7/27/2025 UPDATE: On July 26, 2025 at approximately 7:19 p.m., police, fire department and emergency medical services personnel responded to the 9900 block of Charles Street (MD Rt. 6) in La Plata, for a reported head-on style motor vehicle collision with reported occupants trapped in a vehicle.
La Plata Police Department and Charles County Sheriff’s Office officers arrived on the scene simultaneously and discovered two occupants, a 29 year old female from Washington, D.C., and a 31 year old female from Seat Pleasant, Maryland, in a black 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis were instantly deceased and trapped in the vehicle. The third occupant, a 31 year old female from Washington, D.C., was extricated by La Plata Volunteer Fire Department and Charles County Department of Emergency Services personnel.
She was airlifted by Maryland State Police Trooper 2 to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center and is listed in stable condition.
Names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Preliminary investigation revealed a white 2021 Infiniti SUV, operated by Cory Jermaine Kane (46 year old male from District Heights, Maryland, was traveling eastbound on Charles Street and crossed over the center line markings and struck the Mercury Marquis which was traveling westbound.
Kane refused medical treatment on the scene and was taken into custody by officers of the La Plata Police Department.
Police say both speed and alcohol were determined to be contributing factors to the collision.
If you are a witness to the collision or have additional information, please contact Corporal Kalen Kerere of the La Plata Police Department at (301)934-1500 or [email protected]
UPDATE @8:13 P.M.: One subject is in police custody after this subject denied medical attention and signed care refusal forms, two victims are sadly deceased, a third adult female patient is being flown to an area trauma center with serious injuries.
Police are performing traffic reconstruction and further updates will be provided when they become available.
Roadway (Route 6) will be closed for the next 3+ hours.
7/26/2025: On Saturday, July 26, 2025, at approximately 7:12 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 9922 Charles Street in La Plata, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment and one possibly deceased.
911 caller were reporting a vehicle that was swerving all over the roadway, before causing a head-on collision with the caller reporting multiple patients unconscious with one possibly deceased.
Fire and rescue personnel arrived on the scene to confirm a two-vehicle head-on style collision and reported all three occupants trapped and requested a helicopter to land nearby.
Sadly, two of the victims have been pronounced deceased on the scene.
Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 2 is landing nearby to transport the third patient who was extricated from the vehicles wreckage around 7:42 p.m.
Flight medics were advised that the patient, an approximate 30-year-old female, was now conscious but only semi-alert with injuries to the head/upper-body, and had confirmed loss of consciousness in the collision.
A fourth patient signed care refusal forms on the scene. This fourth patient is currently detained on the scene by police.
Police are investigating the motor vehicle collision and the roadway will be closed for 4+ hours. Expect extended delays and avoid the area.
Updates will be added when they are provided by police.
