A woman and man have died following two separate crashes in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to officials.
The first two-car crash that took place early Saturday morning in Montgomery Village, according to Montgomery County police.
First responders were called to the area of Goshen Road near Rock Elm Way around 2:15 a.m., police said.
According to the department’s preliminary investigation, a blue Kia collided with a white Hyundai. The Hyundai driver was freed from the vehicle and taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her name has not yet been released.
The driver of the Kia was taken to the hospital with what police described as serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A man is also dead following a crash with a combine harvester shortly before 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded to a reported collision between a motorcycle and the farm machinery in the 24800 block of Old Hundred Road/109 in Dickerson, according to a press release.
The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released yet.
The combine operator remained at the site.
As a result of the crash, that area of Old Hundred Road/109 was closed for hours.
Investigations into these crashes are ongoing. Anyone who may have seen the incidents can provide information to police at 240-773-6620.
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