Howard County police have arrested a Taneytown driver in crash that killed a man standing by his disabled vehicle in the Sykesville area.
Police say 23-year-old Luther Beamer of Odenton was putting gas into his vehicle on the right-hand shoulder of Route 32 near Deer Hill Road when he was struck by a pickup truck late Wednesday night. He was pronounced dead at Howard County General Hospital.
According to police, the driver of the pickup had been drinking. Aleksandr Dyubanov, 46, has been charged with DUI/DWI and vehicular manslaughter.
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