UPDATE: 20-Year-Old Chesapeake Beach Woman Transported with Life-Threatening Injuries After Being Struck by Vehicle in Calvert County

September 26, 2024

UPDATE 9/27/2024: The Town of Chesapeake Beach shared the following on September 27, 2024.

Please join the Town of Chesapeake Beach community in prayer for Town resident and seasonal employee of the Town of Chesapeake Beach, Chloe Clagg, who was injured at the intersection of Bayside Road and Bristol Drive Thursday morning.

Shared from Heather’s (Chloe’s mom) Facebook page:

I don’t normally do this but I swear the prayers are working!!! Please continue to pray for my girl!!! Please share and keep the prayer chain rolling! Thank you to all who have reached out! I can’t express it enough. The next 72 hours are crucial. We need all the prayers and support for my beautiful baby girl!!!!

UPDATE 9/27/2024: On September 26, 2024, at approximately 8:43 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the area of Bayside Road and Bristol Drive in Chesapeake Beach, for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.

Upon arrival deputies determined that the pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries and requested the Crash Reconstruction Team respond to investigate.

A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2017 Toyota 4Runner, operated by Steven O’Neill, 42 of Chesapeake Beach, was traveling southbound on Bayside Road.

A pedestrian, identified as Chloe Clagg a 20 of Chesapeake Beach, MD, was running across Bayside Road into the travel lane. Clagg was struck by the 4Runner.

Clagg was transported to Capital Region Shock Trauma in serious condition. O’Neill was not injured.
F/Sgt Thomas Phelps of the Crash Reconstruction Team is conducting the investigation of the crash.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or events leading up to the incident is asked to contact him at 410-535-2800 or by email, [email protected]


9/26/2024: On Thursday, September 26, 2024, at approximately 8:45 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Bayside Road and Bristol Drive in Chesapeake Beach, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian.

911 caller reported an unknown aged female was laying in the roadway convulsing after being struck by a Toyota SUV.

Maryland State Police Aviation was requested to pre-launch and land nearby, however, all helicopters were down due to weather.

First arriving units located a female pedestrian unconscious in the roadway with life-threatening injuries.

Emergency medical personnel transported the pedestrian by ambulance to an area trauma center with life-threatening injuries.

The striking vehicle remained on the scene with the operator reporting no injuries.

Police are investigating the motor vehicle collision. Calvert County Sheriff’s Office advised Bayside Road between Ponds Wood Road and Breezy Point Road in Chesapeake Beach will remain closed for an extended period of time.

Updates will be provided when they become available