CHESTERTOWN — Two people were airlifted to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore on Friday for treatment of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash in the 800-block of High Street, Chestertown Police Chief Ronald Dixon confirmed.
They were transported by a Maryland State Police helicopter, which landed in the open field on state Route 291 (Morgnec Road) across from the Kent-Queen Anne's Rescue Squad headquarters.
High Street between the traffic circle and the entrance to Kent Crossing Apartments was closed for about three and a half hours to facilitate investigation of the crash and to clean up the debris. State Highway Administration personnel and members of Chestertown's streets department were on the scene.
Emergency fire and medical personnel from several agencies responded to High Street in the area of Lewes Market at about 11:20 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash that the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company described as a "T-Bone-type" crash.
The first police on the scene located a 1999 Ford pickup truck in the road with substantial damage on the driver's side, according to a CPD news release. The driver and sole occupant, identified as John Maglov, 67, of Rock Hall, was trapped in the truck and appeared to have sustained serious injuries.
The second vehicle, a 2010 Toyota Tundra, had traveled off the road and struck a duplex. The driver and sole occupant was identified as Roger Flattum, 83, of Newark, Delaware.
Police rendered medical aid to both drivers until fire and EMS personnel arrived, according to the news release.
CPD Chief Dixon reported Wednesday morning that Maglov was listed in critical condition, and Flattum was in serious but stable condition.
No one was inside the residence when it was struck by the Tundra, but a family has been displaced because of structural damage, according to the news release.
The Kent County building inspector and a Delmarva Power crew responded to the scene.
According to a Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company's Facebook post, a "negligible" amount of fuel spilled from one vehicle entered a storm drain. The Maryland Department of the Environment was notified.
"As the amount of fuel was very small and, in-fact, unrecoverable, they directed mitigation by flushing the storm drain with water," according to the fire company.
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