Two Killed As MSP Cruiser Hits Car

Police continue to investigate a collision with a State Police cruiser that left two people dead in Talbot County. Trooper First Class Phillip Willoughby was responding to a 911 call about an overturned vehicle on Old Trappe Road. Police say witnesses reported the trooper activated the emergency lights and sirens on the marked police cruiser as he traveled East on Route 33 when a car driven by Maynard Lowry pulled into the path of the oncoming police car. Lowery and his sister Alma Lowry were both killed when the cruiser struck the driver side of their car. Trooper Willoughby was treated for minor injuries and released.