UPDATE: The roadway was reopened in approximately 2 hours. The operator signed care refusal forms on the scene. Firefighters and HAZMAT personnel operated on scene for over an hour to stop a diesel fuel leak. 8/24/2023: On Thursday, August 24, 2023, at 3:17 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of...
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On Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at approximately 1:35 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the St. Mary’s Landing Apartments on Liberty Street in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle into the building with one unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a sedan off the roadway and into the side of...
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On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at approximately 11:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Turkey Hill Road and Crescent Lane in La Plata, for a motor vehicle collision involving an overturned semi-truck and trailer with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a semi-truck and trailer filled with...
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On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at approximately 9:53 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 24990 Budds Creek Road and Dorothy Mae Court in Clements, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with single occupant out of...
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Video added 8/25/2023: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has not released any additional information regarding if the operator of the Ford Fusion was cited. Investigation found the vehicle was stationary on Thompson Corner Road and attempting to make a left turn onto Budds Creek Road to travel Eastbound when the operator failed to...
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On Friday, August 18, 2023, at approximately 7:12 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a sedan and a motorcycle in the roadway with the operator...
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On Thursday, August 17, 2023, at approximately 3:34 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and New Market Road in Mechanicsville, for the head-on motor vehicle collision reported serious. Firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hughesville and Hollywood VFD’s responded and first arrived units located 4 vehicles with 7 patients...
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On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at approximately 3:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Rennell Avenue East in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision involving a bicycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and bicycle in the roadway with the...
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On Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at approximately 6:07 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Budds Creek Road and Mechanicsville Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single pickup truck off the roadway and on its roof with...
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On Friday, August 11, 2023, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 23480 Budds Creek Road and Nellies Way in Clements, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one overturned and trapped. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway, over...
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On August 11, 2023, at approximately 9:06pm, police responded to the 30000 block of Three Notch Road at the intersection of Oak Station Drive for a report of an accident involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, police noticed the operator of the motorcycle had been ejected and was being treated by medical personnel. Due to...
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On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 7000 block of Rose Lane in La Plata, for the subject not breathing after a long fall. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller was performing CPR on a 60-year-old male who fell approximately 16 feet from a pole...
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On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at approximately 12:42 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hallowing Point Road and Calvert Fair Drive in Prince Frederick, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene within minutes of dispatch to find a USPS mail...
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On Monday, August 7, 2023, at approximately 5:34 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 3280 Chicamuxen Road in Indian Head, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. A short time after dispatch, the assignment was upgraded to a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the...
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On Monday, August 7, 2023, at approximately 3:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. John’s Road and Sandy Bottom Road in Hollywood, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved in a T-bone style...
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On Monday, August 7, 2023, at approximately 8:08 a.m., Emergency medical personnel staffing Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station 39 heard a loud crash and responded to the area. Ambulance 397 left their station and soon after located a two vehicle collision with entrapment at Great Mills Road and FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park....
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On Saturday, August 5, 2023, at approximately 1:40 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Oak Acres Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle with one reportedly unconscious. The 911 caller reported the victim was laying in the middle of the...
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UPDATE: On Saturday, August 5, 2023, at approximately 4:33 p.m. officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Newtowne Neck Road and Rosebank Road for the reported head on collision involving a motorcycle. As the motorcycle operator was being prepped for transport by helicopter, CPR was started, and he...
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On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at approximately 8:52 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Blimpies located at 21141 Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road, for the motor vehicle collision involving a structure with no injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Ford pickup truck struck the side of the...
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On Sunday, July 30, 2023, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 6000 block of Wright Cross Place and Valley Road in La Plata, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving an ATV. 911 callers reported a single ATV rolled over in the backyard of the residence with one...
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UPDATE: On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 9:23 a.m., the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to Point Lookout Road at Chingville Road for the report of a motor vehicle accident. The investigation revealed a 2003 Chrysler 300, (operated by Jeffrey Glenn Burch, age 51 of Lexington Park), was traveling southbound on Point Lookout...
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On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 9:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Brandywine Road in Hughesville, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one reportedly trapped with a vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to report smoke showing from one vehicle with...
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UPDATE 7/24/2023: On Saturday, July 22, 2023, at approximately 8:25 p.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to Maryland Route 5 (Leonardtown Road) in the area of Huckleberry Drive for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle. Due to the circumstances, Trooper First Class...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that took place Friday morning in Lanham. The deceased driver is 17-year-old Jason Peraza of Lanham. On July 21, 2023, at approximately 8:10 am, officers responded to the 9100 block of Ardwick Ardmore Road for a single-vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation revealed Peraza...
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UPDATE July 19, 2023: The deceased pedestrian has been identified as 19-year-old Ciera Graham of Washington, DC. The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is actively investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian that occurred early Monday morning in Capitol Heights. The deceased pedestrian’s name will be released once her...
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