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Car drives onto sidewalk, kills 15-year-old girl walking in Dundalk

Driver charged with negligent manslaughter
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DUNDALK, Md. — A car ran over and killed a 15-year-old girl in Dundalk on Tuesday evening.

Baltimore County Police were called just after 5:30 p.m. to the intersection of Delvale and Martell Avenue.

Arriving officers found that a Nissan Altima drove onto a sidewalk and struck and killed Trinity Lynn Brooks, a Dundlak High School student as she was walking.

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Police arrested the driver, 30-year-old Jennifer Jean Jones of Anne Arundel County, and charged her with negligent manslaughter by vehicle.

Jones has an initial bail review on Thursday at 1 p.m.

It's still unclear what caused the crash or if Jones was impaired.