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A Hagerstown girl was killed when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Md. 66 and Mount Aetna Road Sunday evening, according to Maryland State Police Trooper 1st Class R.A. Plante. Plante said Briana Paige Gossard, 15, of Dartmouth Drive, was pronounced dead at the Washington County Hospital later that evening. She received injuries to the head, chest, abdomen, ankle and arm, police said. Gossard was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car driven by a 16-year-old Hagerstown boy. The teen was eastbound on Mount Aetna Road at 7:15 p.m. when his Volkswagen Fox collided with a Ford Mustang traveling west on Md. 66 driven by John Joseph Williams, 30, of Smithsburg.

A 1973 Ford Mustang was heavily damaged early Wednesday when it was intentionally set on fire, according to the Hagerstown Fire Marshal's office. The vehicle was covered and being stored at the rear of 846 Chestnut St., said Fire Marshal Tom Brown. The fire was started at about 4:46 a.m. It is owned by William F. Munson of Hagerstown. Anyone with information about the incident should call the city Fire Marshal's office at 301-790-2476.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A Hagerstown man accused of stealing a $26,000 Ford Mustang and driving it to West Virginia was being held Sunday on $20,000 bond at Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg. Berkeley County Sheriff's Department deputies M.L. Buracker and W.D. Christian were at the Bedington Crossroads Store on U.S. 11 at 2:36 a.m. Sunday when they spotted a red Ford Mustang with West Virginia tags driving south, according to a press release. Because the vehicle had no taillights, the deputies pulled it over and found the driver to be Russell Jacob Stem, 20, of 1035 Concord St. in Hagerstown.

coplog 1/9 A Waynesboro, Pa., woman was issued a citation after her car hit an SUV stopped in traffic, causing it to hit another SUV on Md. 60 at Longmeadow Road Wednesday morning, Maryland State Police said. Candace Kramer Rearick, 40, of 8663 Sheffield Manor, Waynesboro, had crested the hill on Md. 60 when she encountered a car stopped behind a school bus at 8:20 a.m. Rearick's 2001 Ford Mustang hit the back of a 1999 Chevrolet Tracker driven by Donald C. Longanecker, 72, of 20908 Twin Springs Drive in Chewsville.

HANCOCK - A Sunday morning fire destroyed a 1996 Ford Mustang worth $18,000, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. The car was found burning in a field near 14663 High Germany Road shortly after midnight the report said. Deputy State Fire Marshal Steve Wendling said it is an arson case because the vehicle was stripped prior to the fire. Seven firefighters from Orleans, Hancock and the Hancock Rescue Squad extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported.

A Hancock man was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for a traffic accident that left a 37-year-old woman dead last year. Timothy Lee Keefer, 20, pleaded guilty to homicide by motor vehicle and driving while intoxicated. In exchange for the plea, charges of homicide by motor vehicle while intoxicated and negligent driving were dropped. Washington County Circuit Judge Frederick C. Wright III sentenced Keefer to two years for the motor vehicle homicide charge and 18 months to be served concurrently for DWI. Keefer was driving on Md. 144 with Rebecca Elaine Faith at 1:47 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1997, when he lost control of his 1989 Ford Mustang, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Department report.

Nobody was injured in a single-vehicle accident on eastbound Interstate 70 just east of Exit 26 to Interstate 81 Friday morning, Trooper James Bowers of the Maryland State Police said. A tractor-trailer on I-70 switched lanes into the left lane and pulled in front of a Ford Mustang, Bowers said. The driver of the Mustang then slammed on her brakes and lost control of the vehicle, which went into the median and struck a guardrail, Bowers said. Traffic was not affected by the accident.

Wednesday, June 1 8 p.m. on TCM "Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool" Its hard to believe it has been 25 years since the passing of actor Steve McQueen. We've seen him recently in the new Ford Mustang ad, and Sheryl Crow wails about his charm in her Grammy-winning song that carries his name. Tonight, TCM honors the man who is still so cool he's ice-cold with this 90- minute documentary. Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Attenborough and Martin Landau are just a few who reflect.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. An 18-year-old Falling Waters, W.Va., man was killed Saturday after he was thrown from a Ford Mustang convertible that skidded along Ridge Road and ended up in a yard along the road, said a West Virginia State Police spokesman. Phillip Worden of 374 Foster Drive was pronounced dead at the scene following the 4:03 p.m. wreck, said Sgt. Eric Burnett. Worden was one of two Berkeley County residents killed Saturday on local roadways. Earlier in the day, Michael McCarney, 48, of 12605 Apple Harvest Drive, Martinsburg, was killed when the 1991 Toyota 4Runner he was driving north on Interstate 81 went off the highway south of the Spring Mills exit and hit a tree, Burnett said.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - The Morgan County Sheriff Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of a teenager missing since Monday and the 37-year-old man with whom she might be traveling. Chelsea Dawn Rye, 17, no address given, was reported as a runaway Monday night, according to a press release from the department. Police believe she might be with Danny Franklin Grady, no address given, who is wanted in Virginia on felony charges and might pose a danger to Rye. Police believe Grady and Rye could be traveling to either Bryson City, N.C., or to New York.

Nobody was injured in a single-vehicle accident on eastbound Interstate 70 just east of Exit 26 to Interstate 81 Friday morning, Trooper James Bowers of the Maryland State Police said. A tractor-trailer on I-70 switched lanes into the left lane and pulled in front of a Ford Mustang, Bowers said. The driver of the Mustang then slammed on her brakes and lost control of the vehicle, which went into the median and struck a guardrail, Bowers said. Traffic was not affected by the accident.

Chase leads to arrest FREDERICK, Md. -- A Germantown, Md., man is accused of leading police on a chase through Frederick County early Saturday that reached speeds of 90 to 110 mph on northbound Interstate 270 and ended with an arrest behind the Evergreen Square Shopping Center off of Buckeystown Pike, according to a Maryland State Police press release. Wilbert Isaac Cooper Jr., 38, was charged with speeding, negligent driving, driving without a license, fleeing and eluding police, and driving under the influence of alcohol, troopers said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A Hagerstown man accused of stealing a $26,000 Ford Mustang and driving it to West Virginia was being held Sunday on $20,000 bond at Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg. Berkeley County Sheriff's Department deputies M.L. Buracker and W.D. Christian were at the Bedington Crossroads Store on U.S. 11 at 2:36 a.m. Sunday when they spotted a red Ford Mustang with West Virginia tags driving south, according to a press release. Because the vehicle had no taillights, the deputies pulled it over and found the driver to be Russell Jacob Stem, 20, of 1035 Concord St. in Hagerstown.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg man was charged Thursday in connection with a purse snatching in the parking lot of Martinsburg Mall, Martinsburg Police said in a news release. Matthew Lonelle Brown, 25, of 616 North Ave., was charged with aggravated robbery, police said. The incident happened a few minutes before 4 p.m. Thursday as a 57-year-old Winchester, Va., woman walked toward the mall, police said. The woman parked in front of Bon-Ton and was approaching the entrance when she heard someone running and yelling, "Hey, hey!"

Obituary BOONSBORO -- Shawn Langley took a nap Sunday afternoon, and his mother was never able to wake him. "We're assuming his heart stopped beating, but we don't know why," Tammy Langley said Wednesday afternoon of her 17-year-old son's death. She remembered a "wonderful young man" who did anything and everything to help his family and friends. As a child, Shawn smiled all the time, his mother said. "In every picture I have, he always had a grin on his face," she said.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - The Morgan County Sheriff Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of a teenager missing since Monday and the 37-year-old man with whom she might be traveling. Chelsea Dawn Rye, 17, no address given, was reported as a runaway Monday night, according to a press release from the department. Police believe she might be with Danny Franklin Grady, no address given, who is wanted in Virginia on felony charges and might pose a danger to Rye. Police believe Grady and Rye could be traveling to either Bryson City, N.C., or to New York.

Big, powerful, bold and American. Offered in coupe and convertible models, the Ford Mustang continues to be one of the greatest automotive sales success stories of all time. The rear-drive Mustang GT is tricked out with a powerful version of the 4.6-liter V-8. Torque is communicated to the street via a standard Tremec 3650 five-speed manual gearbox equipped with a 3.55 axle ratio. Ford's 5R55S close-ratio five-speed automatic transmission is an available option. For 2007, the Dearborn automaker introduced the GT California Special exterior appearance package.

Robbery reported today on I-70 ramp A robbery on Interstate 70 was reported at 3 a.m. this morning, according to Lt. Mark Knight of the Washington County Sheriff's Department. The victim said a man flagged him down at the eastbound ramp of I-70 to Clear Spring Road. When the victim stopped, the robber showed a handgun and demanded money, Knight said. The robber was described as a white man, about 6 feet tall and around 30 years old wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants, Knight said.