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A New Windsor man has been charged by Westminster police with causing a five-vehicle collision when his tractor-trailer ran over a compact convertible and trapped two people inside on Route 140 in November.James Louis Knight, 38, of the 3000 block of Sams Creek Road was charged with three traffic violations and six counts of violating motor carrier safety laws involving allegedly defective equipment on his rig.The traffic charges include reckless driving, negligent driving and failure to control speed to avoid an accident.

Police say a boy was assaulted in Dundalk Friday when the driver of pickup truck struck him with the passenger side mirror. The incident happened about 5:40 p.m. Friday in the 3300 block of Wallford Drive. A gray Chevrolet Silverado "purposefully accelerated and swerved to strike a juvenile as he was attempting to cross the street," according an account by Baltimore County Police. The boy — Gabriel Hudgins, 14, of the 3300-block Wallford Drive — was treated and released from Franklin Square Hospital, police said.

A Pennsylvania woman was killed early Sunday after the driver of a pickup truck in which she was a passenger lost control on an icy section of Old York Road in White Hall and crashed into another vehicle, according to Maryland State Police at the Bel Air Barracks. Police said Frank Ferguson Jr., 41, of White Hall, was driving a 2006 Ford pickup truck west on Old York Road near Route 23 (Norrisville Road) about 8:30 a.m. when he crossed the double yellow line in an attempt to pass a 2005 Chevrolet pickup.

Maryland State Police are searching for four people suspected of stealing a lawn tractor from a new Lowe's store in Cecil County, and then crashing a get-away pickup truck as they sped away, killing one of the suspects who was riding in the back of the vehicle. David L. Rowland, 35, of Elkton, was pronounced dead at Christiana Hospital. Authorities that Rowland and four others on Monday managed to load a John Deere tractor onto the back of the pickup truck, using a pallets as a ramp.

A resident was treated for minor injuries after a pickup truck crashed into a Wilde Lake apartment building yesterday afternoon, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services reported. The accident happened about 4 p.m. and caused an estimated $20,000 in damage at the three-story building in the 5400 block of Eliots Oak Road. Occupants of a damaged first-floor apartment were displaced, said department spokesman Bill Mould. The male resident, who was on the second floor, was taken to Howard County General Hospital with apparently minor injuries.

A passenger in a pickup truck operated by a suspected drunken driver was killed early today when the vehicle went off a road in western Baltimore County and struck a telephone pole and culvert, county police said.James Dumbart, 39, of the 300 block of S. Franklintown Road in West Baltimore, died at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. accident, police said.Police said Mr. Dumbart's stepson, Robert Larry Whitacre, 22, of the 1700 block of Cole St. in Baltimore, was eastbound in a 1987 Ford F-250 when the pickup ran off Liberty Road near Lyons Mill Road in Harrisonville.

The driver of a pickup truck was injured when his truck rammed the left guardrail on the westbound span of the Bay Bridge yesterday after it collided with another vehicle, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said. The driver of the truck was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center about 4:15 p.m. with injuries that were not believed to be serious, according to Cpl. Jonathan Green, a spokesman for the MdTA. The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. One lane remained closed through yesterday evening while maintenance personnel examined the guardrail, police said.

A 24-year-old Damascus man was in critical but stable condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center last night after being involved in a single-vehicle accident in Mount Airy Monday night.Police said Douglas Nelson Poole of the 9100 block of Ore Road was riding in the bed of a 1993 Dodge Dakota pickup about 8 p.m. Monday when the driver, Sean Thomas Johnston, lost control.According to police reports, Mr. Johnston had been driving north on Buffalo Road when the truck spun around several times, finally coming to rest against a tree.

A 38-year-old man was killed yesterday evening when he was struck by a pickup truck while walking on Fort Smallwood Road in the Foremans Corner area, Anne Arundel County police said.Cpl. Carol Frye, a police spokeswoman, said a small Ford pickup truck being driven north on Fort Smallwood Road near Energy Parkway by Larry Spoone of Glen Burnie struck the man shortly after 6 p.m.Frye said the victim suffered severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.Frye said the man had at least two Baltimore addresses on him but that police were having difficulty contacting the next of kin.She said the accident occurred in a poorly lighted area and that Spoone, who was not injured, told investigators he did not see the man.Frye said the accident will be reviewed by the county prosecutor's office.

A Lothian man, who would have turned 60 today, was killed yesterday afternoon after the pickup truck he was driving on Solomons Island Road in Harwood left the roadway and crashed into a tree, county police said.Officer John Brothers, an accident investigator, said Charles Bernard Sesker of the 5000 block of Sands Road was driving a 1969 Ford pickup truck south on Solomons Island Road near Harwood Drive about 1: 26 p.m. when the truck left the roadway for no apparent reason and struck a tree.

Two motor vehicle crashes either closed or affected traffic along Interstate 83 in Baltimore County between 8 and 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 14. Fire officials reported that around 8 a.m., Baltimore County and Baltimore City fire units were dispatched to I-83 southbound between Ruxton Road and Northern Parkway for a crash involving two overturned vehicles.   Engine 14, from Brooklandville, arrived at the scene a mile north of Northern Parkway to find a car on top of a guardrail and a pickup truck overturned onto the passenger side and blocking lanes of traffic.

Prince George's County police were investigating a fatal traffic accident early Thursday in Fort Washington. Officers responded about 12:10 a.m. to Palmer Road and Livingston Road for a crash involving a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle, police said. A man was pronounced dead at the scene and another man was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

A motorcyclist died when he struck the back of a pickup truck after losing control of the bike in a Jessup parking lot Tuesday, Howard County police said. Police said a mechanical malfunction possibly caused the motorcyclist to lose control, causing him to hit a curb and strike the back of a pickup truck at about 2 p.m. in the parking lot of Frank's Seafood in the 7900 block of Oceano Avenue. The driver of the KTM SMR 525 Enduro was pronounced dead at the scene and has not been identified because of pending family notification.

An Essex man died early Monday when the pickup truck he was driving overturned on Southeast Boulevard, according to Baltimore County police. Ronald Keith Wilson, 59, of the 1900 block of Middleborough Road was driving a 2008 Ford F250 westbound about 5:20 a.m. on Southeast Boulevard when it veered onto the grass median and struck a pylon for Interstate 695, police spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher said. The truck rolled onto its passenger side and came to rest next to the pylon.

A Baltimore City police officer was struck by a pick-up truck while riding on a department motorcycle Wednesday afternoon, police said. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. at the intersection of Lombard and Howard streets. The officer taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for non-life threatening injuries. A department spokeswoman said the officer was expected to be released the same day. jkanderson@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Two men were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning after the pickup truck they were riding in flipped over, ejecting them, Anne Arundel County police and fire officials said. The men, whom police said were in their 20s and 30s, were taken by paramedics to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for injuries that appeared to be serious but not life-threatening, said Lt. Keith Hamilton of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. The accident occurred about 5:45 a.m., as the green Ford pickup was traveling west on Route 100 at Interstate 97, said Lt. Glenn Shanahan, of the Anne Arundel County Police Department.

An Olney man was seriously injured yesterday when the motorcycle he was riding slammed into a pickup truck on Route 27 in western Howard County.Steven Kemp, 39, was flown by helicopter to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after the 1:43 a.m. accident. He was in serious condition.Police said the collision occurred when a Dodge truck pulled out of the parking lot of Lou & Joe's Bar in the 1200 block of Route 27 near Mount Airy and made a left turn onto the highway.Mr. Kemp was heading south on Route 27 and struck the truck driven by Bonnie Wright, 41, of Monrovia.

A Taneytown police officer is recovering after being struck by pickup truck Friday, police said yesterday.Officer Bill Tyler was working in plainclothes about 10: 15 p.m. when he heard a vehicle spinning its wheels, a police spokesman said. Tyler identified himself as a police officer and tried to stop the pickup truck. The driver accelerated, and the vehicle struck Tyler and sped away, police said.Tyler radioed for help and, about three minutes later, two Taneytown officers stopped a pickup at Fairview Avenue and York Street.

A Baltimore woman might have been under the influence of drugs Sunday when her car crashed head on into a pickup truck, according to Delaware State Police. Police say a Nissan Altima driven by 24-year-old Melissa Marie Mohl crossed the center line of Seashore Highway near Bridgeville at 7:45 a.m. Sunday and collided with the truck. Mohl suffered severe head trauma and died at a hospital. Police say her son, Nikolas Mohl, was properly restrained. The boy suffered minor injuries and was flown to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children as a precaution.

A moped driver died after a collision with a pickup truck in Columbia Sunday afternoon, Howard County police said. Shortly before 1 p.m., Mohammed Hammad Chaudhry, 24, of the 5300 block of Nightshade Court, Columbia, was traveling east on Tamar Drive when his moped collided with a Chevrolet Avalanche turning left on Foreland Garth. Chaudhry was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and pronounced dead. Police were investigating the accident Monday.