Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Release

Incident: Traffic Crash
Date: November 29, 20/10
Location: 1015 Beaglin Park Drive, Salisbury, MD
Suspects: 17 Year Old Female, Parkside High School Student

Narrative: On November 11/29, 2010 at/10 @ 0730 hrs, the School Resource Deputy assigned to Parkside High School observed a 1998 Nissan Van accelerate rapidly and drive into the covered walkway located in front of Parkside High School’s main entrance. The crash damaged an exterior breezeway. As a result, a breezeway support was destroyed and the vehicle came to rest between two adjacent breezeway supports. The School Resource Deputy responded to the vehicle and made contact with the driver who was identified as a 17 years of age, female student at Parkside High School. The driver was transported to PRMC for minor injuries. There were no pedestrians on the walkway at the time of the crash. The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office conducted a crash investigation and it was determined that the driver stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal. The operator of the vehicle was issued two citations.

Charges: Failure to control speed to avoid collision and negligent driving. The operator of the vehicle was issued two citations.