Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Ritchie Highway Collision

A 24-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after colliding with an SUV attempting to make a U-turn on Ritchie Highway, police said.

BROOKLYN PARK, MD — A motorcyclist was hospitalized Thursday after crashing into an SUV on Ritchie Highway, police said.

A release issued by the Anne Arundel County Police Department identified the motorcyclist as a 24-year-old Brooklyn Park man.

The department said officers were called to Ritchie Highway and Ninth Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. for a crash involving a 2025 Kawasaki EX500 and a 2013 Honda Pilot.

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Preliminary findings indicate the crash happened when the 41-year-old driver of the Honda Pilot was traveling south on Ritchie Highway and attempting to make a U-turn at Ninth Avenue, according to police.

Police said the Kawasaki, also traveling south on Ritchie Highway, struck the Honda from the rear.

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Officials said the motorcyclist was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Neither the driver nor the passengers of the SUV were injured.

A crash investigation is ongoing.

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