On Friday, August 14, 2020, at approximately 9:00 p.m., police and emergency medical services responded to the 22000 block of Oxford Court in Lexington Park, for the reported gunshot victim. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 21-year-old female with a single gunshot wound to her right shoulder. Medical personnel reported there was...
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Deputy State Fire Marshals from the Southern Region served a criminal summons for an incident involving an explosion and subsequent fire on June 4, 2020 in St. Mary’s County. On June 4, 2020 firefighters from the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department along with surrounding St. Mary’s County companies responded to 44918 Smith’s Nursery Road in...
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On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at approximately 4:00 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Leonardtown Road and Oliver Shop Road in Bryantown, for the motor vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer. A short time later, the motor vehicle assignment was upgraded to a motor vehicle collision with one vehicle...
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On Thursday, August 13, 2020, at approximately 10:20 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Johnny Boy’s Ribs on 7530 Crain Highway in La Plata, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a police cruiser with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Volvo SUV and a...
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Update: State police are investigating a reported shooting that occurred early this morning in Lexington Park. The injured victim is identified as Tyquan Samuel Wills, 21, of Lexington Park. Wills left the scene of the reported shooting. He later called 9-1-1 from his home from where he was transported by medevac to the R...
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On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at approximately 5:04 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 7655 Bensville Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Police arrived on the scene and reported no entrapment, with two vehicles involved in a head-on collision with both drivers out of...
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On Monday, August 10, 2020, just after noon, a U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews was conducting a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet approximately 10 miles Northwest of Manassas, VA., when the aircraft was struck by at least one bullet from...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:02 am, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a motor vehicle collision at Piney Point Road and Take It Easy Ranch Road in Callaway. The Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to the scene and continued the investigation. Preliminary investigation determined that a Chevrolet S10 pickup...
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On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at 11:16 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Point Lookout Road and Maypole Road in Leonardtown, for the motor vehicle collision involving a horse and buggy. Maryland State Troopers on the scene and reported a single vehicle and a horse and buggy were...
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On Monday, August 10, 2020, at approximately 7:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Colton Point Road and Full Pull Lane in Bushwood, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to report a single vehicle on it’s wheels after rolling...
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On Sunday, August 9, 2020, at approximately 5:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Crain Highway and Smallwood Drive in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle and motorcycle in the roadway. Firefighters reported this was a...
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UPDATE: On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at approximately 5:49 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team and St. Mary’s Crash Reconstruction team responded to the area of MD Rt. 4 and Huntingtown High School in Huntingtown, for a report of a single vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation revealed multiple citizens contacted...
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On Sunday, July 26, 2020, at 9:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Jarrell Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious, with one vehicle overturned with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle on its side after striking...
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On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, Southern Maryland suffered severe flooding, three confirmed separate Tornadoes, and the impacts from Hurricane Isaias. St. Mary’s County Volunteer Fire and Rescue personnel handled a total of 134 calls throughout the day which included multiple water rescues, structure collapses, a fatal motor vehicle accident, many trees and wires down,...
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UPDATE: Tiaesa Sade Lake, 31 of Suitland, has been identified as the victim in the fatal collision. At the time of the collision, Lake was operating a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis. UPDATE: On August 4, 2020, at approximately 9:33 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 29500 block of...
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Police, fire and rescue personnel in Charles, St. Mary’s, and Prince George’s County are currently operating on multiple rescues due to vehicles driving into flood / standing water. Citizens are urged to TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN!! WATER and OTHER RESCUES 9:00 a.m., Charles County / PG County line – Mutual aid for vehicle trapped...
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The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado on the ground near Leonardtown, Maryland around 6:30 a.m. The tornado was tracked travelling Northwest at approximately 45 mph. Multiple readers reported they witnessed the tornado travel on Medleys Neck Road, and Point Lookout Road in the area of the Winter Sheet Metal. Fire and rescue personnel...
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MOST RECENT ALERTS WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, OLD/EXPIRED ALERTS WILL BE REMOVED Tornado Warning issued at 6:44 a.m., for Calvert & St. Mary’s – a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Patuxent River Naval Air Station, or near Town Creek, moving northwest at 20 mph. Town Creek...
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On August 1, 2020, at 10:16 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 8500 block of Gunston Road in Welcome, for the report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers initiated CPR until paramedics arrived. The pedestrian was transported to a hospital with critical...
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On Saturday, August 1, 2020, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in the 7300 block of Crain Highway, La Plata. Due to the seriousness of the collision, a Collision Reconstruction Specialist was requested to the scene. A Preliminary...
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On October 4, 2019, Mr. Douglas Hands was a passenger in a work vehicle, and noticed a vehicle stopped on the top of the Nice/Middleton Bridge. Mr. Hands thought the vehicle was disabled and his coworker attempted to drive around the stopped vehicle. As they were driving around, Mr. Hands noticed that a female...
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As of Monday, 5:00 a.m: A Tropical Storm Watch, and Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Cecil, Baltimore, Kent, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Queen Anne’s, Charles, St. Marys, Calvert, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester County in Maryland. First responders urge all citizens to use extra caution during this time due to...
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On Sunday, August 2, 2020, at approximately 1:38 p.m., an ambulance from the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad was flagged down in the area of Three Notch Road and Great Mills Road by citizens stating they found a male unconscious in a pool of blood. Emergency medical personnel arrived on the scene and located...
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On Saturday, August 1, 2020, at approximately 6:45 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Olivers Shop Road and Fox Den Place, in Bryantown, for the motor vehicle accident with an occupant ejected from the vehicle. While Squad 2 was approaching the scene, Charles County Fire Dispatch advised the Charles...
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The Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the cancellation of our annual carnival. We know this is a staple in our area and our supporters look forward to attending every year. This was not an easy decision, but in light of the current health crisis, we feel your safety is the number...
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