District Heights in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2

Tragedy Strikes <i>Trooper 2</i> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 25, 2015

1. Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2 Marker

Inscription.
On September 27th, 2008, Maryland State Police Medevac Helicopter Trooper 2 responded to Waldorf, Maryland to assist the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department with a serious motor vehicle crash. Working alongside first responders, two patients were identified for transport. A second medical helicopter provider was required to assist with patient care in the helicopter. Trooper 2 encountered poor weather conditions while attempting to deliver the patients to a trauma center, and diverted to the closest airport. Trooper 2 crashed in Walker Mill Park on approach to Andrews Air Force Base. The flight crew, Pilot Stephen Bunker and TFC/Flight Paramedic Mickey Lippy, patient, Ashley Younger, and the Waldorf VFD medical provider, Tanya Mallard, were killed in the crash. One patient, Jordon Wells survived the crash, and was located, treated, and transported by rescuers.

Erected by Maryland State Police.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Charity & Public Work • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 27, 2008.

Location. 38° 52.464′ N, 76° 52.267′ W. Marker is in the District Heights, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is on Walker Mill Regional Park Drive south of

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Walker Mill Road when traveling west. The "Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2" Memorial is at the north end of the woodland hiking trail - across the visitors' parking lot from the facility's elaborate children's playground. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8840 Walker Mill Rd, District Heights MD 20747, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ridgeley Rosenwald School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ridgley (approx. 1½ miles away); This Memorial Honors Philip Reed (approx. 2.2 miles away); Highland Park High School (approx. 2.4 miles away); Elizabeth Keckly (approx. 2.4 miles away); Osborne Perry Anderson (approx. 2.4 miles away); Thomas R Hawkins (approx. 2.4 miles away); Christian A Fleetwood (approx. 2.4 miles away).

Additional keywords. Maryland State P Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2

Tragedy Strikes <i>Trooper 2</i> Memorial in Walker Mill Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 25, 2015

2. Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2 Memorial in Walker Mill Park

MSP [Maryland State Police] <i>Trooper 2</i> Marker Panel 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 25, 2015

3. MSP [Maryland State Police] Trooper 2 Marker Panel 2

Tragedy Strikes <i>Trooper 2</i> Marker - Panel 3 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 25, 2015

4. Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2 Marker - Panel 3

Trooper First Class Mickey C. Lippy
Flight Paramedic, Maryland State Police.
Corporal Stephen H. Bunker
Retired, Pilot
Maryland State Police.
Sergeant Tonya M. Mallard
Emergency Medical Technician, Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department.

<b>Tragedy Strikes <i>Trooper 2</i></b> Memorial in Walker Mill Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 20, 2015

5. Tragedy Strikes Trooper 2 Memorial in Walker Mill Park

Note the pathway on the left - leading southward into the woods and the 2008 crash site. Marker Panel 1 is visible on the Memorial stone, lower middle.

The original <i>Trooper 2</i> Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, November 25, 2015

6. The original Trooper 2 Memorial

- off the hiker-biker trail, at the crash site, in the woods south of the parking lot and the new monument.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,051 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on November 28, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on November 25, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 2. submitted on November 28, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 3. submitted on November 26, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on November 27, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 5. submitted on November 28, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 6. submitted on December 14, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.