Accident in front of San Souci

[animalluvr4life]

Dunno who ran what light, but from the impact it looked like the truck ran the light.
The woman in the car was trapped and unconcsious by the time the first EMS piece got there.
She was flown to Prince Georges as a Category A, Priority 1 -- which is the most severe you can be transported
Can't give any names because of patient confidentiality.

i heard the call go out on the scanner . i think they said an als unit was already on the scene when i heard it. they kept asking headquarters to get the chopper started to fly the patient. I hope the lady in the car makes it as the pics don't look good .

 

[G1G4]

On July 11, 2011 at approximately 8:15 AM St. Mary's County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a serious motor vehicle collision in the intersection of Three Notch Rd. and Millstone Landing Rd. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2008 Audi TT driven by Maria Morgan, 46, of Lexington Park, MD, was making a left turn from Millstone Landing Rd. onto southbound Three Notch Rd. A 2002 Ford F-150 driven by Michelle Mason Malone, 26, of Mechanicsville, MD, was northbound on Three Notch Rd. approaching the intersection. Witnesses reported Morgan had a green light and Mason Malone had a red light. The Ford F-150 struck the Audi TT on the driver's side. The impact sent the Audi into a 2005 Nissan Armada operated by Regina Eckley, 50, of Mechanicsville, MD, which was waiting in the left turn lane of southbound Three Notch Rd. at Millstone Landing Rd. There was incidental contact between the Audi and the Nissan.

Morgan was transported to Prince George's Hospital Center via MSP Trooper 7 with life threatening injuries. Mason Malone was transported via ambulance to St. Mary's Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Eckley was not injured. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be contributing factors.

Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Collision Reconstruction Team responded and assumed the investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact DFC Timothy Reese at 401-475-4200 ext. 9115.

 

[itsbob]

Granted we don't know..

But I sure hope it was an important text..

 

[vraiblonde]

But I sure hope it was an important text..

I did not post this. See me trying to behave?

I think it sucks when someone spaces off while driving, changes your life in a split-second, and they don't even get hurt. Completely unfair.

 

[G1G4]

Baynet says the driver of the Audi (who was flown out with life threatening injuries) is the wife of county commisioner Todd Morgan...

Commissioner Morgan's Wife Injured in Accident - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News

 

[Pete]

If there had just been a red light camera there, this could have been avoided.

 

[libertytyranny]

If there had just been a red light camera there, this could have been profitable.

fixed.

 

[aps45819]

My "GUESS" is an black Audi TT pulled onto 235 from Millstone Landing and got T-boned by dark F150 ford pickup heading north on 235. Audi came to rest kissing the bumper of a SUV in the 235S left turn lane. Front of the truck was smashed.

Preliminary investigation revealed a 2008 Audi TT driven by Maria Morgan, 46, of Lexington Park, MD, was making a left turn from Millstone Landing Rd. onto southbound Three Notch Rd. A 2002 Ford F-150 driven by Michelle Mason Malone, 26, of Mechanicsville, MD, was northbound on Three Notch Rd. approaching the intersection. Witnesses reported Morgan had a green light and Mason Malone had a red light. The Ford F-150 struck the Audi TT on the driver's side. The impact sent the Audi into a 2005 Nissan Armada operated by Regina Eckley, 50, of Mechanicsville, MD, which was waiting in the left turn lane of southbound Three Notch Rd. at Millstone Landing Rd. There was incidental contact between the Audi and the Nissan.

Good guess

 

[desertrat]

Good guess

Hope she makes it and a full recovery. Lesson. Never assume just because the light is green it is safe to go.

 

[Gilligan]

Hope she makes it and a full recovery. Lesson. Never assume just because the light is green it is safe to go.

But what kind of radical "can stop from 45 mph in less than 3 feet including and accounting for superhuman reaction time" car do you own that would have given you the necessary advantage in that situation?

 

[aps45819]

But what kind of radical "can stop from 45 mph in less than 3 feet including and accounting for superhuman reaction time" car do you own that would have given you the necessary advantage in that situation?

I think he was referring to looking for oncoming traffic before proceeding into an intersection

 

[bohman]

I think he was referring to looking for oncoming traffic before proceeding into an intersection

I found myself doing an extra check both ways before proceding through green lights tonight. I try to look both ways all the time, but I forget sometimes and trust that my green light will stop opposing cars.

Tonight, I looked both ways every time. That accident this morning was ugly.

 

[glhs837]

Agreed, although, I think perhaps the oncoming truck might have been obscured by traffic stopped at the light in the rightmost lane. And given a one second overlap between red on 235 and green for Millstone, this person was not just skimming the edge of the red, they were flat blowing through, but speed doesnt seem excessive from what I see, so I suspect lack of attention rather than a burst of speed to beat the light.

 

[aps45819]

Agreed, although, I think perhaps the oncoming truck might have been obscured by traffic stopped at the light in the rightmost lane. And given a one second overlap between red on 235 and green for Millstone, this person was not just skimming the edge of the red, they were flat blowing through, but speed doesnt seem excessive from what I see, so I suspect lack of attention rather than a burst of speed to beat the light.

I'd subpoena their cell phone records

 

[glhs837]

I would check the truck black box data. Some places only do that in fatal accidents. Also get your hands, if you can, on the traffic cam footage from the white cameras on the crossbars.

 

[aps45819]

I would check the truck black box data. Some places only do that in fatal accidents. Also get your hands, if you can, on the traffic cam footage from the white cameras on the crossbars.

Those are what replaced the wires in road bed to trigger the light changes, don't think they record

 

[glhs837]

Hmm, sure about that? I hadnt heard that but sounds reasonable.

 

[G1G4]

Hmm, sure about that? I hadnt heard that but sounds reasonable.

The white bars on top are infrared sensors to time the lights (what Aps said). The black things on top of the lights are opticoms.

 

[vraiblonde]

I found myself doing an extra check both ways before proceding through green lights tonight.

I do that all the time because, no offense against my fellow motorists, I don't trust you #######s to do what you're supposed to be doing. I also always use the right-most turn lane coming out of San Souci so I can bail out if the person to the left of me decides they'd rather be in my lane instead of their own. <--This happens quite frequently, btw.

But, frankly, neither I nor anyone else should have to take Mario Kart style evasive measures to avoid you peckers that feel the need to multitask while driving or are just too stupid to be behind the wheel in the first place.

 

[glhs837]

The white bars on top are infrared sensors to time the lights (what Aps said). The black things on top of the lights are opticoms.

I knew about the opticoms, but figured the white cameras were for flow analysis. Maybe the bank or liquor store cams caught it. And Vrai, welcome to the paranoid world of the motorcycle rider. And quite honestly, if more folks drove like that, we would all be better off. Folks drive in a awareness bubble, some larger, some smaller. Most folks, their bubble never gets larger than say 2 cars away in any direction. And, in a perfect world, where were really train drivers, and actually punish unsafe driving behaviors, that would work.

Instead, we give out a licence with barely more effort than digging to the bottom of the cereal box, and reward the enforcement activities for fining as many speeders as they can, regardless if speeding is actually causing more accidents.