At 6:46 p.m., on Feb. 27, Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to a residence in the 2200 block of Pinefield Road in Waldorf for the report of an injured pedestrian.
Investigation revealed Joseph William Barnes, 59, was backing his 2002 Pontiac Sedan out of his driveway when the vehicle’s rear passenger tire struck his wife, Sonia Bakalian-Barnes, 50. She sustained incapacitating injuries and was flown to Prince George’s Hospital Center by a Maryland State Police helicopter.
The incident appears to be accidental. Cpl. S. Burrows and Officer S. Stanley of the Traffic Operations Unit are investigating.