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Monday, January 7, 2013

Teenager in Mt. Hebron Collision Remains Critical

Patch readers say the Mt. Hebron lot -- and all high school lots -- can be dangerous.

The 18-year-old driver in last week’s collision near an Ellicott City high school remains in critical condition Monday, according to a spokesperson at University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center. Jeffrey Conner Sinclair was leaving a Mt. Hebron parking lot after shcool on Thursday, Jan. 3, with four passengers in a Honda Civic. Police say Sinclair drove onto Route 99 in front of a Mack truck.  The collision, police said, may have been a result of Sinclair’s failure to stop at a stop sign. The four passengers with him were all treated at Howard County General Hospital and released; a helicopter flew Sinclair to Shock Trauma, where he has remained in critical condition for three days. Patch readers have weighed in, saying that the Mt. …

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Jack

9:42 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Legally the driver may be at fault, I was not there but that is one issue. The exit is unsafe or another exit which is clearly safer is restricted and the inexperienced driver does not have access is another issue.   more ›

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