Salisbury MVA2 Fatalities at Lexington Park House Fire

On March 19, 2023, at 1814, Salisbury Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to an accident with rolloverand ejection at the intersection of Route 13 and Priscilla Street. Crews arrived to find a two-carcollision with one carpartially wrapped around a utility pole. The driverof the carwas ejected from the vehicle. Both drivers were transported to Tital Health in Salisbury fortreatment. Salisbury City Police was on scene and investigating the cause of the crash. Witnesses advised the othercarwas traveling at a high rate of speed and flipped overtwice afterthe crash.

- Fire News photo by Wayne Barrall

Ateam of investigators from the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, are investigating a dwelling fire that claimed two lives in the 21700 block of Cabot Place in Lexington Park. The first 911 call was received at 0119, when an occupant woke up to smoke and discovered a fire in the basement. The person who discovered the fire and two others escaped the two-story home. On arrival, firefighters, were told two people were still trapped inside. They laterlocated the two vic tims , a male and a female, on the second floor. It took 40 firefighters from the Bay District VolunteerFire Department and surrounding departments to control the one-alarm blaze. St. Mary’s Metropolitan Commission, the local waterand sanitary department, assisted with removing several feet of water, so investigators were able to safely enterthe home and begin investigating.

- Photo courtesy Office Maryland State Fire Marshal