Maryland Injury Reporter

From Cecil Whig:

The 75-year-old woman accused of causing an accident with a state trooper in Dorchester County this week has been downgraded to critical condition, according to hospital officials.

Hurlock resident Marjorie MacSorley was flown to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury after being freed her from her mangled Toyota Avalon following the two-car collission.

Police said she was in stable condition late Tuesday afternoon; however, on Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said she was listed in critical condition.

MacSorley’s daughter and passenger, 50-year-old Trappe resident Kathy MacSorley, was taken to PRMC after the accident, but has been released, according to the hospital.Meanwhile, officials at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore said 39-year old state trooper Kenneth Myers Jr. has been released from that hospital, where he was flown after emergency crews freed him from his unmarked 2006 Ford Crown Victoria following the collision.

“We are happy to hear (Myers) is being discharged,” MSP spokesman Greg Shipley said Wednesday. “We all hope the two women in the Avalon will also make full recoveries because yesterday was a pretty serious crash.”

Shipley said Myers, a four-year state trooper stationed at the Easton Barrack, would be placed on medical leave until he recuperates.The collision occurred at about noon Tuesday near the intersection of eastbound Route 50 and Route 731 in Vienna, according to police.

Immediately before the collission, Myers was chasing an eastbound vehicle on Route 50 after reportedly clocked it on radar travelling more than 80 mph.

Shipley said a preliminary investigation indicates Marjorie MacSorley pulled into Myers path on Route 50 after making a left turn from Route 731.

As a result, the front passenger side of Myers’ patrol car struck the front driver’s side of MacSorely’s Avalon, Shipley said.

Following the collision, Route 50 between Route 731 and Route 331 was closed until about 5 p.m.

Shipley said state police are continuing their investigation, which reportedly will determine how fast Myers’ cruiser was traveling and whether he actived the vehicle’s emergency lights and siren.

Shipley said the investigation could take several months.