Hit and run

Berlin Police were dispatched to Route 50 and North Main Street Friday night at about 8 p.m. to investigate reports of a motor vehicle collision, with one vehicle ending up overturned in a pond with three people trapped inside.

Berlin Fire Department workers rescued the three occupants, who were then transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury with non-life-threatening injuries, the report stated. The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the incident.

Police said the other vehicle involved in the crash fled the scene, but the driver, Christopher David Smith, 29, from Ocean Pines, later turned himself in.

He was charged with several counts of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to yield, according to police.

Truck explodes

Maryland State Police responded to reports of an accident involving a farm combine and two trucks, one of which caught fire, on Route 50 last Thursday at about 9:45 p.m.

In a press release, state police officials said the combine was traveling westbound on Route 50, just prior to the Route 90 junction in Berlin.

Police said the combine was riding half in the right shoulder and half in the adjacent lane when it was rear-ended by a Dodge truck, which ignited upon impact.

The collision caused the combine to swerve into the next lane, where it struck a GMC truck, police said.

The driver of the Dodge truck, who was the sole occupant, was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries. The other drivers escaped without harm, police said.

In addition to the Maryland State Police, other agencies responding to the accident scene included the State Highway Administration, Berlin Fire Company and Berlin Police Department.

The investigation is ongoing and to this point no charges have been filed.