TEEN PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN DUI RELATED CRASH

(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 the Carroll Hospital Center where she was pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Maryland State Police CRASH Team responded and conducted the investigation. The preliminary investigation indicates Bossler was standing outside the driver’s side door of a vehicle parked on the shoulder of the roadway. That vehicle was a 1998 Chevrolet Prizm, driven by Jason R.Wadas, 16, of the 600-block of Whispering Meadows Court, Westminster. Also in the vehicle were three other teenagers aged 15 to 18 years. Wadas had stopped his vehicle on the far side of the northbound shoulder near Bossler’s residence. Bossler was talking with Wadas and the teens in the car.

The investigation indicates Smith was northbound on Francis Scott Key Highway (Rt. 194) when his truck left the roadway and traveled onto the shoulder. His truck struck the driver’s side door of the Chevrolet Prizm, where the victim was standing.

When troopers contacted Smith at the scene, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was detected. After further investigation, troopers arrested Smith at the scene for driving under the influence. Information regarding results of any tests that may have been administered is considered evidentiary and will not be released.

Smith was transported to the Westminster Barracks for processing. He was then taken to the Carroll County Central Booking Center for a bond hearing.

All four individuals in the Chevrolet Prizm were transported to the Carroll Hospital Center by the Taneytown Volunteer Fire Department. Their conditions are not known.

The investigation is continuing.