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Press Release – On March 30, 2017 at approximately 5:36 p.m. deputies were conducting radar speed enforcement on Adelina Road in Prince Frederick. Cpl. Morder observed a small Honda SUV travelling 53mph in a 30mph zone. He activated his emergency equipment and attempted to stop the vehicle. However, the vehicle sped up and turned east on Maryland Route 231, toward Prince Frederick. The vehicle passed several other vehicles at a high rate of speed. The driver lost control of the vehicle in the area of Thoroughbred Drive. The vehicle struck the curb on the opposite side of the road, launching it into a pole and eventually striking the passenger side of another vehicle in the intersection of Maryland Route 231 and Prince Frederick Boulevard.
The driver of the other vehicle was taken to Calvert Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The driver of the Honda, Identified as 19 year old Jacob Dohm of Edgewater, was transported via helicopter to Prince Georges Shock Trauma. He is listed in stable condition. This investigation is still ongoing and several charges are pending.
Update – 9:33pm. All travel lanes are reported open.
Update – Command has requested SMECO for the downed wires and pole, and a helicopter has been dispatched for a flyout to a trauma center.
Update – Hallowing Point Road is shut down. Use Stoakley Road, Sixes Road, or German Chapel Road as alternate routes.
Update – First Responderes are on the scene investigating a overturned vehicle with a pole with wires down.
Prince Fredrick Md. – March 30, At around 5:36pm A motor vehicle accident was reported on Hallowing Point Road in the area of N Prince Frederick Road.
Please use caution in that area.
