A 12-year-old Lusby girl
succumbed on Friday, May 11, 2018, from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle
crash on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.
On May 1, 2018 at 6:50 a.m., the
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and emergency personnel responded to the
area of Indian Bridge Road and Park Drive in Great Mills for the report of a
single-vehicle collision.
Upon arrival, units located a
single vehicle off the roadway which had struck an embankment, a mailbox and
street signs. The operator of the vehicle, Kelly Rapert, 57 of Lusby, was found
to have incapacitating injuries and was transported to MedStar St. Mary’s
Hospital in Leonardtown, while a juvenile passenger, 12-year-old Madison Clare
Curran of Lusby, suffered severe incapacitating injuries and was eventually transported
to Georgetown University Hospital.
Initial investigation revealed
the vehicle, a 2009 Honda Accord, was traveling southbound on Indian Bridge
Road when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the roadway, struck an
embankment and a mailbox. The vehicle continued to travel across Park Drive and
struck several street signs before coming to a stop.
The juvenile passenger was
transported to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, transferred to Children’s Hospital
and then transferred to Georgetown University Hospital due to the severity of
the injuries sustained.
On Friday, May 11, 2018, the St.
Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was notified that the juvenile passenger had
succumbed to her injuries at 3:37 p.m.
At this time, speed, alcohol and
drugs do not appear to be factors in this collision. Witnesses to the collision
are asked to contact Cpl. Brian Connelly #151 from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s
Office Reconstruction Unit at 301-475-4200, ext. *8031 or by email at Brian.Connelly@stmarysmd.com
