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At 3:22 AM The Wicomico County Sheriffs Department, (during a routine patrol) found a vehicle driving through a field with one headlight out and steam coming from the front of the vehicle. The Deputy continued to watch the vehicle come up through a ditch and back onto a paved road, (Old Ocean City Road) in the Willards area. The Deputy immediately pulled the vehicle over and put the driver through a Field Sobriety Test in which they determined this person, (David Scheibach, 42 YOA) was more than twice the legal limit to be driving and arrested him on the spot.
While they had asked him how he had destroyed his vehicle he responded he didn't know. It was pointed out the Deputy had watched Mr. Scheibach hanging out the drivers door window to see where he was driving because the damage was so severe he couldn't see out the windshield in front of him, (photos above).
While they were looking in the firlds for pieces of his vehicle the Maryland State Police called out over the radio they were looking for a vehicle involved less than a mile away for a Hit & Run. The Sheriffs Department hooked up with the State Police and it was quickly determined they had their man.
Sadly, Mr. Scheibach had been driving East bound on Rt. 50 at a very high rate of speed when he struck a Mazda Pickup Truck from behind, forcing the vehicle to flip several times and go off the road into a ditch near White Richardson Road. The female driver, Carolyn Houston, was a retired Police Officer with Salisbury University. Carolyn was killed immediately and was half way ejected from the vehicle. Carolyn also held two jobs, one with The Daily Times delivering Papers and the other, (where she was heading) was repairing ATM Machines.
Mr. Scheibach was racing back to Ocean City to meet with his brother where the two were staying at the Holiday Inn. Mr. Scheibach was arrested for a DUI and immediately following he was also arrested for vehicular manslaughter and is a resident of Virginia.
The Salisbury Maryland State Police are quite upset at the amount of Drunk Drivers recently but wanted it known that their barracks lead the State last year in DUI Arrests. However, while we were in there during a 1:30 Press Conference, they were processing yet another individual for a DUI right in the middle of the day! So far this year there have been 14 fatal accidents in the local area, 12 of which were alcohol and drug related accidents.
The Wicomico County Sheriffs Department and the State Police assures us that they will be stepping up their DUI Task Forces as there have simply been too many arrests and accidents to warrant such Check Points.
Ms. Houston was an Alumni of SU and worked as an Officer for 21 years there. She was 48 years young.