Driver hospitalized after early morning crash

HILLSBORO, Md. — A driver was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle crash with entrapment early Saturday morning in Queen Anne’s County, according to the Queen Anne-Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Company.

Emergency crews were dispatched around 5 a.m. Saturday to the intersection of Ruthsburg Road and Damsontown Road for a reported motor vehicle crash with entrapment. Initial reports indicated the lone occupant of the vehicle was unconscious and trapped inside.

Firefighters arrived to confirm the driver was trapped and began extrication efforts. Responding units included Chief 80, Rescue 84 and Engine 85, with about 10 volunteers assisting with removing the driver from the vehicle and preparing the patient for transport.

The driver, the only occupant of the vehicle, was removed from the wreckage and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Authorities did not release the person’s condition.

Fire crews cleared the scene a short time later. The cause of the crash was not immediately released.