Shortly before midnight on Saturday February 10, a serious accident occurred on Chancellors Run Road. A police investigation revealed David Joseph Kimball, age 25 of Chaptico, Maryland and William Clayton Flanary, age 27 of California, Maryland were traveling south on Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills at what a witness described as a high rate of speed. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, left the southbound side of the roadway, struck a tree, and overturned into the roadway.
The passenger, William Flanary, was ejected and lying in the road when emergency responders arrived on the scene. The driver, David Kimball was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be removed by Bay District Volunteer Fire Department.
At 12:25 a.m. the driver was flown by helicopter (Trooper 2) to Washington Hospital Center for medical treatment. The passenger was flown (by Trooper 7) to Prince George’s Shock Trauma.
Roads were closed from Buck Hewitt Road to Foxchase Drive at the time.
Both the driver and the passenger later died from their injuries. Investigators cite speed and driver error as contributing factors in the crash. SDFC Milam of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Reconstruction Team is continuing the investigation.
For an account of the accident from a volunteer responder click here.
