1 dead after off-road dirt bike crashes into tractor trailer: police

GLEN BURNIE, Md. - One person is dead after the off-road dirt bike they were driving crashed into a tractor trailer, police say.

Authorities say the crash happened May 11 around 8:40 p.m. near East Ordnance Road and Blades Lane in the Glen Burnie area of Anne Arundel County.

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The dirt bike was heading west on East Ordnance Road when it crashed into a tractor trailer making a turn onto Blades Lane.

Police say the dirt bike was without lights and the section of roadway where the crash happened had limited street lighting.

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The driver was identified as 36-year-old Jeremy Glen Yaruta or Baltimore. Police say he was not wearing a helmet. Yaruta was taken to Shock Trauma where he died on May 23. The passenger on the dirt bike fled the scene. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.