Dirt Bike Driver Dies 2 Days After Colliding With Truck: Police

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A 27-year-old Hyattsville man riding a dirt bike on Annapolis Road has died two days after he collided with a pickup truck.

On Nov. 6 around 6:25 p.m., officers with the Bladensburg Police Department were called to the 4900 block of Annapolis Road where they found Mario Alemendarez with trauma. He was taken to a hospital where he died Nov. 8.

The preliminary investigation indicated that Alemendarez was traveling eastbound on Annapolis Road on a dirt bike and the driver of a pickup truck was heading westbound. The pickup truck and dirt bike collided when the truck’s driver attempted to turn left into a parking lot. The involved driver remained on the scene, the Prince George's Police Department reported.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422.