Man critically injured after minivan strikes trailer on Mountville Road
Emergency crews freed the trapped driver and took him to a hospital after Monday afternoon’s collision, authorities said.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
The collision occurred in the 5200 block of Mountville Road shortly before 2 p.m. Monday. Crews freed the trapped minivan driver and transported him with critical injuries. The road was closed between Russell Avenue and Ballenger Creek Pike during the response. No reopening time or later medical update was supplied.
A man suffered critical injuries Monday afternoon when his minivan struck a trailer carrying asphalt paving equipment on Mountville Road, authorities said.
First responders were sent to the 5200 block shortly before 2 p.m. and found the driver trapped, according to Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue Services spokesperson Sarah Campbell.
Emergency personnel freed him from the vehicle and took him to a hospital with critical injuries, The Frederick News-Post reports.
A sheriff’s deputy at the scene told the newspaper that the tractor-trailer was parked near a private residential driveway being resurfaced. The deputy said the minivan hit the back of the trailer.
Mountville Road was closed between Russell Avenue and Ballenger Creek Pike for an extended period during the response, Campbell said. The supplied report does not include a reopening time, so that closure should not be read as a current traffic advisory.
The report does not identify the driver or provide a subsequent condition update. It also does not describe a determination of fault or explain what led the minivan to strike the trailer.
WHAT IT MEANS
The reported injury severity makes this a serious local crash, but its cause and the driver’s subsequent condition remain unreported. The temporary closure described in the source is not confirmation that the road remains closed.
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