Crime & Safety
North Laurel Police Car Crash Sends Motorcyclist to Hospital
Frederick Lee Adkins, of Columbia, is in stable condition at shock trauma after his motorcycle collided with a marked police vehicle at a Route 216 intersection, according to officials.
A Columbia motorcyclist was hospitalized after crashing into a police car on Scaggsville Road in North Laurel Sunday morning, said police.
Frederick Lee Adkins, 43, of Columbia, is in stable condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, recovering from what police reported was a collision between his Harley Davidson Sportster and a Dodge Charger marked as Howard County police vehicle.
The driver of the Charger, Pfc. Bryan Mason, was not injured, said police.
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According to a statement from the Howard County Police Department (HCPD), the police car was headed southbound on Leishear Road in North Laurel at 9:40 a.m., with lights and sirens on, when the traffic light at Leishear Road and Scaggsville Road/MD Route 216 turned red.
“The officer proceeded slowly into the intersection," said HCPD in a written statement. "As the officer slowly moved further into the intersection, a westbound motorcyclist in [the left lane] of MD Route 216 entered the intersection and struck the front of the marked police vehicle."
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HCPD's Traffic Enforcement division is investigating and said that failure to stop and yield to the approach of an emergency vehicle appear to be factors in the collision.
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