Maryland: police charge Brandon Nathaniel Gentry with DUI; killed William Strayer Jr. in head-on crash

From Perry Hall Patch
UPDATE (Nov. 19, 3:14 p.m.)—
Police have charged a driver involved in a Friday morning fatal two-vehicle accident in Kingsville.
Brandon Nathaniel Gentry, 24, of the 1400 block of Loch Carron Way in Bel Air, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, according to Baltimore County police spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher.
The charges were not related to either alcohol or illegal drugs, according to Rogers-Feher.
According to police, at 6:07 a.m. on Nov. 16, Gentry was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck westbound near the intersection of Philadelphia Road and Pfeffers Road in Kingsville. The truck then crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2003 Mazda Protege.
Gentry was seriously injured in the accident. The driver of the Mazda Protege, 44-year-old Patrick Mahlon McKinney, of the 1200 block of Primrose Avenue in Rosedale, was also seriously injured. Both “incapacitated” men were taken by medevac to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to Rogers-Feher.
Police confirmed that both men were in stable condition by Friday at noon.
A passenger in the Mazda Protege, 26-year-old William Strayer Jr. of the unit block of Sweet Gum Court in Essex, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident and was ejected from the car. He was taken to Franklin Square Medical Center and pronounced dead, police said. …MORE
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