Germantown teen dead in Howard Co. crash

WASHINGTON — A 19-year-old Germantown teen is dead after hitting a tree in an early morning Woodbine, Maryland, crash Sunday, according to Howard County police.

Pierce B. English was traveling south on Route 94 around 3:50 a.m. in a 2000 Saturn SL2.

When he was just south of Brittle Branch Way, his car left the road for unknown reasons and struck a tree.

English was pronounced dead at the scene.

A preliminary investigation by revealed that English wasn’t wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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