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.
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."
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.
Todd Hobert
6:16 pm on Sunday, November 13, 2011
How about the officer failing to yield at the intersection to ensure it was safe to pass through. Even in pursuade, I doubt you can blow through an intersection without confirmation it is safe to do so.
Zee
11:26 am on Monday, November 14, 2011
Emergency vehicles are asking permission to proceed when the light is not in their favor. That's what I thought the law was. Most Harley riders appear to be pretty safe drivers so I don't think it can be assumed that he is at fault.
Nonlinear
6:29 pm on Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Can't trust a cage driver ever, especially one that's a cop!
I would like to know what call the cop was on; just where was he headed? A dispatcher must know.
Or was he just blowing through the light.
He still needs to be charged, just because the rider hit him, doesn't make it his fault. Pay up HoCo.