Crime & Safety
Police: Westminster Man Dies of Injuries Sustained in Rt. 91 Accident
Three cars were involved in the early morning accident.
Kelly Murphy, 38, of Westminster, died as a result of injuries sustained in a three-car collision last Friday morning at Rt. 91 and Old Gamber Road.
As previously reported on Patch, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, a Honda Civic driven by David Stanner, 21, of Milford Mill, was traveling east on Old Gamber Road at Rt. 91 when the car lost control and ran a stop sign. A 2004 Kenworth Tractor Trailer, driven by John Rhoades Sr., 48, of Baltimore, struck the Honda Civic on the front passenger side.
After striking the Honda, the tractor trailer veered to the left crossing the center line and striking a 2010 Volkswagon Jetta driven by Kelly Murphy, 38, of Westminster, head on, police said.
Stanner and Rhoades both refused medical care on scene and Murphy was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with life threatening injuries.
Cpl. Phil Kasten of the Carroll County Sheriff's Department said Murphy died at the hospital on Nov. 2.
The collision remains under investigation and charges are pending the outcome of that investigation, Kasten told Patch in an email. He said that process will take several weeks.
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