HEAD-ON COLLISION SENDS MAN TO SHOCK TRAUMA

Salisbury, MD - On October 10, 2023, at approximately 7:23 PM, officers of the Salisbury Police Department responded to the area of E. Salisbury Parkway (Rt 50) and Hobbs Road in Salisbury, Maryland, to investigate several reports of a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes. 

A short time later and while traveling to the scene, Salisbury Police Officers were notified that a head-on collision had occurred in the same area of the original call for service, between two vehicles. 

Officers arrived on the scene and observed two vehicles that had been involved in a collision, each with damage consistent with having been struck head-on.

The investigation conducted by members of the Salisbury Police Department revealed that a vehicle being operated by 30-year-old Gelmer Navaro-Chavez was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes when it collided head-on with another vehicle being operated by a 38-year-old male driver. 

Upon officers' arrival, Mr. Chavez was located standing outside of his vehicle while the other driver was entrapped within the vehicle he was operating. 

Members of the Salisbury Fire Department and Pittsville Fire Department were successful in extracting the other driver, who was ultimately transported to Shock Trauma in Baltimore by the Maryland State Police Aviation Command - Trooper 4. 

Mr. Chavez was transported to Tidal Health Peninsula Regional, released, and shortly thereafter placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. The other driver remains under medical care and his condition is considered critical but stable.

Members of the Salisbury Police Department are continuing this investigation and anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to contact the Salisbury Police Department at (410) 548-3165 or information can be provided anonymously through Crime Solvers at (410) 548-1776.