Update: Man in Critical Condition Following Motorcycle Accident in Westminster

Colonel Phil Kasten of the Carroll County Sheriff's Department said that the motorcyclist injured in an accident on Uniontown Road Wednesday evening remains in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon. 

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A Union Bridge man is in critical condition after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a car on Uniontown Road Tuesday evening, according to police. 

At approximately 4:27 p.m. Wednesday, Carroll County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an accident along the 3400 block of Uniontown Road.  

Police said that a Honda CRV heading east on Uniontown Road attempted to make a u-turn when a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle traveling east struck the driver- side door of the CRV as it turned in front of him.  

The motorcycle's driver, 25-year-old Giuseppe Monteleone of Union Bridge, was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he remains in critical condition, police said.  

The Honda CRV's operator, 55-year-old Linda Gallina-Knatz of Westminster, was transported to Carroll Hospital Center with non-life threatening injuries, police report.  

Uniontown Road was closed for more than an hour for investigation, rescue and clean-up efforts, according to police reports.  

Anyone with information about this incident, or that may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Corporal Jeff Miller at 410-386-2900.