Ford Mustang

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.

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.

For many of its 35 years, the Chevrolet Camaro practically ruled the streets and race tracks across America. Victory, cheers and tire-shredding V-8 power have been replaced by silence. The Camaro is gone. But why, when the last-generation (1993-2002) cars were considered by many to be the best Camaros ever made, did this happen? There are several answers, but the most important might not have anything to do with Chevrolet at all. The Ford Mustang, the car the Camaro was originally designed to beat, was a constant sales thorn in its side.

If you want to know how to change an engine and a set of wheels, ask a mechanic. If you want to know how to cram a lifetime of experience designing and hammering out some of the most incredible custom cars in the world between four tires and two bumpers of a clapped-out Mustang, ask Troy Trepanier. It's a question that came from Internet auction giant Ebay Motors when it wanted to show what could be built with the parts and pieces - and an entire car, actually - bought through its popular online service.

For movie-loving car nuts, the names Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage and Robert Duvall pale in comparision to the real star of the movie Gone in 60 seconds. Eleanor. She had no dialog, but made the most noise. She was Cage's bittersweet ally and probably had more on-screen presence than the rest of the cast put together. She, of course, was a 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustang, code-named Eleanor, the 50th and final vehicle that Cage, who played retired-car-thief-brought-back-into-action Randall "Memphis" Raines, had to steal and deliver to a ruthless crime boss.

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.

Five people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Dual Highway Wednesday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Police said a 1998 dump truck driven by Robert Milburn and a 1994 Ford Mustang driven by Joann Golden had stopped in the right lane around 8:30 a.m. for a school bus that was boarding children. A 1999 Ford pickup truck driven by Joseph Caviness struck the rear of the Mustang, which was rammed into the dump truck in front of it, state police said. Rescue crews had to cut the roof off the Mustang to free Golden, 28, of Hancock, and her passengers Christy Morgan and Michael Morgan.

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.

WILLIAMSPORT - A State Line, Pa., teenager died late Saturday after his Ford Mustang struck a fence and then overturned, the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. Shaun Michael Netz, 16, of 15458 Skyline Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 11 p.m. accident. Three passengers - Jason W. Craft, 22, of Wakefield Road in Hagerstown; Donald E. Keatts Jr., 18, of South Potomac Street in Hagerstown; and Robert J. Batt, 18, of Elizabeth Street in Hagerstown - were treated at Washington County Hospital and released, deputies said.