“Deputy taken to Shock Trauma after being struck by oncoming vehicle”
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, June 11, 2009 ---- At approximately 8:35 pm, Deputy 1st Class Mark Devilbiss, a six-year veteran of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office was traveling Eastbound along Route 140 at the intersection of Route 31 when his patrol car was struck by a 1992 Chevrolet Blazer operated by Cindy Marie Angles, aged 42 of Union Bridge.
According to witness statements, Angles failed to stop for the flashing red signal as she turned the Chevrolet from Westbound Route 140 onto Route 31, striking the patrol car in the front driver’s side fender and door while crossing the eastbound lane.
The Deputy, who was responding to assist another law enforcement officer with the service of an arrest warrant, was conscious but had to be freed from his vehicle by members of the Westminster Fire Department.
He was transported by ambulance to the University of Maryland, Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to treat several lacerations, and remains there for further evaluation.
Angles was transported to Carroll Hospital Center as a precaution. Investigators from the Westminster Police Department are conducting an investigation of the collision.
Charges are pending the outcome of that investigation.
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20090611 SDOSM Deputy taken to Shock Trauma after being struck
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, June 11, 2009 ---- At approximately 8:35 pm, Deputy 1st Class Mark Devilbiss, a six-year veteran of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office was traveling Eastbound along Route 140 at the intersection of Route 31 when his patrol car was struck by a 1992 Chevrolet Blazer operated by Cindy Marie Angles, aged 42 of Union Bridge.
According to witness statements, Angles failed to stop for the flashing red signal as she turned the Chevrolet from Westbound Route 140 onto Route 31, striking the patrol car in the front driver’s side fender and door while crossing the eastbound lane.
The Deputy, who was responding to assist another law enforcement officer with the service of an arrest warrant, was conscious but had to be freed from his vehicle by members of the Westminster Fire Department.
He was transported by ambulance to the University of Maryland, Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to treat several lacerations, and remains there for further evaluation.
Angles was transported to Carroll Hospital Center as a precaution. Investigators from the Westminster Police Department are conducting an investigation of the collision.
Charges are pending the outcome of that investigation.
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20090611 SDOSM Deputy taken to Shock Trauma after being struck
Kevin Dayhoff: http://www.westgov.net/ Westminster Maryland Online http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/
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