RISING SUN, MD (September 29, 2025) – Maryland State Police (MSP) are investigating a fatal crash in Cecil County that claimed the life of a 51-year-old Pennsylvania man.
The deceased is identified as Robert Pierce, 51, of Oxford, Pennsylvania. Pierce was the driver of a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer involved in the crash. He was pronounced deceased on the scene by personnel from the Cecil County Department of Emergency Services.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police North East Barrack responded to the area of US Route 1 and Little New York Road for the report of a crash involving three vehicles. The preliminary investigation indicates a Mercury SUV was traveling southbound on US Route 1, north of Little New York Road when, for reasons unknown at this time, crossed over the center line and sideswiped a 2023 Honda CR-V traveling northbound on Route 1. The Mercury continued traveling in the northbound lanes and struck a 2006 Peterbilt Tractor Trailer head-on before leaving the roadway. The drivers of the Honda CR-V and tractor trailer were uninjured in the crash…