SALISBURY, MD - The driver in a 2024 hit-and-run that claimed the life of a utility worker in Wicomico County has pleaded guilty to multiple charges and has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Jamal Scarborough, 28, of Marion Station, pleaded guilty on April 8, 2025 to negligent manslaughter with an automobile, failure to immediately return and remain at the scene of a fatal accident, and attempt to elude police by failing to stop. The pleas all stem from Scarborough’s role in the crash that resulted in the death of Thomas R. Attix, 64.
On March 27th, 2024, an off-duty Maryland State Trooper reported seeing a blue Jeep swerve into the opposite lane on Airport Road to avoid stopping at a work zone. The Jeep then swerved back into the southbound lane to avoid oncoming traffic, running over Attix, who was on the ground working, in the process.
Attix succumbed to his injuries days later on April 2nd, 2024.
Scarborough was arrested after a brief pursuit. After Attix’s death, he was charged with second degree murder, first degree assault, and various other charges.
Tuesday’s plea hearing in Wicomico County Circuit Court saw those murder and assault charges against Scarborough dropped, according to Maryland court records. The vehicular manslaughter charge Scarborough pleaded guilty to is a felony - the other two charges are traffic violations.
According to online court records, a Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Scarborough to 9 years for the felony charge with a consecutive term of 9 years for failing to return to the scene, and a consecutive term of 2 years for the attempt to elude police, totalling a consecutive 20 years.