State Police Cadet Dies After Crash
A 20-year-old Maryland State Police cadet was killed yesterday in a traffic accident in Hughesville in Charles County.
Neal C. Slater of Mechanicsville was southbound on Route 5 about 1 p.m. in an Acura when he came upon a stopped car waiting to turn left onto Homeland Drive. In his attempt to stop, he swerved into oncoming traffic and broadsided a Chevy Tahoe, said Sgt. Rob Moroney of the Maryland State Police.
The cadet and the driver of the Tahoe, Harold E. Reisinger of La Plata, were airlifted to Prince George's Hospital Center, where Slater was pronounced dead. Reisinger was seriously injured.
The cadet was part of a civilian division of the state police that works on commercial vehicle enforcement.