UPDATE – 10:15 a.m. – While the second patient, a 54-year-old female was being transported to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment, EMS on board the ambulance requested a MEDEVAC for the patient. MSP Trooper 2 is enroute from Joint Base Andrews with a 20 minute ETA.
Firefighters established a landing zone at Margaret Brent Middle School for the second patient.
MSP Trooper 2 arrived and transported the second patient to Capital Region Trauma Center.
HELEN, Md. – On December 8, 2022 at approximately 9:25 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Point Lookout Road in the area of Foley Mattingly Road.
Crews arrived and found a truck and sedan in the roadway involved in a head-on collision with two occupants reportedly trapped with injuries. Upon arrival a MEDEVAC was requested for one patient.
Firefighters extricated the patients and turned them over to EMS for care.
Firefighters established a landing zone on Point Lookout Road at the scene for Maryland State Police Trooper 7.
SMCSO NIXLE ALERT: Police are on the scene of a MVA at Route 5 / Foley Mattingly Road. Route 5 is closed at this time, please divert accordingly.
Expect traffic delays in the area.
MSP Trooper 7 arrived and transported the patient to Capital Region Trauma Center.
We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
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That’s why I always stay partly on the shoulder when coming down that road in either direction. Maybe in 2023 we’ll learn what the cause was: Driver error, medical event or something else.
Believe one driver was previously said to be 88. Not that a youngster couldn’t be at fault.
Leave the drugs alone and you wouldn’t run head on into anyone
Route 5 is a 50 mph zone. That looks like a lot of damage for 50 mph.
Newer vehicles are designed to crumple, absorbing the energy of the impact. The buckling is distributed throughout the vehicle to further disperse that energy, causing less injuries to its occupants. More totalled vehicles, but lesser injuries/ fewer fatalities.