LEONARDTOWN, Md. – On Tuesday, June 30, at approximately 7:40 a.m., emergency personnel responded to the 27500 block of Thompson Corner Road in Mechanicsville for a reported single-vehicle crash.
Upon arrival, first responders located a green pickup truck that had left the roadway and struck a tree. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle. The driver, identified as Malik Javonn Somerville, 27, of Chaptico, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Due to the severity of the crash, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to conduct the investigation.
The preliminary investigation determined that a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling eastbound on Thompson Corner Road when it left the roadway for reasons that remain under investigation. The vehicle then struck a utility pole before colliding with a stand of trees.
The investigation is ongoing. Preliminary findings indicate that speed and driver error appear to have contributed to the crash.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision and not yet provided a statement is asked to contact Lieutenant Brian Connelly at 301-475-4200 ext. 8031, or by email at Brian.Connelly@stmaryscountymd.gov.
What is a stand of trees?
Am I crazy or has the amount of “single vehicle” car crashes risen tremendously around here recently. Specifically fatal or near fatal crashes. Everyone at my office has been talking about it for months. Yes accidents happen, but it’s clearly a bigger problem than it use to be. What has to happen for a young man driving a truck by himself at 7 a.m. (An 03′ silverado – not a fast car by any means) to go so fast he flies off the road into some trees and dies on impact.