Bowie Women Reach Settlement in Gambrills Fatal Crash

A settlement has been reached from a crash that killed one motorcyclist and involved a Bowie driver.

Elizabeth Meyers, 21, then 19, has been charged with negligent manslaughter for the fatal crash on March 10, 2013. Police say that there was conflicting evidence in the suspicion that Meyers was texting at the time of the crash. In May 2014 she pleaded guilty to negligent driving and was charged $500 in the case.

According to court documents, Meyers and her mother, Margaret Meyers, will pay all outstanding court costs involving victim’s death. The Halperin Law Center representing Roberts had originally asked for $5 million.

During the crash almost two years ago, Meyers was trying to cross Route 3 northbound in Gambrills. As she was changing lanes in the 2008 Chevy Cobalt to get into the Royal Farm parking lot, she moved into the path of Jonathan Roberts, 30, traveling on a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle, according Anne Arundel Police. Roberts was pronounced dead at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Meyers sustained minor injuries.

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