Photo at scene of Wednesday evening, July 8 single-vehicle crash which claimed the life of a North Beach man. According to Captain Todd Ireland of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, the white cross marks the location of a previous crash which also resulted in a death. Photo courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office.
North Beach, MD – On July 8, at approximately 7:18 p.m. members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the area near the intersection of Fifth Street and Sam Owings Place, Owings for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a single vehicle.
Preliminary investigation revealed a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling southbound on Fifth Street when the vehicle left the roadway at Mary Ann Road and entered the shoulder striking a speed limit sign. After a correction by the operator to the left the vehicle crossed the center lines into the westbound lane. The vehicle entered the westbound shoulder, still traveling eastbound on Fifth Street, at Sam Owings Place.
After traveling in the westbound shoulder the vehicle struck several trees and came to final rest against a tree partway down a steep embankment. The operator, who was the sole occupant, was entrapped in the vehicle and was pronounced dead by the emergency medical personnel on the scene.
The Chevrolet was operated by Ricky Charles White, 55 of North Beach. The evidence and observations on the scene suggest that White had been consuming alcoholic beverage(s). The final cause of death and toxicology results are pending an autopsy to be performed by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland.
At this time it appears that vehicle speed and driver condition are factors that contributed to the collision.
Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the events that led up to the collision.
Anyone with additional information regarding the collision is asked to contact Dep W. Rector of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team at 410-535-2800 or via e-mail rectorwa@co.cal.md.us.
Vehicle involved in Route 2/4 – Sixes Road accident
Update: There are reports, as of yet not officially confirmed by police, that one person has died in a crash that occurred Wednesday evening, July 8 at Stone Drive and 5th Street in the area of Megans Circle and Chesapeake Lighhouse Drive near North Beach. The accident scene was closed to traffic for nearly four hours.
Update: At 8:15 p.m. Huntingtown Road and Stone Drive accident has been cleared and roads are reopened.
Update: As of 8:45 p.m. the accident on southbound Route 2/4 and Sixes Rd is is now clear and roadway is open.
At 7:45 p.m. emergency crews in Calvert County were responding to several accidents. The motor vehicle crashes have occurred at southbound Route 2/4 at Sixes Road in Prince Frederick, Huntingtown Road and Stone Drive and 5th Street in the area of Megans Circle and Chesapeake Lighhouse Drive near North Beach.
All of those roads are shut down temporarily. Motorists should use caution.