(SILVER RUN, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police in Carroll County are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that is believed to have occurred after the operator refused to stop for a police officer in Pennsylvania early today.<\/p>\n
The deceased is identified as Denton Shively, 28, of Hampstead, Md.\u00a0 He was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical services personnel.\u00a0 His body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 3:30 a.m. today, Maryland State Police at the Westminster Barrack responded to the report of a single vehicle crash on southbound Rt. 97 near Arters Mill Road.\u00a0 State Police were notified of the crash through the Adams County PA 911 center.<\/p>\n
Responding troopers found the single vehicle fatal crash involved a 2016 Yamaha FZ09 motorcycle.\u00a0 An officer from the Littlestown (PA) Police Department was already on the scene.\u00a0 The Maryland State Police Crash Team responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.<\/p>\n
The preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was southbound on Rt. 97 when it left the southbound shoulder and struck a utility pole.\u00a0 The cause and contributing factors of the crash remain under investigation.\u00a0 Investigators have determined the motorcycle was unregistered and the operator did not have a motorcycle endorsement on his driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n
Investigating troopers learned from the Littlestown (PA) Police Department that an officer had attempted to stop the motorcycle in their jurisdiction.\u00a0 The operator of the motorcycle refused to stop and accelerated away.\u00a0 The officer continued in the direction the motorcycle was heading and came upon the crash scene.\u00a0 The officer called for emergency medical services personnel to respond and provided emergency care to the motorcyclist until EMS units arrived.<\/p>\n
MDOT State Highway Administration personnel assisted with a detour around the crash scene.<\/p>\n
The Maryland State Police investigation is continuing.\u00a0 Questions regarding the attempted traffic stop should be directed to the Littlestown Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(SILVER RUN, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police in Carroll County are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that is believed to have occurred after the operator refused to stop for a police officer in Pennsylvania early today. The deceased is identified as Denton Shively, 28, of Hampstead, Md.\u00a0 He was pronounced deceased at the scene by Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barracksg-westminster","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18947,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions\/18947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}