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Brookeville Teen Killed in Single-Vehicle Collision

For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD - The Montgomery County Department of Police - Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) is investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a Brookeville teen in Sandy Spring.

At approximately 7:57 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 17-year-old Sanaa Virtue Vil was driving a red 2005 Toyota Corolla northbound on Norwood Road near Ashton Forest Way. The vehicle failed to navigate a turn, colliding with a wooden telephone pole.

Officers from the 4th District and Montgomery County Fire Rescue responded to the scene. Vil, along with two other 17-year-old passengers, were extricated from the vehicle.  Vil was pronounced dead at the scene. The two passengers, one male and one female, were transported to a local hospital in critical but stable condition.

The Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash. Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has information to contact CRU at (240) 773-6620.

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Release ID: 24-453
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: fatal-collision