Crash kills local high school student

• By Scott Harper

  sharper@gtowntimes.com

  A Georgetown High School student was killed in a traffic accident Saturday morning..

  Dillon Michael Cook, 16, of Calhoun Street in Kensington died in the accident, said, Deputy Coroner John Smith.

  The one-vehicle accident happened at 5:41 a.m. on the gravel portion of Brick Chimney Road, according to the Highway Patrol.

  Cook was a passenger in the vehicle and was not wearing a seat belt.

  The driver, 18-year-old Jeremy Howdyshell of Georgetown, survived and is not hospitalized, Highway Patrol spokesman Bob Beres said, adding the driver was wearing a seat belt.

  Beres said Howdyshell was driving a 1999 Honda SUV south on Brick Chimney Road when he fell asleep.

  The vehicle ran off the road.

  The crash is still being investigated.