The wreck happed at 10 a.m. along Route 90 in Berlin. Chief Robert Wink was driving east in his unmarked patrol car when a Lexus ES heading west tried to make a U-turn ahead of him, a news release said.
Maryland State Police airlifted the Lexus driver, Bruce Albany, to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for emergency treatment, the release notes.
Responders took Chief Wink to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. Police did not release any information on the drivers' conditions.
Maryland State Police are investigating a crash.
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