Teen Dead, Another Injured After Prince George's Crash: Report

BELTSVILLE, MD — Police said one teenager died and another was injured Tuesday evening in a Beltsville car accident. Officers identified the victim as 17-year-old Lester Omar Perez-Solis of Hyattsville. Medics pronounced him dead on the scene, a press release clarified.

An ambulance took his passenger, also 17, to the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center, an incident reported added. Officers did not mention his condition.

The Maryland State Police indicated that the crash happened around 10:45 p.m. Troopers noted that Perez-Solis was heading south on U.S. Route 1 in a 2008 Honda Civic.

Near Ritz Way, the car traveled off the right shoulder, the write-up explained. It hit a telephone pole and a billboard support post before coming to a stop, police advised. Officers informed that the collision temporarily closed the southbound side of the highway.

Troopers are still investigating the cause of the crash. Investigators do not believe alcohol was involved.

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