(Breaking news) Teenager dies in crash

Friday, July 10, 2009

A Mechanicsville teenager died after the pickup truck she was driving was struck from behind by another vehicle Thursday afternoon, authorities report, on Route 5 near Loveville.

A Maryland State Police helicopter crew flew 18-year-old Shana Leigh Ridgell from the site of the 5:05 p.m. accident to the Prince George's Hospital Center, where she died from her injuries, St. Mary's sheriff's deputies report.

Ridgell was driving the 1997 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck north on the highway and had stopped to let oncoming traffic go by so she could make a left turn onto Sunnyside Road, sheriff's deputies report. The truck was struck from behind by a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Cathrina Lynn Lindsay, 41, of Mechanicsville.

No injuries to Lindsay were reported.

jwharton@somdnews.com