PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard confirms that two of its members and a government-owned vehicle were involved in a fatal traffic accident on the Coastal Highway in Ocean City, Maryland shortly after 4:30 on Thursday.
The Coast Guard members, who were not injured, are assigned to Coast Guard Station Ocean City.
According to the Ocean City Police Department, a woman and child were pronounced dead after they were taken to local hospitals.
The names of the woman and child have not yet been released.
The Coast Guard is fully cooperating with the Ocean City Police Department’s investigation, and offers its condolences to the woman and child’s family.
