Cycle accident kills driver, 31

Collision with van is fatal

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A motorcycle driver died Saturday after his bike collided with a van and went airborne, striking an oncoming vehicle on the opposite side of U.S. 301 in Waldorf, according to Maryland State Police.

The speed of the white 2009 Ducati motorcycle, driven by Deven Rachar Blackshear, was a factor in the accident, police reported.

Blackshear, 31, was traveling north on U.S. 301 near Route 5 at about 5:44 p.m. when his motorcycle hit the side of a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country that was pulling out of a parking lot onto the highway, according to Maryland State Police Sgt. Eric Diggs. The Ducati then flew into a silver Chevrolet HHR that was heading south on U.S. 301, according to a press release.

A state police helicopter flew Blackshear, who was suffering from serious head trauma and a broken neck, from the scene to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he died, police reported.

The Town & Country driver, Abigail Jaye Nabors, 33, of Waldorf, and a 2-year-old child riding in the rear seat of the van were both flown to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the report stated. Nabors had facial injuries, while the toddler's injuries were unknown, according to police.

The 16-year-old Chevrolet driver, Shaquoy Yvette Morris, and a 46-year-old passenger, Yvette Linda Morris, both of King George, Va., reportedly didn't suffer any injuries and weren't transported to a hospital after the accident.

Blackshear's wife declined to comment and attempts to contact other members of his family were unsuccessful.

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