UPDATE – Leonardtown Head-On Crash Under Investigation
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – On May 9, 2023, at approximately 7:40 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Point Lookout Road in the area of Moakley Street.
Crews arrived and found three vehicles involved in a collision with trapped occupants. Upon arrival, a MEDEVAC was pre-launched and enroute at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital landing site. Firefighters extracted the patients and turned them over to EMS.
A total of three patients were evaluated on the scene. EMS transported two patients to Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital for care.
MSPAC Trooper 2 arrived and transported the second patient to UM Capitol Region Trauma Center for treatment.
SMCSO: “Point Lookout Road near Moakley Street in Leonardtown is temporarily closed in both directions due to a motor vehicle accident. Use alternative routes and expect delays.”
We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
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Our thoughts and prayers for everyone involved in this accident. Secondly, the people of St. Mary’s County are fed up with the delay’s in completing this road. How long has it been? 6-7 years. For a one-mile section of road? Not just that, but why did the county not insist on the state knocking down the hill at Moakley Street and increasing the line of sight? Why are left turns still permitted onto and out of Moakley onto Rt. 5? This new road has accomplished nothing except increased the speed of vehicles. We undoubtedly have some of the most inept state highway engineers in the nation. The FDR/Rt. 4 intersection is proof of that!
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Sad that this happened.
That stretch of road is horrible, Trying to pull out of any of those streets onto MD 5 is dangerous.
I can’t understand why it is taking forever to finish the route 5 improvement,,
That area needs another traffic light so as to slow the vehicles down,,
The county has hired more police, why aren’t they out there during rush hours?
How hard is it to stay on your side of the road? This isn’t a Leonardtown construction issue. This seems to happen all over the county. This is almost happened to me several times and I thank God I had enough time to blare my horn and alert the idiot to get over on the other side. When will enough be enough in this county?
Your comments, while valid, need to be sent directly to MDOT (reference this article)…to be more impactful.
Need speed cameras
Speed cameras? The vehicle crossed the center line, could have been doing ten under the limit and it still would have resulted in a major accident.
What we need to do is start enforcing distracted driving the same way we do drunk driving.
By the looks of things, someone was going pretty fast. Best hopes for those involved.