Deputies are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that left a Nottingham man dead Monday afternoon.

​On August 23, 2021, at 1:38 p.m., deputies assigned to the Southern Precinct of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 200 block of Golf Drive in Aberdeen for the report of a motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, deputies discovered a single vehicle crash involving a FedEx truck. The driver, identified as Ralph Calvert Ashley, 58, of Nottingham, was declared deceased on scene.
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Preliminary information gathered at the scene indicates Ashley was traveling southbound in the 200 block of Golf Drive while making deliveries, when for an unknown reason, he fell out of the truck and under his vehicle. The vehicle continued another 36 feet before coming to rest in the grass on the side of the road.
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Deputies assigned to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Crash Team responded to the scene to assume the investigation into the cause and circumstances of the crash. Initial investigation indicates Ashley may have suffered from a medical emergency and fell out of the truck. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The investigation is active and ongoing. No further information will be released at this time.
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Anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or has any information regarding the incident, is asked to call the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit at 443-409-3324