UPDATE 3/26/2025 @ 1:00 P.M.: On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, shortly after 9 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol responded to a report of a serious motor vehicle collision involving a school bus on Rt. 231 near Sea Gull Beach Road in Prince Frederick.
Upon arrival, deputies found that the school bus was occupied by 12 students and a driver. Emergency response crews promptly assessed the individuals on board, resulting in two (2) students being transported to CalvertHealth Medical Center with minor injuries.
The collision also involved a box truck. The driver of the box truck identified as Richard Yonathan Murillo Vera, 50 of Crofton, was transported to CalvertHealth Medical Center, where he was later pronounced deceased. The passenger of the box truck was ground transported by EMS for non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to contact DFC A. Morrison at 410-535-2800 or via email at anna.morrison@calvertcountymd.gov. Please refer to case #25-24395.
3/26/2025: On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 9:02 a.m., a police officer reported a serious crash on Hallowing Point Road at Seagull Beach Road in Prince Frederick, which was involving a box truck and a occupied school bus.
The officer reported a box truck rear-ended a occupied school bus with one occupant in the box truck trapped.
As units responded to the scene, officers advised one box truck occupant was suffering from a severed leg, which prompted a helicopter to be launched to land nearby.
Crews reporting 12 children on board with three of them being evaluated for Minor injuries. Representatives from the Board of Education are responding to the scene and hospital.
Three students have been transported to the CalvertHealth Medical Center with MINOR injuries.
Firefighters extricated the patient in the box truck in approximately 10 minutes.
EMS transported the 40-year-old male to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries and CPR in progress, while reporting the victim had an amputated leg.
The second occupant of the box truck denied injuries and refused care. (update 10:00 a.m., ambulance requested back to scene to evaluate the patient again.)
Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 7 responded, however, they diverted to the hospital in case needed.
Rt. 231 at Seagull Beach Road in Prince Frederick will be shut down due to a serious motor vehicle collision. Use alternate routes. Expect extended delays and avoid the area.
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the scene to investigate the incident.
