Dirt Bike Driver Injured After Crashing Into Semi In Glen Burnie

GLEN BURNIE, MD — A driver of a dirt bike is in the hospital recovering after crashing into a tractor-trailer, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. His passenger's whereabouts remain unknown.

On Wednesday around 8:40 p.m., police responded to East Ordnance Road and Blades Lane for a crash involving a semi and an off-road dirt bike.

Police said a dirt bike with no lighting was westbound on East Ordnance Road, approaching the intersection of Blades Lane as a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer was eastbound on East Ordnance Road and began the process of making a left turn onto Blades Lane.

This section of the roadway is dark with limited street lights, police said.

Police said the driver of the tractor-trailer did not see the dirt bike. The dirt bike subsequently struck the right front of the semi, causing both the driver and passenger to be ejected.

Police said the rear passenger fled the area on foot. A thermal drone and a police helicopter were used to search the area for the passenger, who was not located.

The driver of the dirt bike, identified as Jeremy Glen Yaruta, 36, of Baltimore, was not wearing a helmet and was severely injured. He was transported to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore by Anne Arundel County Fire Department.

The tractor-trailer driver, a 52-year-old man from Baltimore, was not injured.

The crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic Safety Section.