Sunday, November 23, 2008
A woman was killed on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Friday when a state police car struck her vehicle after sliding on ice, as the region remained in the grip of unseasonable cold.
The crash victim was identified as Kristin Underkoffler, 34, of Delmar, Md. Her car was hit shortly before 6:30 p.m. in Vienna, Md., by a state police patrol car on its way to a crash on Route 50 at the Vienna bridge, state police said.
The woman's car was stopped directly behind a tractor-trailer on eastbound Route 50, police said. They said that as the trooper's car approached the crash scene, it slid on a patch of ice. The woman's car was struck in the left rear. It rotated and hit the rear of the trailer.
State police said the icy conditions had contributed to several crashes at the same place Friday.
Police said the officer, State Trooper 1st Class Paul Zimmerman, 48, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released.
A woman was killed on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Friday when a state police car struck her vehicle after sliding on ice, as the region remained in the grip of unseasonable cold.
The crash victim was identified as Kristin Underkoffler, 34, of Delmar, Md. Her car was hit shortly before 6:30 p.m. in Vienna, Md., by a state police patrol car on its way to a crash on Route 50 at the Vienna bridge, state police said.
The woman's car was stopped directly behind a tractor-trailer on eastbound Route 50, police said. They said that as the trooper's car approached the crash scene, it slid on a patch of ice. The woman's car was struck in the left rear. It rotated and hit the rear of the trailer.
State police said the icy conditions had contributed to several crashes at the same place Friday.
Police said the officer, State Trooper 1st Class Paul Zimmerman, 48, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released.
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