Three-Vehicle Crash On Road To Assateague Island Under Investigation

(BERLIN, MD) — Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a three-vehicle crash that seriously injured at least one person and closed the road to Assateague Island late this afternoon.

Identifications and notifications to families are continuing, so the identities of those involved are not yet able to be released. The driver of one vehicle was flown out by Maryland State Police helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Shortly before 4:30 p.m. today, Maryland State Police at the Berlin Barrack were dispatched to the report of a crash in the 7800-block of Stephen Decatur Highway. Upon arrival, troopers found three vehicles involved, at least one driver who was seriously injured and a crash scene that covered the entire roadway. Troopers had to close the roadway so emergency personnel could conduct rescue operations and so a crash investigation could be initiated and evidence collected.

The preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle may have been traveling southbound in the northbound lane, when it struck two other vehicles. The exact cause and contributing factors remain under investigation at this time.

MD Department of Transportation State Highway Administration personnel are on the scene and are assisting with moving traffic through the area, either through a detour around the scene, or past the crash scene as soon as the debris can be cleaned up to permit this to occur. Troopers and SHA personnel are working as quickly as possible to reopen this road, understanding it is the main access road to Assateague Island.

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