On Sunday, April 21, 2019 at approximately 11:15 a.m.,
members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2300 block of
Golf Club Drive, Dunkirk, MD for a report of a crash involving a motorized
go-cart. Upon arrival, deputies and
rescue personnel discovered an overturned go-cart with multiple patients on the
scene.
A preliminary
investigation by the Calvert Reconstruction Team revealed three juveniles were
riding in a go-cart operated by an 11 year-old juvenile female of Dunkirk,
MD. The go-cart passengers were a 7 year-old
juvenile male of Dunkirk, MD and 12 year-old juvenile female of Frederick,
MD. The go-cart was being driven on the
street and entered the cul-de-sac located in the 2300 block of Golf Club
Drive. During a right turn maneuver the
go-cart overturned on its left side ejecting the occupants.
The driver,
the 11 year-old female, was transported to Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC
by MSP Trooper 2 where she succumbed to her injuries sustained in the
crash. The 7 year-old male passenger was
transported to Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC by MSP Trooper 7, where he
was treated for non-life threatening injuries sustained in the crash. He is listed in stable condition. The 12 year-old female passenger was treated
for non-life threatening injuries on the scene and released.
The
collision remains under investigation by Cpl. V. Bortchevsky of the Crash
Reconstruction Team. Anyone with additional information is asked to
contact Cpl. V. Bortchevsky by email: vlad.bortchevsky@calvertcountymd.gov or
by calling the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at 410-535-2800.
