On Friday, June 12, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Gentle Hands Wildlife Services received a call about ducklings in a storm drain. They arrived and found that several Mallard duckling had fallen into a storm drain. We had to remove several extremely heavy storm grates to try to get to the ducklings. Some...
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UPDATE 6:15/2020: On June 13, 2020, at approximately 2:28 a.m., firefighters from Bay District and surround departments responded to 20741 Hermanville Road, Lot J of D&B Trailer Park in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a one story single family modular dwelling with fire showing...
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The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the cancelation of the Annual Carnival for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision was not reached easily for a number of reasons. It is a major resource of income for the scheduled replacement of our fire fighting apparatus. Attending the Annual Carnival at HVFD...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash on the ramp from westbound MD-198 to southbound I-95 in Prince Georges County. The deceased is identified as Damien Dickerson, 33, of Upper Marlboro. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Dickerson was the driver and sole rider of a Suzuki GSXR 750 traveling on...
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The Solomons Volunteers and Officers gathered at the station to make a special presentation to the family of Honorary Chief/Safety Officer Walter Taylor who passed away last week from his long battle with cancer. For all his years of service to the department, the members decided to dedicate Engine 31 to his memory. Chief...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Clinton. The deceased driver has been identified as 42-year-old Michael Anthony King of Brandywine. On June 7th, at approximately 10:20 pm, officers responded to the 12000 block of Brandywine Road for...
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UPDATE 6/7/20 @ 4:25 p.m.: Code GREEN has been lifted, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is back to a normal status. 6/7/20: The is currently under code GREEN “Mini-Disaster” due to a power outage, and is not accepting any transported patients. All emergency medical transport units will be transporting patients to the CalvertHealth Medical Center...
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On Sunday, June 7, 2020, at approximately 10:25 a.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Bay District, Leonardtown, and Valley Lee responded to the St. Mary’s County Airport in Hollywood, for the aircraft in distress. Firefighters arrived on the scene and made contact with the air traffic controllers and aircraft in distress to find...
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On Friday, June 5, 2020, at approximately 3:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Beachville Road in St Inigoes, for the motor vehicle accident with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle off the roadway and into a pole, with...
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020, at approximately 12:23 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Oakley Road and Colton Point Road in Avenue, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with a trash truck overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm one vehicle overturned, and reported the overturned vehicle...
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On Monday, June 1, 2020, at approximately 9:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Andover Estates Road in Valley Lee, for the reported single vehicle into a tree. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree,...
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On Friday, June 05, 2020, at approximately 2:10 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 5 (Leonardtown Road) south of Olivers Shop Road in Bryantown, Maryland. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State Police La Plata...
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On Friday, June 5, 2020, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway, with the operator of each vehicle trapped....
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On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at approximately 10:10 p.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River alerted the St. Mary’s County Emergency Communications Center, they received information advising an H-60 aircraft reported they are unable to make it back to NAS Patuxent River due to mechanical issues, and were approximately 10 miles away from the base...
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Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a fourteen-year-old female with arson charges stemming from a fire that occurred yesterday in the 9600 block of Docs Place in LaPlata. Firefighters requested investigators after extinguishing a fire in a vacant, two-story, single-family dwelling. On June 1, 2020, at approximately 7:30 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf Volunteer Fire...
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On Monday, May 18, 2020, at approximately 5:40 p.m., police responded to the area of Three Notch Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road, for a traffic complaint and possible impaired driver. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Aviation Command Division, along with Deputies from the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office responded to...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision late Sunday night in the 5800 block of Suitland Road. The preliminary investigation revealed a Dodge Charger sideswiped two vehicles on Suitland Road before ultimately striking a pole. PGPD investigators are working to determine exactly what led to...
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Courtesy of the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department, and Maryland Vehicle Administration – Motorcycles are vehicles with the same rights and privileges as any vehicle on the roadway. But in crashes, a motorcyclist is six times more likely to be hurt than a car driver. Motorcycles are smaller than cars and trucks, and it can...
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On Monday, June 1, 2020, at approximately 10:48 p.m., firefighters from Bay District responded to the 45800 block of Chancellors Run Court in Great Mills, for the reported dumpster on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find fire showing from the neighborhood dumpster. On Tuesday, June 2, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office...
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On Monday, June 1, 2020, at approximately 9:33 p.m., firefighters responded to 2901 Yoes Corner Lane in St. Leonard, for a trailer and barn on fire. The owner is identified as Jean Estabrook, with the estimated loss of structure and contents at $25,500 Firefighters controlled the fire in under 20 minutes, with no injuries...
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UPDATE: On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m., more than 50 firefighters responded to 1069 Tanglewood Drive in Waldorf, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two story townhouse with fire showing, and upon investigation, firefighters found the fire spreading to the nearby townhomes and requested...
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On Sunday, May 31, 2020, at approximately 11:20 a.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to the Maryland International Raceway located at 27861 Budds Creek Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motorcycle crash with injuries. Firefighters on the scene reported a 34-year-old male on a motorcycle crashed on the drag strip, and came off the...
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On Saturday, May 30, 2020, at approximately 1:56 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the PNC Bank on Three Notch Road and Oak Station Drive in Charlotte Hall, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving four motorcycles and one sedan. Crews arrived on the scene to find three motorcyclists...
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On Saturday, May 30, 2020, at approximately 12:16 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Mt Wolf Road in Charlotte Hall, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious, with one subject trapped and one unconscious. Crews from Charles County and Mechanicsville arrived on the scene within...
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UPDATE: On Friday, May 29, 2020, at approximately 3:05 p.m., firefighters in Charles County responded to 8590 Mitchell Road in La Plata, for the reported dryer on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find an active fire. The owner/occupants are are identified as Robert and Lilly Whitney. The estimated loss of structure and...
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