Attorney General Anthony Brown said Friday that he will not bring charges against a Howard County Police officer who pursued at high speed a juvenile motorist who later died when her vehicle crashed in a wooded area.

According to the attorney general’s office, Officer Brian Maurantonio was conducting traffic enforcement on Route 29 in Fulton in the early-morning hours of Jan. 17 when he clocked a Honda traveling 84 mph in a 55 mph zone.

The officer entered the roadway in an effort to catch up to the vehicle, activating his emergency lights and advising dispatch that the vehicle was failing to stop, the AG’s office said in a news release.

“Approximately 15 seconds after the initial notification, Pfc. Maurantonio advised dispatch that he was canceling the attempted traffic stop due to the vehicle’s high rate of speed. Moments later, the Honda crashed,” the release states.

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The Honda crashed in a wooded area as the driver attempted to take the ramp from Route 32 onto Broken Land Parkway in Columbia, according to the Independent Investigations Division of the attorney general’s office.

Maurantonio requested additional units and emergency medical services.

Police body camera footage shows Maurantonio staying at his vehicle until additional officers arrive. As Maurantonio and another officer approach the vehicle, Maurantonio says, “It looks like it’s smoking ... the car is on fire.” He then shouts out, “County police, show me your hands!” a few times, and then, “County police, can you hear me?”

He runs back to his vehicle to grab a fire extinguisher. When he returns, flames are visible from the crashed vehicle. His extinguisher doesn’t appear to work, but by then several officers are on the scene extinguishing the fire.

The driver, a juvenile female, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities withheld her name, citing youth privacy laws.

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Based on the IID’s investigation and an evaluation of available evidence, the attorney general’s office said, it “determined that the subject officer did not commit a crime under Maryland land.”

“Accordingly, the Attorney General has declined to prosecute the subject officer in the case,” the officer said.

Maurantonio is a four-year veteran assigned to the department’s traffic enforcement section.