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Detectives Investigate Single Vehicle, Double Fatal Collision in North Potomac

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 26, 2015

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department-Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a single vehicle, double-fatal collision that occurred late last night in North Potomac.

At approximately 11:52 p.m., the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) received a call for a collision in the 13800 block of Dufief Mill Road. Officers responded to the scene and determined that four people had been in the vehicle at the time of the collision. Two vehicle passengers were declared deceased at the scene. Two additional vehicle occupants, to include the driver, were transported to a local hospital, both with serious injuries.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a blue 4-door sedan traveling north in the 13800 block of Dufief Mill Road, left the roadway and struck a tree. The vehicle came to rest in the front yard of a home on Dufief Mill Road.

Detectives are investigating speed and alcohol as possible factors in this collision.

The ages and identities of the driver and occupants of the vehicle will be released once family notifications have been completed.

This collision remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620. Callers may remain anonymous.

RLG

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Release ID: 15-194
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