Arlington Woman Critically Injured In 3-Vehicle Crash In MD

CALVERT COUNTY, MD — A 36-year-old Arlington woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning when her vehicle was struck by.a truck while she was stopped at a traffic light in St. Leonard, Maryland, according to authorities.

Just before 11 a.m., Nikola Medenica was sitting inside her 2024 Tesla at the intersection of southbound Route 2/4 and Ball Road behind a 2007 International truck driven by 57-year-old Ronald E. Matthews of Mechanicsville, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office.

A 2019 Freightliner truck driven by 64-year-old Erbert Locklear Jr. of Baltimore struck Medenica's Tesla from behind and pushed it into Matthews' truck, according to the incident report.

Medenica was flown by a Maryland State Police helicopter to a local trauma center to be treated for life-threatening conditions, according to the report. Locklear and Matthews' injuries were treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel.

The sheriff's office crash reconstruction team is conducting an investigation into the crash. Anyone with information about this inciceent is asked to contact Deputy Michael Lewis at 410-535-2800 or at mike.lewis.jr@calvertcountymd.gov.