17-year-old girl dies after vehicle crashes into wooden light pole

A 17-year-old girl has been killed when a vehicle struck a wooden light pole in Montgomery County, Maryland.

It happened shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Norwood Road and Nesbitt Farm Lane in Sandy Spring.

Two occupants of the vehicle, a teenage boy and girl, both 17, were taken to the hospital in “critical condition,” Montgomery County police said.

The crash investigation shut down roads at the site of the crash.

map of crash

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Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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