1 dead in crash on US 29 in Silver Spring

A woman is dead after a single car crash in Maryland’s Montgomery County.

The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 29/Columbia Pike just past Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring.

Montgomery County police say there were no other people in the car during the crash.

The woman was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Her identity has not yet been released.

Northbound Columbia Pike was closed for about four hours.

Juan Herrera

Juan Herrera is an associate producer for WTOP News. He joined the radio news team in 2021 after previously working for WMAL News as a news assistant. He is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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