SALISBURY, Md. — As a highlight is being shone on the risks confronted by roadside employees, a utility employee was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the Eastern Shore yesterday morning.
It occurred in a work zone, the place there was a flagging operation, on Airport Road subsequent to Salisbury Regional Airport, simply earlier than 10:25 a.m. Wednesday, stated Maryland State Police.
A Jeep driver (later recognized as 27-year-old Jamal Scarborough of Somerset County) tried to bypass the work zone, and ran over one a 64-year-old utility employee, in addition to the orange casings on the street, stated police.
Maryland State Police
Scarborough was driving immediately forward of a state trooper. The Jeep ended up off the street, in a ditch.
The utility employee was finally flown by personal helicopter to Christiana Hospital in Delaware for remedy.
Scarborough was apprehended after a quick police chase, and charged with inflicting a life-threatening damage whereas driving negligently, in addition to first-degree and second-degree assault, attempting to elude police, and associated offenses.
He is being held with out bond on the Wicomico County Detention Center.
