A news release from the Maryland State Police states that at around 4:51 p.m., police from the McHenry Barrack responded to an automobile accident on New Germany Road in Grantsville. Officers discovered a Freightliner utility truck parked on the side of the road and a Toyota Tacoma that had veered off the road and into a forested area.
James Thomas Shillingburg III, a resident of Ridgely, West Virginia, was the driver of the Tacoma; paramedics found him trapped and declared him dead at the spot. Charles Meyers, a resident of Sharpsburg, Maryland, who was operating the Freightliner, was unharmed.
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Following a preliminary inquiry, the troopers concluded that the Freightliner was travelling northward and the Tacoma was travelling south. The Tacoma eventually veered to the right and off the road, crossing the yellow lines and colliding with the Freightliner. After that, the Tacoma kept going north on the road until veering off and into a wooded area by way of an embankment.
The inquiry by the Maryland State Police is still underway. The Northern Garrett Rescue Squad, Grantsville Fire Department, and Maryland Natural Resources Police all provided assistance to the officers on the site.
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