Bowie, MD : 23-year-old Brandon Barnes dead, woman critically injured after ATV crash in Bowie on Monday morning, March 30, 2015

A Lanham man was killed and his companion remains in critical condition after the all-terrain vehicle they were riding crashed on a portion of the WB&A Trail near Bowie State University early Monday, police said.
Brandon Diante Barnes, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene. His companion, Deandra Jones, 25, also from Lanham, remains in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Neither was wearing a helmet, police said.
A resident who lives near the trail heard the crash and screams at about 1:40 a.m. Monday, said Capt. Stanley Johnson, spokesman for the Maryland-National Capital Park Police. The accident occurred on a part of the trail that goes under the 8600 block of Race Track Road.

After investigating and finding the victims and the overturned vehicle, the resident called 911.
Police say Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene. Jones was initially taken to Prince George's Hospital and then later to the trauma center in Baltimore.
Police have few other details, although there was evidence that the ATV turned over in the accident, Johnson said. Police hope to get more information about what exactly happened from the female victim, although they have not yet had a chance to speak with her.
The trail is popular among local bicyclists and joggers during the day, Johnson said.
"It's pretty heavily traveled," he said. "But is its not supposed to be used after dark and we prohibit the use of motorized vehicles."
Posted signs detailing the hours of permissable use and prohibitions on the trail are prominent, he said.
For the most part, people who use the trail adhere to the rules.
"This is a very unusual incident," he said. "We've had very few calls (about motorized vehicles), probably less than 10 for people using ATVs on that trail in the past year."
The Prince George's County portion of the trail runs for 5.6 miles from Glenn Dale through Bowie, extending northeast to the Patuxent River. That portion of the trail opened in November 2000. A planned extension of the trail will run to Odenton.
The trail runs along the site of the former Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad. From 1908 through 1935, state-of-the-art electric commuter trains ran along this route through Bowie and Glenn Dale, carrying passengers between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.

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One killed, one hurt in Bowie ATV crash