FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say alcohol, recklessness and a lack of helmets appear to have contributed to a fatal head-on collision between an all-terrain vehicle and a car.
Beer cans were strewn among debris from the ATV after the crash Monday near Buckeystown, Frederick County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Amanda Ensor said Wednesday. Neither man aboard the ATV wore a helmet, she said.
A Maryland Natural Resources Police officer saw the ATV run a stop sign at the intersection of Route 85 and Michael's Mill Road, about a quarter-mile from the crash, said spokeswoman Candy Thomson. ATVs are prohibited on public roads, she said.
The crash killed 21-year-old ATV passenger Chris Munday of Middletown. The ATV driver, 29-year-old Kenneth Niblett of Frederick, remains in critical condition in a Baltimore hospital.