(Keymar, MD) – A Frederick County man is in custody this morning charged with multiple criminal and traffic charges after he was involved in a crash last night that took the life of a Carroll County teenager.
The victim is identified as Katlynn E.Bossler, 15, of the 1100-block of Francis Scott Key Highway, Keymar, Md. Bossler was pronounced dead at the Carroll Hospital Center.
The accused is identified as Kevin P. Smith, 42, of the 11000-block of Whiskey Springs Road, Woodsboro, Md. After consultation with the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, troopers charged Smith with negligent manslaughter by automobile, negligent automobile homicide while under the influence, negligent homicide by automobile while impaired, driving a vehicle while under the influence, driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol per se, driving while impaired by alcohol, negligent driving, reckless driving, failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to exercise due care to avoid a pedestrian collision, and consuming an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.
At about 10:30 p.m. yesterday, Maryland state troopers from the Westminster Barracks and EMS units from the Taneytown Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash in the 1100-block of Francis Scott Key Highway, Keymar. Arriving troopers found that a 1992 Ford F-150 pickup driven by Smith had struck the victim and a vehicle parked along the shoulder of the roadway. The victim was provided emergency care and transported by ambulance to |