The wife of St. Mary’s County Commissioner Todd Morgan, was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Route 235 in California Monday morning. Maria Morgan, 46, of Lexington Park was the driver of a car that was struck by a pickup truck at the Millstone Landing Road intersection in front of San Souci Plaza.

 
According to a preliminary investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, a 2008 Audi TT driven by Morgan was making a left turn from Millstone Landing Rd. onto southbound Three Notch Rd.  A 2002 Ford F-150 driven by Michelle Mason Malone, 26, of Mechanicsville, was northbound on Three Notch Rd. approaching the intersection.  Witnesses reported Morgan had a green light and Mason Malone had a red light.  The Ford F-150 struck the Audi TT on the driver’s side.  The impact sent the Audi into a 2005 Nissan Armada operated by Regina Eckley, 50, of Mechanicsville, which was waiting in the left turn lane of southbound Three Notch Rd. at Millstone Landing Rd.  There was incidental contact between the Audi and the Nissan.
 
Morgan was transported to Prince George’s Hospital Center via MSP Trooper 7 with life threatening injuries.  Mason Malone was transported via ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  Eckley was not injured.  Speed and alcohol do not appear to be contributing factors.
The mishap was reported at 8:15 a.m. Members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Team responded and assumed the investigation.  Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact DFC Timothy Reese at 401-475-4200 ext. 9115.
 
UPDATE: 
 

At Tuesday’s county commissioners’ meeting, President Francis “Jack” Russell during the opening prayer asked God to “keep Maria Morgan in the palm of your hand and I ask you to heal her quickly.”

During commissioners’ time, Commissioner Larry Jarboe said, “Everyone in St. Mary’s County, keep Maria in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.”

 

You can track Mrs. Morgan’s progress and leave your prayers in the guestbook at: www.caringbridge.org/visit/mariamorgan/en