Bad Accident RT.4 and Cove Point Rd.
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cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
Dye Tied
Garden Variety Gnome
Didn't they just have an accident this morning that shut down Rt 4?
a man hit something and discovered it was another man stuck in his windshield
Man, 54, Killed Crossing Route 4 - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News
FFsFlame
New Member
The squad from St. Leonard VFD flipped over on the way to a call. 2 firefighters injured-one flown to PG.
AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
Probably not the smartest thing to do, trying to cross a major artery of traffic during rush hour and hours of darkness.
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
I always see people crossing the street at all hours at that location.
LexiGirl75
100% Goapele Head!
Me too, even teen children. I was in that traffic this morning 7:18am - 7:53am. It caught me at the Mexican restaurant but on the northbound side. I thought that it was something with the fuel pumps because no emergency vehicles (other than state and county police cars) were on site but SHA was all over the place. They did a great job with assisting, if I can say nothing else about SHA.
I feel bad for the decease though, made it to the New Year but not much further. The entire windshield was gone from that very brand new car. Hopefully, the driver was not at fault because sometimes people speed like they're on a race track and with a new fancy sports cars its almost expected that a new driver would want to test the speed. Bottom line they both had bad timing but that's the way it was meant to happen.
Is the road blocked up? I'll warn coworkers of mine heading home.
sparkysgirl
New Member
Hey everyone. I was on scene for the accident. Squad 7 was responding to a stove fire down Cove Point Road and flipped when they came around the turn at route 4 and cove point road. The officer (Front seat passenger) was flown for mechanism, no major injuries. The driver was transported by ambulance to CMH. CHIPS came and uprighted the tanker and are towing it. No major injuries, though chances are the Squad is totaled.
Just drove past 5 minutes ago, heavy rescue squad truck hooked up to tow truck, cove point between 4 and HG Trueman still shut down. HG Truman itself is open though. Access Cove Point rd via Rousby Hall --> HG Truman (or use Post Office gate to CRE.....)
Hope everyone is OK!
greyhound
New Member
Was it Ponch or John?
What's "flown for mechanism" mean? bumps / bruises / cuts or broken bones or? Why fly the person if not a major injury?
sparkysgirl
New Member
Mechanism means that even though the person isn't complaining of any major injuries or complaining of any neck/back pain after a major accident (fall from a height, high speed collision, rollover, stuff like that) they CAN be flown out for "mechanism". Sometimes with adrenaline and that patients don't realize how seriously injured they can be. It's precautionary. If we lived closer to a trauma center he wouldn't have been flown but transported by ground. It's strictly precautionary.
AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
Was wondering if something like that happened, I saw a fire truck heading down Cove Point Rd. towards the beach only to see it coming back out a minute later with sirens going.