Anne Arundel Fire News: Daily Media Briefing June 13, 2016

(Millersville, MD) For the 72 hour period beginning at midnight on Friday, June 10^th, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 747 incidents.

Incidents of Media Interest Since Midnight

Motor Vehicle Collision Harwood

One person was transported to Shock Trauma following an early morning accident on Solomons Island Road in Harwood. At 1:00 a.m., firefighters responded to the 4200 block of Solomons Island Road, near Harwood Drive, for a reported auto accident with an occupant trapped. Arriving firefighters located a single vehicle accident in which the vehicle left the roadway and overturned in a ditch. The driver and sole occupant, a 19-year-old male, had been able to exit the vehicle before firefighter’s arrival. A Maryland State Police helicopter was requested and landed at Southern High School. The patient was transported by helicopter to Shock Trauma with serious but not believed life-threatening injuries.

Incidents of Media Interest Sunday, June 12^th:

The department responded to 271 incidents (daily average is 220).

Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Crownsville

One person was killed in an auto accident involving a motorcycle in Crownsville Sunday evening. Around 8:25 p.m. firefighters responded to the area of Saint Stephens Church Road and Creek Farms Lane for an auto accident. The initial 911 call indicated that the accident involved a motorcycle and serious injuries. Based on information from the callers, a Maryland State Police helicopter was requested with the initial dispatch. Firefighters arrived and found a two-vehicle accident in which a motorcycle had struck the driver’s side of an auto. The passenger of the motorcycle, a female estimated to be in her late 20s, was in cardiac arrest and was determined to be deceased on the scene after efforts to resuscitate her were not successful. The helicopter landed at Crofton Middle School and transported the 36-year-old male operator of the motorcycle to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening. The driver and lone occupant of the auto, a 24-year-old male, was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries. The Anne Arundel County Police have released additional information on the incident.

Motor Vehicle Collision Brooklyn Park

One person was seriously injured in an auto accident involving a motorcycle in Brooklyn Park Sunday afternoon. Around 2:40 p.m. firefighters responded to the 4800 block of Ritchie Highway, near Doris Avenue, for an auto accident. Arriving firefighters located a motorcycle accident in which the operator had been ejected. The patient, a 27-year-old male, was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening.

Injured Person Lothian

One person was transported to a trauma center following a fall from a horse Sunday morning in Lothian. Around 11:25 a.m. firefighters responded to an injured person in the 6200 block of Mallard Landing Court. Arriving firefighters located a 26-year-old female who had fallen from a horse. She was transported by paramedics to the Trauma Center at Prince George’s Hospital Center with injuries that were possibly serious.

Motor Vehicle Collision Glen Burnie

One person was transported to Shock Trauma following a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on Route 10 early Sunday morning. Just before 2:10 a.m. firefighters responded to the area of Route 10 North and I-695 East for an auto accident. Arriving firefighters located a single vehicle accident in which a motorcycle left the roadway and ran into the woods. The 25-year-old male operator of the motorcycle was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening.

Pedestrian Struck Crofton

A pedestrian was critically injured after being struck by a car on Route 3 early Sunday morning in Crofton. Around 12:45 a.m. firefighters responded to assist Prince George’s County Fire with a reported pedestrian struck in the area of Rt. 3 South and Route 450. Firefighters arrived on the scene with Prince George’s firefighters and found the incident located on the Anne Arundel County side, just south of Route 450. A 35-year-old male patient had been struck by an auto and was trapped under the car. The patient was extricated in about 25 minutes. A Maryland State Police helicopter was requested and landed on Route 3 near the scene. The patient was transported by helicopter to Shock Trauma with critical, life-threatening injuries. The Anne Arundel County Police have released additional information on the incident.

Incidents of Media Interest Saturday, June 11^th:

The department responded to 233 incidents.

Multiple Injury Motor Vehicle Collision Friendship

Six people were injured, four seriously, in a four-vehicle accident on West Chesapeake Beach Road Saturday morning. Just after 11:40 a.m. firefighters were dispatched for an auto accident in the area of Route 260 and Sansbury Road. Based on initial 911 calls reporting an occupant trapped and other serious injuries, a Maryland State Police helicopter was alerted to the call with the initial dispatch of fire department units. MSP Trooper 7, based in Southern Maryland, was already in the air and in the area of the incident and arrived simultaneously with fire department units. The helicopter landed in a nearby field, and the crew went to the scene to assist. Anne Arundel and Calvert County firefighters found a three vehicle accident, with one driver severely trapped and critically injured, three other patients severely injured and two additional patients with minor injuries. Two additional Maryland State Police helicopters were requested to the scene.

One vehicle was operated by a 15-year-old female driver and occupied by her two grandparents, a 72-year-old female and an 80-year-old male. One helicopter transported both grandparents to
Shock Trauma with serious but not believed life-threatening injuries. A second helicopter transported the driver to Shock Trauma, also with serious but not believed life-threatening injuries.

It took firefighters more than 30 minutes to extricate the trapped driver of a second vehicle, an approximately 54-year-old female. She was transported by a third helicopter to the Trauma Center at Prince George’s Hospital Center with critical life-threatening injuries.

Two additional patients from a third vehicle were transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.

The Anne Arundel County Police have released additional information on the incident.