Crime & Safety
Motorcycle Rider Dies in Wreck on Indian Head Highway
No other vehicles were involved. Police are looking for anyone who may have information on the wreck.
A motorcycle rider died following a wreck Tuesday afternoon in Accokeek, according to Prince George’s County Police Department
Nelson Leonberger, 47, of Elsa Avenue in Waldorf, was found suffering critical injuries and taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officers responded at 5:45 p.m. to the 18000 block of Indian Head Highway for the report of a motorcycle crash.
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A preliminary investigation suggests Leonberger was on the motorcycle heading south on Indian Head Highway when for unknown reasons he lost control and struck a guardrail. No other vehicles were involved.
Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422.
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