Charges Pending Against Man Who Crashed Into Off-Duty Ambulance
Annapolis police await results of a blood test before deciding whether to charge an Edgewater driver.
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Annapolis police are waiting on the results of a blood test before deciding whether to file charges against an Edgewater man who crashed his car into an off-duty ambulance Saturday morning.
Police said Christian Daniel, 20, of Edgewater, was traveling west on Route 665 at 4:40 a.m. on Saturday when he failed to merge. Route 665 narrows from three lanes down to two lanes just past Chinquapin Round Road.
Police said Daniel's car crashed into the right front bumper of an Annapolis ambulance before striking a dirt mound, a bush and flipping over. His Ford Focus came to rest upside down in the eastbound lanes of Route 665.
The ambulance suffered minor damage and neither medic was injured.
Daniel and his passenger both climbed out of the vehicle before emergency responders arrived, according to a police report.
Police suspect alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the accident.
Emergency personnel transported Daniel to Anne Arundel Medical Center and his passenger to Shock Trauma in Baltimore. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.
Daniel has faced driving related charges previously. In October 2011, he was found guilty of negligent driving for going 85 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to online court records. In May 2011, Daniel was also cited for driving 63 mph in a 45 mph zone in Mayo.
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Steve S.
10:21 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
This is one of the cases that I've mentioned ad nauseum. Drivers don't seem to "get" what it means when they pass signs and pavement markings indicating that their lane is ending. It happens there, it happens on 665 westbound where it blends with US 50/I-97, it happens on Rt. 2 south just south of Rt. 214, it happens on Rt. 214 east between SRHS and Muddy Creek Rd. and many other places. The instant one of these signs is seen, the driver should IMMEDIATELY put on a turn signal and begin the process of making a safe, conscientious lane change (which CAN include slowing down and filing in behind a vehicle instead of rushing up to try to squeeze in front of a vehicle.). The best technique by far that works for me is remembering from day to day where these ending lanes are and just never steer my vehicle into them. They end every hour of every day. It's extremely unlikely that that's suddenly going to change.
G Dub
12:46 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
On 214, E of SRHS, there's almost a half mile between the first "lane ends" sign and when the lane actually ends. There's no need to IMMEDIATELY leave what is for the next half mile a legitimate travel lane. I have seen many times a driver believing he's a "hero" for blocking the right lane there (either by straddling the line or by keeping pace with the car in the left lane), preventing other drivers from filling that lane. The result is that 214 then becomes unable to handle the load of drivers wanting to turn left onto 214 from Mayo Rd., causing further backups on Mayo Rd.
Numerous times, the county police have placed message signs along that section of 214, urging drivers to "Use Both Lanes," yet people continue to ignore the desires of traffic planners who provided the additional, legitimate travel lane.
If drivers in the left lane would each allow one car into the left lane at the merge area, rather than "teaching them a lesson," the daily backups in that area would inevitably decline.