Overview

• The student killed was identified by the community as 16-year-old Blake Elliott, and the 17-year-old driver remains in critical condition at Shock Trauma.
• Deputies say a car waiting to turn left on Route 543 was rear-ended and pushed into the path of an oncoming Harford County school bus carrying 19 students.
• Harford County Public Schools reported multiple bus riders sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospitals, with others transported back to C. Milton Wright High School.
• Major Lee Dunbar said distracted driving or excessive speed is being examined and that crash reconstruction findings will be presented to prosecutors.
• Authorities identified the driver of the striking vehicle as a 39-year-old man whose name has not been released.