Baltimore County Police: Explosion inside a vehicle killed a 46-year-old man in Owings Mills
BALTIMORE -- An explosion damaged a van, killing the man inside of it and injuring his young passenger in Owings Mills on Tuesday, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.
The explosion killed 46-year-old Abayomi Adeleye, police announced on Wednesday.
Baltimore County firefighters were sent to the Northwest Regional Park, across from the Ravens' training facility, for a vehicle fire around 1:50 p.m., according to authorities.
That's where they found Adeleye inside a vehicle suffering from injuries that proved deadly, police said.
The passenger in the vehicle—a child—was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.
Detectives with the Baltimore County Fire & Explosion Investigation Team are investigating the incident, police said.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine Adeleye's cause of death.