5-Year-Old Boy Flown To Trauma Center After Crash On Rt. 180 In Frederick County

Scenes from crash at Rt 180, Olive School Rd (Photos from Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co.)

Brunswick, Md (KM) A three-vehicle crash along Route 180 and Olive School Road northeast of Brunswick on Monday afternoon sent a five-year-old boy to the hospital.

Brunswick Fire Officials say fire fighters and medics responded at around 4:28 PM. After arriving at the scene, they found one vehicle had a child passenger with a large contusion on his head. The boy was taken to Brunswick Middle  School where he was placed on board a State Police medivac helicopter which flew him to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. His father accompanied.

The occupants of one of the vehicles, a Ford Mustang, suffered minor injuries, but refused treatment. A third vehicle was a minivan with seven people; none were injured.

By Kevin McManus