Alcohol Related Collision involving MSP Departmental Vehicle

Type of Incident: Motor Vehicle Collision/ Departmental Collision- Impaired Driver
Date and Time: 12/09/17 at 0035 hrs.
Location: N/B MD Rt. 589 at Gum Point Rd., Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Vehicles: Veh#1 1997 Chevrolet Blazer, Denver Alan Shoemaker (33), Berlin, MD

Veh#2 2014 Chevrolet Caprice (Marked MSP Patrol Vehicle), TFC T. Moore

Accused: Suspect ( At Fault )/ Driver Vehicle #1: Denver Alan Shoemaker (33), Berlin, MD

Narrative: On 12/9/17 at approximately 0035 hrs., TFC Moore of the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack was investigating a single motor vehicle collision northbound on MD Rt. 589 at Gum Point Rd. Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland. During the course of this investigation, TFC Moore arrested the at fault driver of this collision for DUI related offenses. The suspect was secured via a seatbelt in the right front passenger’s seat of TFC Moore’s assigned marked MSP patrol vehicle. The emergency lights on the marked patrol vehicle were activated as TFC Moore sat in his patrol vehicle and awaited the arrival of a tow vehicle to remove the suspect’s vehicle from a ditch.

During this time, TFC Moore’s assigned patrol vehicle was struck from the rear by a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer owned and operated by Denver Alan Shoemaker of Berlin, MD causing significant damage to both vehicles. During the course of this collision investigation, Shoemaker displayed signs of impairment and after submitting to field sobriety testing was ultimately arrested for DUI/DWI.

Shoemaker was processed and taken before a District Court Commissioner charged with negligent driving and DUI related offenses where he was released on his own recognizance.

All individuals refused medical treatment. Investigation is ongoing.

Disposition: Seen by District Court Commissioner, released on personal recognizance.