Ford Mustang

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.

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.