Pickup Truck

A pedestrian was hit by a Chevy pickup truck after running out onto Ritchie Highway late Friday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police said. Officers found Carl James Boyce, 41, from Baltimore, lying in the road with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to Shock Trauma, where police described his condition as stable. Police said Boyce ran in front of the pickup which was traveling north on the highway near Cedar Hill Lane. The drive of the truck tried to swerve but was unable to avoid him, police said.

A woman in her 70s was badly injured when she fell out of a moving antique pickup truck in Baltimore County Sunday morning near the Pennsylvania border, police said. Details of how the woman fell out of the 1949 black Chevrolet pickup were not available, and Baltimore County police were investigating the matter but it has not been determined whether charges will be filed, Lt. Rob McCullough, a police spokesman, said. The woman was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precaution, but her condition was stable and she was able to answer questions from detectives, McCullough 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.

A man and a woman were shot while driving in the Edgewood neighborhood of West Baltimore on Monday evening, police said. They are expected to survive. Police said both were in a pickup truck the man was driving in the 700 block of Linnard Street at about 6:30 p.m. when an unknown suspect fired at the truck, hitting the vehicle multiple times. The 27-year-old female passenger was struck in the right shoulder while the male driver suffered lacerations to his right cheek and right forearm from broken glass from the passenger door window, police said.

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 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.

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 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.

One of two Pennsylvania men involved in an early Monday morning crash on the Harford County side of Conowingo Dam has died, Maryland State Police confirmed Monday afternoon. Anila Vadala, 28, of the 4000 block of Locust Street in Philadelphia, died following the two-vehicle accident, which occurred around 5:45 a.m. Monday on Route 1 near the dam, according to State Police. The accident involved a pickup truck and Honda, according to Sgt. Comer, duty officer at the Maryland State Police Barrack, which is investigating the crash.

A multi-vehicle collision on Solomons Island Road in Harwood left one driver with life-threatening injuries and two other drivers and a passenger with a range of serious and minor injuries around 4 p.m. Friday, Anne Arundel County Police said. Timothy Alan Hartman of Mechanicsville, Md., was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma center with life-threatening injuries after the Ford pickup truck that he was driving southbound on Solomons Island Road near Harwood Road struck a minivan, police said.

After pushing a female companion out of harm's way, a 19-year-old Essex man was hit by a truck Friday night and hospitalized for his injuries, Baltimore County police said. Kwante Betters and Lauren Bielanski, both 19, were trying to find jumper cables after their van stalled on Southeast Boulevard near Turkey Point Road in Essex about 10 p.m. Friday, according to police. Betters saw a red Ford F-150 pickup truck approaching and pushed Bielanski out of its path. The truck struck the disabled van and Betters, throwing him into the road.

An accident in the southbound lanes of Interstate 83 at 28th Street in Baltimore has been cleared, police said. No one was injured in the accident, police said. No further information was available. Earlier Saturday, one man was transported to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in serious but stable condition after the pickup truck he was driving collided with a tree in Fallston. Officials said the accident occurred shortly before 2:30 p.m. off Stratford Road near Mountain Road as a light snow fell.

A 51-year-old Edgewater woman remains in critical condition, after she ran into the road Wednesday and was struck by a pickup truck. Susan Blanchard Harris is being treated at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Pedestrian error is the primary cause of the accident that occurred at 6:19 p.m. near the intersection of East Central Avenue and West Shore Road in Edgewater, police said. A Ford F-150 truck traveling east in the far right lane of East Central Avenue, within posted speed limits, could not avoid hitting the victim, police said.

A head-on collision in northern Baltimore County Friday morning resulted in the death of a 26-year-old man and closed a section of Philadelphia Road in Kingsville for several hours. William Strayer Jr., whose address has not been released, was pronounced dead at Franklin Square Hospital soon after the 6 a.m. collision, police said. Two other men were seriously injured in the crash, but they are expected to survive, police said. A Chevrolet pickup truck, traveling westbound in the 12100 block of Philadelphia Road approaching Pfeffers Road, crossed the center line and struck a Mazda Protege traveling east, police said.

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 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.

Two people were killed on Route 75 in Frederick on Monday afternoon when a tractor trailer loaded with oranges overturned and collided with the pickup truck they were riding in, according to Maryland State Police. Three people were also injured, one of them critically. The deceased victims are identified as Hector N.C. Henriquez, 46, of Gaithersburg, Md., and Jose R. Diaz, 54, of Derwood, Md. Henriquez was the driver of a Ford F-450 truck. Diaz was a passenger in that truck and was sitting in the left rear seat.

A pedestrian was hit by a Chevy pickup truck after running out onto Ritchie Highway late Friday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police said. Officers found Carl James Boyce, 41, from Baltimore, lying in the road with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to Shock Trauma, where police described his condition as stable. Police said Boyce ran in front of the pickup which was traveling north on the highway near Cedar Hill Lane. The drive of the truck tried to swerve but was unable to avoid him, police said.