Five Injured in Crash Friday Afternoon in Dayton

Five people riding in the same vehicle had to be taken to the hospital Friday afternoon after a crash on Route 32 that sent their car off the road, into a guardrail and then up into the air, according to the Howard County Police Department.

The crash happened at about 1:47 p.m. on the section of the highway in Dayton. A 2002 Ford Crown Victoria was headed southbound when it traveled off the right side of the road, which in turn led to the collision with the guardrail and the car subsequently going airborne, police said.

The vehicle rotated and finally wound up in a wooded area along the highway. 

Four people were taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore; the fifth was taken to Howard County General Hospital.

Heather Young, an 18-year-old passenger from Inwood, W.V., was flown to Shock Trauma and was listed in critical but stable condition as of early Friday evening.

Taken by ambulance to Shock Trauma were the driver, John Henry Burnham 3rd, a 40-year-old from Fort Meade; Brittany Nichole Young, a 19-year-old passenger from Inwood, W.V., and Brittany Maria Breeden, a 17-year-old passenger. All three were listed only as being in stable condition.

Frank Burnham, 23, of Baltimore, was taken by ambulance to Howard County General Hospital, where he was listed as being in stable condition.

Two of the people in the car had been thrown from the vehicle, police said, though it was not immediately clear which two they were.

Police believe the crash was caused by a failure to obey a traffic control device. The crash remains under investigation.