"She Had a Twinkle in Her Eye"

Bridget Catherine Herold, 16, a junior at Lansdowne High School, was struck by a vehicle and killed near her Baltimore Highlands home on the afternoon of Dec. 8.

She was a typical teenage girl who wrote poetry and short stories, preoccupied with shopping and make-up, said her mother, Patty.

"She was a good girl," Patty Herold said. "She loved people and was always respectful. She really just loved life. She had a twinkle in her eye and the best laugh."

According to police, at around 4:45 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, Herold was crossing from the west side of Annapolis Road at the corner of Ohio Avenue, and was struck by a southbound 2011 RAV-4 driven by Elvira Santiaga Urias, 19, of the 100-block of Cherry Lane in Glen Burnie.

The right front corner of Urias' vehicle struck Herold, resulting in severe injuries, police said. Herold was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she was pronounced dead at 5:51 p.m.

Police have attributed the incident to pedestrian error. Urias has not been charged.

Aside from her mother, Herold is survived by her father, Roger, and sister, Megan, 19, a biology major at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Services for Herold will be held at First Baptist Church in Lansdowne on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 7-9 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 16 from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.