Car hit, seriously injures woman in Chesapeake Beach

CALVERT COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now ) — The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office said a woman was seriously injured after she was struck by a car in Chesapeake Beach on Thursday morning.

Police said that at about 8:45 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Bayside Road and Bristol Drive for the report of a car crash involving a pedestrian.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman with life-threatening injuries.

Deputies said Steven O’Neill, 42, of Chesapeake Beach, was driving south on Bayside Road, when he struck Chloe Clagg, 20, of Chesapeake Beach, who was running across Bayside Road into the travel lane.

Clagg was transported to the Capital Region Shock Trauma in serious condition.

O’Neill was not injured.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call deputies at 410-535-2800 or email Thomas.Phelps@CalvertCountymd.gov .

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