UPDATE: Maryland State Police are investigating a crash that killed one person and injured three others Thursday evening in St. Mary’s County.
On Thursday, November 14, 2019, at approximately 4:40 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to the area of Point Lookout Road (MD Route 5) north of Harper’s Corner Road in Mechanicsville, on a report of a two-vehicle crash.
According to a preliminary investigation, a woman driving a Hyundai Sonata southbound on Rt. 5 collided head-on with a Ford F-150 pick-up truck that was traveling north at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Hyundai Sonata, Julie Ann Blew, 49, of unknown address, was declared deceased at the scene of the crash. Her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
Point Lookout Road was closed for about four hours in the area of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
11/14/2019: On Thursday, November 14, 2019, at approximately 4:40 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Harpers Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported head-on motor vehicle accident with one trapped.
Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack arrived on the scene to confirm two vehicles in a head-on style collision with one driver trapped. Moments later, Officers advised a female had no pulse, with the vehicle smoking.
Firefighters from Mechanicsville and Hollywood arrived on the scene to confirm the crash was North of Harpers Corner Road on Point Lookout Road, near Three Notch Road.
Units confirmed one patient deceased on the scene. Two patients were transported by an ambulance from Charles County to an area hospital with unknown injuries. One patient was flown to an area trauma center by Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 7
The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack is currently investigating.
Updates will be provided when they become available.