To highlight the deadly consequences of speeding, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the investigative findings of the fatal collision involving a motorcycle and a Hyundai Santa Fe that occurred on April 7, 2024, in Hollywood, MD. The motorcycle operator, Tiernan Anthony Stephenson, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a nine-year-old passenger in the Hyundai succumbed to injuries on April 12, 2024.
The investigation, conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Reconstruction Unit, has determined the motorcycle operator’s excessive speed caused the collision. Footage from the helmet camera worn by Stephenson showed the motorcycle traveling 164 miles per hour immediately before impact.
Following the release of the investigative findings, Sheriff Steve Hall said, “The impact of this crash has left permanent scars on the families involved; it is devastating. Witnesses and first responders are profoundly shaken by what they saw on April 7. It has been said many times before, but our message begs repeating: driving the speed limit and maintaining focus on the road must be intentional and habitual. The social contract between all drivers is one of the most important we make; it is rooted in the truth that every life—yours, your passengers, and those of others on the road—matters to someone.”
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is committed to ensuring the safety of all road users and urges drivers to adopt and maintain safe driving habits to prevent future tragedies.
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UPDATE: Second Victim Dies Following Motorcycle-SUV Crash
LEONARDTOWN, MD (April 19, 2024) –The juvenile victim involved in the April 7, 2024, vehicle collision at Three Notch Road and Tom Hodges Drive in Hollywood, MD, succumbed to injuries and died at Children National Medical Center in Washington D.C. on Friday, April 19, 2024.
The collision remains under investigation.
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Original News Release
LEONARDTOWN, MD (April 7, 2024)—At approximately 10:19 a.m., Sunday, April 7, 2024, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to the scene of an automobile collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV at Three Notch Road and Tom Hodges Drive in Hollywood.
Upon arrival, deputies determined that a 2006 Yamaha Motorcycle had collided with a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe. The initial investigation determined that the motorcycle, driven by Tiernan Anthony Stephenson, 21, of Waldorf, MD, was traveling north on Three Notch Road when the Hyundai, driven by Stephanie Rose Robey, 36, of Hollywood, MD, pulled into the path of the motorcycle while attempting to cross the road from Tom Hodges Drive.
Mr. Stephenson struck the driver's side back door, was ejected from the motorcycle, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and a juvenile passenger in the SUV was transported via Maryland State Police Aviation Trooper 7 to Children’s Hospital and remains in critical condition.
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Reconstruction Unit has assumed the investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or any events leading up to it and who has not already provided a statement is asked to contact Corporal Rachael Roszell at 301-475-4200, ext. 8108, or by email at Rachael.Roszell@stmaryscountymd.gov.
