Fire & Rescue

One Transported to Trauma Center After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in La Plata

One Transported to Trauma Center After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in La Plata

On Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 5:33 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 9075 Mitchell Road in La Plata, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle involved in a T-bone style collision with one trapped. Firefighters requested a...
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Elderly Male Suffers Medical Emergency Leading to Single Vehicle Collision in California

Elderly Male Suffers Medical Emergency Leading to Single Vehicle Collision in California

On Friday, December 1, 2023, at approximately 11:30 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Wildewood Parkway and White Oak Parkway in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree with the elderly male...
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Detectives Investigating Teen Shot by Masked Gunman in Prince Frederick

Detectives Investigating Teen Shot by Masked Gunman in Prince Frederick

On Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, around 7:05 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Patrol Bureau responded to the report of a shooting on Sark Court in Prince Frederick. Deputies arrived on scene and located a juvenile male suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. The victim was flown to an area trauma...
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The Second District Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Hosting 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

The Second District Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Hosting 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

Mark your calendars! The Second District VFD&RS will be hosting their 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 – 9:00 PM. Santa & Mrs. Claus and their elves will be there to light the tree at 6:30 PM. We even heard that the Grinch may show up! There will...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes Tree in Charlotte Hall

One Flown to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes Tree in Charlotte Hall

On Thursday, November 30, 2023, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Budds Creek Road and Olde Mill Road in Charlotte Hall, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into...
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Great Mills High School Releases Statement After Large Fight with Injuries

Great Mills High School Releases Statement After Large Fight with Injuries

On Thursday, November 30, 2023, at approximately 1:12 p.m., police responded to the Great Mills High School for a large physical disturbance. 911 callers reported 20 to 30 students were actively fighting. An ambulance was requested to standby nearby, however, they were cancelled prior to their arrival. Principle BeeJay Dothard released the following letter....
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Charles County Detectives Assume Investigation Into Missing Indian Head Man After Finding His Vehicle Submerged in Mattawoman Creek

Charles County Detectives Assume Investigation Into Missing Indian Head Man After Finding His Vehicle Submerged in Mattawoman Creek

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is currently seeking information leading to the location of a missing person, Jamell LeeHeung II, 25, of Indian Head. LeeHeung was initially reported missing on November 25, 2023, to the U.S. Navy Police at the Indian Head Base where he lived. On November 27, 2023, investigators from the Naval...
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Fatal Crash in Accokeek Under Investigation

Fatal Crash in Accokeek Under Investigation

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Accokeek. The deceased passenger is 32-year-old Kayla Williams-Rawlinson of Upper Marlboro. On November 25, 2023, shortly after midnight, officers responded to Berry Road and Farmington Road E for a crash. Williams-Rawlinson was pronounced deceased while being transported to a hospital. A...
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Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office Sees Slight Decrease in Seat Belt Usage in Maryland

Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office Sees Slight Decrease in Seat Belt Usage in Maryland

The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office found that Maryland’s preliminary statewide seat belt usage, based on an annual survey, saw a rate of 92.1% – a slight decrease from 92.7% in 2022. The annual Roadside Observational Survey was completed in June 2023 and observed 33,882 drivers of passenger vehicles and trucks in...
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Maryland Awarded Grant to Give $20,000 in Rideshare Credits During Holiday Season

Maryland Awarded Grant to Give $20,000 in Rideshare Credits During Holiday Season

For the third holiday season, the Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office is pleased to receive a $20,000 grant from the Governors Highway Safety Association. In partnership with the association as well as Lyft and Responsibility.org, the grant will offer $20 rideshare credits and encourage Marylanders to Be the Make A Plan Driver by choosing an...
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Olde Tyme Holiday Gathering at La Plata Town Hall on Sunday, December 3rd!

Olde Tyme Holiday Gathering at La Plata Town Hall on Sunday, December 3rd!

Olde Tyme Holiday Gathering is on Sunday, December 3rd, 3:00 p.m., to 6:00 p.m., at Town Hall! Celebrate the season with music, children’s activities, refreshments, horse-drawn carriage rides by Suttler Post Farm and a visit from Santa. The Christmas tree will be displayed in the circle at Town Hall and will be officially lit...
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Police Investigating Hunting Accident Involving Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Great Mills

Police Investigating Hunting Accident Involving Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Great Mills

On Sunday, November 26, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 19000 block of Greens Crossing Court in Great Mills, for the reported shooting. The 911 caller reported he was approximately 20 yards into the wooded area behind the address provided and advised he had accidentally shot himself...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

On Friday, November 24, 2023, at approximately 7:48 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision on Route 301 (Crain Hwy) south of Acton Lane in Waldorf. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack requested a...
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Governor Moore and Lt. Governor Miller Honor Victims Of Fatal Crashes In Maryland

Governor Moore and Lt. Governor Miller Honor Victims Of Fatal Crashes In Maryland

Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller last night joined safety advocates from across the state and families who have lost loved ones in car crashes for the 20th annual Maryland Remembers ceremony in Annapolis. The ceremony traditionally honors Marylanders who were killed in impaired driving crashes. This year, the event was expanded...
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Brandywine Murder Suspect Found Deceased in New Jersey

Brandywine Murder Suspect Found Deceased in New Jersey

The victim in the fatal shooting that occurred Monday night inside of a Brandywine home is 62-year-old Lewis Parker, Sr. of Brandywine. Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Parker’s nephew, 29-year-old Elijah Drew of Somers Point, New Jersey. The PGPD was informed Tuesday afternoon that Drew died from...
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Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision After Suspected Overdose in California

Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision After Suspected Overdose in California

On Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Chancellors Run Road in California, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one occupant trapped and a second unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to advise multiple vehicles in the roadway...
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Police Investigating Pedestrian Struck in Lexington Park, Victim Transported with Life-Threatening Injuries

Police Investigating Pedestrian Struck in Lexington Park, Victim Transported with Life-Threatening Injuries

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at approximately 1:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Multiple 911 callers reported a pedestrian was struck and was possibly not breathing. Crews arrived on the...
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Police Investigating Two Children Struck and Killed While Walking to School in Prince George’s County

Police Investigating Two Children Struck and Killed While Walking to School in Prince George’s County

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit (CARU) is investigating a fatal collision outside of Riverdale Elementary School in Riverdale Park on Monday. Two students were struck as they walked to school and died of their injuries. The victims are 10-year-old Shalom Mbah of Riverdale and five-year-old Sky Sosa of...
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16-Year-Old Arrested After Pointing Loaded Firearm at Vehicle

16-Year-Old Arrested After Pointing Loaded Firearm at Vehicle

On November 16, 2023, at 5:54 p.m., officers responded to the area of Post Office Road and Macclesfield Court in Waldorf for the report of a teenager who pointed a firearm toward occupants of a car. A preliminary investigation showed the victims were turning onto Macclesfield Court when the suspect walked in front of...
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Maryland Supports Research Professorships at Three Higher Education Institutions

Maryland Supports Research Professorships at Three Higher Education Institutions

The Maryland Department of Commerce joined Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University Maryland, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in endowing nearly $13.5 million to fund new research professorships. The endowments were made through the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative (MEI), a state program created to spur basic and applied research in scientific and technical fields at colleges...
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Police Investigating and Seeking Assistance in Fatal Hit and Run Crash Involving ATV and Motorcycle

Police Investigating and Seeking Assistance in Fatal Hit and Run Crash Involving ATV and Motorcycle

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving an ATV. The deceased ATV operator is 41-year-old Michael Kelly of Upper Marlboro. Efforts are underway to identify the rider of a motorcycle involved in the collision. The rider did not remain on the scene. On November 17, 2023, at approximately 8:50...
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Detectives Arrest Three Suspects for Double Shooting and Murder During Robbery Attempt

Detectives Arrest Three Suspects for Double Shooting and Murder During Robbery Attempt

Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives identified and arrested three suspects in connection with a recent murder in Camp Springs. The suspects are 29-year-old Chanel Slaughter, 34-year-old Deandre Wilson, and 36-year-old Joseph Lewis. All three suspects are from Suitland. They’re charged with murdering 24-year-old Anthony Day Roberts of Camp Springs. On November 8,...
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UPDATE: Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision That Killed 42-Year-Old Lexington Park Man

UPDATE: Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision That Killed 42-Year-Old Lexington Park Man

UPDATE @ 3:00 p.m.: At approximately 8:59 a.m. Monday November 20, 2023, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a head on motor vehicle collision in the area of Three Notch Road and Expedition Drive. A preliminary investigation revealed the operator of a Honda Accord, was traveling southbound...
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One Injured After Vehicle Flips Over Guardrail Leaving Driver Trapped in La Plata

One Injured After Vehicle Flips Over Guardrail Leaving Driver Trapped in La Plata

On Saturday, November 18, 2023, at approximately 7:45 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 8760 Hawthorne Road in La Plata, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. 911 dispatchers quickly upgraded the assignment to a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment after the operator of the vehicle, a...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

One Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

On Sunday, November 19, 2023, at approximately 8:58 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Berry Road and Middletown Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. A short time later, 911 dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a serious motor vehicle collision with one trapped. Crews arrived...
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