Bowie Woman Charged In 2018 Crash That Killed Uber Passenger

GAMBRILLS, MD — The Anne Arundel County Police Department arrested a Bowie woman on manslaughter and other charges on Friday, April 26, stemming from an accident a year ago in which an Uber passenger died, according to a department statement. Heather Ferns Boyer, 46, also is charged with driving while impaired by a controlled substance in the collision in Gambrills.

Police officers responded at about 3 p.m. on April 26, 2018, to the crash on southbound Crain Highway (Route 3) at Annapolis Road (Route 175). The police said that a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox SUV driven by Boyer was moving southbound on Crain Highway when it struck a 2007 Toyota Corolla that was eastbound on Route 175. As a result, the Toyota caught fire.

The Uber passenger in the Toyota's rear seat was declared dead at the scene; the police identified him as Raymond Quartuci, 29, of Crofton.

The Toyota was driven by Mohamed G. Elsdeg Ahmed, 41, of Odenton. He escaped from the vehicle and was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with serious injuries, the police said.

Boyer and a passenger in her car, Katherine Goodman, 63, of Glen Burnie, were taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center with minor injuries.

The police said Monday that Boyer caused the crash by failing to remain in a single lane on Ritchie Highway and making an unsafe lane change.

Under a criminal indictment warrant served on Friday, she faces the following charges: homicide-motor vehicle-drugs and negligent manslaughter-auto, both felonies; misdemeanor counts of criminally negligent manslaughter and life-threatening vehicle-drugs; and two traffic counts of attempting to drive a motor vehicle while impaired by a dangerous controlled substance.