Crime & Safety
Rockville Man Dies After Crashing Convertible Into House: Police
A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead Tuesday Morning after the Mustang convertible he was driving crashed into a home in Rockville.
ROCKVILLE, MD — Detectives from the Montgomery County Police's Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating the circumstances around a fatal crash that occurred early Tuesday morning in Rockville, according to a release.
Officers from the Rockville City Police and units from the county's fire and rescue service responded around 6:33 a.m., for the report of a car crashing into a house in the area of Beall Avenue and Upton Street, according to police. Arriving on the scene, they discovered a gray 2014 Ford Mustang GT Convertible on the lawn of a home in the 100 block of Upton Street.
The driver, who was identified as 23-year-old Tyler James Lightcap of Rockville, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.
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A preliminary investigation revealed that for some underdetermined reason Lightcap had lost control of the convertible while traveling westbound on Bealle Avenue and struck the home with his car.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact CRU detectives at 240-773-6620.
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