Traffic Advisory: Viewing and Funeral for Trooper First Class Shaft Hunter

(PIKESVILLE, MD) – Maryland State Police, Baltimore County Police, and State Highway Administration personnel are coordinating traffic operations plans, but motorists should be aware of potentially heavy traffic and traffic delays associated with the viewing, funeral, and funeral procession for Maryland State Police TFC Shaft Hunter.

VIEWING: Beginning Thursday afternoon and lasting until 9:00 p.m., motorists should be aware of heavier than normal vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of the Vaughn Green Funeral Home, in the 8700-block of Liberty Road at Brenbrook Drive in Randallstown. Pedestrians will be crossing Brenbrook Drive and Liberty Road. Baltimore County Police and Maryland State Police will be on-scene to assist.

FUNERAL: On Friday beginning at 8:00 a.m., motorists should be aware of heavier than normal vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Old Court Road from Liberty Road to the New Antioch Baptist Church in the 5600-block of Old Court Road. At about 9:00 a.m. on Friday, police will close northbound Old Court Road from Windsor Mill Road to Liberty Road. The northbound roadway is expected to remain closed until 2:00 p.m. Southbound Old Court Road will remain open.

The funeral of TFC Hunter will begin at 11:00 a.m. and is expected to conclude at about 1:00 p.m., although a longer service is possible. It will take about 30 minutes for those attending to return to their vehicles and the procession to be ready to begin.

PROCESSION: The funeral procession is expected to begin leaving the 5600-block of Old Court Road between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The procession will head northbound on Old Court Road to Liberty Road. It will proceed east on Liberty Road to I-695. Upon entering I-695 west, the procession will head toward I-83.

The procession will take I-83 north and turn east on Padonia Road. The procession will end at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Police will be closing intersections and ramps momentarily as the procession moves along the route to the cemetery.

The interment at Dulaney Valley is expected to end sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Motorists in the Timonium area should expect heavier than normal traffic through rush hour Friday.