Motorcyclist from Waldorf dies in St. Mary's collision

A Waldorf man driving a motorcycle died Sunday morning after a collision with a SUV in Hollywood.

At approximately 10:19 a.m. on April 7, St. Mary’s sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene of an automobile crash involving a motorcycle and a SUV at Three Notch Road and Tom Hodges Drive.

Upon arrival, deputies determined that a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle had collided with a 2008 Hyundai Sonata.

The initial investigation determined that the motorcycle, driven by Tiernan Anthony Stephenson, 21, was traveling north on Three Notch Road when the Hyundai, driven by Stephanie Rose Robey, 36, of Hollywood, pulled into the path of the motorcycle while attempting to cross the road from Tom Hodges Drive, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

Stephenson struck the driver’s side back door and was ejected from the motorcycle, according the sheriff’s office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the SUV was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and a juvenile passenger in the SUV was transported via Maryland State Police Aviation Trooper 7 to Children’s Hospital and remains in critical condition.

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Reconstruction Unit has assumed the investigation.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or any events leading up to it and who has not already provided a statement is asked to contact sheriff’s Cpl. Rachael Roszell at 301-475-4200, ext. 8108, or by email at Rachael.Roszell@stmaryscountymd.gov.

Man injured after truck crashes into church

In a crash the day before, a man was injured after the pickup truck he was driving ran off the road and crashed into a church in Great Mills.

Patrol units from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on Point Lookout Road in Great Mills at approximately 1:36 a.m. on Saturday, April 6. When deputies arrived, they found a 2005 Ford F-150 truck crashed into Holy Face Church and the driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was stuck inside the truck and seriously hurt, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

Local fire and emergency medical services personnel extricated the driver, Nicholas Aaron Fondren, 22, of California, from the truck, and he was transported to an area trauma center by Maryland State Police Aviation’s Trooper 7 for emergency care.

“At this time, speed, driver error and alcohol are considered contributing factors in the collision,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Due to the nature of the collision, the sheriff’s office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to assume the investigation. A preliminary investigation indicates the truck was traveling southbound on Point Lookout Road toward Great Mills Road when the vehicle left the road, traveled approximately 450 feet and struck Holy Face Church.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or any events leading up to the collision is asked to contact sheriff’s Cpl. Jason Smith at Jason.Smith@stmaryscountymd.gov or 301-475-4200, ext. 2328.