Officer's son killed in single-car crash

SEVERN - The 20-year-old son of a Baltimore City police officer was killed early Saturday morning after the car he was driving struck and wrapped around a metal support pole, according to county police.

Joseph Martin Zapushek of Glen Burnie was driving north on New Cut Road just before 4:30 a.m., police said.

As he approached the inter-section at Upton Road, he failed to negotiate a curve in the road and lost control of his 2002 Acura.

The car veered off the roadway and up a grassy embankment, then struck the pole and rolled onto the driver's side, police...