On January 27 around 1:30 a.m., an officer from the Southwestern Regional Police Department spotted a faint and distant light in a field. The officer originally thought the light was from someone checking their traps, but the light didn't move.
The officer stopped his car and walked out into the field. As he was walking towards the light, he noticed some sporadic vehicle tracks in the ground. Pieces of clothing were scattered in the field as well as a child's car seat.
The officer walked about 150 feet when he realized the light was from a headlight. He spotted a car, nose down, into the small stream. The officer called out to see if anyone was there, but got no response and he ran back to the roadway to a bridge to see if he could reach anyone from the other side. He called out again, but still no response.
The officer heard rustling in the leaves, but didn't know where it was coming from. He heard it again and ran back over the bridge to the car. The officer spotted a man lying against a tree on a steep bank of the stream. The man was later identified as Douglas D. Morris, 28, of Hanover.
The man was unconscious and bleeding from the head. The officer said a lot of the man's clothes were torn off because he was ejected from the car. The temperatures were below freezing around the time the officer found the man. The officer heard a cellphone ringing in Jeep, the officer answered and told a friend looking for Morris what happened.
Emergency Crews came to the scene and removed Morris from the undergrowth and took him to York Hospital. He is currently being treated in the ICU of York Hospital.
Police determined that Morris was driving westbound on Salem Road when the car crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic, struck a guardrail and left the road. The 1996 Jeep Cherokee Morris was driving slid on its side and Morris was ejected from the car.
Police don't know how long Morris was laying in the underbrush. Police are still investigating.
The officer stopped his car and walked out into the field. As he was walking towards the light, he noticed some sporadic vehicle tracks in the ground. Pieces of clothing were scattered in the field as well as a child's car seat.
The officer walked about 150 feet when he realized the light was from a headlight. He spotted a car, nose down, into the small stream. The officer called out to see if anyone was there, but got no response and he ran back to the roadway to a bridge to see if he could reach anyone from the other side. He called out again, but still no response.
The officer heard rustling in the leaves, but didn't know where it was coming from. He heard it again and ran back over the bridge to the car. The officer spotted a man lying against a tree on a steep bank of the stream. The man was later identified as Douglas D. Morris, 28, of Hanover.
The man was unconscious and bleeding from the head. The officer said a lot of the man's clothes were torn off because he was ejected from the car. The temperatures were below freezing around the time the officer found the man. The officer heard a cellphone ringing in Jeep, the officer answered and told a friend looking for Morris what happened.
Emergency Crews came to the scene and removed Morris from the undergrowth and took him to York Hospital. He is currently being treated in the ICU of York Hospital.
Police determined that Morris was driving westbound on Salem Road when the car crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic, struck a guardrail and left the road. The 1996 Jeep Cherokee Morris was driving slid on its side and Morris was ejected from the car.
Police don't know how long Morris was laying in the underbrush. Police are still investigating.