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Father Dead, 7-Year-Old Son Injured In Maryland Construction Zone Crash: State Police

A 41-year-old father was killed, and his son suffered injuries in a crash in Carroll County on Friday night, according to Maryland State Police.

Maryland State Police reported the fatal crash.

Maryland State Police reported the fatal crash.

Photo Credit: Maryland State Police

Hampstead resident Geoffrey Brittingham has been identified by investigators as the person killed in a construction zone crash that also left his 7-year-old son injured.

Police say that Brittingham was traveling north on Emory Road at Cedarhurst Road shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Friday, May 30 in Finksburg. 

Investigators believe he failed to stop for a closed construction zone at the North Branch Patapsco River bridge replacement project and struck the back of a 2014 Volvo Excavator and a nearby Mack dump truck.

Brittingham was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. His child, who was a passenger in the Ford Explorer, was taken by paramedics to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment of undisclosed injuries.

At the time of the crash the construction zone was inactive, police noted. No other injuries were reported. It remains under investigation.

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