A 24-year-old Mechanicsville man
was killed on Sunday, June 24, 2018, when he crashed a dirt bike into another
vehicle.
Shortly before 1 p.m., the St.
Mary’s County Sheriff's Office responded to the area of Dockser Drive and Sky
View Drive in the Golden Beach neighborhood in Mechanicsville for the report of
a motor-vehicle collision involving a dirt bike.
Deputies learned that the dirt
bike, operated by Benjamin Daniel Warring, failed to stop at a stop sign and
struck the side of a small pickup truck.
Warring was receiving treatment
for incapacitating injuries when he suddenly stopped breathing. Warring was
transported to University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center for
treatment where he succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash.
Initial investigation found that
a 2003 Yamaha YZ125 was being operated illegally in the roadway on Dockser
Drive. Warring was observed by several citizens to be operating in a reckless
manner and appeared to be using a cellphone in the manner which caused the
citizens to believe he was filming himself. Warring then failed to stop at a
stop sign at the intersection of Dockser and Sky View Drive and collided into
the passenger side of a 1997 Nissan XE truck operated by Vincent Wood, 21, of
Mechanicsville. Wood did not sustain any injury as a result of the collision.
The St. Mary’s County Collision
Reconstruction Unit responded to assume the investigation.
At this time, speed, cellular
phone use, lack of protective equipment and failure to obey a traffic-control
device are contributing factors in the collision. Anyone who may have witnessed
the collision and have not provided a statement to the police are asked to
contact Cpl. Brian Connelly at 301-475-4200, ext. *8031 or at brian.connelly@stmarysmd.com.
