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Death at Maryland State Fair

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TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) - Police say a ride operator at the Maryland State Fair has been found dead in her trailer at the fairgrounds in Baltimore County.

Baltimore County police say emergency crews were called to the fairgrounds in Timonium on Friday night for a report of an overdose.

Police said Monday that after 22-year-old Amanda Bradley of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, didn't show up at her assigned ride on Friday, a supervisor found her slumped over inside her trailer.  Bradley was taken to Greater Baltimore Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Police say they found items in Bradley's trailer that indicated possible heroin use. Her body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. The medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of her death. 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.