UPDATE (Aug. 12): The deceased is identified as Stephanie Scensny, 56, of Columbia. She was operating a 2012 Honda CR-V. The other vehicle involved was a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500.
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ORIGINAL RELEASE
Howard County police are investigating the death of a motorist after a tree fell on her vehicle in Ellicott City.
At approximately 5:35 p.m. on Aug. 11, a vehicle was traveling westbound on Baltimore National Pike just past the Baltimore County line when a tree fell on it. The driver and sole occupant, an adult female, was pronounced dead at the scene. A second vehicle also was struck by the tree. The driver and sole occupant of that vehicle, an adult female, was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Baltimore National Pike was closed for approximately four hours in that area.
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