22-year-old dies in head-on crash in Glenn Dale

WASHINGTON — Prince George’s County police have identified the 22-year-old driver who died in a head-on crash in Glenn Dale early Monday morning.

Samuel Oriloye, a 22-year-old from Lanham, died after crashing head-on into another vehicle on Glenn Dale Boulevard near Bell Station Road around 1:35 a.m. Police arrived at the scene and found a two-vehicle crash with one of the cars on fire.

Police said it appears Oriloye was driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes of Glenn Dale Boulevard. It is not yet clear what led Oriloye to cross into the oncoming traffic.

Oriloye was pronounced dead on the scene. The second driver suffered sustained nonlife threatening injuries, police said.

There were no other injuries, according to police.

Anyone with information can call Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422.

Sarah Beth Hensley

Sarah Beth Hensley is the Digital News Director at WTOP. She has worked several different roles since she began with WTOP in 2013 and has contributed to award-winning stories and coverage on the website.

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