Jay Richard Bynum : "Fatal Wicomico Crash: Arrest Made in Triple Homicide"

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Accident – Death – Obituary News :

Maryland State Police have apprehended a man in connection with a tragic multi-vehicle collision in Salisbury that claimed the lives of three individuals.

Jay Richard Bynum, a 59-year-old resident of Seaford, has been taken into custody and is facing multiple charges, including three counts of negligent manslaughter by auto, three counts of criminal negligent manslaughter by vehicle, three counts of negligent auto homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence, three counts of homicide by motor vehicle while impaired, driving under the influence, and driving while intoxicated. Bynum is currently being held without bond.

On May 19, just before 2:50 a.m., state police troopers from the Salisbury Barrack responded to reports of a head-on collision on southbound Route 13, south of St. Luke’s Road in Wicomico County. According to initial investigations, Bynum was operating a 2013 Dodge Durango northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 13 when he collided with a 2016 Subaru Impreza.

The occupants of the Subaru, identified as Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, and Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, both hailing from New York, were pronounced dead at the scene. Tragically, their 1-year-old child, Grayson Dennison, was initially taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and later transferred to Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Bynum was airlifted to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore for medical treatment.