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Pa. Man Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On Collision

LA PLATA, Md. (AP) -- Police in Charles County say a driver heading the wrong way on U.S. 301 died in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

Police tell The Washington Post that Eugene Kantner, 40, of Hazle Township, Pa., was heading south in the northbound lanes of 301 when his sport-utility vehicle struck a car heading the opposite direction.

Kantner was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other driver and a passenger in that vehicle were taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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