Crime & Safety
Woman Seriously Injured in Savage Dirt Bike Crash
The 22-year-old Laurel resident was taken to Shock Trauma.
Authorities say a woman was seriously injured Wednesday evening when her dirt bike collided with a car on Knights Bridge Road in Savage.
According to Howard County police, Emily Rose Day, 22, of Laurel was riding southbound around 10:31 p.m. when her Honda dirt bike crashed into a northbound Mitsubishi Lancer making a left turn onto Stebbing Way.
The driver of the Mitsubishi did not see Day, police said in a statement, as her bike was not equipped with with lights and "is not legal to operate on public highways."
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Day was transported by Maryland State Police to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where she was listed in serious but stable condition. She was reportedly not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The other driver, a 58-year-old Laurel resident, was not injured.
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The crash remains under investigation.
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