Three teenagers were injured in a single-car crash in Howard County on Friday morning, an accident in which police believe alcohol was a factor. Police say the driver, Jordan Marcus Gould, 18, of the 10000 block of Marlboro Woods Drive in Cheltenham was heading west on Broken Land Parkway near Stevens Forest Road about 2:35 a.m. when his Honda Accord swerved to the right and struck a tree. Gould was transported to Howard County General Hospital with minor injuries. The front-seat passenger, Johnathan Douglas McGann, 18, of the 6000 block of Jerrys Drive in Columbia, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries; and the back-seat passenger, Christopher Lloyd McGann, 18, of the same address was treated at the scene.

- Brent Jones