Two Baltimore residents injured in crash remain in critical condition

Two Baltimore residents injured Tuesday when their vehicle rolled over on eastbound Interstate 70 near the Smithsburg exit remain in critical condition at a Baltimore hospital.

Christopher Nwachukwu, 52, and his 17-year-old daughter, Jessica Nwachukwu, were listed in critical condition Friday at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Medical Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Christopher Nwachukwu, one of seven family members in the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer, lost control of the vehicle at about 2:38 p.m. near Mapleville Road after the left rear tire blew, state police said in a news release.

Nwachukwu's 49-year-old wife and their four other children, three boys and a girl ranging in age from 6 to 15 years old, were taken to Meritus Medical Center east of Hagerstown, police said.

One of the children taken to Meritus Medical Center, a 6-year-old boy, had serious injuries but they did not appear to be life threatening, police said the day of the crash.