UPDATE: Maryland State Police Investigating Double Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash In Dorchester County

(CAMBRIDGE, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a double fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred on Sunday evening in Dorchester County.

Shortly before 10 p.m. on November 3, troopers from the Maryland State Police Easton Barrack responded to the area of eastbound U.S. Route 50 near Austin Road for a report of a single-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a Subaru was traveling east when for unknown reasons, left the roadway, struck a utility pole, and subsequently caught on fire.

The driver, identified as Shankar Mondal, 54, of Salisbury, Maryland, was pronounced deceased on the scene. A passenger, identified as Quail Dasgupta, 37, also of Salisbury, Maryland, was transported by ambulance to Maryland Shore Regional Health at Cambridge, where she was later pronounced deceased. A one-year-old girl was flown by Maryland State Police Aviation Command to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore for treatment of her injuries.

Eastbound Route 50 was closed for more than two hours for the crash investigation. Personnel from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted with the road closure.

The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the investigation. The crash investigation remains active and ongoing.

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