Fire & Rescue

Driver Crashes Through Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park

Driver Crashes Through Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park

On Monday, March 26, 2018, at approximately 1:00 p.m., emergency personnel and deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Zion United Methodist Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park for a motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on scene and discovered a Audi passenger vehicle several hundred feet off the roadway...
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Family Displaced and Three Children Injured in Lusby House Fire

Family Displaced and Three Children Injured in Lusby House Fire

On Sunday, March 25, 2018, at approximately 8:00 a.m., firefighters were alerted to the 12400 block of Rousby Hall Road, in Lusby for the house fire. Responding units were advised of multiple calls to 911. Firefighters arrived on scene and reported heavy fire and smoke showing. Three burn victims were transported to area hospitals...
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51-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident

51-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident

On March 19, 2018, at approximately 8:45 pm, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the 27000 block of Budds Creek Road, in Mechanicsville, for the report of a single vehicle collision. Upon arrival, deputies located a single vehicle off the roadway into a tree. The operator of the vehicle sustained...
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Waldorf Family Displaced After House Fire

Waldorf Family Displaced After House Fire

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at approximately 6:35 p.m., firefighters from the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments were alerted to report of a  house fire at 2212 Elgin Court, in Waldorf. Crews arrived on scene to discover a 2 story single family home with fire and heavy smoke showing. The cause of the fire...
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UPDATE: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Crash in Waldorf

UPDATE: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Crash in Waldorf

UPDATE: On March 19, 2018, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a vehicle was stopped in the westbound lane on Plaza Drive at Western Parkway. Another vehicle travelling in the same direction struck the stopped vehicle in the rear. Citizens who witnessed the collision stopped to render aid. The driver of the striking vehicle, identified as Guillermo...
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Maryland State Police Prepare For Increased Patrols For St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

Maryland State Police Prepare For Increased Patrols For St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches on March 17, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired and distracted driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Investigating a Fatal Collision in Clinton

Prince George’s County Police Department Investigating a Fatal Collision in Clinton

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash involving a single vehicle in Clinton. The victim is 55-year-old Brenda Pryor of Regina Court in Clinton. On March 12, 2018, at approximately 6:20 am, patrol officers were called to the 11700 block of Piscataway Road for the report of a collision involving...
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Mechanicsville Man Injures Child in Drunk Driving Hit and Run Accident

Mechanicsville Man Injures Child in Drunk Driving Hit and Run Accident

On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at approximately 6:15 p.m., the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack broadcasted a look out for a hit and run single vehicle collision involving a black Chevrolet Silverado that occurred in the area of Route 5 and Old Leonardtown Road, in Hughesville. Corporal W. Jefferson was on patrol in the...
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Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Occupied School Bus in Clements Injures Six

Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Occupied School Bus in Clements Injures Six

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018., at approximately 12:00 p.m., fire, police, and rescue crews responded to a report of a serious motor vehicle accident with entrapment involving an occupied school bus on Budds Creek Road and Horseshoe Road, in Clements. Crews arrived on the scene to discover a passenger vehicle with the occupant trapped and unconscious,...
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UPDATE: Three Injured After Maryland State Police Cruiser and Ambulance Collide in Hollywood

UPDATE: Three Injured After Maryland State Police Cruiser and Ambulance Collide in Hollywood

UPDATE – MSP Press Release: A Maryland state trooper and two others were injured after the departmental vehicle she was driving crashed into an ambulance Tuesday afternoon in St. Mary’s County. At approximately 1:45 p.m., the trooper, identified as TFC Allison Oyler, was on duty operating a marked patrol car on MD Rt. 235...
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Solomons Couple Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash

Solomons Couple Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash

On Monday, March 12, 2018 at approximately 1:05 p.m. members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team were dispatched to Solomons Island Road (MD Route 2) and C. Jones Road for a motor vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation of the collision revealed a 2008 Ford Ranger was stopped in...
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Data From Emergency Departments Show Rapid Increases in Opioid Overdoses

Data From Emergency Departments Show Rapid Increases in Opioid Overdoses

Data from emergency departments (EDs) show that the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic continues to worsen, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report examines the timeliest data available to CDC on ED visits for opioid overdoses across multiple states. Overall, ED visits (reported by 52 jurisdictions...
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Three Vehicle Accident on Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills

Three Vehicle Accident on Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at approximately 7:30 p.m., firefighters from Bay District and Hollywood Volunteer Fire Departments responded to Chancellors Run Road, in the area of Frank Hayden Lane, in Great Mills for a motor vehicle accident. The driver of the Subaru had to be extracted by firefighters. All the patients were taken to...
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VIDEO: California Fire Displaces Family, Two Pets Perish and Two Others Unaccounted for

VIDEO: California Fire Displaces Family, Two Pets Perish and Two Others Unaccounted for

On Saturday, March 2, 2018, firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies responded to Clarks Road, in California, for the report of a house fire. Twenty firefighters were able to control the fire in five minutes. The homeowner was not home at the time of the fire which started in the...
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Illegal Door to Door and Phone Solicitation is a Scam, Says Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department

Illegal Door to Door and Phone Solicitation is a Scam, Says Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department

The following is a message from the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department to all members of the public. This regards illegal door-to-door and phone solicitation. The officers and members of the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department (LVFD) would like to remind all citizens of Leonardtown, St. Mary’s County, and anyone else who may be affected that...
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Fire that Destroyed Garage at Upholstery Shop in Hollywood Ruled Accidental

Fire that Destroyed Garage at Upholstery Shop in Hollywood Ruled Accidental

On March 3, 2018, at approximately  at 3:15 p.m., a passerby reported a fire inside of the work bay area of a one story commercial building at 24484 Mervell Dean Road, in Hollywood. Fifty firefighters from the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments arrived on scene to find heavy fire and smoke showing. The...
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VIDEO: Lexington Park Man Arrested After Crashing SUV While Running From Police

VIDEO: Lexington Park Man Arrested After Crashing SUV While Running From Police

On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at approximately 8:00 p.m., Corporal James Stone, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, observed a black Ford Expedition traveling southbound on Three Notch Road in the area of Park Hall Road at a speed of 75 mph in a 50 mph zone. Stone turned around on the vehicle...
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UPDATE – VIDEO: Five Injured After Tractor Slams Into House in Clements

UPDATE – VIDEO: Five Injured After Tractor Slams Into House in Clements

2/25/201/: Official Press Release from th St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office: On February 24, 2018, at 5:57 AM, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 23000 block of Budds Creek Road, in Clements, for the report of a vehicle into a residence. Upon arrival it was discovered a tractor trailer...
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Governor Larry Hogan Announces New Text to 9-1-1 System for Maryland

Governor Larry Hogan Announces New Text to 9-1-1 System for Maryland

Governor Larry Hogan today announced the Board of Public Works’ approval of a new Text to 9-1-1 technology for Maryland, helping to update 1960s-era emergency systems with life-saving technology. This new Internet-based infrastructure allows citizens to send a Short Message Service (SMS) text message to 9-1-1. The Federal Communications Commission estimates that more than...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Investigating Fatal Hit-and-Run Involving Pedestrian in Oxon Hill

Prince George’s County Police Department Investigating Fatal Hit-and-Run Involving Pedestrian in Oxon Hill

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Oxon Hill. The victim is identified as 27-year-old Kenard Hawkins of no fixed address. Investigators are still working to locate the striking vehicle. It’s described as a white pickup truck that had a ladder on the top or side. On February...
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Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger Near Point Lookout

Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger Near Point Lookout

The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old woman suffering a possible cardiac event from a cruise ship approximately 8-miles off Point Lookout, Maryland, Sunday. A crewmember aboard the cruise ship Carnival Pride contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region via satellite phone to request assistance at 3:42 a.m. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium search...
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Paid Paramedics Coming to Calvert County

Paid Paramedics Coming to Calvert County

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted last week to begin a phased-in approach to hiring paramedics to supplement the staff of Calvert County’s all-volunteer Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) teams. The board also approved the initial hiring of an EMS supervisor in Fiscal Year 2019 to oversee...
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Heroin and Opioid Overdose Awareness Signs Installed in Calvert County

Heroin and Opioid Overdose Awareness Signs Installed in Calvert County

The Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CAASA) in partnership with local law enforcement, Calvert County Government, Calvert Health Department, Calvert Opioid Intervention Team, Twin Beach Opioid Abuse Awareness Committee, and local fire and rescue squads installed three (3) heroin/opioid awareness signs. The signs are located at the Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department, North...
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50-Year-Old Huntingtown Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident After Deer Runs into Road

50-Year-Old Huntingtown Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident After Deer Runs into Road

The Prince George’s County Police Department Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash in Upper Marlboro Tuesday morning. The victim is 50-year-old David Diamond of Carroll Road in Huntingtown. On January 30th, at approximately 5:40 am, patrol officers were called to the 2900 block of Ritchie Marlboro Road for the report...
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Winters Heating & Cooling Employees Rescue Local Man From Toxic House

Winters Heating & Cooling Employees Rescue Local Man From Toxic House

On Thursday, January 18, 2018, David Winters, a 22-year-0ld service technician at Winters Heating & Cooling, received a call from service administrator Kelsy Martin, 32 of Leonardtown. Martin told Winters that a man in a California residence needed immediate assistance due to a purported lack of heat at the home. Although Winters had already worked...
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