01-05-2025
State police ID victim in fatal crash
Maryland State Police have identified the woman who died in an April 19 crash near Union Bridge.
Teresa Ellen Brashears, 69, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical services, according to Maryland State Police.
Brashears was a passenger in a Jeep Cherokee when the vehicle turned onto Md. 31 from northbound Clemsonville Road at around 2:15 p.m.
The Jeep crashed into a Nissan Frontier that was headed east on Md. 31, according to state police.
The drivers of both vehicles were flown by Maryland State Police Aviation Command to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore for treatment.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
The Catholic Review reported that Brashears, an Annapolis resident, worked in fundraising for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
