BISHOPVILLE, Md.- A driver is facing DUI and related traffic charges in connection with a three-vehicle crash that occurred Friday morning in Worcester County, Maryland State Police said.
Police said that shortly before 8 a.m., a trooper was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection on a dump truck on southbound Route 113 south of Bishopville Road in Bishopville. Authorities said the trooper's vehicle, with emergency lights activated, and the dump truck were parked on the southbound shoulder.
Police said that when the stop was nearly completed and the trooper was standing on the skids of the dump truck, a Nissan Altima crashed into the rear of the trooper's vehicle, pushing it into the rear of the dump truck.
The driver, and sole occupant of the Nissan, was transported by ambulance to Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin for treatment of injuries.
Neither the trooper, nor the dump truck driver were injured, according to police.
Police said the suspect driver, identified as Charles Calvin Lessner, 33, of Bridgeville, Del., is charged with DUI and related traffic offenses.
The crash briefly closed both lanes of Route 113, which were re-opened by 9:15 a.m.