Midnight Plunge into Apartment Building
Left Structure Condemned, 8 Families Homeless

INDIAN HEAD --- On September 25 at 1:49 a.m., Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to the intersection of Mattingley Avenue and Indian Head Highway in Indian Head for the report of a vehicle that crashed into an apartment complex. Investigation revealed a 2003 Ford Mustang driven by Natlie Ann Teacher, 41, of Indian Head was traveling northbound on Mattingley Avenue at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle, struck a utility pole and an unoccupied parked car and overturned. The vehicle then struck the apartment building. Teacher was flown to Prince George’s General Hospital by a Maryland State Police helicopter and her injuries were said to be non-life-threatening. Five occupants of the building, a 22-year-old Indian Head woman, a 16-year-old Indian Head boy, a 22-year-old Waldorf man and two Indian Head men, ages 20 and 24, sustained minor injuries and were transported by ambulances to Civista Medical Center where they were all treated and released. The apartment building, which contained eight units, was condemned. The DC Fire Department Collapse/Rescue Team responded to shore up the building and the American Red Cross responded to assist the displaced families. No charges have been filed in the crash. PFC S. Stanley is investigating