Crime & Safety
One Dead On Route 32 After Tuesday Night Car Crash Leads To Second, Subsequent Collision
The crashes happened late Tuesday night on Route 32, just east of Interstate 95. Police are withholding the name of the victim until his or her family has been notified.
A Tuesday night crash along Route 32 has left one person dead, according to Howard County Police.
The crashes happened at about 10:20 p.m. on eastbound Route 32 just east of the exits for Interstate 95. A 2008 Nissan Versa had been headed east when it went off the road, hitting a guardrail on the left shoulder and then ricocheting back into the roadway, coming to a stop in the center lane, police said.
The driver of the Versa got out of her car and was calling for help when the second crash happened – a 1991 Honda Accord, also headed east, struck the Versa, police said.
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The driver of the Accord would be pronounced dead on the scene. The name of the victim is being withheld until his or her family has been notified.
The driver of the Versa – identified by police as Anna Artapova, 23, of Catonsville – was not injured.
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A section of Route 32 and an exit ramp to I-95 were closed off until 12:30 a.m. while officers investigated the crash and cleared the area.
Their preliminary investigation determined that "failure to control speed to avoid a collision" caused both crashes, police said.
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