HEREFORD, Md. – Baltimore County police say the business editor of The Baltimore Sun has been killed in a car accident and his 9-year-old daughter is seriously injured.
Police spokesman Bill Toohey says Tim Wheatley was making a left turn Monday morning about two miles from his home when a UPS truck his the driver's side of his vehicle.
The 48-year-old Wheatley died at the scene. His daughter, who was in the front passenger seat, was taken to a hospital.
Toohey says a traffic light controls the intersection and it appears to be working. Police are investigating to determine whether either driver ran a red light.
Wheatley started at The Sun in 2006 as sports editor. He moved to the business department earlier this year during a newsroom reorganization.
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