CAROLINE COUNTY, Md.- Maryland State Police say one person died and another was injured in an early Tuesday morning single-vehicle crash in Caroline County.
Police identified the deceased as Rebecca Lee Garner, 31, of Denton, Md. She was the driver of a 2020 Kia Optima involved in the crash. She was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel. Her body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
The passenger of the Kia Optima is identified as Donald Lee Lord, 32, also of Denton. He was transported by Medevac to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Police said that shortly after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, troopers from the Easton Barrack responded to the report of a single vehicle crash on westbound Route 328/New Bridge Road, west of Fisher Road in Caroline County. Responding troopers found the single vehicle overturned and on its left side up against a telephone pole. The Maryland State Police Crash Team responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.
The cause and contributing factors of the crash remain under investigation. The east and westbound lanes of Maryland Route 328 were closed for the investigation. MDOT State Highway Administration personnel assisted with a detour around the crash scene.
