Prosecutors say man was using Snapchat before causing deadly chain reaction crash on I-95

TOWSON, Md. — A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after prosecutors say he used Snapchat, before causing a chain reaction crash last year in Arbutus.On January 19, 2021, Dylan Shields and Luke Souders were driving along I-95 in separate vehicles near I-695.According to prosecutors, Souders slowed down for construction that was going on in the other lanes.Shields slammed on his brakes too late and struck the back of Souders’ car. The impact caused Shields to strike a second vehicle that had been in front of Souders.A fourth vehicle tried avoiding another collision, but ended up hitting the back of Shields’ car. That caused Shields’ car to tip and land on Souders’ vehicle, killing him. In a victim impact statement given in court, Luke’s mother, Eileen Souders, called her son’s death senseless.”We are broken and pained for the rest of our lives. Our beloved son, and brother, left us so abruptly and senselessly,” Eileen read aloud. “He was 30 years old and was just starting to evolve into the promise of the man that he was meant to be.”Luke was a Human Resources coordinator at LifeScience Logistics, where he’d worked for nine-years. In his spare time, he worked for a…
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