Neely Snyder, program director at the Pearlstone Center, was killed in a car crash Monday morning in Route 30. She was 37.

According to police, Snyder’s Hyundai was stopped on Route 30 waiting to make a left turn onto Mount Gilead Road when a Peterbilt tractor trailer struck the car from behind. Police responded to the crash at 7:28 a.m. She was transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where she was later declared deceased. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.

The Baltimore County Crash Team is still investigating to determine if charges will be filed and will present the report to the State Attorney’s office when the investigation is complete.

When contacted, the Baltimore County Police Department had no further information on the incident.

Snyder was a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary and program director at the Pearlstone Center. She had also served as director of teen engagement at the Center for Jewish Education.

Snyder is survived by her husband, Rabbi Joshua Snyder, executive director of Goucher Hillel; her daughters Shalva, Ayelet and Nava; her parents Jordan and Sheila Harburger; and her brother Noah Harburger and sister Aleeza Wilkins.

Funeral services will be held at at Sol Levinson & Bros., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 3 p.m. Interment at Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s Garrison Forest Cemetery in Owings Mills. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to Goucher Hillel, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, MD 21204 or Pearlstone Center, 5425 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136 or JQ Baltimore, 1601 Guilford Ave., 2 South, Baltimore, MD 21202.

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