Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Two Dead After Car Plows Head-On into Trash Truck
Prince George's County Police say a car swerved into the path of a trash truck in Beltsville. Teens from Laurel and Temple Hills died.
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UPDATED at 4:30 p.m.
Two people were killed and another was critically injured when a car veered into the path of a trash truck in Beltsville early Monday morning.
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The Prince George’s County Police Department said the accident happened near Old Baltimore Pike and Edmonston Road in Beltsville. Investigators say the trash truck was southbound on Edmonston Road when the driver of a Chevrolet Impala crossed the line, striking the trash truck head-on.
The two people killed have been identified as 19-year-old Marvin Jean Vain Queur of Oregold Court in Laurel and 19-year-old Stephen Dominique Nestor of Morton Place in Temple Hills, police say.
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The car’s driver, Queur, died at the scene. Nestor, who was a passenger in the car, died of his injuries several hours later at an area hospital, police say.
A third passenger suffered critical injuries, while two other passengers in the car refused medical treatment. The driver of the trash truck suffered non-life threatening injuries, officials say.
The Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department said two of the passengers were pinned in the wreck, while two other people were thrown from the vehicle.
Roads reopened about 10:30 a.m. between Old Baltimore Pike/Edmonston Road and Powder Mill Road/Edmonston Road, police said.
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. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) on your cell phone or go to www.pgcrimesolvers.com.
»Accident photo from the Berwyn Heights VFD Twitter feed
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