Report: Cockeysville Resident Injured in Boston Marathon Blast

A 29-year-old Ellicott City native was injured in an explosion Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the Baltimore Sun reports. 

Erika Brannock, who now lives in Cockeysville, was in Boston with family supporting her mother, who was expected to cross the finish line at about the time of an explosion, a friend of Brannock’s told the Sun. 

According to a report by The Huffington Post, 140 were injured and three dead, including an 8-year-old boy, after two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

President Barack Obama has called it "an act of terrorism," according to another Huffington Post report.

Brannock's friend, Ericka Leonard, told the Sun that Brannock was being treated for “extensive damage” to her feet and lower left leg. Brannock’s sister and brother-in-law are also being treated for injuries. 

Brannock, a teacher at Trinity Episcopal Children’s Center in downtown Towson, is a graduate of Towson University. 

Liz Harlan, former director at the Center, told the Sun that Brannock is "Everyone's teacher, and everyone's friend."

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Hunt Valley-Cockeysville Editor Janet Metzner contributed to this report.