APRIL 21, 2015
HILLSBORO, TALBOT COUNTY, MD.
Three people are dead after a Tuesday morning crash
involving three tractor trailers in Talbot County, state police said.
The accident happened shortly before 7 a.m. Route 404 was
closed to traffic in both directions at Church Lane in the wake of the crash.
Alternate routes include Route 328 or Route 301.
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Talbot County Emergency Services has confirmed there are
"multiple fatalities" after a crash Tuesday morning in Talbot County.
According to the emergency group's Facebook page, the crash
happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Route 404 and Church Lane.
Maryland State Police tell us there are two, possibly three, tractor trailers involved in the accident. They also tell us at least one vehicle is on fire.
Talbot Co. Emergency Services says drivers need to use caution in that area of Route 404 and it will be shutdown for an extended period of time.
There is no word yet on the people who were involved in this crash or what caused it. Police tell us crews are currently on the scene.
Maryland State Police tell us there are two, possibly three, tractor trailers involved in the accident. They also tell us at least one vehicle is on fire.
Talbot Co. Emergency Services says drivers need to use caution in that area of Route 404 and it will be shutdown for an extended period of time.
There is no word yet on the people who were involved in this crash or what caused it. Police tell us crews are currently on the scene.
UNITED STATES STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ROAD ACCIDENT DEATH AND INJURY RATES IN THE WORLD: 34,000 DIE AND 2.5 MILLION INJURED EACH YEAR.
Despite the improvements in road safety, the United States has one of the highest death rates at about 1 person dead per 10,000 people. Unfortunately, only undeveloped countries have higher death rate.
Some states, such as Texas and West Virginia (sorry, WV, despite your tremendous progress in traffic safety, you are still at the top of the worst-death-rate list) have death rates of nearly 1.5 percent, i.e., fifty percent more people die compared to the national death rate.
Approximately 34,000 people are getting killed each year. In the 1950s and 1960s, about 55,000 people used to die on the roads – so, there has been improvement in the number of dead.
However, the number of injured is rising. Roughly 2.5 million are injured (yes, you read it correctly – 2.5 million injured) per year. That is, 1 percent (1%) of the population that is eligible to drive is injured every year.
It is worse than a war zone out there.
So, please be safe and be on the lookout for weaving-through-the-traffic drivers, crazy drivers, reckless drivers, sick drivers, medical-condition drivers, sleepy drivers, negligent drivers, stupid drivers, careless drivers, drunk drivers, speeding drivers, drugged drivers, texting drivers, talking-on-the-phone drivers, looking-at-the-GPS drivers, hurry-hurry drivers, tailgating drivers, upset drivers, eating-while-driving drivers, putting-the-lipstick-on-while-driving drivers, elderly drivers, and so on.