Four people were killed and three others injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Caroline County on the Eastern Shore, Maryland State Police report.
The crash happened Jan. 4 at around 9 a.m. on Route 404 (Shore Highway), a state police release said.
Police said troopers from Easton Barrack responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 404, east of Bullock Road.
According to a preliminary investigation, a Jeep, driven by Vanity Lenetta Teagle, 36, of Bridgeville, Delaware, was traveling east on Route 404 when it drifted into the westbound lane of the highway and crashed head-on with an oncoming Toyota Avalon.
Three passengers in the Jeep, Uneeki Iyana Espree Teagle, 17, and Nathan Henry Jr., 6, both of Bridgeville, along with a 30-year-old female, were declared dead at the scene. The identity of the female is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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The driver and sole occupant of the Toyota, Marie Rosalia Granados, 40, of Seaford, was also declared dead at the scene.
Two passengers in the Jeep were flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore while a third was flown by state police helicopter to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore for treatment of their injuries.
Route 404 was shut down for about six hours following the crash.
The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the investigation into this incident.
