Police Investigating Serious 7-Car Crash In Germantown

GERMANTOWN, MD — Montgomery County Police Department detectives are investigating a serious seven-car collision that sent five people to the hospital Tuesday evening in Germantown, police said. (For more Germantown news, subscribe to Germantown Patch daily newsletter and realtime breaking news alerts).

At about 6:12 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Middlebrook Road and Great Seneca Highway for the report of a serious collision. Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Middelbrook Road approaching Great Seneca Highway, where traffic on westbound Middlebrook Road was stopped for the red traffic signal.

For reasons still under investigation, the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with a 2014 Toyota Prius, a 2007 Dodge Charger, a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder, a 2009 Toyota Camry, a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and a 2012 Honda Civic, which were all stopped at the red signal on Westbound Middlebrook Road at Great Seneca Highway, police said.

The driver of the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee was Lawrence Russellffer Reid, 43, of Damascus, police said. Reid was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. Both passengers in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, a 36-year-old female and a 13-year-old male, were also transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Thierno Abdoulaye Fofana, 41, of Germantown, was the driver of the 2007 Dodge Charger. Fofana was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. Both passengers, a 2-year-old female and a 11-month-old male were also transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, police said.

The driver of the 2012 Honda Civic was Robert James Kellar III, 38, of Clarksburg. Kellar III was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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

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