were rescued by an onlooker shortly after falling into the water about 5 p.m. Sgt. Ken Turner said the group had rented the vessel for fishing but did not make it back to the shore before the storm.

Several children sustained minor injuries yesterday when a school bus they were riding in collided with a parked vehicle in Northwest Baltimore, according to authorities and witnesses at the scene. The accident occurred shortly before 7 a.m. near West Cold Spring Lane and Garrison Boulevard, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a city Fire Department spokesman. At least three of the five children on the bus were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries, Cartwright said. A witness told The Sun that the school bus hit a parked sport utility vehicle and that two sedans were also damaged.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Eastern Robbery -- A woman, 41, was walking in the 500 block of N. Broadway near Johns Hopkins Hospital about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday when several teenage boys pelted her with snowballs. When she tried to walk away, one teen approached from behind and placed a knee into the middle of her back, nearly causing her to fall. At the same time, another youth stole a bag the woman was carrying, which contained medical equipment, medical books and papers.

Several disabled adults and a driver were injured about 4 p.m. yesterday when a Carroll Area Transit System bus in which they were riding collided with another vehicle on Route 27 near Taylorsville, state police in Westminster said. The small bus, run by the nonprofit group and carrying eight passengers, was southbound on Route 27 when it was struck by a pickup pulling out of Marston Road, Trooper Daxton Bury said. Bury said four ambulances transported the bus occupants to Carroll County General Hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries.

A Loyola College student who was walking along York Road on Sunday night was confronted by a group of juveniles, one of whom threw a rock that hit him in the head, causing minor injuries, authorities said yesterday. The area where the aggravated assault occurred is commonly traversed by Loyola students, who walk along York Road to various bars and other entertainment spots. The head of the college's public safety department said that the school did not issue an on-campus alert to students about the incident.

An Ellicott City women and two of her children were killed in a traffic accident Tuesday evening in Washington County, state police said. Amira Abbas, 41, of the 11000 block of Dorsch Farm Road was traveling west on Interstate 70 near Hancock about 5 p.m. when she lost control of her 2004 Toyota Camry and crossed the median into an eastbound lane, where she collided head-on with a tractor-trailer, state police said. Police said Abbas and her two children, ages 10 and 4, died of their injuries.

Two men were injured last night in an explosion at a Carroll County manufacturing facility at 711 Corporate Center Court in Westminster, fire officials said. Authorities are investigating the possibility that the explosion at Carleton Pressure Technology Division originated from a piece of machinery, said Westminster Fire Chief Jeff Alexander. One employee was flown to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center with burns to his upper torso, arms and head, Alexander said. The second employee had minor injuries and was taken to Carroll Hospital Center for evaluation, Alexander said.

Two school buses transporting students to an amusement park collided in Prince George's County yesterday morning, resulting in 27 middle-schoolers being treated for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. The vehicles were part of a six-bus convoy from Lindale Middle School in Linthicum heading to Six Flags America theme park at Largo when one bus rear-ended the other about 10 a.m. at Route 301 and Annapolis Road, near Bowie. The 67 children on the two buses were taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center where they were evaluated, and 27 of them were treated for minor bumps, bruises and headaches, said Margot Mohsberg, a hospital spokeswoman.

Baltimore police were investigating a fight early yesterday between two off-duty city police officers that ended with one stabbed in the back. The fight occurred about 7:45 a.m. in the 3600 block of Raymonn Ave. in Northeast Baltimore. Police identified the officers involved as Walter Brown, 24, and Larry Worsley, 23, both assigned to the Central District. The officer who was stabbed, Brown, drove himself to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and was treated for minor injuries, said Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman.