Teen drinking party ends in 2 teens dead with others injured and Sam Ellis awaiting DUI manslaughter charges
ATTENTION TEENS: What your parents may not tell you is that is it YOUR FAULT if you are injured or killed if you get into a vehicle with an impaired driver on drugs or booze. It is not an “accident” but a predictable outcome of impaired driving when a vehicle leaves the roadway .
According to Montgomery County, Maryland, Police, charges are pending in a teenage booze cruise that left two dead, others injured and the teenage driver of the vehicle that became this year’s poster child for not drinking at teen parties and then driving crashed into a fence at a high rate of speed. Police are also looking at charges for an adult who was in the home where the teen drinking party took place.
The DUI killer driver of the 2006 Acura TSX is identified as Samuel Joseph Ellis, age 18, of North Potomac. Ellis was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The front seat passenger is not being identified due to the on-going investigation. The front seat passenger was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The rear seat passengers were discovered deceased at the scene and are identified as Alexander Murk, age 18, of Potomac and Calvin Jia-Xing Li, age 18, of Rockville.
At approximately 11:52 p.m., the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) received a call for a collision in the 13800 block of Dufief Mill Road. Officers responded to the scene and determined that four people had been in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Two vehicle passengers were declared deceased at the scene. Two additional vehicle occupants, to include the driver, were transported to a local hospital, both with serious injuries.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the occupants of the vehicle had attended an underage drinking party in area.
According to Montgomery County, Maryland, Police, charges are pending in a teenage booze cruise that left two dead, others injured and the teenage driver of the vehicle that became this year’s poster child for not drinking at teen parties and then driving crashed into a fence at a high rate of speed. Police are also looking at charges for an adult who was in the home where the teen drinking party took place.
