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Great Mills resident Robert Proctor, Jr., 15, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on Route 235 near the intersection of Hermanville Road in Lexington Park shortly after 6 p.m. on Tuesday when his vehicle was struck.
An off-duty deputy from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office witnessed the crash, according to Jason Babcock, the Civilian Public Information Officer for the agency, and called it in to the agency.
A 2012 Ford Fusion being driven by Lexington Park resident Nathan Allen, 20, was traveling south on Three Notch Road when it struck a 2016 Jeep Cherokee being driven by 89-year-old St. Mary’s City resident Ernest Hal, officials said.
Allen was airlifted to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, and Proctor was later pronounced dead after being flown to the Washington Hospital Center by a state police helicopter.
Hall and a 20-year-old passenger in the Ford Fusion whose name was not released were transported by paramedics to the hospital for treatment, Babcock said.
More than a dozen firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the scene to help extricate the victims from their vehicles.
The initial investigation determined that excessive speed was identified as a contributing factor in the fatal crash, according to investigators.
Anyone who witnessed the crash or the events leading up to the collision has been asked to contact Deputy First Class Shawn Shelko at the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office by calling (301) 475-4200 or emailing shawn.shelko@stmarysmd.com.
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