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Collision Reconstruction Unit Investigating Fatal Single-Vehicle Collision

For Immediate Release: Monday, November 10, 2025

Gaithersburg, MD - The Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) is investigating a single-vehicle collision that killed a 69-year-old Silver Spring woman.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2025, 3rd District officers and Fire Rescue personnel responded to the area of Old Columbia Pike and Musgrove Road for a report of a collision involving a black Cadillac XT4.

Upon arrival, responders found the vehicle overturned with two occupants inside. The driver, Laura Mae Martin, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, an adult male, was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the Cadillac was traveling south on Old Columbia Pike when, for reasons still under investigation, Martin lost control of the vehicle near the intersection with Musgrove Road. The Cadillac crossed into the northbound lane, struck the curb, left the roadway, hit two signs, and overturned onto its roof.

No other vehicles were involved in the collision.

This remains an active investigation, and it may take several weeks or longer for CRU to complete its investigation.

Anyone with information about this collision is asked to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.

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Release ID: 25-536
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: fatal-collision