Two Marriotts Ridge High School students and an Ellicott City man were transported to The University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center May 6 following a head-on collision at the intersection of routes 32 and 99, in Marriottsville, police said.

The collision occurred May 6 at 7:15 a.m. when a Chevrolet Suburban driven by a 17-year-old girl struck a 2009 Honda Accord as the girl attempted to make a left turn from southbound Route 32 onto eastbound Route 99, police spokeswoman Elizabeth Schroen said.

The sole occupant of the Honda Accord, which was traveling north on Route 32, was driver Patrick Anthony Crehan, 22, of Ellicott City, Schroen said. The Suburban had a 15-year-old boy as a passenger, she said.

Both occupants of the Suburban are residents of Sykesville and students of Marriotts Ridge High School, Schroen said. She declined to name the students, citing an ongoing an investigation.

The students and Crehan were transported by ambulance to The University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and were listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon, Schroen said.

The investigation is ongoing.

-- Mike Santa Rita

State to spray county trees to get rid of gypsy moths

The state will soon begin spraying trees in parts of Howard County with insecticide in order to reduce the number of gypsy moths in the area, state officials announced last week.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture monitors the population of gypsy moths around the state and orders insecticide spraying in areas where officials feel the population is not being kept in check by other means. Gypsy moth caterpillars eat leaves of hardwood trees in May and June, according to the department's Web site.

No date was set for Howard County as of earlier this week.

The department will spray nearly 1,100 acres in Howard County using bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally-occurring soil bacterium that has been authorized for use as a pesticide since 1961.

Maps showing the 20 spray locations in the county can be found at www.mda.state.md.us.

The areas are not necessarily sprayed in numerical order. Spraying may be delayed if there is rain, high winds, fog or high or low humidity in the area at the time of the scheduled spraying.

For more information, call 410-841-5922.

-- Derek Simmonsen

Columbia Workforce Center sponsors job fair May 15

The Columbia Workforce Center is sponsoring a job fair May 15 at the Ten Oaks Ballroom, in Clarksville.

The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ballroom, at 5000 Signal Bell Lane, In Clarksville. Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are among the employers who will attend.

Job seekers are asked to wear professional attire and bring multiple copies of their resumes. For more information, including a list of employers attending the fair, call the workforce center at 410-290-2600.

-- Derek Simmonsen

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