3 fatal crashes in 3 days: 1 dead after another accident in Montgomery County

One person is dead after a crash on northbound I-270 and Montrose Road in Montgomery County.

Maryland State Police confirmed that officers responded to a report of a single vehicle crash shortly before 9:30 this morning.

Police believe a Lexus sedan lost control and for unknown reasons overturned and hit the jersey wall.

The driver, who was the only person in the car, died on scene.

Overnight, another fatal car crash happened in Bethesda on Glenbrook Road near Bradley Boulevard. The driver died and a passenger was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Both crashes are under investigation.

This is the third deadly crash in Montgomery County in the last 36 hours.

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Mladen Petkov

Mladen Petkov is an Associate Producer at WTOP. He is also a professor in communication studies, a media scholar, and a DJ. Mladen’s career in radio journalism started in Bulgaria, his native country.

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