Crime & Safety

Deadly Collision Closes Route 1, Columbia Man Killed

The Columbia man was killed when the box truck he was driving rear-ended another truck.


A collision on northbound Route 1 Tuesday afternoon killed a Columbia man, according to Howard County Police.

Police said Robert Allen Styers, 34, of Thicket Lane in Columbia, was driving an Isuzu box truck when it struck a stopped  or slowing tractor trailer from behind around 1:35 p.m. on Route 1 near Corridor Road in Savage. Sayers was pronounced dead at the scene, reported police.

The driver of the tractor trailer, Daniel Charles Kitchen, 36, of Elkton, was taken to Howard County General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

Northbound Route 1 was closed for about three hours after collision, said police.

Police are investigating the cause of the collision.



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