Two Harford County teen-agers were treated and released at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center for injuries suffered when they were ejected from a Ford Mustang that went out of control and struck a telephone pole soon after a deputy sheriff stopped pursuing them at speeds over 100 mph, authorities said Friday.
The driver, William Todd Miller, 18, of Whiteford, and a passenger in the rear seat, Bryan David Hagan, 18, of Forest Hill, were not wearing seat belts, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Another passenger who was belted in the front seat, Timothy Mark Mullin, 18, of Whiteford, was taken to Fallston General Hospital, where he was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Deputy 1st Class Jeff Petty reported that he was on routine patrol on Route 24 near Red Pump Road at 12:03 a.m. Thursday when he saw the Mustang spinning its wheels and sliding as it left the Rockspring Amoco station and traveled north on Route 24.
Deputy Petty pursued the Mustang for about a mile until it turned east on East Jarrettsville Road in Forest Hill, said Sgt. Edward Hopkins, a sheriff's spokesman.
The deputy ended his pursuit because of excessive speed and road conditions, the sergeant said, but moments later discovered the crashed Mustang about a half-mile east.
Sergeant Hopkins said no charges had been filed, but the investigation was continuing.