Mount Airy man killed in crash
West Virginia driver charged in death
By Mike Santa Rita
msantarita@patuxent.com
Posted 8/18/08
A 22-year-old West Virginia man was arrested Aug. 15 and charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol for his role in a collision in Lisbon a day earlier that killed a Mount Airy man.
Joel Nathaniel Wareham, of Martinsburg, W. Va., was arrested in West Virginia by deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s office, according to Howard County police. Wareham was still being held in West Virginia Aug. 18, a police spokeswoman said. He is also charged with manslaughter by motor vehicle and a series of driving under the influence of alcohol offenses, according to police.
Wareham was charged in the death of Milton Stanley Bowens Sr., 64, of the 1100 block of Shaffersville Road, Mount Airy. Bowens was killed when the Ford Explorer he was driving was struck at about 7:30 p.m., Aug. 14 on Frederick Road east of Daisy Road by a BMW driven by Wareham.
Bowens was pronounced dead at the scene. Five other people involved in the crash were hospitalized, police said.
The BMW, which was traveling eastbound, had crossed the double yellow line into the westbound lane several times to pass other cars before striking the Explorer, police said.
Neither Wareham nor his passenger, Joshua Booth, 20, of Laytonsville, were wearing seat belts, and both were thrown from the BMW, police said. The impact of the collision separated the engine from the car and left the engine sitting in the middle of Frederick Road, according to police. Wareham and Booth were transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where they were treated and released Aug. 15, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Passengers injured in the Ford Explorer were: Adrian Jones, of Mount Airy, who was listed in serious, but stable condition; Corin Disney, 16, of Mount Airy, who discharged Aug. 15; and Jasmin Disney, 13, of Mount Airy, who was listed in good condition.
Joel Nathaniel Wareham, of Martinsburg, W. Va., was arrested in West Virginia by deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s office, according to Howard County police. Wareham was still being held in West Virginia Aug. 18, a police spokeswoman said. He is also charged with manslaughter by motor vehicle and a series of driving under the influence of alcohol offenses, according to police.
Wareham was charged in the death of Milton Stanley Bowens Sr., 64, of the 1100 block of Shaffersville Road, Mount Airy. Bowens was killed when the Ford Explorer he was driving was struck at about 7:30 p.m., Aug. 14 on Frederick Road east of Daisy Road by a BMW driven by Wareham.
Bowens was pronounced dead at the scene. Five other people involved in the crash were hospitalized, police said.
The BMW, which was traveling eastbound, had crossed the double yellow line into the westbound lane several times to pass other cars before striking the Explorer, police said.
Neither Wareham nor his passenger, Joshua Booth, 20, of Laytonsville, were wearing seat belts, and both were thrown from the BMW, police said. The impact of the collision separated the engine from the car and left the engine sitting in the middle of Frederick Road, according to police. Wareham and Booth were transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where they were treated and released Aug. 15, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Passengers injured in the Ford Explorer were: Adrian Jones, of Mount Airy, who was listed in serious, but stable condition; Corin Disney, 16, of Mount Airy, who discharged Aug. 15; and Jasmin Disney, 13, of Mount Airy, who was listed in good condition.
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