UPDATE 6/26/2024: On June 25th 2024, at 9:07 p.m., patrol officers responded to Charles Street and Washington Avenue for a motor vehicle collision involving a car and a dirt bike.
Preliminary investigation reveals a Chevy Malibu was attempting to make a left turn onto Charles Street from Washington Avenue.
The operator of the motorcycle, a 14-year-old juvenile, failed to stop at the red signal. The operator, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle.
The operator of the motorcycle was flown to a local trauma center by Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 2, where he is listed in critical condition. LPPD’s Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.
6/25/2024: On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Charles Street and St. Mary’s Avenue in La Plata, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a dirt bike.
Police arrived on the scene within seconds of dispatch to find an approximately 20 year-old male unconscious in the roadway.
Officers requested a helicopter be launched to land nearby.
Fire and rescue personnel reported serious injuries to the victims upper and lower body.
Preliminarily, it appears the subject was on a non-street legal dirt-bike with no helmet on when they struck a vehicle. The operator of the vehicle reported no injuries.
Maryland State Police Aviation Command landed nearby and transported the patient to an area trauma center with life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the collision and updates will be provided when they become available.
